• Preface
• List of Marine Species
• Abbreviations
1. Right Whales in the Urban Ocean
   Scott D. Kraus and Rosalind M. Rolland
2. Near-Annihilation of a Species: Right Whaling in the North Atlantic
   Randall R. Reeves, Tim D. Smith, and Elizabeth A. Josephson
3. Right Whales Tell Their Own Stories: The Photo-Identification Catalog
   Philip K. Hamilton, Amy R. Knowlton, and Marilyn K. Marx
4. Surveying for Discovery, Science, and Management
   Moira W. Brown, Scott D. Kraus, Christopher K. Slay, and Lance P. Garrison
5. Enormous Carnivores, Microscopic Food, and a Restaurant That's Hard to Find
   Mark F. Baumgartner, Charles A. Mayo, and Robert D. Kenney
6. High Investment, Low Return: The Strange Case of Reproduction in Eubalaena glacialis
   Scott D. Kraus, Richard M. Pace III, and Timothy R. Frasier
7. Right Whales Past and Present as Revealed by Their Genes
   Timothy R. Frasier, Brenna A. Mcleod, Roxanne M. Gillett, Moira W. Brown, and Bradley N. White
8. The Inner Whale: Hormones, Biotoxins, and Parasites
   Rosalind M. Rolland, Kathleen E. Hunt, Gregory J. Doucette, Lora G. Rickard, and Samuel K. Wasser
9. External Perspectives on Right Whale Health
   Rosalind M. Rolland, Philip K. Hamilton, Marilyn K. Marx, Heather M. Pettis, Carolyn M. Angell, and Michael J. Moore
10. Acoustic Communication: Social Sounds and the Potential Impacts of Noise
    Susan E. Parks and Christopher W. Clark
11. Listening to Their World: Acoustics for Monitoring and Protecting Right Whales in an Urbanized Ocean
    Christopher W. Clark, Douglas Gillespie, Douglas P. Nowacek, and Susan E. Parks
12. Right Whale Mortality: A Message from the Dead to the Living
    Michael J. Moore, William A. Mclellan, Pierre-Yves Daoust, Robert K. Bonde, and Amy R. Knowlton
13. The Entangled Lives of Right Whales and Fishermen: Can They Coexist?
    Amanda J. Johnson, Scott D. Kraus, John F. Kenney, and Charles A. Mayo
14. Running the Gauntlet: Right Whales and Vessel Strikes
    Amy R. Knowlton and Moira W. Brown
15. Right Whales and Climate Change: Facing the Prospect of a Greenhouse Future
    Robert D. Kenney
16. The Big Picture: Modeling Right Whales in Space and Time
    Lance P. Garrison
17. The Urban Whale Syndrome
    Scott D. Kraus and Rosalind M. Rolland
• Appendix A: Permit Information
• Appendix B: Opportunistic Contributors to the Right Whale Catalog
• Appendix C: Other Resources
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors
• Index

Photos of Scott Kraus (top), Rosalind Rolland (below) by Yan Guilbault / New England Aquarium

Scott D. Kraus is Vice President for Research at New England Aquarium.

Rosalind M. Rolland is Senior Scientist/Policy Analyst, Global Marine Programs and Research at New England Aquarium.