MERS Catalogues and Publications
MERS Whale Catalogues |
Catalogue of Humpback Whales of Northern Vancouver Island version 11 (June 2023) | Minke Whale Catalogue |
MERS Publications
Hildering, J., C.J. McMillan, N. Doe, and A. Ogilvie. 2023. Humpbacks of Northern Vancouver Island.
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.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.
Cheeseman T et al. A collaborative and near-comprehensive North Pacific humpback whale photo-ID dataset. Sci Rep. 2023 Jun 23;13(1):10237. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-36928-1. PMID: 37353581; PMCID: PMC10290149.
DFO Killer Whale Catalogues
Towers, J.R., Sutton, G.J., Shaw, T.J.H., Malleson, M., Matkin, D., Gisborne, B., Forde, J., Ellifrit, D., Ellis, G.M., Ford, J.K.B., and Doniol-Valcroze, T. 2019. Photo-identification Catalogue, Population Status, and Distribution of Bigg’s Killer Whales known from Coastal Waters of British Columbia, Canada. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3311: vi + 299 p.
Towers, J.R., Pilkington, J.F., Gisborne, B., Wright, B.M., Ellis, G.M., Ford, J.K.B., and Doniol-Valcroze, T. 2020. Photo-identification catalogue and status of the northern resident killer whale population in 2019. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3371: iv + 69 p