Marine Mammal Institute

Hunt, K. E., Lysiak, N. S., Robbins, J., Moore, M. J., Seton, R. E., Torres, L. G., & C Buck, L.. (2017). Multiple steroid and thyroid hormones detected in baleen from eight whale species. Conservation Physiology, 5(1). doi:10.1093/conphys/cox061

Constantine, R., Johnson, M., Riekkola, L., Jervis, S., Kozmian-Ledward, L., Dennis, T., et al.. (2015). Mitigation of vessel-strike mortality of endangered Bryde’s whales in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. Biological Conservation, 186, 149 - 157. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2015.03.008

Rayner, M. J., Taylor, G. A., Thompson, D. R., Torres, L. G., Sagar, P. M., & Schaffer, S. A.. (2011). Migration and diving activity in three non-breeding flesh-footed shearwaters Puffinus carneipes. Journal of Avian Biology, 42, 266-270.

Cockerham, S., Lee, B., Orben, R. A., Suryan, R. M., Torres, L. G., Warzybok, P., et al.. (2019). Microbial Ecology of the Western Gull (Larus occidentalis). Microbial Ecology. doi:10.1007/s00248-019-01352-4

Barlow, D. R., Bernard, K. S., Escobar-Flores, P., Palacios, D. M., & Torres, L. G.. (2020). Links in the trophic chain: Modeling functional relationships between in situ oceanography, krill, and blue whale distribution under different oceanographic regimes. Marine Ecology Progress Series. doi:10.3354/meps13339

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.

Bishop, A., Brown, C., Rehberg, M., Torres, L. G., & Horning, M.. (2018). Juvenile Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) utilization distributions in the Gulf of Alaska. Movement Ecology, 6(6). doi:10.1186/s40462-018-0124-6

Lemos, L. Soledade, Burnett, J. D., Chandler, T. E., Sumich, J. L., & Torres, L. G.. (2020). Intra‐ and inter‐annual variation in gray whale body condition on a foraging ground. Ecosphere, 11(4). doi:10.1002/ecs2.3094

Torres, L. G., Barlow, D. R., Chandler, T. E., & Burnett, J. D.. (2020). Insight into the kinematics of blue whale surface foraging through drone observations and prey data. PeerJ, 8, e8906. doi:10.7717/peerj.8906

Torres, L. G., Heithaus, M. R., & Delius, B.. (2006). Influence of teleost abundance on the distribution and abundance of sharks in Florida Bay, USA. Hydrobiologia, 569, 449-455.

Torres, L. G., Rosel, P., & D'Agrosa, C.. (2003). Improving management of overlapping bottlenose dolphin ecotypes through spatial analysis and genetics. Marine Mammal Science, 19(3), 502-514.

Derville, S., Torres, L. G., Zerbini, A. N., Oremus, M., & Garrigue, C.. (2020). Horizontal and vertical movements of humpback whales inform the use of critical pelagic habitats in the western South Pacific. Scientific Reports, 10(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-020-61771-z

Kirchner, T., Wiley, D. N., Hazen, E. L., Parks, S. E., Torres, L. G., & Friedlaender, A.. (2018). Hierarchical foraging movement of humpback whales relative to the structure of their prey. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 607, 237 - 250. doi:10.3354/meps12789

Derville, S., Torres, L. G., Dodémont, R., Perard, V., & Garrigue, C.. (2019). From land and sea, long‐term data reveal persistent humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breeding habitat in New Caledonia. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 29(10), 1697 - 1711. doi:10.1002/aqc.3127

Torres, L. G., Smith, T. D., Sutton, P., MacDiarmid, A., Banister, J., & Miyashita, T.. (2013). From exploitation to conservation: Habitat models using whaling data predict distribution patterns and threat exposure of an endangered whale. Diversity and Distributions, 19(9), 1138-1152. doi:10.1111/ddi.12069

Carneiro, A. P. B., Pearmain, E. J., Oppel, S., Clay, T. A., Phillips, R. A., Bonnet‐Lebrun, A. ‐S., et al.. (2020). A framework for mapping the distribution of seabirds by integrating tracking, demography and phenology. (D. Thompson, Ed.)Journal of Applied Ecology. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13568

Torres, L. G., Read, A. J., & Halpin, P. N.. (2008). Fine-scale habitat modeling of a top marine predator: Do prey data improve predictive capacity?. Ecological Applications, 18(7), 1702-1717.

Derville, S., Torres, L. G., Iovan, C., & Garrigue, C.. (2018). Finding the right fit: Comparative cetacean distribution models using multiple data sources and statistical approaches. (J. Elith, Ed.)Diversity and Distributions. doi:10.1111/ddi.12782

Torres, L. G. (2013). Evidence for an unrecognized blue whale foraging ground in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 47(2), 235-248. doi:10.1080/00288330.2013.773919

Burnett, J. D., Lemos, L. Soledade, Barlow, D. R., Wing, M. G., Chandler, T. E., & Torres, L. G.. (2018). Estimating morphometric attributes on baleen whales using small UAS photogrammetry: A case study with blue and gray whales. Marine Mammal Science. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12527

Derville, S., Constantine, R., C. Baker, S., Oremus, M., & Torres, L. G.. (2016). Environmental correlates of nearshore habitat distribution by the Critically Endangered Maūi dolphin. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 551, 261 - 275. doi:10.3354/meps11736

Torres, L. G., Nieukirk, S. L., Lemos, L. Soledade, & Chandler, T. E.. (2018). Drone Up! Quantifying Whale Behavior From a New Perspective Improves Observational Capacity. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5. doi:10.3389/fmars.2018.00319

Barlow, D. R., Torres, L. G., Hodge, K. B., Steel, D. J., C. Baker, S., Chandler, T. E., et al.. (2018). Documentation of a New Zealand blue whale population based on multiple lines of evidence. Endangered Species Research, 36, 27-40. doi:https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00891

Leduc, D., Rowden, A. A., Torres, L. G., Nodder, S. D., & Pallentin, A.. (2015). Distribution of macro-infaunal communities in phosphorite nodule deposits on Chatham Rise, Southwest Pacific: Implications for management of seabed mining. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 99, 105 - 118. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2015.01.006

Torres, L. G., Rayment, W., Olavarría, C., Thompson, D. R., Graham, B., C. Baker, S., et al.. (2017). Demography and ecology of southern right whales Eubalaena australis wintering at sub-Antarctic Campbell Island, New Zealand. Polar Biology, 40(1), 95-106. doi:10.1007/s00300-016-1926-x