Marine Mammal Institute

Force, M. P., & Ballance, L. T.. (2009). A Pink-footed Shearwater in Hawai’i. ‘Elepaio, 69(6), 39-40. Retrieved from https://swfsc.noaa.gov/publications/CR/2009/2009Force.pdf

Oremus, M., Gales, R., Dalebout, M. L., Funahashi, N., Endo, T., Kage, T., et al.. (2009). Worldwide mitochondrial DNA diversity and phylogeography of pilot whales (Globicephala spp.). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 98(4), 729 - 744. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01325.x

Friedlaender, A., Fraser, W. R., Patterson, D., Qian, S. S., & Halpin, P. N.. (2008). The effects of prey demography on cetacean community structure around the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Polar Biology, 31, 1217-1224.

Friedlaender, A., Fraser, W. R., Patterson, D., Qian, S. S., & Halpin, P. N.. (2008). The effects of prey demography on cetacean community structure around the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Polar Biology, 31, 1217-1224.

Friedlaender, A., Lawson, G. I., & Halpin, P. N.. (2008). Evidence of resource partitioning between humpback and minke whales in the Antarctic. Marine Mammal Science, 25, 402-415.

C. Baker, S., Cooke, J., Lavery, S., Dalebout, M. L., Ma, Y. -un, Funahashi, N., et al.. (2007). Estimating the number of whales entering trade using DNA profiling and capture-recapture analysis of market products. Molecular Ecology, 13, 2617-2626.

Pitman, R. L., Fearnbach, H., LeDuc, R., Gilpatrick, J. W., Ford, J. K. B., & Ballance, L. T.. (2007). Killer whales preying on a blue whale calf on the Costa Rica Dome: genetics, morphometrics, vocalizations and composition of the group. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management , 9(2), 151-158.

Pitman, R. L., Fearnbach, H., LeDuc, R., Gilpatrick, J. W., Ford, J. K. B., & Ballance, L. T.. (2007). Killer whales preying on a blue whale calf on the Costa Rica Dome: genetics, morphometrics, vocalizations and composition of the group. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management , 9(2), 151-158.

Hamner, R. M., Freshwater, D. W., & Whitfield, P. E.. (2007). Mitochondrial cytochrome b analysis reveals two invasive lionfish species with strong founder effects in the western Atlantic. Journal of Fish Biology, 71, 214-222.

BRANCH, T. A., Stafford, K. M., Palacios, D. M., ALLISON, C., BANNISTER, J. L., BURTON, C. L. K., et al.. (2007). Past and present distribution, densities and movements of blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the Southern Hemisphere and northern Indian Ocean. Mammal Review, 37(2), 116 - 175. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2907.2007.00106.x

Olavarria, C., C. Baker, S., Garrigue, C., Poole, M. M., Hauser, N., Caballero, S., et al.. (2007). Population structure of humpback whales throughout the South Pacific and the origins of the eastern Polynesian breeding grounds. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 330, 257-268.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.