WebQuest: Sensory Biology and the

Plight of the Right Whales

Created by Drs. Jill C. Fegley and Sara M. Lindsay, University of Maine

 

Web Links Related to Whale Entanglements or Ship Strikes

DMR Disentanglement Information and Regulations

Center for Coastal Studies Right Whale Entanglements (most recent)

Ellsworth American Article on Whale Entanglement (April 2005)

Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society Article

Scientists Muster to Help Right Whales - WHOI Article

Center for Biological Diversity - Right Whale Critical Habitat

Right Whale Deaths - 2005

Department of Fisheries and Oceans (Canada) - Right Whale Recovery Plan

Gulf of Maine Times Article - Whale Deaths (Spring 2005)

CNN Article on Right Whale Rescue (Jan. 2005)

Use of Lighted Ropes to Avoid Entanglement - Research

 

 

 

Be Sure To Take Notes!