Marine Mammal Institute

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

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.

Mellish, J. - A. E., Hennen, D., Thomton, J., Petrauskas, L., Atkinson, S., & Calkins, D.. (2007). Permanent marking in an endangered species: physiological response to hot branding in Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). Wildlife Research, 34, 43-47.

Mellish, J. - A. E., Horning, M., & York, A. E.. (2007). Seasonal and spatial blubber-depth changes in captive harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) and Steller’s sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). Journal of Mammalogy, 88, 408-414.

Mellish, J. - A. E., Thomton, J., & Horning, M.. (2007). Physiological and behavioral response to intra-abdominal transmitter implantation in Steller sea lions. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 351, 283-293.

Mellish, J. - A. E., Tuomi, P. A., & Horning, M.. (2004). Assessment of ultrasound imaging as a non-invasive measure of blubber thickness in pinnipeds. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 35, 116 - 118.

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.

Mellish, J. - A. E., Calkins, D. G., Christen, D. R., Horning, M., Rea, L. D., & Atkinson, S.. (2006). Temporary captivity as a research tool: Comprehensive study of wild pinnipeds under controlled conditions. Aquatic Mammals, 32, 58-65.

Meck, S., Jensen, E., Bonn, W. V., & Fradkin, J.. (1998). Health risks associated with pica: a craving for, and possible ingestion of, unnatural articles as food. IMATA Journal of Marine Mammals: Public Display and Research.

Meck, S., Kastak, D., & Brill, R.. (2000). Utilizing free contact techniques with an aggressive California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) to establish hearing thresholds in the open ocean environment. IMATA Soundings, 25, 24-27.

McLellan, W. A., Friedlaender, A., Mead, J. G., Potter, C. W., & D. Pabst, A.. (2002). Analysing 25 years of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) strandings along the Atlantic coast of the USA: do historic records support the coastal migratory stock hypothesis?. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 4(3), 297-304.

Maxwell, S., Hazen, E. L., Bograd, S. J., Halpern, B. S., Breed, G. A., Nickel, B., et al.. (2013). Cumulative human impacts on marine predators. Nature Communications, 4. doi:10.1038/ncomms3688

Matsuoka, K., Pitman, R. L., & Marquez, F. F. C.. (2005). A note on a pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata) sighting in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 7(1), 71-73.

Mathews, E. A., Womble, J. N., Pendleton, G. W., Jemison, L. A., Maniscalco, J. M., & 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. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00455.x

Mate, B. R., & Krutzikowsky, G. K.. (1995). Application of remote methods of large cetacean tracking: bowhead whales.

Mate, B. R., Best, P. B., Lagerquist, B. A., & Winsor, M.. (2011). Coastal, offshore, and migratory movements of South African right whales revealed by satellite telemetry. Marine Mammal Science, 27, 455-476. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00412.x

Mate, B. R., Ilyashenko, V. Y., Bradford, A. L., Vertyankin, V. V., Tsidulko, G. A., Rozhnov, V. V., & Irvine, L.. (2015). Critically endangered western gray whales migrate to the eastern North Pacific. Biology Letters, 11(4), 20150071. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2015.0071

Mate, B. R., Duley, P., Lagerquist, B. A., Wenzel, F., Stimpert, A., & Clapham, P.. (2005). Observations of a female North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) in simultaneous copulation with two males: supporting evidence for sperm competition. Aquatic Mammals, 31, 157-160. doi:10.1578/AM.31.2.2005.157

Mate, B. R., Lagerquist, B. A., & Calambokidis, J.. (1999). Movements of North Pacific blue whales during the feeding season off southern California and their southern fall migration. Marine Mammal Science, 15, 1246-1257.

Mate, B. R., Krutzikowsky, G. K., & Winsor, M.. (2000). Satellite-monitored movements of radio-tagged bowhead whales in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas during the late-summer feeding season and fall migration. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 78, 1168-1181.

Mate, B. R., Stafford, K. M., Nawojchik, R., & Dunn, J. L.. (1994). Movements and dive behavior of a satellite-monitored Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) in the Gulf of Maine. Marine Mammal Science, 10, 116-121.

Mate, B. R. (1972). California Sea Lion. In A. Seed (Ed.), Seals, Sea Lions, Walruses in Eastern North Pacific and Arctic Waters (pp. 12-17). Seattle, WA: Pacific Search Press.

Mate, B. R., Lagerquist, B. A., Winsor, M., Geraci, J., & Prescott, J. H.. (2005). Movements and dive habits of a satellite-monitored long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) in the Northwest Atlantic. Marine Mammal Science, 21, 136-144.

Mate, B. R., & Urbán-Ramirez, J.. (2003). A note on the route and speed of a gray whale on its northern migration from Mexico to central California, tracked by satellite-monitored radio tag. Journal of Cetacean Research Management, 5, 155-157.

Mate, B. R., Nieukirk, S. L., & Kraus, S. D.. (1997). Satellite-monitored movements of the northern right whale. Journal of Wildlife Management, 61, 1393-1405.