Marine Mammal Institute

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.

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

Weinstein, B. G., Double, M., Gales, N., Johnston, D. W., & Friedlaender, A.. (2017). Identifying overlap between humpback whale foraging grounds and the Antarctic krill fishery. Biological Conservation, 210, 184 - 191. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2017.04.014

Wellard, R., Pitman, R. L., Durban, J. W., & Erbe, C.. (2020). Cold call: the acoustic repertoire of Ross Sea killer whales (Orcinus orca, Type C) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Royal Society Open Science, 7(2), 191228. doi:10.1098/rsos.191228

Weller, D. W., Carretta, J. V., Chivers, S. J., Ford, J. K. B., Kownacki, A. K., Lang, A. R., et al.. (2017). Collaborative Large Whale Survey 2015: Gray Whale Photo-identification Catalog.

Wiley, D., Ware, C., Bocconcelli, A., Cholewiak, D., Friedlaender, A., Thompson, M., & Weinrich, M.. (2011). Underwater components of humpback whale bubble-net feeding behaviour. Behaviour, 148(5), 575-602. doi:10.1163/000579511X570893

Williams, T. M., Davis, R. W., Fuiman, L. A., Francis, J., Le Boeuf, B. J., Horning, M., et al.. (2000). Sink or swim: strategies for cost-efficient diving by marine mammals. Science (New York, N.Y.), 288(5463), 133-6.

Williams, T. M., Fuiman, L. A., Horning, M., & Davis, R. W.. (2004). The cost of foraging by a marine predator, the Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddellii: pricing by the stroke. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 207(Pt 6), 973-82.

Williams, R., Kelly, N., Boebel, O., Friedlaender, A., Herr, H., Kock, K. - H., et al.. (2014). Counting whales in a challenging, changing environment. Scientific Reports, 4. doi:10.1038/srep04170

Willis, K., Horning, M., Rosen, D. A. S., & Trites, A. W.. (2005). Spatial variation of heat flux in Steller sea lions: evidence for consistent avenues of heat exchange along the body trunk. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 315, 163-175.

Willis, K., & Horning, M.. (2005). A novel approach to measuring heat flux in swimming animals. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 315, 147-162.

Willson, M. F., & Womble, J. N.. (2006). Vertebrate exploitation of pulsed marine prey: a review and the example of spawning herring. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 16, 183-200.

Wingfield, D. K., S. Peckham, H., Foley, D. G., Palacios, D. M., Lavaniegos, B. E., Durazo, R., et al.. (2011). The Making of a Productivity Hotspot in the Coastal Ocean. PLoS ONE, 6(11), e27874. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0027874.s001

Winsor, M., Irvine, L., & Mate, B. R.. (2017). Analysis of the Spatial Distribution of Satellite-Tagged Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in Close Proximity to Seismic Surveys in the Gulf of Mexico. Aquatic Mammals, 43(4), 439 - 446. doi:10.1578/AM.43.4.2017.439

Wintle, N. J. P., Duffield, D. A., Barros, N. B., Jones, R. D., & Rice, J. M.. (2011). Total mercury in stranded marine mammals from the Oregon and southern Washington coasts. Marine Mammal Science, 27(4), E268 - E278. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00461.x

Wiseman, N., Parsons, S., Stockin, K. A., & C. Baker, S.. (2011). Seasonal occurrence and distribution of Bryde's whales in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. Marine Mammal Science, 27(4), E253 - E267. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00454.x

Witteveen, B. H., Straley, J. M., Chenoweth, E., C. Baker, S., Barlow, J., Matkin, C., et al.. (2011). Using movements, genetics and trophic ecology to differentiate inshore from offshore aggregations of humpback whales in the Gulf of Alaska. Endangered Species Research, 14(3), 217 - 225. doi:10.3354/esr00351

Witteveen, B. H., Straley, J. M., von Ziegesar, O., Steel, D. J., & C. Baker, S.. (2004). Abundance and mtDNA differentiation of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Shumagin Islands, Alaska. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 82, 1352-1359.

Womble, J. N., Pendleton, G. W., Mathews, E. A., Blundell, G. M., Bool, N. M., & Gende, S. M.. (2010). Harbor seal ( Phoca vitulina richardii ) decline continues in the rapidly changing landscape of Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska 1992-2008. Marine Mammal Science, 26, 686-697. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00360.x

Womble, J. N., Willson, M. F., Sigler, M. F., Kelly, B. P., & VanBlaricom, G. R.. (2005). Distribution of Steller sea lions Eumetopias jubatus in relation to spring-spawning fish in SE Alaska. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 294, 271 - 282. doi:10.3354/meps294271

Womble, J. N., Gende, S. M., & Blundell, G. M.. (2007). Dive behavior of a harbor seal in the presence of transient killer whales in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska. Marine Mammal Science, 23, 203-208.

Womble, J. N., Blundell, G. M., Gende, S. M., Horning, M., Sigler, M. F., & Csepp, D. J.. (2014). Linking marine predator diving behavior to local prey fields in contrasting habitats in a subarctic glacial fjord. Marine Biology, 161(6), 1361 - 1374. doi:10.1007/s00227-014-2424-8

Womble, J. N., Sigler, M. F., & Willson, M. F.. (2009). Linking seasonal distribution patterns with prey availability in a central-place forager, the Steller sea lion. Journal of Biogeography, 36, 439-451.

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.

Womble, J. N., & Gende, S. M.. (2013). Post-Breeding Season Migrations of a Top Predator, the Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina richardii), from a Marine Protected Area in Alaska. (A. Fahlman, Ed.)PLoS ONE, 8(2), e55386. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055386.t002