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2018

National Geographic Article: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/03/mysterious-sea-creature-washes-ashore-georgia-monster-spd/

Newsweek Story: http://www.newsweek.com/basking-shark-georgia-mysterious-creature-washed-ashore-853338

Local News Story: https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/strange-sea-creature-washes-ashore-on-georgia-beach/717534899

History of the Altamaha: http://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/altamahaha.html

Altamaha Legend of Georgia: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ga-altamahaha/

Edgar G.J., Russ G.R, Babcock R.C. (2007). Marine protected areas.  In S.D. Connell and B.M. Gillanders (Eds), Marine Ecology (pp. 534-565), Oxford, UK:  Oxford University Press.

Edgar, et al. (2014). Global conservation outcomes depend on marine protected areas with five key features.  Nature, 506, 216-220.

Executive Order 13158. Federal Register, 65 (105), May 31, 2016.

NOAA National Ocean Service. What is a marine protected area?  (2017). https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/mpa.html

NOAA National Ocean Service, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resources Management.  Definition & classification system for US marine protected areas. (2011).nmsmarineprotectedareas.blob.core.windows.net/marineprotectedareas-prod/media/archive/pdf/helpful-resources/factsheets/mpa_classification_may2011.pdf

Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Environment and Heritage.  (2003).  The benefit of marine protected areas. Agardy, et al.  (2003).  Dangerous targets?  Unresolved issues and ideological clashes around marine protected areas.  Aquatic Conservation:  Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 26(S2), 7-23. IUCN.  Marine mammal protected areas task force.  (2016).   www.marinemammalhabitat.org IUCN.  Strategic plan for biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Aichi Targets.  (2010).  www.cbd.int/doc/strategic-plan/2011-2020/Aichi-Targets-EN.pdf

Additional Resources:

MPA Science:  marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/sciencestewardship/

MPA Inventory:  marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/dataanalysis/mpainventory

GA DNR Newsletter: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/GADNR/bulletins/1de6f1a
GA DNR Info on Right Whales: http://georgiawildlife.com/conservation/rightwhales
North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium: https://www.narwc.org/
MMC Proposed for Elimination: http://myemail.constantcontact.com/MMC-Proposed-for-Elimination.html?soid=1119223236081&aid=YNkqiPW7ob8
Species of Concern: https://www.mmc.gov/priority-topics/species-of-concern/
2016 MMC Annual Report: https://www.mmc.gov/wp-content/uploads/Annual-Report-2016-Online.pdf
About MMC: https://www.mmc.gov/about-the-commission/

NOAA Marine Mammal Viewing Guidelines and Regulations: https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/pr/mm-viewing-guide

NOAA Marine Wildlife Viewing Guidelines: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/education/viewing_wildlife.pdf

AAMPA’s Guide to Responsible Wildlife Watching: http://www.ammpa.org/doc_watchablewildlife.html

Watchable Wildlife Inc.: http://www.watchablewildlife.org

Georgia DNR North Atlantic Right Whale: http://georgiawildlife.com/conservation/rightwhales

Marine Mammals Protection Act: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/laws/mmpa/

“Marine Mammals Feeding.” Discovery of Sound in the Sea, University of Rhode Island and Inner Space Center, 22 Nov. 2017, dosits.org/animals/use-of-sound/marine-mammals-feeding/.

Bobbitt, Andra M, and Sharon Nieukirk. “A Collection of Sounds from the Sea.” Ocean Explorer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Organization, 18 Dec. 2017, oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/sound01/background/seasounds/seasounds.html#airguns.

Hatch, L. T., Clark, C. W., Parijs, S. M., Frankel, A. S., & Ponirakis, D. W. (2012). Quantifying Loss of Acoustic Communication Space for Right Whales in and around a U.S. National Marine Sanctuary. Conservation Biology, 26(6), 983-994. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01908.x

Nevala, Amy E. “The Sound of Sonar and the Fury about Whale Strandings.” Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 15 Feb. 2008, www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=7156&tid=282&cid=37146#.

Southall, B. L., Bowles, A. E., Ellison, W. T., Finneran, J. J., Gentry, R. L., Greene, C. R., . . . Tyack, P. L. (2007). Marine Mammal Noise-Exposure Criteria: Initial Scientific Recommendations. Aquatic Mammals, 33(4), 411-509. doi:10.1080/09524622.2008.9753846

Tyack, P. L. (2008). Implications for marine mammals of large-scale changes in the marine acoustic environment. Journal of Mammalogy, 89(3), 549-558. doi:10.1644/07-mamm-s-307r.1

Brian Switek, “Extinction is forever: de-extinction can’t save what we had”:  https://aeon.co/ideas/extinction-is-forever-de-extinction-can-t-save-what-we-had
How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-extinction by Beth Shapiro: https://press.princeton.edu/titles/10415.html  http://longnow.org/seminars/02015/may/11/how-clone-mammoth/
Marine Extinction: Mccauley, D. J., Pinsky, M. L., Palumbi, S. R., Estes, J. A., Joyce, F. H., & Warner, R. R. (2015). Marine defaunation: Animal loss in the global ocean. Science,347(6219), 1255641-1255641. doi:10.1126/science.1255641
Mother Nature Network, 10 animals presumed extinct in the last decade: https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/photos/10-animals-presumed-extinct-in-the-last-decade/baiji-dolphin
NYT The Sixth Extinction: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/books/review/the-sixth-extinction-by-elizabeth-kolbert.html
Popular Science, Climate Change Article: https://www.popsci.com/three-years-to-act-on-climate-change
Scientific American, Dolly the Sheep: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/20-years-after-dolly-the-sheep-led-the-way-where-is-cloning-now/
WWF, Vaquita: https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/vaquita
DJI Stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPUYtYP8BwE
Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmn8lONwTr8
Science Magazine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=32&v=y980cynzwr8
Christiansen, Fredrik; Rojano-donate, Laia; Madsen, Peter; Bejder, Lars. “Noise Levels of Multi-rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with Implications for Potential Underwater Impacts on Marine Mammals.” Frontiers in Marine Science. 26 December, 2016.: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2016.00277/full

Morbillivirus Infection in Dolphins, Porpoises, and Whales: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/health/mmume/midatlantic2013/morbillivirus_factsheet2013.pdf

FAQs on Morbillivirus and the Atlantic UME: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/health/mmume/faqs_morbillivirus_ume.html 2013-2015

Bottlenose Dolphin Unusual Mortality Event in the Mid-Atlantic: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/health/mmume/midatldolphins2013.html Worrisome trend for health of wild dolphins: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170823184347.htm

Health and Stranding of Marine Animals: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/health/stranding.htm

2017

Death by Killer Algae: http://hakaimagazine.com/features/death-killer-algae/?utm_source=Hakai+Magazine+Weekly&utm_campaign=ad060263b4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0fc1967411-ad060263b4-107982073

Algae, Cyanobacteria Blooms, and Climate Change: http://climate.org/algae-cyanobacteria-blooms-and-climate-change/

NOAA Marine Mammal Unusual Mortality Events:  http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/health/mmume/events.html

“Good For You, Good For The Ocean” on November 30th  Environmental Working Group: https://www.ewg.org/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA0vnQBRDmARIsAEL0M1kExV2Zb9wIXYUxioRGA528OK2HXh33ZwIAA1RAO8RL_CbuDSCkCmAaAlLSEALw_wcB#.Wh7TfxNSw_U

Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch: http://www.seafoodwatch.org/ Protect Planet Ocean: http://www.protectplanetocean.org/collections/introduction/introbox/oceans/introduction-item.html

Washington Post Article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/11/09/a-final-bid-to-save-the-worlds-rarest-porpoise-ends-in-heartbreak-is-extinction-next/?utm_term=.e2438a2877f6https://
New York Times Article: www.nytimes.com/2017/11/11/climate/vaquita-porpoise-dies.html 
Marine Mammal Commission: www.mmc.gov/priority-topics/species-of-concern/vaquita/
Vaquita CPR: www.vaquitacpr.org/
World Wildlife Foundation: https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/the-vaquita-5-facts-about-the-most-endangered-marine-mammal

FDA Advisory: https://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/Metals/ucm2006760.htm

NRDC Wallet Card: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/mercury-guide

Dolphin Mercury Article: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170823184347.htm

The Atlantic, A Remote Paradise Island Is Now a Plastic Junkyard: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/05/a-remote-paradise-island-is-now-a-plastic-junkyard/526743/

The National Geographic Society, The Great Pacific Garbage Patch encyclopedia entry: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/ Sheavly, S. B., & Register, K. M. (2007). Marine Debris & Plastics: Environmental Concerns, Sources, Impacts and Solutions. Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 15(4), 301-305. doi:10.1007/s10924-007-0074-3

Basic Facts via Ocean Conservancy: https://oceanconservancy.org/wildlife-factsheet/hawaiian-monk-seal/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwx8fOBRD7ARIsAPVq-NnZ3Fl0Lxrm0R_dzejMz3C6pTBvXue6UPaCKk-IDMZgbJHmTHEe3AkaApVGEALw_wcB

Basic Facts via National Geographic: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/h/hawaiian-monk-seal/

Basic Facts via NOAA: http://www.fpir.noaa.gov/PRD/prd_hms_index.html About the Marine Mammal Center: http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/about-us/

About Ke Kai Ola: http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/what-we-do/ke-kai-ola/

News Story from Ke Kai Ola on Monk Seal Release: http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/about-us/News-Room/2017-news-archives/two-hawaiian-monk-seals.html

Year of the Monk Seal: https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/hawaiian_monk_seal/news/year_of_the_monk_seal.php

Videos on Recovery Efforts: Species In The Spotlight: Hawaiian Monk Seal video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/160601-news-hawaiian-monk-seal-vaccines-vin

Relevant Scientific Literature Watson, T. (2011). Culture, Conservation, and Conflict: Assessing the Human Dimensions of Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery. Aquatic Mammals, 37(3), 386-396. Lowry, L.F et al. (2011). Recovery of the Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi): A Review of Conservation Efforts, 1972 to 2010, and Thoughts for the Future. Aquatic Mammals, 37(3), 397-419. Barbieri, M. et al (2016). Protozoal-related mortalities in endangered Hawaiian monk seals Neomonachus schauinslandi. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 121(2), 85-95. Schmelzer, I. (2000). Seals and seascapes: covariation in Hawaiian monk seal subpopulations and the oceanic landscape of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Journal of Biogeography, 27(4), 901-914.

Harting, A. L., Baker, J. D., & Johanos, T. C. (2017). Estimating population size for Hawaiian monk seals using haulout data. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 81(7), 1202-1209.
 

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/recovery/hawaiianmonkseal.pdf