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Catalogue of Humpback Whales of Northern Vancouver Island version 10 (June 2022)

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Minke Whale Catalogue
Second Edition

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MERS Publications

Hildering, J., C.J. McMillan, N. Doe, and A. Ogilvie. 2022. Humpbacks of Northern Vancouver Island.

Towers, J.R, C.J. McMillan, RS Piercey (2019), Sighting rates and prey of Minke Whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) and other cetaceans off Cormorant Island, British Columbia. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 133. 144. 10.22621/cfn.v133i2.2103.

Katrina Nikolich & Jared R. Towers (2018), Vocalizations of common minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in an eastern North Pacific feeding ground. Bioacoustics. DOI:10.1080/09524622.2018.1555716

McMillan, C. J., Towers, J. R. and Hildering, J. (2018), The innovation and diffusion of “trap‐feeding,” a novel humpback whale foraging strategy. Mar Mam Sci. . doi:10.1111/mms.12557

Towers, J.R., M. Malleson, C.J. McMillan, J. Cogan, S. Berta, and C. Birdsall. 2018. Occurrence of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) between Vancouver Island and continental North America. Northwestern Naturalist 99: 49-57.

McMillan, C.J. 2014. How important are herring to humpback whales? The role of herring in meeting the energetic requirements of humpback whales in a British Columbia feeding ground (Master’s dissertation). Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada: Simon Fraser University. 68 p.

Towers, J.R, C.J. McMillan, M. Malleson, J. Hildering, J.K.B. Ford, and G.M. Ellis. 2013. Seasonal movements and ecological markers as evidence for migration of common minke whales photo-identified in the eastern North Pacific. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 13(3):221-229.

Pitman, R.L., J.W. Durban, M. Greenfelder, C. Guinet, M. Jorgensen, P.A. Olson, J. Plana, P. Tixier, and J.R. Towers. Observations of a distinctive morphotype of killer whale (Orcinus orca), type D, from subantarctic waters. 2011. Polar Biol. 34: 303-306.

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