Marine Mammal Institute

Horning, M., Haulena, M., Tuomi, P. A., & Mellish, J. - A. E.. (2008). Intraperitoneal implantation of life-long telemetry transmitters in otariids. BMC Veterinary Research, 4, 51. Retrieved from http://www.biomedcentral.com/1746-6148/4/51

Thomton, J., Mellish, J. - A. E., Hennen, D., & Horning, M.. (2008). Juvenile Steller sea lion dive behavior following temporary captivity. Endangered Species Research, 4, 195-203. Retrieved from http://www.int-res.com/articles/esr2008/4/n004p195.pdf

Petrauskas, L., Atkinson, S., Gulland, F., Mellish, J. - A. E., & 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. doi:10.1002/jez.435

Walker, K. A., Horning, M., Mellish, J. - A. E., & Weary, D. M.. (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. doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2009.06.003

Hindle, A. J., Horning, M., Mellish, J. - A. E., & Lawler, J. M.. (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.

Hindle, A. J., Lawler, J. M., Campbell, K. L., & Horning, M.. (2009). Muscle senescence in short-lived wild mammals, the soricine shrews Blarina brevicauda and Sorex palustris. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A, Ecological Genetics and Physiology, 311(5), 358-67.

Horning, M., & Mellish, J. - A. E.. (2009). Spatially explicit detection of predation on individual pinnipeds from implanted post-mortem satellite data transmitters. Endangered Species Research, 10, 135-143. doi:10.3354/esr00220

Mellish, J. - A. E., Tuomi, P. A., Hindle, A. J., & Horning, M.. (2010). Chemical immobilization of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) by ketamine/midazolam combination. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 37(2), 123-31.

Hindle, A. J., & 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.

Hindle, A. J., Lawler, J. M., Campbell, K. L., & 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.

Mellish, J. - A. E., Hindle, A. J., & 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. doi:10.1017/S0954102009990447

Mellish, J. - A. E., Tuomi, P. A., Hindle, A. J., 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.

Nienaber, J., Thomton, J., Horning, M., Polasek, L., & Mellish, J. - A. E.. (2010). Surface temperature patterns in seals and sea lions: A validation of temporal and spatial consistency. Journal of Thermal Biology, 35, 435-440. doi:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2010.09.005

Hindle, A. J., Mellish, J. - A. E., & Horning, M.. (2011). Aerobic dive limit does not decline in an aging pinniped. J. Exp. Zoology, 315A, 544-552.

Walker, K. A., Horning, M., Mellish, J. - A. E., & Weary, D. M.. (2011). The effects of two analgesic regimes on behavior after abdominal surgery in Steller sea lions. The Veterinary Journal, 190, 160-164.

Mellish, J. - A. E., Hindle, A. J., & Horning, M.. (2011). Health and condition in the adult Weddell seal of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Zoology, 114, 177-183.

Horning, M. (2012). Constraint lines and performance envelopes in behavioral physiology: the case of the aerobic dive limit. Frontiers in Physiology, 3. doi:10.3389/fphys.2012.00381

Horning, M., & Mellish, J. - A. E.. (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. doi:doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030173

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. doi:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2012.09.003

Womble, J. N., Horning, M., Lea, M. - A., & Rehberg, M. J.. (2013). Diving into the analysis of time–depth recorder and behavioural data records: A workshop summary. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 88-89, 61 - 64. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.07.017

Horning, M., & Mellish, J. - A. E.. (2014). In cold blood: evidence of Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus) predation on Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in the Gulf of Alaska. Fishery Bulletin, 112(4), 297 - 310. doi:10.7755/FB.112.4.6

Womble, J. N., Blundell, G. M., Gende, S. M., Horning, M., Sigler, M. F., & Csepp, D. J.. (2014). Linking marine predator diving behavior to local prey fields in contrasting habitats in a subarctic glacial fjord. Marine Biology, 161(6), 1361 - 1374. doi:10.1007/s00227-014-2424-8

Shuert, C., Horning, M., & Mellish, J. - A.. (2015). The Effect of Novel Research Activities on Long-term Survival of Temporarily Captive Steller Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus). (D. E. Crocker, Ed.)PLOS ONE, 10(11), e0141948. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141948.s004

Hindle, A., Horning, M., & Mellish, J. - A. E.. (2015). Estimating total body heat dissipation in air and water from skin surface heat flux telemetry in Weddell seals. Animal Biotelemetry, 3, 50. doi:10.1186/s40317-015-0081-4

Mellish, J. - A., Hindle, A., Skinner, J., & Horning, M.. (2015). Heat loss in air of an Antarctic marine mammal, the Weddell seal. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 185(1), 143-152. doi:10.1007/s00360-014-0868-2