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2004
Mellish JE, Tuomi PA, Horning M.  2004.  Assessment of ultrasound imaging as a non-invasive measure of blubber thickness in pinnipeds. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 35:116-118.
2006
Mellish JE, Calkins DG, Christen DR, Horning M, Rea LD, Atkinson S.  2006.  Temporary captivity as a research tool: Comprehensive study of wild pinnipeds under controlled conditions. Aquatic Mammals. 32:58-65.
2007
Mellish JE, Hennen D, Thomton J, Petrauskas L, Atkinson S, Calkins D.  2007.  Permanent marking in an endangered species: physiological response to hot branding in Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). Wildlife Research. 34:43-47.
Mellish JE, Thomton J, Horning M.  2007.  Physiological and behavioral response to intra-abdominal transmitter implantation in Steller sea lions. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 351:283-293.
Mellish JE, Horning M, York AE.  2007.  Seasonal and spatial blubber-depth changes in captive harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) and Steller’s sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). Journal of Mammalogy. 88:408-414.
Waite JN, Schrader WJ, Mellish JE, Horning M.  2007.  Three-dimensional photogrammetry as a tool for estimating morphometrics and body mass of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences. 64:296-303.
2008
Thomton J, Mellish JE, Hennen D, Horning M.  2008.  Juvenile Steller sea lion dive behavior following temporary captivity. Endangered Species Research. 4:195-203. Abstract
Horning M, Haulena M, Tuomi PA, Mellish JE.  2008.  Intraperitoneal implantation of life-long telemetry transmitters in otariids. BMC Veterinary Research. 4:51. Abstract
Petrauskas L, Atkinson S, Gulland F, Mellish JE, Horning M.  2008.  Monitoring glucocorticoid response to rehabilitation and research procedures in California and Steller sea lions. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A, Ecological Genetics and Physiology. 309(2):73-82. Abstract
2009
Walker KA, Horning M, Mellish JE, Weary DM.  2009.  Behavioural responses of juvenile Steller sea lions to abdominal surgery: Developing an assessment of post-operative pain. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 120:201-207. Abstract
Horning M, Mellish JE.  2009.  Spatially explicit detection of predation on individual pinnipeds from implanted post-mortem satellite data transmitters. Endangered Species Research. 10:135-143. Abstract
Hindle AJ, Horning M, Mellish JE, Lawler JM.  2009.  Diving into old age: muscular senescence in a large-bodied, long-lived mammal, the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii). The Journal of Experimental Biology. 212(Pt 6):790-6. Abstract
2010
Nienaber J, Thomton J, Horning M, Polasek L, Mellish JE.  2010.  Surface temperature patterns in seals and sea lions: A validation of temporal and spatial consistency. Journal of Thermal Biology. 35:435-440. Abstract
Mellish JE, Hindle AJ, Horning M.  2010.  A preliminary assessment of the impact of disturbance and handling on Weddell seals of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Antarctic Science. 22(01):25. Abstract
Mellish JE, Tuomi PA, Hindle AJ, Jang S, Horning M.  2010.  Skin microbial flora and effectiveness of aseptic technique for deep muscle biopsies in Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii ) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 46(2):655-8. Abstract
Mellish JE, Tuomi PA, Hindle AJ, Horning M.  2010.  Chemical immobilization of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) by ketamine/midazolam combination. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia. 37(2):123-31. Abstract
2011
Hindle AJ, Mellish JE, Horning M.  2011.  Aerobic dive limit does not decline in an aging pinniped. J. Exp. Zoology. 315A :544-552.
Walker KA, Horning M, Mellish JE, Weary DM.  2011.  The effects of two analgesic regimes on behavior after abdominal surgery in Steller sea lions. The Veterinary Journal. 190:160-164. Abstract
Mellish JE, Hindle AJ, Horning M.  2011.  Health and condition in the adult Weddell seal of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Zoology. 114:177-183.
2012
Horning M, Mellish JE.  2012.  Predation on an Upper Trophic Marine Predator, the Steller Sea Lion: Evaluating High Juvenile Mortality in a Density Dependent Conceptual Framework. PLoS ONE . 7(1): e30173.