Marine Mammal Institute

Foote, A. D., Martin, M. D., Louis, M., Pacheco, G., Robertson, K. M., Sinding, M. ‐H. S., et al.. (2019). Killer whale genomes reveal a complex history of recurrent admixture and vicariance. Molecular Ecology, 28(14), 3427-3444. doi:10.1111/mec.15099

Gualtieri, D., & Pitman, R. L.. (2019). Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Predation on a Gervais’ Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon europaeus) in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean. Aquatic Mammals, 45(2), 244 - 245. doi:10.1578/AM.45.2.2019.244

Hays, G. C., Ferreira, L. C., Sequeira, A. M. M., Meekan, M. G., Duarte, C. M., Bailey, H., et al.. (2016). Key Questions in Marine Megafauna Movement Ecology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 31(6), 463-475. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2016.02.015

Cade, D. E., Friedlaender, A., Calambokidis, J., & Goldbogen, J. A.. (2016). Kinematic Diversity in Rorqual Whale Feeding Mechanisms. Current Biology, 26(19), 2617 - 2624. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.037

Pitman, R. L. (2015). Killer whale. In Whales, dolphins and porpoises (pp. 150-151). East Sussex, UK: Ivy Press.

Ortega-Ortiz, J. G., Engelhaupt, D., Winsor, M., Mate, B. R., & Hoelzel, A. R.. (2011). Kinship of long-term associates in the highly social sperm whale. Molecular Ecology. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05274.x

Pitman, R. L., & Durban, J. W.. (2010). Killer whale predation on penguins in Antarctica. Polar Biology, 33(11), 1589 - 1594. doi:10.1007/s00300-010-0853-5

Torres, L. G. (2009). A kaleidoscope of mammal, bird and fish: Habitat use patterns of top predators and their prey in Florida Bay, Florida. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 375, 289-304.

Pitman, R. L., Fearnbach, H., LeDuc, R., Gilpatrick, J. W., Ford, J. K. B., & Ballance, L. T.. (2007). Killer whales preying on a blue whale calf on the Costa Rica Dome: genetics, morphometrics, vocalizations and composition of the group. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management , 9(2), 151-158.

Pitman, R. L. (2006). Killer Whale. In Encyclopedia of the Antarctic (pp. 570-572). New York: Routledge.

MacLeod, C., Perrin, W. F., Pitman, R. L., Barlow, J., Ballance, L. T., D’Amico, A., et al.. (2006). Known and inferred distributions of beaked whale species (Cetacea: Ziphiidae). Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 7(3), 271-286.

Pitman, R. L., & Dutton, P. H.. (2004). Killer Whale Predation on a Leatherback Turtle in the Northeast Pacific. Pacific Science, 58(3), 497 - 498. doi:10.1353/psc.2004.0034

Pitman, R. L., O’Sullivan, S., & Mase, B.. (2003). Killer whales (Orcinus orca) attack a school of pantropical spotted dolphins (Stenella attenuata) in the Gulf of Mexico. Aquatic Mammals, 29(3), 321-324.

Pitman, R. L., Ballance, L. T., Mesnick, S. L., & Chivers, S. J.. (2001). Killer whale predation on sperm whales: observations and implications. Marine Mammal Science 17(3):494-507, 17(3), 494-507.