Dataset: Confirmed right whale identifications in Cape Cod Bay and adjacent waters and sighting histories, from the R/V Shearwater NEC-MB2002-1 (1998-2002), and historical records from 1980 (NEC-CoopRes project)

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.2987.1Version 1 (2009-03-17)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator: Dr Daniel McKiernan (Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries)

Co-Principal Investigator: Dr Moira Brown (Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies)

Co-Principal Investigator: Dr Charles Mayo (Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Program: NorthEast Consortium (NEC)

Project: Northeast Consortium: Cooperative Research (NEC-CoopRes)

Abstract

Confirmed right whale identifications in Cape Cod Bay and adjacent waters and sighting histories, from the R/V Shearwater NEC-MB2002-1 (1998-2002), and historical records from 1980 (Northeast Consortium Cooperative Research project).

Cite Dataset

Confirmed right whale identifications in Cape Cod Bay and adjacent waters 1998-2002 and sighting histories.

report: Surveillance, Monitoring and Management of North Atlantic Right Whales in Cape Cod Bay and Adjacent Waters - 2002 Final Report by Moira W. Brown, Owen C. Nichols, Marilyn K. Marx, and Jacqueline N. Ciano, Charles Mayo, Moriah Bessinger.

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Results
Moira W. Brown, Owen C. Nichols, Marilyn K. Marx, and Jacqueline N. Ciano (2002) Surveillance, Monitoring and Management of North Atlantic Right Whales in Cape Cod Bay and Adjacent Waters - 2002 - Final Report, Center for Coastal Studies and New England Aquarium, submitted to Division of Marine Fisheries, Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Cape Cod Bay Right Whale Update, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (pub.), DMF News Second Quarter April - June 2001, vol 21, page 5.

McKiernan, D., Brown, M., Mayo, C. (2009) Confirmed right whale identifications in Cape Cod Bay and adjacent waters and sighting histories, from the R/V Shearwater NEC-MB2002-1 (1998-2002), and historical records from 1980 (NEC-CoopRes project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2009-03-17 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.2987.1 [access date]

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