Cetacean monitoring in the Mariana Islands Range Complex, 2015

"This report includes a summary of the most recent visual surveys that were conducted in the winter (February-March) and summer (August-September) of 2015, the movements of a false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) that were satellite tagged during the PIFSC Mariana Archipelago Cetacean Survey in May-June, 2015, the results of nuclear and mitochondrial analysis of short-finned pilot whale samples collected during small-boat surveys of the southernmost Mariana islands (2011-2014), and analysis of beaked whale occurrence long-term passive acoustic data set for 2014-15. Analyses of acoustic data for baleen whales are still underway and will be reported at a later time"--page 2, 1st paragraph. [doi:10.7289/V5H70CTG (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5H70CTG)] Marie C. Hill, Erin M. Oleson, Simone Baumann-Pickering, Amy M. Van Cise, Allan D. Ligon, Andrea R. Bendlin, Adam C. Ü, Jennifer S. Trickey, and Amanda L. Bradford. "Issued 5 February 2016." doi:10.7289/V5H70CTG (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5H70CTG) System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Includes bibliographical references. Hill M.C., E.M. Oleson, S. Baumann-Pickering, A.M. VanCise, A.D. Ligon, A.R. Bendlin, A.C. Ü, J.S. Trickey, and A.L. Bradford. 2016. Cetacean Monitoring in the Mariana Islands Range Complex, 2015. Prepared for the U.S. Pacific Fleet Environmental Readiness Office. PIFSC Data Report DR-16-01. 36 pp. + Appendix