Humpback Whale

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A surplus no more? Variation in krill availability impacts reproductive rates of Antarctic baleen whales. 
  • Body density of humpback whales (Megaptera novaengliae) in feeding aggregations estimated from hydrodynamic gliding performance. 
  • Humpback whale song and foraging behavior on an antarctic feeding ground. 
  • Song production by the North Pacific right whale, Eubalaena japonica. 
  • Steroid hormone profiles and body conditions of migrating male humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). 
  • Super-aggregations of krill and humpback whales in Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctic Peninsula. 
  • Temporal and regional variability in the skin microbiome of humpback whales along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. 
  • The tubercles on humpback whales' flippers: application of bio-inspired technology. 
  • Variation in blubber cortisol levels in a recovering humpback whale population inhabiting a rapidly changing environment. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Nowacek, Douglas, Randolph K. Repass and Sally-Christine Rodgers University Distinguished Professor of Conservation Technology in Environment and Engineering, Nicholas Institute-Energy Initiative