Environmental Prediction in the Gulf of Maine

Forecast of North Atlantic right whale births

>Introduction and forecast
>How are forecasts made? >Role of GoMOOS data >Conservation implications
1. Atmospheric changes 2. Ocean currents 3. Plankton 4. Whale calves Summary

References

A. J. Pershing. Submitted. Food-limited reproduction in the North Atlantic right whale: understanding interannual variability through model building. Ecology. (PDF, 667 KB)

Greene, C.H., and A.J. Pershing. 2004. Climate and the conservation biology of North Atlantic right whales: being a right whale at the wrong time? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2:29-34. (PDF, 3.24 MB)

Pershing, A.J., C.H. Greene, B. Planque, and J.-M. Fromentin. 2004. The influence of climate variability on North Atlantic zooplankton populations. In: Ecological Effects of Climatic Variations in the North Atlantic. N.C. Stenseth, G. Ottersen, J. Hurrell, and A. Belgrano, editors. Oxford University Press. (PDF, 3.85 MB)

Greene, C. H., A. J. Pershing, R. D. Kenney, and J. W. Jossi. 2003. Impact of climate variability on the recovery of endangered North Atlantic right whales. Oceanography 16:96-101. (PDF, 385 KB)

Greene, C.H., and A.J. Pershing. The flip-side of the North Atlantic Oscillation and modal shifts in slope-water circulation. Limnology and Oceanography 48:319-322. (PDF, 446 KB)

Drinkwater, K. F., A. Belgrano, A. Borja, A. Conversi, M. Edwards, C. H. Greene, G. Ottersen, A. J. Pershing, and H. Walker. 2002. The response of marine ecosystems to climate variability associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation. In: The North Atlantic Oscillation: Climatic Significance and Environmental Impact. J. W. Hurrell, Y. Kushnir, G. Ottersen, and M. Visbeck, editors. Geophysical Monograph Series 134:211-234. (PDF, 2.5 MB)

Pershing, A. J. 2001. Response of Large Marine Ecosystems to Climate Variability: Patterns, Processes, Concepts, and Methods. Ph. D. dissertation, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. (PDF, 2.31 MB)

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