Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab

NARW

MGEL works to understand how multiple stressors affect North Atlantic right whales in Cape Cod Bay 

In a constantly changing ocean, how can we understand how the myriad of threats faced by marine mammals affects their lives? This is the driving question behind Population Consequences of Multiple Stressors (PCoMS), a collaborative working group that aims to understand the impact of multiple stressors on the long-term health of marine mammals. The group …

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Map of North Atlantic right whale density along the Eastern coast of the United States.

MGEL takes part in international collaboration for North Atlantic right whale modeling 

Though humans need proper documentation to travel back and forth across the Canada/US border, right whales have no such restriction. As the climate changes, North Atlantic right whales (NARW) are shifting their habitat use patterns within US and Canadian waters. As such, understanding where NARW are distributed throughout their habitat range is a critical and …

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