Marine Mammal Institute

Jefferson, T. A., Webber, M. A., & Pitman, R. L.. (2015). Marine Mammals of the World (2nd ed., p. 610). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Pitman, R. L., Totterdell, J. A., Fearnbach, H., Ballance, L. T., Durban, J. W., & Kemps, H.. (2015). Whale killers: Prevalence and ecological implications of killer whale predation on humpback whale calves off Western Australia. Marine Mammal Science, 31(2), 629 - 657. doi:10.1111/mms.12182

Lewallen, E. A., Bohonak, A. J., Bonin, C. A., van Wijnen, A. J., Pitman, R. L., & Lovejoy, N. R.. (2016). Population Genetic Structure of the Tropical Two-Wing Flyingfish (Exocoetus volitans). (G. Bernardi, Ed.)PLOS ONE, 11(10), e0163198. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0163198

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

Durban, J. W., Fearnbach, H., Burrows, D. G., Ylitalo, G. M., & Pitman, R. L.. (2017). Morphological and ecological evidence for two sympatric forms of Type B killer whale around the Antarctic Peninsula. Polar Biology, 40(1), 231 - 236. doi:10.1007/s00300-016-1942-x

Peavey, L. E., Popp, B. N., Pitman, R. L., Gaines, S. D., Arthur, K. E., Kelez, S., & Seminoff, J. A.. (2017). Opportunism on the High Seas: Foraging Ecology of Olive Ridley Turtles in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4. doi:10.3389/fmars.2017.00348

Lewallen, E. A., Bohonak, A. J., Bonin, C. A., van Wijnen, A. J., Pitman, R. L., & Lovejoy, N. R.. (2017). Phylogenetics and biogeography of the two-wing flyingfish (Exocoetidae: Exocoetus ). Ecology and Evolution, 7(6), 1751 - 1761. doi:10.1002/ece3.2786

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. (2018). Indo-Pacific Beaked Whale: Indopacetus pacificus. In Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals (3rd ed., pp. 509 - 512). Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-804327-1.00157-6

Pitman, R. L. (2018). Mesoplodon Beaked Whales: Mesoplodon spp. In Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals (3rd ed., pp. 595 - 602). Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-804327-1.00172-2

Bearzi, G., Kerem, D., Furey, N. B., Pitman, R. L., Rendell, L., & Reeves, R. R.. (2018). Whale and dolphin behavioural responses to dead conspecifics. Zoology, 128, 1 - 15. doi:10.1016/j.zool.2018.05.003

Fearnbach, H., Durban, J. W., Ellifrit, D. K., & Pitman, R. L.. (2019). Abundance of Type A killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the coastal waters off the western Antarctic Peninsula. Polar Biology, 42(8), 1477 - 1488. doi:10.1007/s00300-019-02534-z

Gualtieri, D., & Pitman, R. L.. (2019). Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Predation on a Gervais’ Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon europaeus) in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean. Aquatic Mammals, 45(2), 244 - 245. doi:10.1578/AM.45.2.2019.244

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

Towers, J. R., Tixier, P., Ross, K. A., Bennett, J., P Y Arnould, J., Pitman, R. L., & Durban, J. W.. (2019). Movements and dive behaviour of a toothfish-depredating killer and sperm whale. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 76(1), 298 - 311. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsy118

Pitman, R. L., Durban, J. W., Joyce, T., Fearnbach, H., Panigada, S., & Lauriano, G.. (2019). Skin in the game: Epidermal molt as a driver of long‐distance migration in whales. Marine Mammal Science. doi:10.1111/mms.12661

Wellard, R., Pitman, R. L., Durban, J., & 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

Pitman, R. L., Ballance, L. T., Sironi, M., Totterdell, J., Towers, J. R., & Wellard, R.. (2020). Enigmatic megafauna: type D killer whale in the Southern Ocean. Ecology, 101(1). doi:10.1002/ecy.2871

Lauriano, G., Pirotta, E., Joyce, T., Pitman, R. L., Borrell, A., & Panigada, S.. (2020). Movements, diving behaviour and diet of type‐C killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. doi:10.1002/aqc.3371