Marine Mammal Institute

Young, R. C., Orben, R. A., Will, A. P., & Kitaysky, A. S.. (2017). Relationship between telomere dynamics and movement and behavior during winter in the thick‑billed murre. Marine Ecology Progress Series, AdvanceView, 1 - 9. doi:10.3354/meps12022

Torres, L. G. (2017). A sense of scale: Foraging cetaceans' use of scale-dependent multimodal sensory systems. Marine Mammal Science, 33(3). doi:10.1111/mms.12426

Hetherington, E. D., Olson, R. J., Drazen, J. C., Lennert-Cody, C. E., Ballance, L. T., Kaufmann, R. S., & Popp, B. N.. (2017). Spatial food-web structure in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean based on compound-specific nitrogen isotope analysis of amino acids. Limnology and Oceanography, 62(2), 541 - 560. doi:10.1002/lno.10443

Irvine, L., Palacios, D. M., Urbán, J., & Mate, B. R.. (2017). Sperm whale dive behavior characteristics derived from intermediate-duration archival tag data. Ecology and Evolution. doi:10.1002/ece3.3322

Albertson, R. G., Baird, R. W., Oremus, M., M. Poole, M., Martien, K. K., & C. Baker, S.. (2017). Staying close to home? Genetic differentiation of rough-toothed dolphins near oceanic islands in the central Pacific Ocean. Conservation Genetics, 18(1), 33-51. doi:10.1007/s10592-016-0880-z

Copeman, L. A., Laurel, B. J., Spencer, M., & Sremba, A. L.. (2017). Temperature impacts on lipid allocation among juvenile gadid species at the Pacific Arctic-Boreal interface: an experimental laboratory approach. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 566, 183 - 198. doi:10.3354/meps12040

Mannocci, L., Boustany, A. M., Roberts, J. J., Palacios, D. M., Dunn, D. C., Halpin, P. N., et al.. (2017). Temporal resolutions in species distribution models of highly mobile marine animals: Recommendations for ecologists and managers. (M. Beger, Ed.)Diversity and Distributions, 23(10), 1098 - 1109. doi:10.1111/ddi.12609

Ruiz-Cooley, R. I., Gerrodette, T., Fiedler, P. C., Chivers, S. J., Danil, K., & Ballance, L. T.. (2017). Temporal variation in pelagic food chain length in response to environmental change. Science Advances, 3(10), e1701140. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1701140

Sztukowski, L. A., van Toor, M. L., Weimerskirch, H., Thompson, D. R., Torres, L. G., Sagar, P. M., et al.. (2017). Tracking reveals limited interactions between Campbell Albatross and fisheries during the breeding season. Journal of Ornithology, 1-11. doi:10.1007/s10336-016-1425-4

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

Riekkola, L., Zerbini, A. N., Andrews, O., Andrews-Goff, V., C. Baker, S., Chandler, D., et al.. (2018). Application of a multi-disciplinary approach to reveal population structure and Southern Ocean feeding grounds of humpback whales. Ecological Indicators, 89, 455 - 465. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.02.030

Sullivan, F. A., & Torres, L. G.. (2018). Assessment of vessel disturbance to gray whales to inform sustainable ecotourism. The Journal of Wildlife Management, (51), 896 - 905. doi:10.1002/jwmg.21462

Copeman, L., Ryer, C., Spencer, M., Ottmar, M., Iseri, P., Sremba, A. L., et al.. (2018). Benthic enrichment by diatom-sourced lipid promotes growth and condition in juvenile Tanner crabs around Kodiak Island, Alaska. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 597, 161 - 178. doi:10.3354/meps12621

Weinstein, B. G., Irvine, L., & Friedlaender, A.. (2018). Capturing foraging and resting behavior using nested multivariate Markov models in an air-breathing marine vertebrate. Movement Ecology, 6(16). doi:10.1186/s40462-018-0134-4

Ballance, L. T. (2018). Cetacean Ecology. In Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals (Third Edition., pp. 172-180). San Diego: Elsevier.

Ballance, L. T. (2018). Contributions of Photographs to Cetacean Science. Aquatic Mammals, 44(6), 668 - 682. doi:10.1578/AM.44.6.2018.668

Morin, P. A., Foote, A. D., C. Baker, S., Hancock-Hanser, B. L., Kaschner, K., Mate, B. R., et al.. (2018). Demography or selection on linked cultural traits or genes? Investigating the driver of low mtDNA diversity in the sperm whale using complementary mitochondrial and nuclear genome analyses. Molecular Ecology, 27(suppl. 1), 2604-2619. doi:10.1111/mec.14698

Barlow, D. R., Torres, L. G., Hodge, K. B., Steel, D. J., C. Baker, S., Chandler, T. E., et al.. (2018). Documentation of a New Zealand blue whale population based on multiple lines of evidence. Endangered Species Research, 36, 27-40. doi:https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00891

Torres, L. G., Nieukirk, S. L., Lemos, L. Soledade, & Chandler, T. E.. (2018). Drone Up! Quantifying Whale Behavior From a New Perspective Improves Observational Capacity. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5. doi:10.3389/fmars.2018.00319

Pirotta, E., Mangel, M., Costa, D. P., Mate, B. R., Goldbogen, J. A., Palacios, D. M., et al.. (2018). A Dynamic State Model of Migratory Behavior and Physiology to Assess the Consequences of Environmental Variation and Anthropogenic Disturbance on Marine Vertebrates. The American Naturalist, E40-E56. doi:10.1086/695135

C. Baker, S., Steel, D. J., Nieukirk, S., & Klinck, H.. (2018). Environmental DNA (eDNA) From the Wake of the Whales: Droplet Digital PCR for Detection and Species Identification. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5. doi:10.3389/fmars.2018.00133

Burnett, J. D., Lemos, L. Soledade, Barlow, D. R., Wing, M. G., Chandler, T. E., & Torres, L. G.. (2018). Estimating morphometric attributes on baleen whales using small UAS photogrammetry: A case study with blue and gray whales. Marine Mammal Science. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12527

Derville, S., Torres, L. G., Iovan, C., & Garrigue, C.. (2018). Finding the right fit: Comparative cetacean distribution models using multiple data sources and statistical approaches. (J. Elith, Ed.)Diversity and Distributions. doi:10.1111/ddi.12782

Baylis, A. M. M., Tierney, M., Orben, R. A., Staniland, I. J., & Brickle, P.. (2018). Geographic variation in the foraging behaviour of South American fur seals. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 596, 233 - 245. doi:10.3354/meps12557

Kirchner, T., Wiley, D. N., Hazen, E. L., Parks, S. E., Torres, L. G., & Friedlaender, A.. (2018). Hierarchical foraging movement of humpback whales relative to the structure of their prey. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 607, 237 - 250. doi:10.3354/meps12789