Marine Mammal Institute

Pitman, R. L., & Ballance, L. T.. (1992). Parkinson's Petrel Distribution and Foraging Ecology in the Eastern Pacific: Aspects of an Exclusive Feeding Relationship with Dolphins. The Condor, 94(4), 825 - 835. doi:10.2307/1369280

Pitman, R. L., Walker, W. A., Everett, W. T., & Gallo-Reynoso, J. P.. (2004). Population status, foods and foraging of Laysan Albatrosses Phoebastria immutabilis, nesting on Guadalupe Island, Mexico. Marine Ornithology, 32, 159-165.

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. (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

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., Deecke, V. B., Gabriele, C. M., Srinivasan, M., Black, N., Denkinger, J., et al.. (2017). Humpback whales interfering when mammal-eating killer whales attack other species: Mobbing behavior and interspecific altruism?. Marine Mammal Science, 33(1), 7 - 58. doi:10.1111/mms.12343

Pitman, R. L., Fearnbach, H., LeDuc, R., Gilpatrick, J. W., Ford, J. K. B., & Ballance, L. T.. (2007). Killer whales preying on a blue whale calf on the Costa Rica Dome: genetics, morphometrics, vocalizations and composition of the group. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management , 9(2), 151-158.

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. (2013). Review: Marine Mammal Species of India. Marine Mammal Science, 29(4), 777 - 779. doi:10.1111/mms.12061

Pitman, R. L., & Jehl, J. R.. (1998). Geographic variation and reassessment of species limits in “Masked” Boobies of the eastern Pacific. Wilson Bulletin, 110, 155-170.

Pitman, R. L., Totterdell, J., Wellard, R., Cullen, P., & de Boer, M.. (2019). Long in the tooth: Biological observations from at-sea sightings of strap-toothed beaked whales (Mesoplodon layardii ). Marine Mammal Science, 35(3), 1141 - 1161. doi:10.1111/mms.12575

Pitman, R. L. (1993). Seabird associations with marine turtles in the eastern Pacific. Colonial Waterbirds, 16(2), 194-201.

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., & Dutton, P. H.. (2004). Killer Whale Predation on a Leatherback Turtle in the Northeast Pacific. Pacific Science, 58(3), 497 - 498. doi:10.1353/psc.2004.0034

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. (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., Perryman, W. L., LeRoi, D., & Eilers, E.. (2007). A Dwarf Form of Killer Whale in Antarctica. Journal of Mammalogy, 88(1), 43 - 48. doi:10.1644/06-MAMM-A-118R1.1

Pitman, R. L., Ballance, L. T., & Bost, C. A.. (2012). Incidence of Wing Deformities (‘Angel Wing’) Among Masked Boobies at Clipperton Island: Life History Consequences and Insight into Etiology. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 124(3), 597 - 602. doi:10.1676/11-208.1

Pitman, R. L., Durban, J. W., Greenfelder, M., Guinet, C., Jorgensen, M., Olson, P. A., et al.. (2011). Observations of a distinctive morphotype of killer whale (Orcinus orca), type D, from subantarctic waters. Polar Biology, 34(2), 303 - 306. doi:10.1007/s00300-010-0871-3

Pitman, R. L., O’Sullivan, S., & Mase, B.. (2003). Killer whales (Orcinus orca) attack a school of pantropical spotted dolphins (Stenella attenuata) in the Gulf of Mexico. Aquatic Mammals, 29(3), 321-324.

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

Pitman, R. L., Ballance, L. T., & Bost, C.. (2005). Clipperton Island: Pig sty, rat hole and booby prize. Marine Ornithology, 33, 193-194.

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. (2015). Antarctic orcas. In Visual Encyclopedia of Orca (pp. 126-135). Yokohama, Japan: Sphere Books.

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