Ship Strike-Related Research

General

• Clyne, H. and R. Leaper. 1999. Modelling collisions between whales and ships: Assessing the potential for vessels to take avoiding action in response to sightings of whales. SC/56/BC6  
• Jensen, A.S. and G.K. Silber. 2004. Large Whale Ship Strike Database. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR
• Laist, D.W. A.R. KNowlton, J.G. Mead, A.S. Collet an dM. Podesta. 2001. Collisions between ships and whales, Marine Mamal Science, 17(1):35-75
• Nichols, O.L. and H.L. Kite-Powell. 2005. Analysis of risk to North Atlantic right whales from shipping traffic in Cape Cod Bay. NMFS Contract No. NA03NMF4720489
• Nowacek, D.P., M.P. Johnson, and P.L. Tyack. 2004. North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) ignore ships but respond to alerting stimuli. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B  271, 227–231
• Vanderlaan, A.S.M and C.T. Taggart. 2007. VESSEL COLLISIONS WITH WHALES: THE PROBABILITY OF LETHAL INJURY BASED ON VESSEL SPEED. Marine Mammal Science 23 (1), 144–156

Hydrodynamic Modeling Studies

• Clyne, H. and J. Kennedy. 1999. A simulation of interactions between the critically endangered North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) and shipping using dynamically variable temporal granularity to minimise run time. Masters thesis (MSc), Napier University, Edinburgh. Abstract and summary
• Knowlton, A. R., F.T. Korsmeyer, J.E. Kerwin, H.Y. Wu and B. Hynes.1995. THE HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF LARGE VESSELS ON RIGHT WHALES. NMFS Contract No. 40EANFF400534
• Knowlton, A. R., F.T. Korsmeyer, B. Hynes. 1998. THE HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF LARGE VESSELS ON RIGHT WHALES: PHASE TWO. NMFS Contract No. 46EANF60004

Vessel Traffic

• Silber, G. K., L. I. Ward, Lt. R. Clarke, K. L. Schumacher, A. J. Smith. 2002. Ship Traffic Patterns in Right Whale Critical Habitat: One Year of the Mandatory Ship Reporting System. NOAA Technical Memorandum. NMFS-OPR-20
• Ward, L., G. Silber, R. Baumstark, T. Pulfer. 2003. Characterization of Ship Traffic in Right Whale Critical Habitat: Three Years of the MSR . Poster
• Ward-Geiger, L.I., G.K. Silber, R.D. Baumstark, and T. Pulfer. 2005. Characterization of Ship Traffic in Right Whale Critical Habitat. Coastal Management, 33:263–278

Right Whale Distribution

• Knowlton, AR, J. Beaudin-Ring, and B. Russell. 2002. Right Whale Sightings & Survey Effort in the Mid-Atlantic Region: Migratory Corridor, Time Frame, & Proximity to Port Entrances. Report to the NEIT Ship Strike Subcommittee

For more information on the Ship Strike Reduction Program, please contact
Kristen Koyama at (978) 282-8481 or Kristen.Koyama@noaa.gov

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Last Updated: September 3, 2009