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The National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML) conducts research on marine mammals important to the mission of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), with particular attention to issues related to marine mammals off the coasts of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California. Research projects focus on ecology and behavior, population dynamics, life history, and status and trends.  Information is provided to various domestic and international organizations to assist in developing rational and appropriate management regimes for marine resources under NOAA's jurisdiction. These organizations include the NMFS Alaska and Northwest Regional Offices, the NMFS Office of Protected Resources, the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council, the International Whaling Commission, and the Arctic Council. 

Research conducted by NMML utilizes a variety of methods and tools to obtain needed information. Determination of status and trends of marine mammal populations requires information on abundance, stock structure, mortality and net productivity. To obtain these data, censuses are carried out from ships, aircraft and on land. Radio and satellite-linked telemetry is utilized to determine movements and migrations, critical feeding areas and depths, and other behavioral data. Sophisticated analyses and modeling are carried out to determine necessary population parameters. Research programs are carried out cooperatively with many other federal, state and private sector collaborators.


For more information about the National Marine Mammal Laboratory, please contact us at nmml.information@noaa.gov or call NMML Director John Bengtson at (206) 526-4045, or NMML Deputy Director Robyn Angliss at (206) 526-4032.

 

National Marine Mammal Laboratory
Alaska Fisheries Science Center/NOAA

7600 Sand Point Way N.E. F/AKC3
Seattle, WA 98115-6349
(206) 526-4045 (voice)
(206) 526-6615 (fax)


Recent Reports, Publications, and Posters

Quarterly Reports
Publications
  • Ver HOEF, J. M. 2012. Practical considerations for experimental designs of spatially autocorrelated data using computer intensive methods. Stat. Methodol. 9:172-184. 
  • WILSON, K., L. FRITZ, E. KUNISCH, K. CHUMBLEY, and D. JOHNSON. 2012. Effects of research disturbance on the behavior and abundance of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) at two rookeries in Alaska. Mar. Mammal Sci. 28:E58-E74. 
  • CALL, K. A., and R. R. REAM. 2012. Prey selection of subadult male northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) and evidence of dietary niche overlap with adult females during the breeding season. Marine Mammal Sci. 28(1):1-15. 
  • IVASHCHENKO, Y. V., P. J. CLAPHAM, and R. L. BROWNELL, Jr. 2011. Soviet illegal whaling: the devil and the details. Mar. Fish. Rev. 73(3):1-19. (.pdf, 4.96 MB).  Online.
  • CLAPHAM, P. J. 2011. Mr. Melville's Whale. Am. Sci. 99:505. 
  • Ver HOEF, J. M. 2011. Practical considerations for experimental designs of spatially autocorrelated data using computer intensive methods. Stat. Methodol. 9:172-184. 
  • PHILLIPS, C. D., T. S. GELATT, J. C. PATTON, and J. W. BICKHAM. 2011. Phylogeography of Steller sea lions: Relationships among climate change, effective population size, and genetic diversity. J. Mammal. 92:1091-1104. (.pdf, 948 KB).   Online.
  • PITMAN, R. L., J. W. DURBAN, M. GREENFELDER, C. GUINET, M. JORGENSEN, P. A. OLSON, J. PLANA, P. TIXIER, and J. R. TOWERS. 2011. Observations of a distinctive morphotype of killer whale (Orcinus orca), type D, from subantarctic waters. Polar Biol. 34:303-306. 
  • Additional National Marine Mammal Laboratory Publications
Posters
  • Habitat and Ecological Processes Research (HEPR) Program
    By:  MIKE SIGLER, MANDY LINDEBERG, CRAIG FAUNCE, MICHAEL CAMERON, BEN LAUREL, TOM HELSER
    Conference:  non-conference use
    (2011 poster, .pdf, 1.14 MB)   Online.

  • Predators and Persistent Prey in the Southeastern Bering Sea
    By:  MIKE SIGLER, KATHY KULETZ, PATRICK RESSLER, NANCY FRIDAY, CHRIS WILSON, ALEX ZERBINI
    Conference:  Ecosystem Studies of Sub-Arctic Seas (ESSAS) Open Science Meeting (2nd), Seattle, WA, May 2011
    (2011 poster, .pdf, 1.56 MB)   Online.

  • Intraspecific Comparison of California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) Diet Assessed Using Fecal and Stable Isotope Analyses
    By:  ANTHONY J. ORR, GLENN R. VanBLARICOM, ROBERT L. DeLONG, VICTOR H. CRUZ-ESCALONA, SETH D. NEWSOME
    Conference:  Wildlife Society, Washington Chapter / Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology joint meeting, Gig Harbor, WA, Mar 2011
    (2011 poster, .pdf, 1.09 MB)   Online.

  • Estimation of Survival Rates for Branded Steller Sea Lions on the Kuril Islands, Russia
    By:  ALEXEY ALTUKHOV, RUSSEL ANDREWS, VLADIMIR BURKANOV, THOMAS GELATT
    Conference:  Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, AK, Jan 2011
    (2011 poster, .pdf, 2.38 MB)   Online.

  • Bringing CHAOZ to the Arctic
    By:  CATHERINE L. BERCHOK, SUE MOORE, JEFFREY NAPP, JAMES OVERLAND, PHYLLIS STABENO
    Conference:  Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, AK, Jan 2011
    (2011 poster, .pdf, 1.11 MB)   Online.

  • Winter Steller Sea Lion Abundance in the Far Western Stock: Winter Use in the Commander Islands
    By:  VLADIMIR BURKANOV, RUSSEL ANDREWS, DONALD CALKINS, THOMAS GELATT
    Conference:  Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, AK, Jan 2011
    (2011 poster, .pdf, 5.77 MB)   Online.

  • Freshwater Harbor Seals of Lake Iliamna, Alaska - Do They Pup and Over-Winter in the Lake?
    By:  DAVID WITHROW, KYMBERLY YANO, JENNIFER BURNS, COURTENAY GOMEZ, TATIANA ASKOAK
    Conference:  Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, AK, Jan 2011
    (2011 poster, .pdf, 2.3 MB)   Online.

  • BOWFEST Aerial Survey 2010
    By:  JULIE A. MOCKLIN, KIMBERLY T. GOETZ, DAVID J. RUGH, LINDA VATE BRATTSTROM
    Conference:  Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, AK, Jan 2011
    (2011 poster, .pdf, 3.4 MB)   Online.

  • Additional National Marine Mammal Laboratory Posters

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