Marine Mammal Institute

Cornick, L. A., Inglis, S. D., Willis, K., & Horning, M.. (2006). Effects of increased swimming costs on foraging behavior and efficiency of captive Steller sea lions: evidence for behavioral plasticity in the recovery phase of dives. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 333, 306-314.

Tollit, D. J., Heaslip, S. G., Deagle, B. E., Iverson, S. J., Joy, R., Rosen, D. A. S., & Trites, A. W.. (2006). Estimating diet composition in sea lions: which technique to choose?. In Sea Lions of the World (pp. 293-307). Fairbanks: Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska.

Vollenweider, J. J., Womble, J. N., & Heintz, R.. (2006). Estimation of seasonal energy content of Steller sea lion diet. In A. W. Trites, Atkinson, S., DeMaster, D. P., Fritz, L., Gelatt, T., Rea, L. D., & Wynne, K. M. (Eds.), Sea Lions of the World. Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Pyle, P., Friedrichsen, G., Staudt, T., Oedekoven, C., & Ballance, L. T.. (2006). First record of Ringed Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma hornbyi) for North America. North American Birds, 60(1), 162-163.

Brooke, M. D. L., Ballance, L. T., Pitman, R. L., & Furness, R. W.. (2006). Fishery impacts on the food supplies of seabirds. Acta Zoologica Sinica, 52, 639-640.

C. Baker, S., Lukoschek, V., Lavery, S., Dalebout, M. L., Ma, Y. -un, Endo, T., & Funahashi, N.. (2006). Incomplete reporting of whale, dolphin and porpoise ‘bycatch' revealed by molecular monitoring of Korean markets. Animal Conservation, 9, 474-482.

Weinrich, M. T., Rosenbaum, H., C. Baker, S., Blackmer, A. L., & Whitehead, H.. (2006). The influence of maternal lineages on social affiliations among humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on their feeding grounds in the Southern Gulf of Maine. Journal of Heredity, 97, 226-234.

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.

Pitman, R. L. (2006). Killer Whale. In Encyclopedia of the Antarctic (pp. 570-572). New York: Routledge.

MacLeod, C., Perrin, W. F., Pitman, R. L., Barlow, J., Ballance, L. T., D’Amico, A., et al.. (2006). Known and inferred distributions of beaked whale species (Cetacea: Ziphiidae). Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 7(3), 271-286.

Olavarria, C., Balbontin, F., Bernal, R., & C. Baker, S.. (2006). Lack of divergence in the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene between Macruronus species (Pisces: Merlucciidae) in the Southern Hemisphere. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 40, 299-304.

Petrauskas, L., Tuomi, P. A., & Atkinson, S.. (2006). Noninvasive monitoring of stress hormone levels in a female Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) pup undergoing rehabilitation. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 37(1), 75-78.

Palacios, D. M., Bograd, S. J., Foley, D. G., & Schwing, F. B.. (2006). Oceanographic characteristics of biological hot spots in the North Pacific: A remote sensing perspective. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 53(3-4), 250 - 269. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.03.004

Ballance, L. T., Pitman, R. L., & Fiedler, P. C.. (2006). Oceanographic influences on seabirds and cetaceans of the eastern tropical Pacific: A review. Progress in Oceanography, 69(2-4), 360 - 390. doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2006.03.013

Vilchis, L. I., Ballance, L. T., & Fiedler, P. C.. (2006). Pelagic habitat of seabirds in the eastern tropical Pacific: effects of foraging ecology on habitat selection. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 315, 279 - 292. doi:10.3354/meps315279

Lavín, M. F., Fiedler, P. C., Amador, J. A., Ballance, L. T., Färber-Lorda, J., & Mestas-Nuñez, A. M.. (2006). A review of eastern tropical Pacific oceanography: Summary. Progress in Oceanography, 69(2-4), 391 - 398. doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2006.03.005

Womble, J. N., & Sigler, M. F.. (2006). Seasonal availability of abundant, energy-rich prey influences the abundance and diet of a marine predator, the Steller sea lion. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 325, 281-293.

Freshwater, D. W., Greene, J. K., & Hamner, R. M.. (2006). Seasonality of the invasive seaweed Gracilaria vermiculophyla along the south eastern coast of North Carolina. Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science, 122, 49-55.

Etnoyer, P., Canny, D., Mate, B. R., Morgan, L. E., Ortega-Ortiz, J. G., & Nichols, W. J.. (2006). Sea-surface temperature gradients across blue whale and sea turtle foraging trajectories off the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. Deep Sea Research Part II, 53, 340-358.

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

Sekiguchi, K., Olavarria, C., Morse, L., Olson, P., Ensor, P., Matsuoka, K., et al.. (2006). The spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) in Antarctic waters. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 8(3), 265-271.

Pendleton, G. W., Pitcher, K. W., Fritz, L., Raum-Suryan, K. L., Loughlin, T., Calkins, D., et al.. (2006). Survival of Steller sea lions in Alaska: a comparison of increasing and decreasing populations. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 84, 1162-1172.

Redfern, J. V., Ferguson, M. C., Becker, E. A., Hyrenbach, K. D., Good, C. P., Barlow, J., et al.. (2006). Techniques for cetacean-habitat modeling. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 310. doi:10.3354/meps310271

Redfern, J. V., Ferguson, M. C., Becker, E. A., Hyrenbach, K. D., Good, C., Barlow, J., et al.. (2006). Techniques for cetacean-habitat modeling. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 310, 271 - 295. doi:10.3354/meps310271

Womble, J. N., & Sigler, M. F.. (2006). Temporal variation in Steller sea lion diet at a seasonal haulout in southeastern Alaska. In A. W. Trites, Atkinson, S., DeMaster, D. P., Fritz, L., Gelatt, T., Rea, L. D., & Wynne, K. M. (Eds.), Sea Lions of the World. Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks.