Efforts to calculate the blue whale population more accurately are supported by marine mammologists at Duke University, who maintain the Ocean Biogeographic Information System—Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations (OBIS-SEAMAP), a collation of marine mammal sighting data from around 130 sources.
Upaya menghitung populasi paus biru secara lebih akurat didukung oleh ahli mamalia kelautan Universitas Duke, yang membuat OBIS-SEAMAP (Ocean Biogeographic Information System - Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations), yaitu kumpulan data pengamatan mamalia laut dari sekitar 130 sumber.