Marine Mammal Institute

Barlow, D. R., Klinck, H., Ponirakis, D., Branch, T. A., & Torres, L. G.. (2023). Environmental conditions and marine heatwaves influence blue whale foraging and reproductive effort. Ecology and Evolution, 13(2), e9770. doi:10.1002/ece3.9770

Derville, S., Barlow, D. R., Hayslip, C., & Torres, L. G.. (2022). Seasonal, Annual, and Decadal Distribution of Three Rorqual Whale Species Relative to Dynamic Ocean Conditions Off Oregon, USA. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 868566. doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.868566

Barlow, D. R., EstradaJorge, M., Klinck, H., & Torres, L. G.. (2022). Shaken, not stirred: blue whales show no acoustic response to earthquake events. Royal Society Open Science, 9(7), 220242. doi:10.1098/rsos.220242

Barlow, D. R., Klinck, H., Ponirakis, D., Colberg, M. Holt, & Torres, L. G.. (2022). Temporal occurrence of three blue whale populations in New Zealand waters from passive acoustic monitoring. Journal of Mammalogy, 104(1), 29–38. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyac106

Orben, R. A., Adams, J., Hester, M., Shaffer, S. A., Suryan, R. M., Deguchi, T., et al.. (2021). Across borders: External factors and prior behaviour influence North Pacific albatross associations with fishing vessels. (V. Paiva, Ed.)Journal of Applied Ecology. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13849

Beal, M., Dias, M. P., Phillips, R. A., Oppel, S., Hazin, C., Pearmain, E. J., et al.. (2021). Global political responsibility for the conservation of albatrosses and large petrels. Science Advances, 7(10), eabd7225. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abd7225

Kone, D. V., Tinker, M. T., & Torres, L. G.. (2021). Informing sea otter reintroduction through habitat and human interaction assessment. Endangered Species Research, 44, 159 - 176. doi:10.3354/esr01101

Barlow, D. R., & Torres, L. G.. (2021). Planning ahead: Dynamic models forecast blue whale distribution with applications for spatial management. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58(11), 2493-2504. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13992

Barlow, D. R., Klinck, H., Ponirakis, D., Garvey, C., & Torres, L. G.. (2021). Temporal and spatial lags between wind, coastal upwelling, and blue whale occurrenceAbstract. Scientific Reports, 11(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-021-86403-y

Lemos, L. Soledade, Olsen, A., Smith, A., Chandler, T. E., Larson, S., Hunt, K., & Torres, L. G.. (2020). Assessment of fecal steroid and thyroid hormone metabolites in eastern North Pacific gray whales. (S. Cooke, Ed.)Conservation Physiology, 8(1). doi:10.1093/conphys/coaa110

Carneiro, A. P. B., Pearmain, E. J., Oppel, S., Clay, T. A., Phillips, R. A., Bonnet‐Lebrun, A. ‐S., et al.. (2020). A framework for mapping the distribution of seabirds by integrating tracking, demography and phenology. (D. Thompson, Ed.)Journal of Applied Ecology. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13568

Derville, S., Torres, L. G., Zerbini, A. N., Oremus, M., & Garrigue, C.. (2020). Horizontal and vertical movements of humpback whales inform the use of critical pelagic habitats in the western South Pacific. Scientific Reports, 10(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-020-61771-z

Torres, L. G., Barlow, D. R., Chandler, T. E., & Burnett, J. D.. (2020). Insight into the kinematics of blue whale surface foraging through drone observations and prey data. PeerJ, 8, e8906. doi:10.7717/peerj.8906

Lemos, L. Soledade, Burnett, J. D., Chandler, T. E., Sumich, J. L., & Torres, L. G.. (2020). Intra‐ and inter‐annual variation in gray whale body condition on a foraging ground. Ecosphere, 11(4). doi:10.1002/ecs2.3094

Barlow, D. R., Bernard, K. S., Escobar-Flores, P., Palacios, D. M., & Torres, L. G.. (2020). Links in the trophic chain: Modeling functional relationships between in situ oceanography, krill, and blue whale distribution under different oceanographic regimes. Marine Ecology Progress Series. doi:10.3354/meps13339

Kroeger, C. E., Crocker, D. E., Orben, R. A., Thompson, D. R., Torres, L. G., Sagar, P. M., et al.. (2020). Similar foraging energetics of two sympatric albatrosses despite contrasting life histories and wind-mediated foraging strategiesABSTRACT. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 223(23), jeb228585. doi:10.1242/jeb.228585

Hindell, M. A., Reisinger, R. R., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Hückstädt, L. A., Trathan, P. N., Bornemann, H., et al.. (2020). Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems. Nature. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2126-y

Holdman, A. K., Haxel, J. H., Klinck, H., & Torres, L. G.. (2019). Acoustic monitoring reveals the times and tides of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) distribution off central Oregon, U.S.A.. Marine Mammal Science, 35(1), 164 - 186. doi:10.1111/mms.12537

Derville, S., Torres, L. G., Dodémont, R., Perard, V., & Garrigue, C.. (2019). From land and sea, long‐term data reveal persistent humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breeding habitat in New Caledonia. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 29(10), 1697 - 1711. doi:10.1002/aqc.3127

Cockerham, S., Lee, B., Orben, R. A., Suryan, R. M., Torres, L. G., Warzybok, P., et al.. (2019). Microbial Ecology of the Western Gull (Larus occidentalis). Microbial Ecology. doi:10.1007/s00248-019-01352-4

Barlow, D. R., Pepper, A. L., & Torres, L. G.. (2019). Skin deep: An assessment of New Zealand blue whale skin condition. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00757

Kroeger, C., Crocker, D. E., Thompson, D. R., Torres, L. G., Sagar, P., & Shaffer, S. A.. (2019). Variation in Corticosterone Levels in Two Species of Breeding Albatrosses with Divergent Life Histories: Responses to Body Condition and Drivers of Foraging Behavior. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 92(2), 223 - 238. doi:10.1086/702656

Derville, S., Torres, L. G., Albertson, R. G., Andrews, O., C. Baker, S., Carzon, P., et al.. (2019). Whales in warming water: Assessing breeding habitat diversity and adaptability in Oceania's changing climate. Global Change Biology, 25(4), 1466 - 1481. doi:10.1111/gcb.14563

Sullivan, F. A., & Torres, L. G.. (2018). Assessment of vessel disturbance to gray whales to inform sustainable ecotourism. The Journal of Wildlife Management, (51), 896 - 905. doi:10.1002/jwmg.21462

Barlow, D. R., Torres, L. G., Hodge, K. B., Steel, D. J., C. Baker, S., Chandler, T. E., et al.. (2018). Documentation of a New Zealand blue whale population based on multiple lines of evidence. Endangered Species Research, 36, 27-40. doi:https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00891