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PUBLICATIONS

2025
Keene EL, Falcone EA, Schorr GS, Rone BK, Cárdenas-Hinojosa G, Huerta-Patiño R, Andrews RD (2025) Visual assessment of LIMPET tag site healing in Cuvier's beaked whales and fin whales. J. Cetacean Res. Manage: Special Issue 5. (external PDF)

Fahlman A, Schorr GS, Sweeney DA, Rone BK, Coates SN, Allen AS, Martín López LM, Jarvis SM, Falcone EA (2025) Modelling the effect of varying metabolic rate and cardiac output on estimated tissue and blood O2 and CO2 levels in an extreme deep diver, the goose-beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris). Exp. Physiol. https://doi.org/10.1113/EP090321.

Barlow J, Baird RW, Badger J, Schorr GS, Falcone EA, Coates SN, Tyack PL, Read AJ, Hickmott LS, Durban JW, Claridge D, Aguilar de Soto N, Miranda Gonzalez DM, Visser F, Oudejans MG, DeRuiter S, Sweeney DA, Rone BK, Watwood​ SL (2025) A comparison of diving behavior of goose-beaked and dense-beaked whales from tagging studies in multiple ocean basins. Mar. Mamm. Sci.  
https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.70070


Zerbini AN, Robbins J, Andrews-Goff V, Baumgartner M, Clapham PJ, Double M, Gales N, Landry S, Gulland FMD, Hammar T, Holland M, Kennedy AS, Leask A, Matilla DK, Sandilands D, Schorr GS (2025) Developing robust large whale satellite tags through follow ¬up studies. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. Special Issue 5 (2024–25). https://doi.org/10.47536/jcrm.v5i1.1091

​2024
Coates SN, Sweeney DA, Falcone EA, Watwood SL, Rone BK, DeRuiter SL, Barlow J, Dolan KA, Morrissey RP, DiMarzio NA, Jarvis SM, Andrews RD, Schorr GS (2024) Insights into foraging behavior from multi-day sound recording tags on goose-beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) in the Southern California Bight.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1415602

Rone BK, Zerbini AN, Falcone EA, Keene EL, Schorr GS (2024) Distribution, abundance, and density of harbor porpoises in Hood Canal, Washington. e22543.https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22543

2023
Hin V, de Roos AM, Benoit-Bird KJ, Claridge DE, DiMarzio N, Durban JW, Falcone EA, Jacobson EK, Jones-Todd CM, Pirotta E, Schorr GS, Thomas L, Watwood S, Harwood J. Using individual-based bioenergetic models to predict the aggregate effects of disturbance on populations: A case study with beaked whales and Navy sonar. PLoS ONE 18(8): e0290819. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290819

2022
Rone BK, Sweeney DA, Falcone EA, Watwood SL, Schorr GS (2022) Movements and diving behavior of Rissos' dolphins in the Southern California Bight. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.873548

Trickey JS, Cárdenas-Hinojosa G, Rojas-Bracho L, Schorr GS, Rone BK, Hidalgo-Pla E, Rice A, Baumann-Pickering S (2022) Ultrasonic antifouling devices negatively impact Cuvier’s beaked whales near Guadalupe Island, México. Communications Biology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03959-9 

Falcone EA, Keene EL, Keen EM, Barlow J, Stewart J, Cheeseman T, Hayslip C, Palacios DM (2022) Movements and residency of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the California Current System. Mammalian Biology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00298-4

Schorr GS, Hanson, MB, Falcone EA, Emmons CK, Jarvis SM, Andrews RA, Keen EM (2022) Movements and diving behavior of the Eastern North Pacific Offshore killer whale (Orcinus orca). Front. Mar. Sci., 25 May 2022 Sec. Marine Megafauna
Sec. Marine Megafauna https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.854893


Sweeney DA, Schorr GS, Falcone EA, Rone BK, Andrews RD, Coates SN, Watwood SL, DeRuiter SL, Johnson MP, Moretti DJ (2022) Cuvier’s beaked whale foraging dives identified via machine learning using depth and triaxial acceleration. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Series. 692 (195-208).

Onofre‑Díaz MA, Ortega‑Ortiz CD, Cárdenas‑Hinojosa G, Huerta‑Patiño R, Falcone E, Trickey JS, Van Waerebeek K, Van Bressem MF (2022)  Cutaneous conditions and injuries in Ziphius cavirostris and Mesoplodon peruvianus from Mexican Pacific and Southern California waters. Mamm Biol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00273-z

Coomber FG, Falcone EA, Keene EL et al. (2022) Multi-regional comparison of scarring and pigmentation patterns in Cuvier's beaked whales. Mamm Biol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00226-6.

2021

Jones-Todd CM, Pirotta E, Durban JW, Claridge DE, Baird RW, Falcone EA, Schorr GS, Watwood S, and Thomas L. (2021) Discrete-space continuous-time models of marine mammal exposure to Navy sonar. Ecological Applications 0(0), 2021, e02475

Barlow J, Trickey JS, Schorr GS, Rank S, and Moore JE. (2021) Recommended snapshot length for acoustic point-transect surveys of intermittently available Cuvier's beaked whales. JASA 149, 3830(2021); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0005108

​Hanson MB, Emmons CK, Ford MJ, Everett M, Parsons K, Park LK, et al. (2021) Endangered predators and endangered prey: Seasonal diet of Southern Resident killer whales. PLoS ONE 16(3): e0247031. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0247031

2020
Curtis KA, Falcone, EA, Schorr, GS, Moore, JE, Morettie, DJ, Barlow, J, and Keene E. 2020. Abundance, survival, and annual rate of change of Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) on a Navy sonar range. Mar Mamm Sci. DOI:10.1111/mms.12747

Hückstädt, LA, Schwarz, LK, Friedlaender, AS, Mate, BR, Zerbini, AN, Kennedy, A, Robbins, J, Gales, NJ, Costa, DP. 2020. A dynamic approach to estimate the probability of exposure of marine predators to oil exploration seismic surveys over continental shelf waters. Endang Spec Res. Vol. 42: 185–199, 2020 https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01048
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Barlow, J, Schorr, GS, Falcone, EA, Morretti, D. 2020. Variation in dive behavior of Cuvier's beaked whales with seafloor depth, time-of-day, and lunar illumination. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 644:199-214. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13350

Horton, TW, Zerbini, AN, Andriolo, A, Danilewicz, D, Sucunza, F. 2020. Multi-decadal humpback whale migratory route fidelity despite oceanographic and geomagnetic change. Front. Mar. Sci., 24 June 2020. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00414

Sucunza, F, Danilewicz, D, Andriolo, A, Azevedo, AF, Secchi, ER, Zerbini, AN. 2019. Distribution, habitat use, and abundance of the endangered franciscana in southeastern and southern Brazil. Mar Mamm Sci 36(2): 421-435. DOI: 10.1111/mms.12650

2019
Andrews, RD, Baird, RW, et al. 2019. Best Practice Guideline for Cetacean Tagging. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 20: 27-66.

Zerbini AZ, Adams G, Best J, Clapham PJ, Jackson JA, Punt AE. 2019. Assessing the recovery of an Antarctic predator from historical exploitation. R. Soc. open sci. 6: 190368. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190368 

Keen EM, Scales KL, Rone BK, Hazen EL, Falcone EA and Schorr GS. 2019. Night and Day: Diel Differences in Ship Strike Risk for Fin Whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the California Current System. Front. Mar. Sci. 6:730. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00730

Owen K, Andrews RD, Baird RW, Schorr GS, Webster DL. 2019. Lunar Cycles influence dive behavior and habitat use of short-finned pilot whales around the main Hawaiian Islands. MEPS 629: 193-206. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13123

Riekkola, L. Andrews-Goff, V. Friedlander, A., Constantine, R., Zerbini, A.N. 2019. Environmental drivers of humpback whale foraging behavior in the remote Southern Ocean. Journal of Experimental Biology and Ecology. 517: 1-12.

Keen, E.M., Falcone, E.A., Andrew, R.D., Schorr, G.S. 2019. Diel dive behaviors of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the Southern California Bight. Aquatic Mammals, 45(2), 2330243. DOI 10.1578/AM>45.2.2019.333

Bernaldo de Quiros, Y., Fernandez, A., Baird. R, et al. 2019. Advances in research on the impacts of anti-submarine sonar on beaked whale. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286: 20182533.

​2018
West, K.L., Walker, W.A., Baird, R.W., Webster, D.L., Schorr, G.S. 2018. Stomach contents and diel diving behavior of melon-headed whales (Peponocephala electra) in Hawaiian waters. Marine Mammal Science., 1-15. DOI: 10.1111/mms.12507.

2017
Falcone, E.A., Schorr, G.S., Watwood, S.L., DeRuiter, S.L., Zerbini, A.N., Andrews, R.D., Morrissey, R.P., Moretti, D.J. 2017. Diving behaviour of Cuvier's  beaked whales exposed to two types of military sonar. Royal Society Open Science, 1-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098.rsos.170629.

Jeanniard-du-Dot, T., Holland, K., Schorr, G.S., Vo, D., 2017. Motes enhance data recovery from satellite-relayed biologgers and can facilitate collaborative research into marine habitat utilization. Animal Biotelemetry 5(17), 1-15. doi:10.1186/s40317-017-0132-0.
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Rone, B.K., Zerbini, A.N., Douglas, A.B., Weller, D.W., Clapham, P.J. 2017. Abundance and distribution of cetaceans in the Gulf of Alaska. Marine Biology (2017) 164:23. 

Scales, K.L., Schorr G.S., Hazen E.L., Bogard S.J., Miller P.I., Andrews R.D., Zerbini A.N., Falcone, E.A. 2017. Should I stay or should I go? Modelling year-round habitat suitability and drivers of residency for fin whales in the California Current. Diversity and Distributions 2017;00-1-12. https://doi./org/10.1111/ddi.12611

Weller, D.W., Carretta, J.V., Chivers, S.J., Ford, J.K.B, Kownacki, A.K., Lang, A.R., Martínez-Aguilar, Rone, B.K., Schulman-Janiger, A. 2017. Collaborative large whale survey 2015: gray whale photo-identification catalog. https://doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-SWFSC-584.
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2016
Ford, M.J., Hemplemann, J., Hanson, M.B., Ayres, K.L., Baird, R.W., Emmons, C.K., Lundin, J.I., Schorr, G.S., Wasser, S.K., Park, L.K., 2016. Estimation of a killer whale (Orcinus orca) population's diet using sequencing analysis of DNA from feces. PLoS ONE 11(1): e0144956. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144956. 

Zerbini, A.N., Friday, N.A., Palacios, D.M., Waite, J.M., Ressler, P.H., Rone, B.K., Moore, S.E., Clapham, P.J. 2016. Baleen whale abundance and distribution in relation to environmental variables and prey density in the Eastern Bering Sea. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 134: 213-330.
 
​2015
Abecassis, M., Polovina, J., Baird, R.W., Copeland, A., Drazen, J.C., Domokos, R., Oleson, E., Jia, Y., Schorr, G.S., Webster, D.L., Andrews, R.D., 2015. Characterizing a Foraging Hotspot for Short-Finned Pilot Whales and Blainville’s Beaked Whales Located off the West Side of Hawai‘i Island by Using Tagging and Oceanographic Data. PLOS ONE 10: e0142628. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0142628.

Baird, R.W., Cholewiak, D., Webster, D.L., Schorr, G.S., Mahaffy, S.D., Curtice, C., Harrison, J., Van Parijs, S.M., 2015. 5. Biologically Important Areas for Cetaceans Within U.S. Waters – Hawai‘i Region. Aquatic Mammals 41, 54–64. doi:10.1578/AM.41.1.2015.54

​Lundin, J.I., Dills, R.L., Ylitalo, G.M., Hanson, M.B., Emmons, C.K., Schorr, G.S., Ahmad, J., Hempelmann, J.A., Parsons, K.M., Wasser, S.K., 2015. Persistent Organic Pollutant Determination in Killer Whale Scat Samples: Optimization of a Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry Method and Application to Field Samples. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. doi:10.1007/s00244-015-0218-8

Mahaffy, S.D., Baird, R.W., McSweeney, D.J., Webster, D.L., Schorr, G.S., 2015. High site fidelity, strong associations, and long-term bonds: Short-finned pilot whales off the island of Hawai‘i. Marine Mammal Science 1–25. doi:10.1111/mms.12234

Schorr, G.S., Falcone, E.A., Moretti, D.J., Andrews, R.D., 2015. Rebuttal to the formal comment on Schorr et al. (2014) submitted by Tyack et al. (2015). Plos One 10 (12). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0142437 

Thode, A., Mathias, D., Straley, J., O'Connel, V., Behnken, L., Falvey, D., Wild, L., Calambokidis, J., Schorr, G., Andrews, R., Liddle, J., Lestenkof, P., 2015. Cues, creaks, and decoys: using passive acoustic monitoring as a tool for studying sperm whale depredation.  ICES Journal of Marine Science 72(5), 1621-1636. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv024thode_et_al_2015-ices_j._mar._sci.-2015-thode-icesjms_fsv024.pdf

Zerbini, A.N., Baumgartner, M.F., Kennedy, A.S., Rone, B.K., Wade, P.R., Clapham, P.J. 2015. Space use patterns of the endangered North Pacific right whale Eubalaena japonica in the Bering Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 532: 269-281.

2014
Dick, D.M. Walbridge, S., Wright, D.J., Calambokidis, J., Falcone, E.A., Steel, D., Follett, T., Holmberg, J., Baker, C.S. 2014. geneGIS: Geoanalytical tools and arc marine customization for individual-based genetic records. Transactions in GIS 18:324-350. Doi:10.1111/tgis.12090

Goldbogen, J.A., Stimpert, A.K., DeRuiter, S.L., Calambokidis, J., Friedlaender, A.S., Schorr, G.S., Moretti, D.J., Tyack, P.L., Southall, B.L., 2014. Using accelerometers to determine the calling behavior of tagged baleen whales. Journal of Experimental Biology 217, 2449–2455. doi:10.1242/jeb.103259

Keene, E., Soule, T., Paladino, F., 2014.  Microbial Isolations from Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) and the East Pacific Green (Chelonia mydas agassizii) Turtle Nests in Pacific Costa Rica, and Testing of Cloacal Fluid Antimicrobial Properties.  Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 13(1), 49-55.
 
Kennedy, A.S., Zerbini, A.N., Rone, B.K., Clapham, P.J. 2014. Individual variation in movements of satellite-tracked humpack whales Megaptera novaeangliae in the eastern Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea. Endangered Species Research, 23: 187-195.

Martien, K.K., Chivers, S.J., Baird, R.W., Archer, F.I., Gorgone, A.M., Hancock-Hanser, B.L., Mattila, D., McSweeney, D.J., Oleson, E.M., Palmer, C., Pease, V.L., Robertson, K.M., Schorr, G.S., Schultz, M.B., Webster, D.L., Taylor, B.L., 2014. Nuclear and Mitochondrial Patterns of Population Structure in North Pacific False Killer Whales (Pseudorca crassidens). Journal of Heredity. doi:10.1093/jhered/esu029martienetal2014.pdf
 
Schorr, G.S., Falcone, E.A., Moretti, D.J., Andrews, R.D., 2014. First Long-Term Behavioral Records from Cuvier’s Beaked Whales (Ziphius cavirostris) Reveal Record-Breaking Dives. PLoS ONE 9, e92633. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0092633
 
Stimpert, A.K., DeRuiter, S.L., Southall, B.L., Moretti, D.J., Falcone, E.A., Goldbogen, J.A., Friedlaender, A., Schorr, G.S., Calambokidis, J., 2014. Acoustic and foraging behavior of a Baird’s beaked whale, Berardius bairdii, exposed to simulated sonar. Scientific Reports 4, 7031. doi:10.1038/srep07031
 
Straley, J., Schorr, G., Thode, A., Calambokidis, J., Lunsford, C., Chenoweth, E., O’Connell, V., Andrews, R., 2014. Depredating sperm whales in the Gulf of Alaska: local habitat use and long distance movements across putative population boundaries. Endangered Species Research 24, 125–135. doi:10.3354/esr00595
 
2013
Baird, R.W., Webster, D.L., Aschettino, J.M., Schorr, G.S., McSweeney, D.J., 2013a. Odontocete Cetaceans Around the Main Hawaiian Islands: Habitat Use and Relative Abundance from Small-Boat Sighting Surveys. Aquatic Mammals 39.

Baker, C., Steel, D., Calambokidis, J., Falcone, E., González-Peral, U., Barlow, J., Burdin, A., Clapham, P., Ford, J., Gabriele, C., Mattila, D., Rojas-Bracho, L., Straley, J., Taylor, B., Urbán, J., Wade, P., Weller, D., Witteveen, B., Yamaguchi, M., 2013. Strong maternal fidelity and natal philopatry shape genetic structure in North Pacific humpback whales. Marine Ecology Progress Series 494, 291–306. doi:10.3354/meps10508

Barlow, J., Tyack, P.L., Johnson, M.P., Baird, R.W., Schorr, G.S., Andrews, R.D., Soto, N.A. de, 2013. Trackline and point detection probabilities for acoustic surveys of Cuvier’s and Blainville’s beaked whales. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 134, 2486–2496. doi:10.1121/1.4816573
 
Christman,C.L., Citta, J.L., Quakenbush, L.T., Clarke, J.T., Rone, B.K., Shea, R.A., Ferguson, M.C., Heide-Jørgensen, M.P. 2013. Presence and behavior of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea in July 2011. Polar Biology, 36(12): 1851-1856.
 
Clarke, J., Stafford, K., Moore, S.E., Rone, B., Aerts, L., Crance, J. 2013. Subarctic cetaceans in the southern Chukchi Sea: Evidence of recovery or response to a changing ecosystem. Oceanography 26(4): 136-149. 

Goldbogen, J.A., Southall, B.L., DeRuiter, S.L., Calambokidis, J., Friedlaender, A.S., Hazen, E.L., Falcone, E.A., Schorr, G.S., Douglas, A., Moretti, D.J., Kyburg, C., McKenna, M.F., Tyack, P.L., 2013. Blue whales respond to simulated mid-frequency military sonar. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280, 20130657–20130657. doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.0657

DeRuiter, S.L., Southall, B.L., Calambokidis, J., Zimmer, W.M., Sadykova, D., Falcone, E.A., Friedlaender, A.S., Joseph, J.E., Moretti, D., Schorr, G.S., Thomas, L., Tyack, P.L., 2013. First direct measurements of behavioural responses by Cuvier’s beaked whales to mid-frequency active sonar. Biology letters 9, 2–6. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.0223

2012
Aschettino, J.M., Baird, R.W., McSweeney, D.J., Webster, D.L., Schorr, G.S., Huggins, J.L., Martien, K.K., Mahaffy, S.D., West, K.L., 2012. Population structure of melon-headed whales ( Peponocephala electra ) in the Hawaiian Archipelago: Evidence of multiple populations based on photo identification. Marine Mammal Science 28, 666–689. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00517.x

Baird, R., Hanson, M., Schorr, G., Webster, D., McSweeney, D., Gorgone, A., Mahaffy, S., Holzer, D., Oleson, E., Andrews, R., 2012. Range and primary habitats of Hawaiian insular false killer whales: informing determination of critical habitat. Endangered Species Research 18, 47–61. doi:10.3354/esr00435
 
Goldbogen, J.A., Calambokidis, J., Croll, D.A., McKenna, M.F., Oleson, E., Potvin, J., Pyenson, N.D., Schorr, G., Shadwick, R.E., Tershy, B.R., 2012. Scaling of lunge-feeding performance in rorqual whales: mass-specific energy expenditure increases with body size and progressively limits diving capacity: Scaling of lunge-feeding energetic in rorqual whales. Functional Ecology 26, 216–226. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01905.x

Mathias, D., Thode, A.M., Straley, J.M., Calambokidis, J., Schorr, G.S., Folkert, K., 2012. Acoustic and diving behavior of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) during natural and depradation foraging in the Gulf of Alaska. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 132, 518–532.

​Klinck, H., Mellinger, D.K., Klinck, K., Bogue, N.M., Luby, J.C., Jump, W.A., Shilling, G.B., Litchendorf, T., Wood, A.S., Schorr, G.S., Baird, R.W., 2012. Near-Real-Time Acoustic Monitoring of Beaked Whales and Other Cetaceans Using a SeagliderTM. PLoS ONE 7, e36128. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0036128
 
Rone, B.K., Berchok, C.L., Crance, J.L., Clapham, P.J. 2012. Using air-deployed passive sonobuoys to detect and locate critically endangered North Pacific right whales. Marine Mammal Science, 28:E528-E538.

Rone, B.K. and Pace III, R.M. 2012. A simple photograph-based approach for discriminating between free-ranging long-finned (Globicephala melas) and short-finned (G. macrorhynchus) pilot whales off the east coast of the United States, 28(2): 254-275.

Woodworth, P.A., Schorr, G.S., Baird, R.W., Webster, D.L., McSweeney, D.J., Hanson, M.B., Andrews, R.D., Polovina, J.J., 2012. Eddies as offshore foraging grounds for melon-headed whales (Peponocephala electra). Marine Mammal Science 28, 638–647. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00509.x

2011
Baird, R.W., Schorr, G.S., Webster, D.L., McSweeney, D.J., Hanson, M.B., Andrews, R.D., 2011. Movements of two satellite-tagged pygmy killer whales (Feresa attenuata) off the island of Hawai‘i. Marine Mammal Science 27, E332–E337. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00458.x

Barlow, J., Calambokidis, J., Falcone, E.A., Baker, C.S., Burdin, A.M., Clapham, P.J., Ford, J.K.B., Gabriele, C.M., LeDuc, R., Mattila, D.K., Quinn, T.J., Rojas-Bracho, L., Straley, J.M., Taylor, B.L., Urbán R., J., Wade, P., Weller, D., Witteveen, B.H., Yamaguchi, M., 2011. Humpback whale abundance in the North Pacific estimated by photographic capture-recapture with bias correction from simulation studies. Marine Mammal Science 27, 793–818. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00444.x
 
Calambokidis, J., Oleson, E., Falcone, E., Schorr, G., Wiggins, S., Hildebrand, J., 2011. Comparison of visual and acoustic detection rates for cetaceans off Washington. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 129, 2637–2637.
 
Goldbogen, J.A., Calambokidis, J., Oleson, E., Potvin, J., Pyenson, N.D., Schorr, G., Shadwick, R.E., 2011. Mechanics, hydrodynamics and energetics of blue whale lunge feeding: efficiency dependence on krill density. Journal of Experimental Biology 214, 131–146. doi:10.1242/jeb.048157
 
Mesnick, S.L., Taylor, B.L., Archer, F.I., Martien, K.K., TreviñO, S.E., Hancock-Hanser, B.L., Moreno Medina, S.C., Pease, V.L., Robertson, K.M., Straley, J.M., Baird, R.W., Calambokidis, J., Schorr, G.S., Wade, P., Burkanov, V., Lunsford, C.R., Rendell, L., Morin, P.A., 2011. Sperm whale population structure in the eastern and central North Pacific inferred by the use of single-nucleotide polymorphisms, microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA: SNP GENOTYPING AND APPLICATIONS. Molecular Ecology Resources 11, 278–298. doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02973.x
 
Sakai, M., Aoki, K., Sato, K., Amano, M., Baird, R.W., Webster, D.L., Schorr, G.S., Miyazaki, N., 2011. Swim speed and acceleration measurements of short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) in Hawai’i. Mammal study 36, 55–59.
 
Ford, M.J., Hanson, M.B., Hempelmann, J.A., Ayres, K.L., Emmons, C.K., Schorr, G.S., Baird, R.W., Balcomb, K.C., Wasser, S.K., Parsons, K.M., Balcomb-Bartok, K., 2011. Inferred Paternity and Male Reproductive Success in a Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Population. Journal of Heredity 102, 537–553. doi:10.1093/jhered/esr067
 
Wade, P.R., Kennedy, A., LeDuc, R., Barlow, J., Carretta, J., Shelden, K., Perryman, W., Pitman, R., Robertson, K., Rone, B., Salinas, J.C., Zerbini, A., Brownell Jr., R.L., Clapham, P.J. 2011. The world's smallest whale population? Biology Letters (2011): 83-85. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2010.0477. 
 
2010
Baird, R., Schorr, G., Webster, D., McSweeney, D., Hanson, M., Andrews, R., 2010. Movements and habitat use of satellite-tagged false killer whales around the main Hawaiian Islands. Endangered Species Research 10, 107–121. doi:10.3354/esr00258
 
Hanson, M., Baird, R., Ford, J., Hempelmann-Halos, J., Van Doornik, D., Candy, J., Emmons, C., Schorr, G., Gisborne, B., Ayres, K., Wasser, S., Balcomb, K., Balcomb-Bartok, K., Sneva, J., Ford, M., 2010. Species and stock identification of prey consumed by endangered southern resident killer whales in their summer range. Endangered Species Research 11, 69–82. doi:10.3354/esr00263
 
2009
Baird, R.W., Gorgone, A.M., McSweeney, D.J., Ligon, A.D., Deakos, M.H., Webster, D.L., Schorr, G.S., Martien, K.K., Salden, D.R., Mahaffy, S.D., 2009. Population structure of island-associated dolphins: Evidence from photo-identification of common bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus ) in the main Hawaiian Islands. Marine Mammal Science 25, 251–274. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00257.x
 
Falcone, E., Schorr, G., Douglas, A., Calambokidis, J., Henderson, E., McKenna, M., Hildebrand, J., Moretti, D., 2009. Sighting characteristics and photo-identification of Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) near San Clemente Island, California: a key area for beaked whales and the military? Marine Biology 156, 2631–2640. doi:10.1007/s00227-009-1289-8
 
Krahn, M.M., Bradley Hanson, M., Schorr, G.S., Emmons, C.K., Burrows, D.G., Bolton, J.L., Baird, R.W., Ylitalo, G.M., 2009. Effects of age, sex and reproductive status on persistent organic pollutant concentrations in “Southern Resident” killer whales. Marine Pollution Bulletin 58, 1522–1529. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.05.014
 
Schorr, G.S., Baird RW, Hanson MB, Webster DL, McSweeney DJ, Andrews RD, 2009. Movements of satellite-tagged Blainville’s beaked whales off the island of Hawai‘i. Endangered Species Research 10, 203–213.
 
McSweeney, D.J., Baird, R.W., Mahaffy, S.D., Webster, D.L., Schorr, G.S., 2009. Site fidelity and association patterns of a rare species: Pygmy killer whales (Feresa attenuata) in the main Hawaiian Islands. Marine Mammal Science 25, 557–572. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00267.x
 
Ylitalo, G.M., Baird, R.W., Yanagida, G.K., Webster, D.L., Chivers, S.J., Bolton, J.L., Schorr, G.S., McSweeney, D.J., 2009. High levels of persistent organic pollutants measured in blubber of island-associated false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) around the main Hawaiian Islands. Marine Pollution Bulletin 58, 1922–1952.
 
2008
Baird, R.W., Gorgone, A.M., McSweeney, D.J., Webster, D.L., Salden, D.R., Deakos, M.H., Ligon, A.D., Schorr, G.S., Barlow, J., Mahaffy, S.D., 2008. False killer whales ( Pseudorca crassidens ) around the main Hawaiian Islands: Long-term site fidelity, inter-island movements, and association patterns. Marine Mammal Science 24, 591–612. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00200.x
 
Baird, R.W., Webster, D.L., Mahaffy, S.D., McSweeney, D.J., Schorr, G.S., Ligon, A.D., 2008. Site fidelity and association patterns in a deep-water dolphin: Rough-toothed dolphins ( Steno bredanensis ) in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Marine Mammal Science 24, 535–553. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00201.x
 
Baird, R.W., Webster, D.L., Schorr, G.S., McSweeney, D.J., Barlow, J., 2008. Diel variation in beaked whale diving behavior. Marine Mammal Science 24, 630–642. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00211.x
 
Goldbogen, J.A., Calambokidis, J., Croll, D.A., Harvey, J.T., Newton, K.M., Oleson, E.M., Schorr, G., Shadwick, R.E., 2008. Foraging behavior of humpback whales: kinematic and respiratory patterns suggest a high cost for a lunge. Journal of Experimental Biology 211, 3712–3719. doi:10.1242/jeb.023366
 
Gulland, F.M.D., Nutter, F.B., Dixon, K., Calambokidis, J., Schorr, G., Barlow, J., Rowles, T., Wilkin, S., Spradlin, T., Gage, L., Mulsow, J., Reichmuth, C., Moore, M., Smith, J., Folkens, P., Hanser, S.F., Jang, S., Baker, C.S., 2008. Health Assessment, Antibiotic Treatment, and Behavioral Responses to Herding Efforts of a Cow-Calf Pair of Humpback Whales (<I>Megaptera novaeangliae</I>) in the Sacramento River Delta, California. Aquatic Mammals 34, 182–192. doi:10.1578/AM.34.2.2008.182
 
2007
Calambokidis, J., Schorr, G.S., Steiger, G.H., Francis, J., Bakhtiari, M., Marshall, G., Oleson, E.M., Gendron, D., Robertson, K., 2007. Insights into the underwater diving, feeding, and calling behavior of blue whales from a suction-cup-attached video-imaging tag (CRITTERCAM). Marine Technology Society Journal 41, 19–29.
 
Krahn, M.M., Hanson, M.B., Baird, R.W., Boyer, R.H., Burrows, D.G., Emmons, C.K., Ford, J.K.B., Jones, L.L., Noren, D.P., Ross, P.S., Schorr, G.S., Collier, T.K., 2007. Persistent organic pollutants and stable isotopes in biopsy samples (2004/2006) from Southern Resident killer whales. Marine Pollution Bulletin 54, 1903–1911. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.08.015
 
2006
Baird, R.W., Webster, D.L., McSweeney, D.J., Ligon, A.D., Schorr, G.S., Barlow, J., 2006. Diving behaviour of Cuvier’s (Ziphius cavirostris) and Blainville’s (Mesoplodon densirostris) beaked whales in Hawai‘i. Can. J. Zool. 84, 1120–1128. doi:10.1139/z06-095
 
2005
Cerchio, S., Jacobsen, J. K., Cholewiak, D. M., Falcone, E. A., & Merriwether, D. A. (2005). Paternity in humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae: assessing polygyny and skew in male reproductive success. Animal Behaviour, 70(2), 267-277.
 
Falcone, E., Calambokidis, J., Steiger, G., Malleson, M., & Ford, J. (2005). Humpback whales in the Puget Sound/Georgia Strait Region. In Proceedings of the 2005 Puget Sound Georgia Basin Research Conference.
2025
Keene EL, Falcone EA, Schorr GS, Rone BK, Cárdenas-Hinojosa G, Huerta-Patiño R, Andrews RD (2025) Visual assessment of LIMPET tag site healing in Cuvier's beaked whales and fin whales. J. Cetacean Res. Manage: Special Issue 5.
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Fahlman A, Schorr GS, Sweeney DA, Rone BK, Coates SN, Allen AS, Martín López LM, Jarvis SM, Falcone EA (2025) Modelling the effect of varying metabolic rate and cardiac output on estimated tissue and blood O2 and CO2 levels in an extreme deep diver, the goose-beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris). Exp. Physiol.
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Barlow J, Baird RW, Badger J, Schorr GS, Falcone EA, Coates SN, Tyack PL, Read AJ, Hickmott LS, Durban JW, Claridge D, Aguilar de Soto N, Miranda Gonzalez DM, Visser F, Oudejans MG, DeRuiter S, Sweeney DA, Rone BK, Watwood SL (2025) A comparison of diving behavior of goose-beaked and dense-beaked whales from tagging studies in multiple ocean basins. Mar. Mamm. Sci.
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Zerbini AN, Robbins J, Andrews-Goff V, Baumgartner M, Clapham PJ, Double M, Gales N, Landry S, Gulland FMD, Hammar T, Holland M, Kennedy AS, Leask A, Matilla DK, Sandilands D, Schorr GS (2025) Developing robust large whale satellite tags through follow-up studies. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. Special Issue 5 (2024–25).
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2024
Coates SN, Sweeney DA, Falcone EA, Watwood SL, Rone BK, DeRuiter SL, Barlow J, Dolan KA, Morrissey RP, DiMarzio NA, Jarvis SM, Andrews RD, Schorr GS (2024) Insights into foraging behavior from multi-day sound recording tags on goose-beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) in the Southern California Bight. Frontiers in Marine Science.
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Rone BK, Zerbini AN, Falcone EA, Keene EL, Schorr GS (2024) Distribution, abundance, and density of harbor porpoises in Hood Canal, Washington. Journal of Wildlife Management.
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2023
Hin V, de Roos AM, Benoit-Bird KJ, Claridge DE, DiMarzio N, Durban JW, Falcone EA, Jacobson EK, Jones-Todd CM, Pirotta E, Schorr GS, Thomas L, Watwood S, Harwood J (2023) Using individual-based bioenergetic models to predict the aggregate effects of disturbance on populations: A case study with beaked whales and Navy sonar. PLoS ONE.
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2022
Rone BK, Sweeney DA, Falcone EA, Watwood SL, Schorr GS (2022) Movements and diving behavior of Risso’s dolphins in the Southern California Bight. Frontiers in Marine Science.
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Trickey JS, Cárdenas-Hinojosa G, Rojas-Bracho L, Schorr GS, Rone BK, Hidalgo-Pla E, Rice A, Baumann-Pickering S (2022) Ultrasonic antifouling devices negatively impact Cuvier’s beaked whales near Guadalupe Island, México. Communications Biology.
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Falcone EA, Keene EL, Keen EM, Barlow J, Stewart J, Cheeseman T, Hayslip C, Palacios DM (2022) Movements and residency of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the California Current System. Mammalian Biology.
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Schorr GS, Hanson MB, Falcone EA, Emmons CK, Jarvis SM, Andrews RA, Keen EM (2022) Movements and diving behavior of the Eastern North Pacific Offshore killer whale (Orcinus orca). Frontiers in Marine Science.
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Sweeney DA, Schorr GS, Falcone EA, Rone BK, Andrews RD, Coates SN, Watwood SL, DeRuiter SL, Johnson MP, Moretti DJ (2022) Cuvier’s beaked whale foraging dives identified via machine learning using depth and triaxial acceleration. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 692, 195–208.
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Onofre-Díaz MA, Ortega-Ortiz CD, Cárdenas-Hinojosa G, Huerta-Patiño R, Falcone EA, Trickey JS, Van Waerebeek K, Van Bressem MF (2022) Cutaneous conditions and injuries in Ziphius cavirostris and Mesoplodon peruvianus from Mexican Pacific and Southern California waters. Mammalian Biology.
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Coomber FG, Falcone EA, Keene EL et al. (2022) Multi-regional comparison of scarring and pigmentation patterns in Cuvier’s beaked whales. Mammalian Biology.
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2021
Jones-Todd CM, Pirotta E, Durban JW, Claridge DE, Baird RW, Falcone EA, Schorr GS, Watwood S, Thomas L (2021) Discrete-space continuous-time models of marine mammal exposure to Navy sonar. Ecological Applications, e02475.
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Barlow J, Trickey JS, Schorr GS, Rank S, Moore JE (2021) Recommended snapshot length for acoustic point-transect surveys of intermittently available Cuvier’s beaked whales. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 149, 3830.
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Hanson MB, Emmons CK, Ford MJ, Everett M, Parsons K, Park LK, et al. (2021) Endangered predators and endangered prey: Seasonal diet of Southern Resident killer whales. PLOS ONE, 16(3), e0247031.
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2020
Curtis KA, Falcone EA, Schorr GS, Moore JE, Moretti DJ, Barlow J, Keene E (2020) Abundance, survival, and annual rate of change of Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) on a Navy sonar range. Marine Mammal Science.
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Hückstädt LA, Schwarz LK, Friedlaender AS, Mate BR, Zerbini AN, Kennedy A, Robbins J, Gales NJ, Costa DP (2020) A dynamic approach to estimate the probability of exposure of marine predators to oil exploration seismic surveys over continental shelf waters. Endangered Species Research, 42, 185–199.
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Barlow J, Schorr GS, Falcone EA, Moretti D (2020) Variation in dive behavior of Cuvier’s beaked whales with seafloor depth, time-of-day, and lunar illumination. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 644, 199–214.
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Horton TW, Zerbini AN, Andriolo A, Danilewicz D, Sucunza F (2020) Multi-decadal humpback whale migratory route fidelity despite oceanographic and geomagnetic change. Frontiers in Marine Science.
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Sucunza F, Danilewicz D, Andriolo A, Azevedo AF, Secchi ER, Zerbini AN (2019) Distribution, habitat use, and abundance of the endangered franciscana in southeastern and southern Brazil. Marine Mammal Science, 36(2), 421–435.
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2019
Andrews RD, Baird RW, et al. (2019) Best Practice Guideline for Cetacean Tagging. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 20, 27–66.
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Zerbini AZ, Adams G, Best J, Clapham PJ, Jackson JA, Punt AE (2019) Assessing the recovery of an Antarctic predator from historical exploitation. Royal Society Open Science, 6, 190368.
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Keen EM, Scales KL, Rone BK, Hazen EL, Falcone EA, Schorr GS (2019) Night and day: Diel differences in ship strike risk for fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the California Current System. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 730.
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Owen K, Andrews RD, Baird RW, Schorr GS, Webster DL (2019) Lunar cycles influence dive behavior and habitat use of short-finned pilot whales around the main Hawaiian Islands. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 629, 193–206.
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Riekkola L, Andrews-Goff V, Friedlaender A, Constantine R, Zerbini AN (2019) Environmental drivers of humpback whale foraging behavior in the remote Southern Ocean. Journal of Experimental Biology and Ecology, 517, 1–12.
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Keen EM, Falcone EA, Andrews RD, Schorr GS (2019) Diel dive behaviors of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the Southern California Bight. Aquatic Mammals, 45(2).
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Bernaldo de Quirós Y, Fernandez A, Baird RW, et al. (2019) Advances in research on the impacts of anti-submarine sonar on beaked whales. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286, 20182533.
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2018
West KL, Walker WA, Baird RW, Webster DL, Schorr GS (2018) Stomach contents and diel diving behavior of melon-headed whales (Peponocephala electra) in Hawaiian waters. Marine Mammal Science.
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2017
Falcone EA, Schorr GS, Watwood SL, DeRuiter SL, Zerbini AN, Andrews RD, Morrissey RP, Moretti DJ (2017) Diving behaviour of Cuvier’s beaked whales exposed to two types of military sonar. Royal Society Open Science.
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Jeanniard-du-Dot T, Holland K, Schorr GS, Vo D (2017) Motes enhance data recovery from satellite-relayed biologgers and can facilitate collaborative research into marine habitat utilization. Animal Biotelemetry, 5(17).
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Rone BK, Zerbini AN, Douglas AB, Weller DW, Clapham PJ (2017) Abundance and distribution of cetaceans in the Gulf of Alaska. Marine Biology, 164, 23.
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Scales KL, Schorr GS, Hazen EL, Bogard SJ, Miller PI, Andrews RD, Zerbini AN, Falcone EA (2017) Should I stay or should I go? Modelling year-round habitat suitability and drivers of residency for fin whales in the California Current. Diversity and Distributions.
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Weller DW, Carretta JV, Chivers SJ, Ford JKB, Kownacki AK, Lang AR, Martínez-Aguilar R, Rone BK, Schulman-Janiger A (2017) Collaborative large whale survey 2015: gray whale photo-identification catalog.
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2016
Ford MJ, Hempelmann J, Hanson MB, Ayres KL, Baird RW, Emmons CK, Lundin JI, Schorr GS, Wasser SK, Park LK (2016) Estimation of a killer whale (Orcinus orca) population's diet using sequencing analysis of DNA from feces. PLOS ONE, 11(1), e0144956.
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Zerbini AN, Friday NA, Palacios DM, Waite JM, Ressler PH, Rone BK, Moore SE, Clapham PJ (2016) Baleen whale abundance and distribution in relation to environmental variables and prey density in the Eastern Bering Sea. Deep Sea Research Part II, 134, 213–330.
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2015
Abecassis M, Polovina J, Baird RW, Copeland A, Drazen JC, Domokos R, Oleson E, Jia Y, Schorr GS, Webster DL, Andrews RD (2015) Characterizing a foraging hotspot for short-finned pilot whales and Blainville’s beaked whales off Hawai‘i Island. PLOS ONE, 10, e0142628.
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Baird RW, Cholewiak D, Webster DL, Schorr GS, Mahaffy SD, Curtice C, Harrison J, Van Parijs SM (2015) Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters – Hawai‘i region. Aquatic Mammals, 41, 54–64.
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Lundin JI, Dills RL, Ylitalo GM, Hanson MB, Emmons CK, Schorr GS, Ahmad J, Hempelmann JA, Parsons KM, Wasser SK (2015) Persistent organic pollutant determination in killer whale scat samples. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.
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Mahaffy SD, Baird RW, McSweeney DJ, Webster DL, Schorr GS (2015) High site fidelity, strong associations, and long-term bonds: Short-finned pilot whales off the island of Hawai‘i. Marine Mammal Science.
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Schorr GS, Falcone EA, Moretti DJ, Andrews RD (2015) Rebuttal to the formal comment on Schorr et al. (2014). PLOS ONE, 10(12).
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Thode A, Mathias D, Straley J, O’Connell V, Behnken L, Falvey D, Wild L, Calambokidis J, Schorr G, Andrews R, Liddle J, Lestenkof P (2015) Cues, creaks, and decoys: Using passive acoustic monitoring as a tool for studying sperm whale depredation. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 72(5), 1621–1636.
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Zerbini AN, Baumgartner MF, Kennedy AS, Rone BK, Wade PR, Clapham PJ (2015) Space use patterns of the endangered North Pacific right whale Eubalaena japonica in the Bering Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 532, 269–281.
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2014
Dick DM, Walbridge S, Wright DJ, Calambokidis J, Falcone EA, Steel D, Follett T, Holmberg J, Baker CS (2014) geneGIS: Geoanalytical tools and arc marine customization for individual-based genetic records. Transactions in GIS, 18:324–350.
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Goldbogen JA, Stimpert AK, DeRuiter SL, Calambokidis J, Friedlaender AS, Schorr GS, Moretti DJ, Tyack PL, Southall BL (2014) Using accelerometers to determine the calling behavior of tagged baleen whales. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217, 2449–2455.
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Keene E, Soule T, Paladino F (2014) Microbial Isolations from Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) and the East Pacific Green (Chelonia mydas agassizii) Turtle Nests in Pacific Costa Rica, and Testing of Cloacal Fluid Antimicrobial Properties. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 13(1), 49–55.
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Kennedy AS, Zerbini AN, Rone BK, Clapham PJ (2014) Individual variation in movements of satellite-tracked humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the eastern Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea. Endangered Species Research, 23:187–195.
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Martien KK, Chivers SJ, Baird RW, Archer FI, Gorgone AM, Hancock-Hanser BL, Mattila D, McSweeney DJ, Oleson EM, Palmer C, Pease VL, Robertson KM, Schorr GS, Schultz MB, Webster DL, Taylor BL (2014) Nuclear and Mitochondrial Patterns of Population Structure in North Pacific False Killer Whales (Pseudorca crassidens). Journal of Heredity.
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Schorr GS, Falcone EA, Moretti DJ, Andrews RD (2014) First Long-Term Behavioral Records from Cuvier’s Beaked Whales (Ziphius cavirostris) Reveal Record-Breaking Dives. PLoS ONE 9, e92633.
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Stimpert AK, DeRuiter SL, Southall BL, Moretti DJ, Falcone EA, Goldbogen JA, Friedlaender A, Schorr GS, Calambokidis J (2014) Acoustic and foraging behavior of a Baird’s beaked whale (Berardius bairdii) exposed to simulated sonar. Scientific Reports 4, 7031.
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Straley J, Schorr G, Thode A, Calambokidis J, Lunsford C, Chenoweth E, O’Connell V, Andrews R (2014) Depredating sperm whales in the Gulf of Alaska: local habitat use and long distance movements across putative population boundaries. Endangered Species Research 24, 125–135.
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2013
Baird RW, Webster DL, Aschettino JM, Schorr GS, McSweeney DJ (2013a) Odontocete Cetaceans Around the Main Hawaiian Islands: Habitat Use and Relative Abundance from Small-Boat Sighting Surveys. Aquatic Mammals, 39.
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Baker C, Steel D, Calambokidis J, Falcone E, González-Peral U, Barlow J, Burdin A, Clapham P, Ford J, Gabriele C, Mattila D, Rojas-Bracho L, Straley J, Taylor B, Urbán J, Wade P, Weller D, Witteveen B, Yamaguchi M (2013) Strong maternal fidelity and natal philopatry shape genetic structure in North Pacific humpback whales. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 494:291–306.
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Barlow J, Tyack PL, Johnson MP, Baird RW, Schorr GS, Andrews RD, Soto NA de (2013) Trackline and point detection probabilities for acoustic surveys of Cuvier’s and Blainville’s beaked whales. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134:2486–2496.
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Christman CL, Citta JL, Quakenbush LT, Clarke JT, Rone BK, Shea RA, Ferguson MC, Heide-Jørgensen MP (2013) Presence and behavior of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea in July 2011. Polar Biology, 36(12):1851–1856.
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Clarke J, Stafford K, Moore SE, Rone B, Aerts L, Crance J (2013) Subarctic cetaceans in the southern Chukchi Sea: Evidence of recovery or response to a changing ecosystem. Oceanography, 26(4):136–149.
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Goldbogen JA, Southall BL, DeRuiter SL, Calambokidis J, Friedlaender AS, Hazen EL, Falcone EA, Schorr GS, Douglas A, Moretti DJ, Kyburg C, McKenna MF, Tyack PL (2013) Blue whales respond to simulated mid-frequency military sonar. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280:20130657–20130657.
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DeRuiter SL, Southall BL, Calambokidis J, Zimmer WM, Sadykova D, Falcone EA, Friedlaender AS, Joseph JE, Moretti D, Schorr GS, Thomas L, Tyack PL (2013) First direct measurements of behavioural responses by Cuvier’s beaked whales to mid-frequency active sonar. Biology Letters, 9:2–6.
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2012
Aschettino JM, Baird RW, McSweeney DJ, Webster DL, Schorr GS, Huggins JL, Martien KK, Mahaffy SD, West KL (2012) Population structure of melon-headed whales (Peponocephala electra) in the Hawaiian Archipelago: Evidence of multiple populations based on photo identification. Marine Mammal Science, 28:666–689.
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Baird R, Hanson M, Schorr G, Webster D, McSweeney D, Gorgone A, Mahaffy S, Holzer D, Oleson E, Andrews R (2012) Range and primary habitats of Hawaiian insular false killer whales: informing determination of critical habitat. Endangered Species Research, 18:47–61.
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Goldbogen JA, Calambokidis J, Croll DA, McKenna MF, Oleson E, Potvin J, Pyenson ND, Schorr G, Shadwick RE, Tershy BR (2012) Scaling of lunge-feeding performance in rorqual whales: mass-specific energy expenditure increases with body size and progressively limits diving capacity. Functional Ecology, 26:216–226.
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Mathias D, Thode AM, Straley JM, Calambokidis J, Schorr GS, Folkert K (2012) Acoustic and diving behavior of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) during natural and depradation foraging in the Gulf of Alaska. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 132:518–532.
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Klinck H, Mellinger DK, Klinck K, Bogue NM, Luby JC, Jump WA, Shilling GB, Litchendorf T, Wood AS, Schorr GS, Baird RW (2012) Near-Real-Time Acoustic Monitoring of Beaked Whales and Other Cetaceans Using a SeagliderTM. PLoS ONE, 7:e36128.
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Rone BK, Berchok CL, Crance JL, Clapham PJ (2012) Using air-deployed passive sonobuoys to detect and locate critically endangered North Pacific right whales. Marine Mammal Science, 28:E528–E538.
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Rone BK, Pace III RM (2012) A simple photograph-based approach for discriminating between free-ranging long-finned (Globicephala melas) and short-finned (G. macrorhynchus) pilot whales off the east coast of the United States. Marine Mammal Science, 28(2):254–275.
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Woodworth PA, Schorr GS, Baird RW, Webster DL, McSweeney DJ, Hanson MB, Andrews RD, Polovina JJ (2012) Eddies as offshore foraging grounds for melon-headed whales (Peponocephala electra). Marine Mammal Science, 28:638–647.
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2011
Baird RW, Schorr GS, Webster DL, McSweeney DJ, Hanson MB, Andrews RD (2011) Movements of two satellite-tagged pygmy killer whales (Feresa attenuata) off the island of Hawai‘i. Marine Mammal Science, 27:E332–E337.
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Barlow J, Calambokidis J, Falcone EA, Baker CS, Burdin AM, Clapham PJ, Ford JKB, Gabriele CM, LeDuc R, Mattila DK, Quinn TJ, Rojas-Bracho L, Straley JM, Taylor BL, Urbán RJ, Wade P, Weller D, Witteveen BH, Yamaguchi M (2011) Humpback whale abundance in the North Pacific estimated by photographic capture-recapture with bias correction from simulation studies. Marine Mammal Science, 27:793–818.
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Calambokidis J, Oleson E, Falcone E, Schorr G, Wiggins S, Hildebrand J (2011) Comparison of visual and acoustic detection rates for cetaceans off Washington. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 129:2637–2637.
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Goldbogen JA, Calambokidis J, Oleson E, Potvin J, Pyenson ND, Schorr G, Shadwick RE (2011) Mechanics, hydrodynamics and energetics of blue whale lunge feeding: efficiency dependence on krill density. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214:131–146.
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Mesnick SL, Taylor BL, Archer FI, Martien KK, Treviño SE, Hancock-Hanser BL, Moreno Medina SC, Pease VL, Robertson KM, Straley JM, Baird RW, Calambokidis J, Schorr GS, Wade P, Burkanov V, Lunsford CR, Rendell L, Morin PA (2011) Sperm whale population structure in the eastern and central North Pacific inferred by the use of single-nucleotide polymorphisms, microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA: SNP GENOTYPING AND APPLICATIONS. Molecular Ecology Resources, 11:278–298.
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Sakai M, Aoki K, Sato K, Amano M, Baird RW, Webster DL, Schorr GS, Miyazaki N (2011) Swim speed and acceleration measurements of short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) in Hawai’i. Mammal Study, 36:55–59.
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Ford MJ, Hanson MB, Hempelmann JA, Ayres KL, Emmons CK, Schorr GS, Baird RW, Balcomb KC, Wasser SK, Parsons KM, Balcomb-Bartok K (2011) Inferred Paternity and Male Reproductive Success in a Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Population. Journal of Heredity, 102:537–553.
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Wade PR, Kennedy A, LeDuc R, Barlow J, Carretta J, Shelden K, Perryman W, Pitman R, Robertson K, Rone B, Salinas JC, Zerbini A, Brownell Jr RL, Clapham PJ (2011) The world's smallest whale population? Biology Letters, 7:83–85.
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2010
Baird R, Schorr G, Webster D, McSweeney D, Hanson M, Andrews R (2010) Movements and habitat use of satellite-tagged false killer whales around the main Hawaiian Islands. Endangered Species Research, 10:107–121.
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Hanson M, Baird R, Ford J, Hempelmann-Halos J, Van Doornik D, Candy J, Emmons C, Schorr G, Gisborne B, Ayres K, Wasser S, Balcomb K, Balcomb-Bartok K, Sneva J, Ford M (2010) Species and stock identification of prey consumed by endangered southern resident killer whales in their summer range. Endangered Species Research, 11:69–82.
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2009
Baird RW, Gorgone AM, McSweeney DJ, Ligon AD, Deakos MH, Webster DL, Schorr GS, Martien KK, Salden DR, Mahaffy SD (2009) Population structure of island-associated dolphins: Evidence from photo-identification of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the main Hawaiian Islands. Marine Mammal Science, 25:251–274.
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Falcone E, Schorr G, Douglas A, Calambokidis J, Henderson E, McKenna M, Hildebrand J, Moretti D (2009) Sighting characteristics and photo-identification of Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) near San Clemente Island, California: a key area for beaked whales and the military? Marine Biology, 156:2631–2640.
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Krahn MM, Bradley Hanson M, Schorr GS, Emmons CK, Burrows DG, Bolton JL, Baird RW, Ylitalo GM (2009) Effects of age, sex and reproductive status on persistent organic pollutant concentrations in “Southern Resident” killer whales. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 58:1522–1529.
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Schorr GS, Baird RW, Hanson MB, Webster DL, McSweeney DJ, Andrews RD (2009) Movements of satellite-tagged Blainville’s beaked whales off the island of Hawai‘i. Endangered Species Research, 10:203–213.
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McSweeney DJ, Baird RW, Mahaffy SD, Webster DL, Schorr GS (2009) Site fidelity and association patterns of a rare species: Pygmy killer whales (Feresa attenuata) in the main Hawaiian Islands. Marine Mammal Science, 25:557–572.
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Ylitalo GM, Baird RW, Yanagida GK, Webster DL, Chivers SJ, Bolton JL, Schorr GS, McSweeney DJ (2009) High levels of persistent organic pollutants measured in blubber of island-associated false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) around the main Hawaiian Islands. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 58:1922–1952.
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2008
Baird RW, Gorgone AM, McSweeney DJ, Webster DL, Salden DR, Deakos MH, Ligon AD, Schorr GS, Barlow J, Mahaffy SD (2008) False killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) around the main Hawaiian Islands: Long-term site fidelity, inter-island movements, and association patterns. Marine Mammal Science, 24:591–612.
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Baird RW, Webster DL, Mahaffy SD, McSweeney DJ, Schorr GS, Ligon AD (2008) Site fidelity and association patterns in a deep-water dolphin: Rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Marine Mammal Science, 24:535–553.
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Baird RW, Webster DL, Schorr GS, McSweeney DJ, Barlow J (2008) Diel variation in beaked whale diving behavior. Marine Mammal Science, 24:630–642.
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Goldbogen JA, Calambokidis J, Croll DA, Harvey JT, Newton KM, Oleson EM, Schorr G, Shadwick RE (2008) Foraging behavior of humpback whales: kinematic and respiratory patterns suggest a high cost for a lunge. Journal of Experimental Biology, 211:3712–3719.
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Gulland FMD, Nutter FB, Dixon K, Calambokidis J, Schorr G, Barlow J, Rowles T, Wilkin S, Spradlin T, Gage L, Mulsow J, Reichmuth C, Moore M, Smith J, Folkens P, Hanser SF (2008) Health Assessment, Antibiotic Treatment, and Behavioral Responses to Herding Efforts of a Cow-Calf Pair of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Sacramento River Delta, California. Aquatic Mammals, 34:182–192.
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2007
Calambokidis J, Schorr GS, Steiger GH, Francis J, Bakhtiari M, Marshall G, Oleson EM, Gendron D, Robertson K (2007) Insights into the underwater diving, feeding, and calling behavior of blue whales from a suction-cup-attached video-imaging tag (CRITTERCAM). Marine Technology Society Journal, 41:19–29.
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Krahn MM, Hanson MB, Baird RW, Boyer RH, Burrows DG, Emmons CK, Ford JKB, Jones LL, Noren DP, Ross PS, Schorr GS, Collier TK (2007) Persistent organic pollutants and stable isotopes in biopsy samples (2004/2006) from Southern Resident killer whales. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 54:1903–1911.
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2006
Baird RW, Webster DL, McSweeney DJ, Ligon AD, Schorr GS, Barlow J (2006) Diving behaviour of Cuvier’s (Ziphius cavirostris) and Blainville’s (Mesoplodon densirostris) beaked whales in Hawai‘i. Can. J. Zool., 84:1120–1128.
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2005
Cerchio S, Jacobsen JK, Cholewiak DM, Falcone EA, Merriwether DA (2005) Paternity in humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae: assessing polygyny and skew in male reproductive success. Animal Behaviour, 70(2):267–277.
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Falcone E, Calambokidis J, Steiger G, Malleson M, Ford J (2005) Humpback whales in the Puget Sound/Georgia Strait Region. In Proceedings of the 2005 Puget Sound Georgia Basin Research Conference.
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