National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML)
Cetacean Assessment & Ecology Program
Humpback Whale Studies (SPLASH Project) in Baja California
Sally Mizroch was invited to participate in SPLASH humpback whale studies
in Mexican waters again this year, from 23 February through 2 March 2006. Mizroch
continued her field and data management collaboration with Professor Jorge
Urbán Ramirez and students (Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, BCS,
Mexico).
This was a continuation of the work reported in the April-June 2004
Quarterly Report (Mizroch and González Peral, 2004). In addition to serving
as the primary biopsy shooter while on the water, Mizroch assisted with digital
field data collection techniques that she began developing during the 2004
field season and presented collaboratively at the Mexican Marine Mammal Society
meeting in 2004.
By Sally Mizroch
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Top four photos: humpback whale breach sequence. Photos by Sally Mizroch (National Marine Mammal Laboratory). Lower four photos: whale reaction to initial dart and biopsy dart sequence. Photos by Ursula González Peral (Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur). |
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