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| Katie Roberts, a Life Science teacher at Hingham Middle School in Hingham, MA took part in a research cruise in Alaska that studied the Structure of Populations, Levels of Abundance, and Status of Humback whales (SPLASH). |
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| Katie Roberts, a Life Science teacher at Hingham Middle School in Hingham, MA took part in a research cruise in Alaska that studied the Structure of Populations, Levels of Abundance, and Status of Humback whales (SPLASH). |
| Kathryn Roberts -
Hingham Middle School (Hingham, MA), with Linda Hoffman, Palms Middle School (Los Angeles, CA) | |
| Research Experience: | Structure of Populations, Levels of Abundance, and Status of Humpback whales (SPLASH) - Project Web Site |
| Research Objectives: | As part of the largest North Pacific humpback whale study ever undertaken, international researchers are collaborating to understand the population structure of humpback whales and to assess the status, trends and potential human impacts to this population. The SPLASH 2004 cruise will focus on locating, collecting data on, and understanding the distribution of humpback whales in the waters of western Canada, Gulf of Alaska, Aleutian Islands, and Bering Sea. |
| Research funded by: | NOAA Fisheries and U.S. Navy |
| Host Researcher: | Jay Barlow - NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center |
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ARMADA Project Office of Marine Programs Graduate School of Oceanography University of Rhode Island armada@gso.uri.edu |