Session Title

Session Description: Changes in Marine Mammal Occurrence in the Salish Sea

Session Description

Dolphins in the Salish Sea: Are warmer water species expanding into our region?

Authors: Laurie Shuster1, David Anderson1, Jessica L Huggins1, Annie B. Douglas1, Nathan Harrison1, John Calambokidis1, and Susan Berta2. Author contact and affiliations: Laurie.Shuster@gmail.com 1 Cascadia Research, 2 OrcaNetwork

Historically, the only dolphin species commonly sighted in the marine inland waters of Washington State were Pacific white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) and sightings of other dolphin species were considered sporadic and rare. However, sightings of off-shore and warm water species have become more common and some animals have remained in Puget Sound for longer periods of time, while others have stranded and not survived.

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Keywords

Dolphins, Risso's dolphins, White-sided dolphins, Warm water dolphins

Conference Track

SSE11: Species and Food Webs

Conference Name

Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2018 : Seattle, Wash.)

Document Type

Event

SSEC Identifier

SSE11-Session Description

Start Date

6-4-2018 12:30 PM

End Date

6-4-2018 3:00 PM

Type of Presentation

Oral

Genre/Form

conference proceedings; presentations (communicative events)

Contributing Repository

Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.

Subjects – Topical (LCSH)

Dolphins--Behavior--Washington (State)--Puget Sound; Warm water fishes--Washington (State)--Puget Sound; Dolphins--Stranding--Washington (State)--Puget Sound

Geographic Coverage

Puget Sound (Wash.)

Comments

This is an extended abstract for the session.

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Language

English

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Dolphins in the Salish Sea: Are warmer water species expanding into our region?