Pacific White-Sided Dolphin

Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) assessment.  

BC Cetacean Sightings Network species information.

Species information by the Hakai Institute “Central Coast Biodiversity” http://www.centralcoastbiodiversity.org/marine-mammals.html

http://www.marinemammal.org/biology/harborseal/fastfacts.php  North Pacific University's Marine Mammal Research Consortium's excellent fast facts; also click "research" and "killer whales" for very current research issues

See information from the S. Residents.

Aquafacts from the Vancouver Aquarium on dolphins and porpoises in BC.

SARA public registry information.

Photo identification of BC’s Pacific white-sided dolphins. Webpage temporarily not available.

Voices of the Sea - information includes sounds of Pacific White-Sided Dolphins. Click on the dolphin and then click on the Pacific White-Sided Dolphin at the bottom of the page.

DFO publication: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises of British Columbia, Canada - http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/241969.pdf

American Cetacean Society information (see link on left) http://acsonline.org/education/fact-sheets/

University of Michigan’s Animal Diversity Pages - NOT A CANADIAN PAGE

Information from the University of Guelph, Ontario.  Be sure to explore all the pages, links given on the left. 

"Smart Gear" =  net technology to reduce chance of entanglement of small cetaceans.

http://www.indwes.edu/Faculty/bcupp/sounds/dolphins.wav - Sound sample of dolphin echolocation (species unknown)

http://www.wdcs.org/dan/publishing.nsf/allweb/A59B71D6C8A9EB17802568F800443577 - Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society's species information.  Click "marine dolphins." Not a Canadian page

www.oceanlink.island.net - Bamfield Research Station’s detailed marine biology page search for your species

http://www.dosits.org/gallery/intro.htm -click your species name to hear its sounds! and http://www.dosits.org/animals/intro.htm - study how marine mammals make sound and how sound effects them.

http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/bis/marine_mammals.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=94 - lots of detail about identification some information about  behaviour and threats. An international webpage. 

http://www.dosits.org/gallery/marinemm/2.htm - click toothed whales and then Pacific white-sided dolphins for acoustic samples

http://www.acsonline.org/factpack/MinkeWhale.htm - fact pack from the American Cetacean Society. 

http://www.cms.int/reports/small_cetaceans/data/L_obliquidens/L_obliquidens.htm - this is a report by the Convention on Migratory Species looking at the threats to small cetaceans internationally.  See the bottom of the document for threats.  Not a Canadian page

http://www.vanaqua.org/education/aquafacts/ - Vancouver Aquarium’s web data base of frequently asked questions about marine ecosystems; click "Dolphins and Porpoises"

http://www.dolphinawareness.org/facts/main.html and http://www.bluevoice.org/dolphin/incite.html - the issue of dolphins taken for captivity and the slaughter of some species Not a Canadian page

http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/intermediate.asp?curGroupID=5 - Click "marine mammals" and do a search for your animal. Excellent on-line field guides Not a Canadian page

www.racerocks.com/racerock/marmam/mammals.htm and http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/archivemammals.htm
- involvement of Lester B. Pearson School in a fantastic marine mammal project.  Search the site at http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/web/sitemap.htm 

http://www.whalesongs.org/cetacean/home.html - natural history of cetaceans Not a Canadian page

http://netvet.wustl.edu/marine.htm  - net vet marine mammals; search links for information that may be relevant to your species Not a Canadian page