Marine Mammal Institute

Pitman, R. L., Spear, L. B., & Force, M. P.. (1995). The marine birds of Malpelo Island, Colombia. Colonial Waterbirds, 18, 113-119.

Pitman, R. L., Fearnbach, H., & Durban, J. W.. (2018). Abundance and population status of Ross Sea killer whales (Orcinus orca, type C) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica: evidence for impact by commercial fishing?. Polar Biology, 41(4), 781 - 792. doi:10.1007/s00300-017-2239-4

Pitman, R. L., & Durban, J. W.. (2012). Cooperative hunting behavior, prey selectivity and prey handling by pack ice killer whales (Orcinus orca), type B, in Antarctic Peninsula waters. Marine Mammal Science, 28(1), 16 - 36. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00453.x

Pitman, R. L., van Helden, A. L., Best, P. B., & Pym, A. (Tony). (2006). Shepherd’s Beaked Whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi): information on appearance and biology based on strandings and at-sea observations. Marine Mammal Science, 22(3), 744 - 755. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2006.00066.x

Pitman, R. L., & Stinchcomb, C.. (2002). Rough-Toothed Dolphins (Steno bredanensis) as Predators of Mahimahi (Coryphaena hippurus). Pacific Science, 56(4), 447 - 450. doi:10.1353/psc.2002.0043

Pitman, R. L., Palacios, D. M., Brennan, P. L. R., Brennan, B. J., Balcomb, K. C., & Miyashita, T.. (1999). Sightings and Possible Identity of a Bottlenose Whale in the Tropical Indo-Pacific: Indopacetus Pacificus?. Marine Mammal Science, 15(2), 513-518. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00818.x

Pitman, R. L., Aguayo-L, A., & Urban-R, J.. (1987). Observations of an unidentified beaked whale (Mesoplodon sp.) in the eastern tropical Pacific. Marine Mammal Science, 3, 345-352.

Pitman, R. L. (2018). Indo-Pacific Beaked Whale: Indopacetus pacificus. In Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals (3rd ed., pp. 509 - 512). Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-804327-1.00157-6

Pitman, R. L. (2009). Indo-Pacific beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus). In Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals (2nd ed., pp. 600 - 602). San Diego: Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-373553-9.00140-1

Pitman, R. L., & Ensor, P.. (2003). Three different forms of killer whales in Antarctic waters. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 5(2), 131-139.

Pitman, R. L. (1996). Marine mammals of Rocas Alijos. In Rocas Alijos. Scientific results from the Cordell expeditions (pp. 363-364). London: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Pitman, R. L., Durban, J. W., Joyce, T., Fearnbach, H., Panigada, S., & Lauriano, G.. (2019). Skin in the game: Epidermal molt as a driver of long‐distance migration in whales. Marine Mammal Science. doi:10.1111/mms.12661

Pitman, R. L. (2013). Clipperton Island. In Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia (pp. 471-473). Ipswich, MA: Salem Press.

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

Pitman, R. L., & Ballance, L. T.. (2002). The changing status of marine birds breeding at San Benedicto Island, Mexico. Wilson Bulletin, 114(1), 11-19.

Pitman, R. L., & Ballance, L. T.. (1990). Daytime Feeding by Leach's Storm-Petrel on a Midwater Fish in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. The Condor, 92(2), 524. doi:10.2307/1368253

Pitman, R. L. (2018). Mesoplodon Beaked Whales: Mesoplodon spp. In Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals (3rd ed., pp. 595 - 602). Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-804327-1.00172-2

Pitman, R. L. (2009). Mesoplodont whales (Mesoplodon spp.). In Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals (2nd ed., pp. 721 - 726). San Diego: Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-373553-9.00167-X