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Womble JN, Horning M, Lea MA, Rehberg MJ.  In Press.  Diving into the analysis of time-depth recorder and behavioral data records. Topical Studies in Oceanography.

2013

Mellish J, Nienaber J, Polasek L, Horning M.  2013.  Beneath the surface: Profiling blubber depth in pinnipeds with infrared imaging. Journal of Thermal Biology. 38(1):10-13.

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.
Horning M.  2012.  Constraint lines and performance envelopes in behavioral physiology: the case of the aerobic dive limit. Frontiers in Physiology. 3

2011

Blundell GM, Womble JN, Pendleton GW, Karpovich SA, Gende SM, Herreman JK.  2011.  Use of glacial ice and terrestrial habitats by harbor seals in Glacier Bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
Mathews EA, Womble JN, Pendleton GW, Jemison LA, Maniscalco JM, Streveler G.  2011.  Population growth and colonization of Steller sea lions in the Glacier Bay region of southeastern Alaska: 1970s-2009. Marine Mammal Science. 27(4):852-880.
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.

2010

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
Hindle AJ, Horning M.  2010.  Energetics of breath-hold hunting: modeling the effects of aging on foraging success in the Weddell seal. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 264(3):673-82. 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, Horning M.  2010.  Chemical immobilization of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) by ketamine/midazolam combination. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia. 37(2):123-31. Abstract
Womble JN, Conlon S.  2010.  Observation of Steller Sea Lion Eumetopias jubatus Predation on a Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina richardii in the Glacier Bay Region of Southeastern Alaska. Aquatic Mammals. 36(2):129-137. Abstract
Hindle AJ, Lawler JM, Campbell KL, Horning M.  2010.  Muscle aging and oxidative stress in wild-caught shrews. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. 155(4):427-34. Abstract
Womble JN, Pendleton GW, Mathews EA, Blundell GM, Bool NM, Gende SM.  2010.  Harbor seal ( Phoca vitulina richardii ) decline continues in the rapidly changing landscape of Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska 1992-2008. Marine Mammal Science. 26:686-697.
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

2009

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
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
Sigler MF, Tollit DJ, Vollenweider JJ, Thedinga JF, Csepp DJ, Womble JN, Wong MA, Rehberg MJ, Trites AW.  2009.  Foraging response of a marine predator, the Steller sea lion, to seasonal changes in prey availability. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 388:243-261.