Marine Mammal Institute

Zhao, X., Barlow, J., Taylor, B. L., Pitman, R. L., Wang, K., Wei, Z., et al.. (2008). Abundance and conservation status of the Yangtze finless porpoise in the Yangtze River, China. Biological Conservation, 141(12), 3006 - 3018. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2008.09.005

Endo, T., Hisamichi, Y., Kimura, O., Haraguchi, K., & C. Baker, S.. (2008). Contamination levels of mercury and cadmium in melon-headed whales (Peponocephala electra) from a mass stranding on the Japanese coast. The Science of the Total Environment, 401(1-3), 73-80. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.04.006

Benoit-Bird, K. J., Gilly, W. F., Au, W. L., & Mate, B.. (2008). Controlled and in situ target strengths of the jumbo squid Dosidicus gigas and identification of potential acoustic scattering sources. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123(3), 1318-28. doi:10.1121/1.2832327

Hooker, S. K., Heaslip, S. G., Matthiopoulos, J., Cox, O., & Boyd, I. L.. (2008). Data Sampling Options for Animal-Borne Video Cameras: Considerations Based on Deployments with Antarctic Fur Seals. Marine Technology Society Journal, 42(2), 65 - 75. doi:10.4031/002533208786829179

Heaslip, S. G., & Hooker, S. K.. (2008). Effect of animal-borne camera and flash on the diving behaviour of the female Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella). Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 55(9), 1179 - 1192. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2008.05.006

Friedlaender, A., Fraser, W. R., Patterson, D., Qian, S. S., & Halpin, P. N.. (2008). The effects of prey demography on cetacean community structure around the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Polar Biology, 31, 1217-1224.

Friedlaender, A., Lawson, G. I., & Halpin, P. N.. (2008). Evidence of resource partitioning between humpback and minke whales in the Antarctic. Marine Mammal Science, 25, 402-415.

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.

Jackson, J., Patenaude, N. J., Carroll, E., & C. Baker, S.. (2008). How few whales were there after whaling? Inference from contemporary mtDNA diversity. Molecular Ecology, 17(1), 236-51. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03497.x

Bailey, H., Shillinger, G., Palacios, D. M., Bograd, S., Spotila, J., Paladino, F., & Block, B.. (2008). Identifying and comparing phases of movement by leatherback turtles using state-space models. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 356(1-2), 128 - 135. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2007.12.020

Pagen, R., Pyle, P., & Ballance, L. T.. (2008). A Fregetta storm-petrel off Mexico. Western Birds, 39, 225-227.

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

Campbell, R., Gales, N. J., Lento, G. M., & C. Baker, S.. (2008). Islands in the sea: extreme female natal site fidelity in the Australian sea lion, Neophoca cinerea. Biology Letters, 4(1), 139-42. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2007.0487

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

Jefferson, T. A., Webber, M. A., & Pitman, R. L.. (2008). Marine Mammals of the World (p. 573). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Lagerquist, B. A., Mate, B., Ortega-Ortiz, J. G., Winsor, M., & Urbán-Ramirez, J.. (2008). Migratory movements and surfacing rates of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) satellite tagged at Socorro Island, Mexico. Marine Mammal Science, 24, 815-830. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00217.x

LeDuc, R. G., Robertson, K. M., & Pitman, R. L.. (2008). Mitochondrial sequence divergence among Antarctic killer whale ecotypes is consistent with multiple species. Biology Letters, 4(4), 426 - 429. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2008.0168

Caballero, S., Jackson, J., Mignucci-Giannoni, A. A., Barrios-Garrido, H., Beltrán-Pedreros, S., Montiel-Villalobos, M. A. G., et al.. (2008). Molecular systematics of South American dolphins Sotalia: sister taxa determination and phylogenetic relationships, with insights into a multi-locus phylogeny of the Delphinidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 46(1), 252-68. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.10.015

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

Szabo, A., & Duffus, D.. (2008). Mother–offspring association in the humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae: following behaviour in an aquatic mammal. Animal Behaviour, 75(3), 1085 - 1092. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.08.019

Bograd, S. J., Castro, C. G., Di Lorenzo, E., Palacios, D. M., Bailey, H., Gilly, W., & Chavez, F. P.. (2008). Oxygen declines and the shoaling of the hypoxic boundary in the California Current. Geophysical Research Letters, 35(12). doi:10.1029/2008GL034185

Shillinger, G. L., Palacios, D. M., Bailey, H., Bograd, S. J., Swithenbank, A. M., Gaspar, P., et al.. (2008). Persistent Leatherback Turtle Migrations Present Opportunities for Conservation. PLoS Biology, 6(7), e171. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060171.sg001

Dalebout, M. L., Steel, D. J., & C. Baker, S.. (2008). Phylogeny of the beaked whale genus Mesoplodon (Ziphiidae: Cetacea) revealed by nuclear introns: implications for the evolution of male tusks. Systematic Biology, 57(6), 857-75. doi:10.1080/10635150802559257

Andrews, R. D., Pitman, R. L., & Ballance, L. T.. (2008). Satellite tracking reveals distinct movement patterns for Type B and Type C killer whales in the southern Ross Sea, Antarctica. Polar Biology, 31(12), 1461 - 1468. doi:10.1007/s00300-008-0487-z

Mate, B. (2008). Technical instrumentation issues related to the design and execution of a controlled-exposure experiment for larger cetaceans to assess possible behavioural responses and potential impacts. Bioacoustics, 17(Special issue: International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, Nyborg, Denmark, August 13-17, 2007), 334-336.