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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. 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).
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
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 3
6(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.
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.
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,
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