Beluga Whales
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Alaska
www.fakr.noaa.gov/protectedresources/whales/beluga/research.htm
Blue Whales
Richard Sears
Mingan Island Cetacean Study (MICS)
www.rorqual.com
Dolphins
Denise Herzing
www.WildDolphinProject.org
Randy S. Wells
www.sarasotadolphin.org
Humpback Whales
Jim Darling, Meagan Jones,
and Flip Nicklin
www.whaletrust.org
Mark Ferarri and Debbie Glockner-Ferarri
www.centerforwhalestudies.org
Ed Lyman
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
http://hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov/about/overview.html
Also: www.whaledisentanglement.org
David Mattila
Science and Rescue Coordinator,NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
www.hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Hawaii
www.hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov/science/splashinfo.html
Dan R. Salden
www.hwrf.org/Hawaii_Whale_Research_Foundation/Aloha!.html
Jan Straley
University of Alaska Southeast
www.alaskahumpbacks.org
Also: www.sitkawhalefest.org
Killer Whales
Ken Balcomb III
www.whaleresearch.com/contact.html
Volker B. Deecke
www.marinemammal.org/MMRU/volker.php
Graeme Ellis and John K. Ford
Cetacean Research Program, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/species-especes/cetacean-cetaces/staff-personnel-eng.htm
Also: http://wildwhales.org/?page_id=44
Craig Matkin
www.whalesalaska.org/team.html
Minke Whales
Alastair Birtles
Cooperative Research Centre for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
www.reef.crc.org.au/discover/plantsanimals/minke/index.html
Jonathan Stern
San Francisco State University
http://biology.sfsu.edu/people/jonathan-stern
Sperm Whales and Hector’s Dolphins
Steve Dawson and Liz Slooten
University of Otago
www.otago.ac.nz/marinescience/mammals/home.htm
Also: New Zealand Whale and Dolphin Trust
www.whaledolphintrust.org.nz
Whale Social Structure
Hal Whitehead
Dalhousie University
http://whitelab.biology.dal.ca/hw/hal.htm
For information on a variety of species:
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species
www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/13006/0
Douglas H. Chadwick
Natural History writer who follows developments in whale research and conservation biology
www.vitalground.org
Roger Payne
Pioneering whale researcher
www.oceanalliance.org/rogerPayne.html
Arctic Issues
Tom G. Smith
www.wildlifedetectiondogs.com
Craig George
Study of the Northern Alaska Coastal System (SNACS)
www.arcus.org/arcss/snacs/whales/projectmembers.php
Tracking Technologies
Bruce Mate
Oregon State University, Marine Mammal Institute
http://marineresearch.oregonstate.edu/assets/page_folders/faculty_page/mate_hp.htm
Underwater Photography
International League of Conservation Photographers
www.ilcp.com
Koji Nakamura
Filmmaker
http://homepage3.nifty.com/juf/english/english%20top%20.htm
National Geographic Expeditions
Lindblad Expeditions
Small Planet Adventures
www.smallplanetadventures.com
Devil Dolphins of Silver Lagoon and Other Stories: Adventures of a Reluctant Photographer’s Assistant
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