Marine Mammal Institute

Torres, L. G., McLellan, W. A., Meagher, E. M., & Pabst, D. A.. (2005). Seasonal distribution and relative abundance of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, along the US mid-Atlantic Coast. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 7(2).

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.

Baumgartner, M. F., & Mate, B. R.. (2005). Summer and fall habitat of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) inferred from satellite telemetry. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, 62, 527-543.

Mendelssohn, R., Bograd, S. J., Schwing, F. B., & Palacios, D. M.. (2005). Teaching old indices new tricks: A state-space analysis of El Niño related climate indices. Geophysical Research Letters, 32(7). doi:10.1029/2005GL022350

Borberg, J. M., Ballance, L. T., Pitman, R. L., & Ainley, D. G.. (2005). A test for bias attributable to seabird avoidance of ships during surveys conducted in the tropical Pacific. Marine Ornithology, 33, 173-179.

Johnston, D. W., Friedlaender, A., Torres, L. G., & Lavigne, D. M.. (2005). Variation in ice cover on the east coast of Canada, 1969-2002: climate variability and implications for harp and hooded seals. Journal of Climate Research, 29, 209-222.

Barlow, J., Ferguson, M., Perrin, W. F., Ballance, L. T., Gerrodette, T., Joyce, G., et al.. (2006). Abundance and density of beaked and bottlenose whales (Family Ziphiidae). Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 7(3):263-270., 7(3), 263-270.

Pardo, M. A., & Palacios, D. M.. (2006). Cetacean occurrence in the Santa Marta region, Colombian Caribbean, 2004-2005. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 5(2), 129-134. doi:10.5597/lajam00105

Freshwater, D. W., Montgomery, F., Greene, J. K., Hamner, R. M., Williams, M., & Whitfield, P. E.. (2006). Distribution and identification of an invasive Gracilaria species that is hampering commercial fishing operations in southeastern North Carolina, USA. Biological Invasions, 8, 631-637.

C. Baker, S., Vant, M. D., Dalebout, M. L., Lento, G. M., O'Brien, S. J., & Yuhki, N.. (2006). Diversity and duplication of DQB and DRB-like genes of the MHC in baleen whales (Suborder: Mysticeti). Immunogenetics, 58, 283-296.

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