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Allied Whale |
| Project located at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor. "....A group of students, alumni, and volunteers known collectively as Allied Whale conducts a variety of longterm studies of marine mammals... students regularly work at the Mount Desert Rock Whale and Seabird Observation Station, help to compile and catalogue photographs of humpback and finback whales for individual identification, and collect data for the Gulf of Maine Whale Sighting Network." Pages include: Adopt-A-Finback Program, Adopt-A-Seal Program, Allied Whale History, Photographic Identification Research, Strandings. |
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www.coa.edu/ASSOCIATEDPROGRAMS/AlliedWhale/index.html
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Guidelines for Mariners (re Northern Right Whales) |
| Brief outline of guidelines for mariners, including requirements in the event of a collision with a right whale. |
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gulfofmaine.org/library/whales/guidelines.htm
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Northern Right Whale Alert Page |
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www.nero.nmfs.gov/ro/doc/whale.htm
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Right Whales: On the Brink |
| Extensive fact sheets include behavior, feeding, reproduction, and individual identification. |
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gulfofmaine.org/library/whales/brink.htm
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Whalenet |
| "Welcome to WhaleNet's educational web site, focusing on whales and marine research. WhaleNet is an interactive education project sponsored by Wheelock College in Boston, Massachusetts with support from the National Science Foundation. " Resources for students, teachers, general public. |
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whale.wheelock.edu
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