Marine Mammal Institute

Pitman, R. L., Perryman, W. L., LeRoi, D., & Eilers, E.. (2007). A Dwarf Form of Killer Whale in Antarctica. Journal of Mammalogy, 88(1), 43 - 48. doi:10.1644/06-MAMM-A-118R1.1

Pitman, R. L. (2002). Mesoplodont whales (Mesoplodon spp.). In Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals (pp. 738-742). San Diego: Academic Press.

Pitman, R. L. (1993). Seabird associations with marine turtles in the eastern Pacific. Colonial Waterbirds, 16(2), 194-201.

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

Pitman, R. L., Durban, J. W., Greenfelder, M., Guinet, C., Jorgensen, M., Olson, P. A., et al.. (2011). Observations of a distinctive morphotype of killer whale (Orcinus orca), type D, from subantarctic waters. Polar Biology, 34(2), 303 - 306. doi:10.1007/s00300-010-0871-3

Pitman, R. L., Ballance, L. T., & Bost, C.. (2005). Clipperton Island: Pig sty, rat hole and booby prize. Marine Ornithology, 33, 193-194.

Pitman, R. L., & Lynn, S.. (2001). Biological observations of an unidentified mesoplodont whale in the eastern tropical Pacific and probable identity: Mesoplodon peruvianus. Marine Mammal Science 17(3):648-657., 17(3), 648-657.

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

Pitman, R. L. (1985). The marine birds of Alijos Rocks, Mexico. Western Birds, 16, 81-92.

Pitman, R. L. (2015). Killer whale. In Whales, dolphins and porpoises (pp. 150-151). East Sussex, UK: Ivy Press.

Pitman, R. L. (2009). Book review: Albatross. Their world, their ways. Wilson Bulletin, 121, 217-218.

Pitman, R. L., O’Sullivan, S., & Mase, B.. (2003). Killer whales (Orcinus orca) attack a school of pantropical spotted dolphins (Stenella attenuata) in the Gulf of Mexico. Aquatic Mammals, 29(3), 321-324.

Pitman, R. L., Spear, L. B., & Force, M. P.. (1995). The marine birds of Malpelo Island, Colombia. Colonial Waterbirds, 18, 113-119.

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., & Durban, J. W.. (2012). Cooperative hunting behavior, prey selectivity and prey handling by pack ice killer whales (Orcinus orca), type B, in Antarctic Peninsula waters. Marine Mammal Science, 28(1), 16 - 36. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00453.x

Pitman, R. L., van Helden, A. L., Best, P. B., & Pym, A. (Tony). (2006). Shepherd’s Beaked Whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi): information on appearance and biology based on strandings and at-sea observations. Marine Mammal Science, 22(3), 744 - 755. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2006.00066.x

Pitman, R. L., & Stinchcomb, C.. (2002). Rough-Toothed Dolphins (Steno bredanensis) as Predators of Mahimahi (Coryphaena hippurus). Pacific Science, 56(4), 447 - 450. doi:10.1353/psc.2002.0043

Pitman, R. L., Palacios, D. M., Brennan, P. L. R., Brennan, B. J., Balcomb, K. C., & Miyashita, T.. (1999). Sightings and Possible Identity of a Bottlenose Whale in the Tropical Indo-Pacific: Indopacetus Pacificus?. Marine Mammal Science, 15(2), 513-518. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00818.x

Pitman, R. L., Aguayo-L, A., & Urban-R, J.. (1987). Observations of an unidentified beaked whale (Mesoplodon sp.) in the eastern tropical Pacific. Marine Mammal Science, 3, 345-352.

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. (2009). Indo-Pacific beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus). In Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals (2nd ed., pp. 600 - 602). San Diego: Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-373553-9.00140-1

Pitman, R. L., & Ensor, P.. (2003). Three different forms of killer whales in Antarctic waters. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 5(2), 131-139.

Pitman, R. L. (1996). Marine mammals of Rocas Alijos. In Rocas Alijos. Scientific results from the Cordell expeditions (pp. 363-364). London: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

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

Pitman, R. L. (2013). Clipperton Island. In Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia (pp. 471-473). Ipswich, MA: Salem Press.