People who own a standalone GPSNorth Atlantic right whale population estimate
American standalone GPS ownership declining alongside North Atlantic right whales. Two unrelated declines for completely different reasons, sharing a window because the same sixteen years was a hard era for one device category and one whale population.
Standalone GPS device ownership has fallen steadily across this window as smartphone navigation absorbed the function: Garmin, TomTom, and Magellan saw consumer-segment volumes collapse. North Atlantic right whales declined from about 480 in 2007 to roughly 350 by 2022 as ship strikes and fishing-gear entanglements continued to outpace reproduction. Two completely unrelated declines sharing a window because the same sixteen years saw both a device category replaced and a whale population stressed. Different reasons, same direction.
Two populations declined for completely unrelated reasons. The decade made room for replacement and loss.
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