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2024
- Song fragments recorded on a tagged juvenile humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) on a winter feeding ground at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA
Adcock, D.L., J.M. Shearer, H.J. Foley, Z.T. Swaim, and A.J. Read. 2024. Marine Mammal Science 40:e13110. - Long-term strategies for studying rare species: results and lessons from a multi-species study of odontocetes around the main Hawaiian Islands.
Baird, R.W., S.D. Mahaffy, B. Hancock-Hanser, T. Cullins, K.L. West, M.A. Kratofil, D.M. Barrios, A.E. Harnish, and P.C. Johnson. 2024. Pacific Conservation Biology 30:PC23027. - Biologically Important Areas II for cetaceans within U.S. and adjacent waters - West Coast Region.
Calambokidis, J., M.A. Kratofil, D.M. Palacios, B.A. Lagerquist, G.S. Schorr, M.B. Hanson, R.W. Baird, K.A. Forney, E.A. Becker, R.C. Rockwood, and E.L. Hazen. 2024. Frontiers in Marine Science 11:1283231. - Common dolphin whistle responses to experimental mid-frequency sonar
Casey, C., S. Fregosi, J.N. Oswald, V.M. Janik, F. Visser, and B. Southall. 2024. PLoS ONE 19(4):e0302035. - Sea turtle density surface models along the United States Atlantic coast
DiMatteo, A., J.J. Roberts, D. Jones, L. Garrison, K.M. Hart, R.D. Kenney, W.A. McLellan, K. Lomac-MacNair, D. Palka, M.E. Rickard, K.E. Roberts, A.M. Zoidis, L. Sparks. 2024. Endangered Species Research 53:227-245. - Swimming and acoustic calling behavior attributed to Bryde’s whales in the central North Pacific
Helble, T.A., G.C. Alongi, R.A. Guazzo, D.R. Allhusen, C.R. Martin, S.W. Martin, I.N. Durbach, and E.E. Henderson. 2024. Frontiers in Marine Science 11:1305505. - Geographic distribution of the Cross Seamount beaked whale based on acoustic detections.
McCullough, J.L.K., E.E. Henderson J.S. Trickey, J. Barlow, S. Baumann-Pickering, R. Manzano-Roth, G. Alongi, S. Martin, S. Fregosi, D.K. Mellinger, H. Klinck, A.R. Szesciorka, and E.M. Oleson. 2024. Marine Mammal Science 40(1):164–183. - Dispersal, site fidelity, and residency of satellite-tagged blue and fin whales in the California Current Ecosystem
Palacios, D.M., L.M. Irvine, T. Machette, B.A. Lagerquist, E.A. Falcone, G.S. Schorr, and B.R. Mate. 2024. 8th International Bio-logging Science Symposium, Tokyo, Japan. 4–8 March 2024. - Distribution, abundance, and density of harbor porpoises in Hood Canal, Washington.
Rone, B.K., A.N. Zerbini, E.A. Falcone, E.L. Keene, and G.S. Schorr. 2024. Journal of Wildlife Management 88(3):e22543.
2023
- North Atlantic right whale sightings and group composition in the VA/NC Mid-Atlantic: 2018–2023.
Aschettino et al. North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium Annual Meeting, 24-25 October 2023, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. - A comparative spatial analysis of location data from satellite-tagged Blainville’s (Mesoplodon densirostris) and Cuvier’s (Ziphius cavirostris) beaked whales off Hawaii Island.
Barrios, D.M., M.A. Kratofil, and R.W. Baird. 2023. 26th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Student Chapter of the Society for Marine Mammalogy, May 6, 2023, Newport, Oregon. - Geographic differences in Blainville's beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) echolocation clicks.
Baumann‐Pickering, S., J.S. Trickey, A. Solsona‐Berga, A. Rice, E.M. Oleson, J.A. Hildebrand, and K.E. Frasier. 2023. Diversity and Distributions 29(4):478–491. - Opportunistic Sighting of a Tricolored Bat (Perimyotis subflavus)
Bort Thornton, J.E., M.E. Richlen, T.B. McDonald, and J.T. Bell. Southeastern Naturalist, 22(1):N9-N12 - Trade-offs in telemetry tag programming for deep-diving cetaceans: data longevity, resolution, and continuity.
Cioffi, W.R., N.J. Quick, Z.T. Swaim, H.J. Foley, D.M. Waples, D.L. Webster, R.W. Baird, B.L. Southall, D.P. Nowacek, and A.J. Read. Animal Biotelemetry 11:23. - Targeted surveillance detected novel beaked whale circovirus in ten new host cetacean species across the Pacific basin.
Clifton, C.W., I. Silva-Krott, M.G. Marsik, and K.L. West. 2023. Frontiers in Marine Science 9:945289. - Spatial and temporal separation of toothed whales in the western North Atlantic.
Cohen, R.E., K.E. Frasier, S. Baumann-Pickering, and J.A. Hildebrand. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 720:1-24. - Habitats occupied by Chinook salmon in the Gulf of Alaska and in the U.S. Navy’s Temporary Maritime Activities Area.
Courtney, M.B., and A.C. Seitz. 2023. Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, Alaska, January 2023. - In the strike zone? Tag data provides a better understanding of dive and surface behavior of North Atlantic right whales in the western Mid-Atlantic.
Engelhaupt et al. North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium Annual Meeting, 24-25 October 2023, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. - More than just a migration corridor: Important North Atlantic right whale surface-active behaviors observed in the western Mid-Atlantic.
Engelhaupt et al. North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium Annual Meeting, 24-25 October 2023, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. - In the Active Voice: Beaked Whales and Mid-Frequency Active Sonar on a Busy Navy Training Range in California.
Falcone, E. 2023. Sitka WhaleFest, Sitka Sound Science Center, November 2-5, 2023, Sitka, Alaska. - Ecological inferences about marine mammals from passive acoustic data.
Fleishman, E., D. Cholewiak, D. Gillespie, T. Helble, H. Klinck, E.M. Nosal, and M.A. Roch. 2023. Biological Reviews 98:1633–1647. - Using passive acoustic tracks from a navy array to study large whale behavior in the north Atlantic Project 65.
Guazzo, R.A, and T.A. Helble. 2023. Navy Living Marine Resources Meeting, Santa Barbara, California. November 2023. - Minke whales change their swimming behavior with respect to their calling behavior, nearby conspecifics, and the environment in the central North Pacific.
Helble, T.A., Guazzo, R.A., Durbach, I.N., Martin, C.R., Alongi, G.C., Martin, S.W. and Henderson, E.E. 2023. Frontiers in Marine Science 10:1148987. - Bryde’s Whale cue rates and kinematics Project 58.
Helble, T.A., R.A. Guazzo, and E.E. Henderson. 2023. Navy Living Marine Resources Meeting, Santa Barbara, California. November 2023. - Beaked Whale Behavioral Responses to Navy Mid-Frequency Active Sonar.
Henderson, E.E. 2023. In: Popper, A.N., Sisneros, J., Hawkins, A.D., Thomsen, F. (eds) The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life. Springer, Cham. - Time-discretization approximation enriches continuous-time discrete-space models for animal movement.
Hewitt, J., A.E. Gelfand, and R.S. Schick. 2023. Annuals of Applied Statistics 17(1):740–760. - Using individual-based bioenergetic models to predict the aggregate effects of disturbance on populations: A case study with beaked whales and Navy sonar.
Hin, V., A.M. de Roos, K.J. Benoit-Bird, D.E. Claridge, N. DiMarzio, J.W. Durban, E.A. Falcone, E.K. Jacobson, C.M. Jones-Todd, E. Pirrota, G.S. Schorr, L. Thomas, S. Watwood, and J. Harwood. 2023. PLoS ONE 18(8):e0290819. - Biologically Important Areas II for cetaceans within US and adjacent waters-Hawaiʻi Region.
Kratofil, M.A., A.E. Harnish, S.D. Mahaffy, E.E. Henderson, A.L. Bradford, S.W. Martin, B.A. Lagerquist, D.M. Palacios, E.M. Oleson, and R.W. Baird. Frontiers in Marine Science 10:21. - Identifying social clusters of endangered main Hawaiian Islands insular false killer whales.
Mahaffy, S.D., R.W. Baird, A.E. Harnish, T. Cullins, S.H. Stack, J.J. Currie, A.L. Bradford, D.R. Salden, and K.K. Martien. 2023. Endangered Species Research 51:249–268. - Dive characteristics of Cross Seamount beaked whales from long-term passive acoustic monitoring at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kaua‘i.
Manzano-Roth, R., E.E. Henderson, G.C. Alongi, C.R. Martin, S.W. Martin, and B. Matsuyama. 2023. Marine Mammal Science 39(1):22–41. - Continuous-time modelling of behavioural responses in animal movement.
Michelot, T., R. Glennie, L. Thomas, N. Quick, and C.M. Harris. 2023. Annuals of Applied Statistics 17(4):3570–3588. - Insights into the ecology of Chinook Salmon in the North Pacific Ocean, gleaned from pop-up satellite tags.
Seitz, A.C., M.B. Courtney, and S. Garcia. 2023. Alaska Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Fairbanks, Alaska, March 2023. - From every angle: New technology and our expanding view of cetaceans.
Schorr, G. 2023. Society for Mexican Marine Mammalogy, May 2023, Manzanillo, Mexico - An unknown nocturnal call type in the Mariana Archipelago.
Szesciorka, A.R., J.L.K. McCullough, and E.M. Oleson. 2023. JASA Express Letters 3(1):011201. - Sexually dimorphic characteristics of short-finned pilot whales, false killer whales, pygmy killer whales, and melon-headed whales assessed using fin and body morphometrics from photographs taken at sea.
Yahn, S.N., R.W. Baird, S.D. Mahaffy, and K.M. Robertson. 2023. Marine Mammal Science 39(1):98–113.
2022
- Site fidelity, population identity and demographic characteristics of humpback whales in the New York Bight apex.
Brown, D.M., J. Robbins, P.L. Sieswerda, C. Ackerman, J.M. Aschettino, S. Barco, T. Boye, R. A. DiGiovanni Jr., K. Durham, A. Engelhaupt, A. Hill, L. Howes, K.F. Johnson, L. Jones, C.D. King, A.H. Kopelman, M. Laurino, S. Lonergan, S.D. Mallette, M. Pepe, C. Ramp, K. Rayfield, M. Rekdahl, H.C. Rosenbaum, R. Schoelkopf, D. Schulte, R. Sears, J.E.F. Stepanuk, J.E. Tackaberry, M. Weinrich, E.C.M. Parsons and J. Wiedenmann. 2022. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 102(1-2):157-165. - Identification of western North Atlantic odontocete echolocation click types using machine learning and spatiotemporal correlates.
Cohen, R.E., K.E.Frasier, S. Baumann-Pickering, S.M. Wiggins, M.A. Rafter, L.M. Baggett, and J.A. Hildebrand. PLoS ONE 17(3): e0264988. - Multi-regional comparison of scarring and pigmentation patterns in Cuvier’s beaked whales.
Coomber, F.G., E.A. Falcone, E.L. Keene, G. Cárdenas-Hinojosa, R. Huerta-Patiño, and M. Rosso. 2022. Mammalian Biology 102:733–750. - Habitats Occupied by Chinook Salmon in Gulf of Alaska U.S. Navy Activities Areas.
Courtney, M., and A. Seitz. 2022. Poster Presentation, 2022 Virtual Alaska Marine Science Symposium, 24-27 January 2022. - Habitat models and assessment of habitat partitioning for Kemp's ridley and loggerhead marine turtles foraging in Chesapeake Bay (USA).
DiMatteo, A., G. Lockhart, and S. Barco. 2022. Endangered Species Research 47:91-107. - Distribution, abundance and sighting patterns of multiple stocks of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in coastal Virginia waters.
Engelhaupt, A., T.A. Jefferson, J.M. Aschettino, and J.T. Bell. 2022. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 23(1):109–125. - Movements and residency of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the California Current System.
Falcone, E.A., E.L. Keene, E.M. Keen, J. Barlow, J. Stewart, T. Cheeseman, C. Hayslip, and D.M. Palacios. 2022. Mammalian Biology 1-18. - Close Encounters of the Seismic Kind: Behavioral Response of Large Whales to a Seismic Survey Ship.
Guazzo, R.A., G.J. Gagnon, D.L. Stevenson, M.K. Edell, A.S. Frankel, and T.A. Helble. 2022. Oral Presentation, Effects of Sound on Marine Mammals, Beaufort, North Carolina, 15-18 March 2022. - Low-Frequency Sources with Whale Acoustic Reconnaissance for Mitigation (Low SWARM).
Guazzo, R.A., D.L. Stevenson, M.K. Edell, G.J. Gagnon, A.S. Frankel, T.A. Helble. 2022. SMART SEED Annual Review. Tysons, Virginia. - Improving Methods for Automated Detection of Navy Sonar.
Helble, T.A., P. Dugan, E.E. Henderson, S. Jarvis, and S. Watwood. 2022. The 9th International Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization, And Density Estimation of Marine Mammals Using Passive Acoustics, Honolulu, Hawaii, 7–11 March 2022. - Behavior and inter-island movements of satellite-tagged humpback whales in Hawai’i, USA.
Henderson, E.E., J. Aschettino, M. Deakos, D. Engelhaupt, and G.C. Alongi. 2022. Marine Ecology Progress Series 685:197-213. - Beaked Whale Expedition to Baja, Mexico, November 2020 and 2021.
Henderson, E.E., J. Barlow, G. Cárdenas-Hinojosa, D.C. Lopez-Arzate, D. Breese, E. Hildago, R. Huerta Patino, B. Pitman, and T. Pusser. 2022. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Meeting, San Diego, California, April 2022. - Ambient Noise Analyses at PMRF.
Henderson, E.E., and N. DiMarzio. 2022. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Meeting, San Diego, California, April 2022. - Beyond MFAS: Analysis of Additional Sources of Noise during US Navy Training Activity.
Henderson, E.E., E. K. Jacobson, L. Thomas. 2022. The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, Berlin, Germany, 10-15 July 2022. - Improved Satellite Tag Track Analyses and Received Level Estimation of Odontocetes During Navy Training at PMRF.
Henderson, E.E., C.R. Martin, M.A. Kratofil, S.W. Martin, R.W. Baird, B.L. Southall. 2022. Effects of Sound on Marine Mammals Conference, Beaufort, North Carolina, 15-18 March 2022. - Kernel density estimation of conditional distributions to detect responses in satellite tag data.
Hewitt, J., A.E. Gelfand, N.J. Quick, W.R. Cioffi, B.L. Southall, S.L. DeRuiter, and R.S. Schick. 2022. Animal Biotelemetry 10(1):1-15. - Quantifying the response of Blainville's beaked whales to US Naval sonar exercises in Hawaii.
Jacobson, E.K., E.E. Henderson, D.L. Miller, C.S. Oedekoven, D.J. Moretti, L. Thomas. 2022. Marine Mammal Science 38(4):1549-1565. - Discrete‐space continuous‐time models of marine mammal exposure to Navy sonar.
Jones‐Todd, C.M., E. Pirotta, J.W. Durban, D.E. Claridge, R.W. Baird, E.A. Falcone, G.S. Schorr, S. Watwood, and L. Thomas. 2022. Ecological Applications 32. - Echolocation click discrimination for three killer whale ecotypes in the Northeastern Pacific.
Leu, A.A., J.A. Hildebrand, A. Rice, S. Baumann-Pickering, and K.E. Frasier. 2022. Echolocation click discrimination for three killer whale ecotypes in the Northeastern Pacific. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 151(5):3197-3206. - Long-term Foraging Dive Characteristics of Cross Seamount Beaked Whales at the Pacific Missile Range Facility.
Manzano-Roth, R. Alongi, G.A., and E.E. Henderson. 2022. U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, April 2022. - Dive characteristics of Cross-Seamount beaked whales from long-term passive acoustic monitoring at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauaʻi.
Manzano-Roth, R., E.E. Henderson, G. Alongi, C.R. Martin, S. Martin, B. Matsuyama. 2022. Marine Mammal Science 39(1):22-41. - Minke Whale Call Rate Increases When Calling Conspecifics are Nearby.
Martin, C.R., Guazzo, R.A., Helble, T.A., Alongi, G.C., Durbach, I.N., Martin, S.W., Matsuyama, B.M., Henderson, E.E. 2022. The 9th International Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization, And Density Estimation of Marine Mammals Using Passive Acoustics, Honolulu, Hawaii, 7-11 March 2022. - Minke Whale Call Rate Increases When Calling Conspecifics are Nearby.
Martin, C. R., R.A. Guazzo, T.A. Helble, G.C. Alongi, I.N. Durbach, S.W. Martin, B.M. Matsuyama, and E.E. Henderson. 2022. U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, April 2022. - North Pacific minke whales call rapidly when calling conspecifics are nearby.
Martin, C.R., R.A. Guazzo, T.A. Helble, G.C. Alongi, I.N. Durbach, S.W. Martin, B.M. Matsuyama, E.E. Henderson. 2022. Frontiers in Marine Science 9:897298. - A satellite-linked tag for the long-term monitoring of diving behavior in large whales.
Palacios, D.M., L.M. Irvine, B.A. Lagerquist, J.A. Fahlbusch, J. Calambokidis, S.M. Tomkiewicz, and B.R. Mate. 2022. Animal Biotelemetry 10:26. Supplemental Information. - Update on frequency decline of Northeast Pacific blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) calls.
Rice, A., A. Širović, J.A. Hildebrand, M. Wood, A. Carbaugh-Rutland, and S. Baumann-Pickering. 2022. PLoS ONE 17(4):e0266469. - Movements and diving behavior of Risso’s dolphins in the Southern California Bight.
Rone, B.K., D.A. Sweeney, E.A. Falcone, S.L. Watwood, and G.S. Schorr. 2022. Frontiers in Marine Science 9:873548. - Movements and diving behavior of the Eastern North Pacific offshore killer whale (Orcinus orca).
Schorr, G.S., M.B. Hanson, E.A. Falcone, C.K. Emmons, S.M. Jarvis, R.D. Andrews, and E.M. Keen. 2022. Frontiers in Marine Science 9:854893. - Short-finned pilot whales exhibit behavioral plasticity in foraging strategies mediated by their environment.
Shearer, J.M., F.H. Jensen, N.J. Quick, A. Friedlaender, B. Southall, D.P. Nowacek, M. Bowers, H.J. Foley, Z.T. Swaim, D.M. Waples, A.J. Read. 2022. Marine Ecology Progress Series 695:1-14. - Cuvier’s beaked whale foraging dives identified via machine learning using depth and triaxial acceleration.
Sweeney, D.A., G.S. Schorr, E.A. Falcone, B.K. Rone, R.D. Andrews, S.N. Coates, S.L. Watwood, S.L. DeRuiter, M.P. Johnson, and D.J. Moretti. 2022. Marine Ecology Progress Series 692:195-208.
2021
- Estimation of in‐water density and abundance of harbor seals.
Ampela, K., T.A. Jefferson, and M.A. Smultea. 2021. The Journal of Wildlife Management 1–7; DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.22019 - Bringing the right fishermen to the table: indices of overlap between endangered false killer whales and nearshore fisheries in Hawai‘i.
Baird, R.W., D.B. Anderson, M.A. Kratofil, and D.L. Webster. 2021. Biological Conservation 255. - Site fidelity, spatial use, and behavior of dwarf sperm whales in Hawaiian waters: using small-boat surveys, photo-identification, and unmanned aerial systems to study a difficult-to-study species.
Baird, R.W., S.D. Mahaffy, and L.K. Jordan. 2021. Marine Mammal Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12861 - Recommended snapshot length for acoustic point-transect surveys of intermittently available Cuvier’s beaked whales
Barlow, J., J.S. Trickey, G.S. Schorr, S. Rankin, and J.E. Moore. 2021. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 149(6):3830–3840. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0005108 - Unique morphological and acoustic characteristics of beaked whales (Mesoplodon sp.) off the west coast of Baja California, Mexico.
Barlow, J., G. Cárdenas‐Hinojosa, E.E. Henderson, D. Breese, D. López‐Arzate, E. Hidalgo Pla and B.L. Taylor. 2021. Marine Mammal Science 38:383–390. - Adult male Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) engage in prolonged bouts of synchronous diving
Cioffi, W.R., N.J. Quick, H.J. Foley, D.M. Waples, Z.T. Swaim, J.M. Shearer, D.L. Webster, A.S. Friedlaender, B.L. Southall, R.W. Baird, D.P. Nowacek, and A.J. Read. 2021. Marine Mammal Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12799 - Normalizing home ranges of immature Kemp's ridley turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) in an important estuarine foraging area to better assess their spatial distribution.
DiMatteo, A., G. Lockhart, and S. Barco. 2021. Marine Biology Research 1–7; DOI: - Changes in the movement and calling behavior of minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in response to navy training.
Durbach, I.N., C.M. Harris, C. Martin, T.A. Helble, E.E. Henderson, G. Ierley, L. Thomas, and S.W. Martin. 2021. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:660122. - A comparison of EAR and SoundTrap performance for acoustic monitoring of resident killer whales.
Emmons, C.K., M.B. Hanson, M.M. Holt, and A. Brewer. 2021. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 150:A283. - Passive acoustic monitoring reveals spatiotemporal segregation of two fish-eating killer whale Orcinus orca populations in proposed critical habitat.
- Emmons, C.K., M.B. Hanson, and M.O. Lammers. 2021. Endangered Species Research 44:253-261. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01099
- Residency and movement patterns of Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius Cavirostris) off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA.
Foley, H.J., K. Pacifici, R.W. Baird, D.L. Webster, Z.T. Swaim, and A.J. Read. 2021. Marine Ecology Progress Series 660: 203-216. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13593 - Singing fin whale swimming behavior in the Central North Pacific.
Guazzo, R.A., I.N. Durbach, T.A. Helble, G.C. Alongi, C.R. Martin, S.W. Martin, and E.E. Henderson. 2021. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:696002. - Dive and movement behavior of a humpback whale competitive group and a multiday association between a primary escort and female in Hawaiʻi.
Henderson, E.E., M. Deakos, and D. Engelhaupt. 2021. Marine Mammal Science. https://doi/,org/10.1111/mms.12891 - Sightings and satellite tracking of a blue/fin whale hybrid in its wintering and summering ranges in the Eastern North Pacific
Jefferson, T.A., D.M. Palacios, J. Calambokidis, C.S. Baker, C.E. Hayslip, P.A. Jones, B.A. Lagerquist, M. Jørgensen and A. Schulman-Janiger. 2021. Advances in Oceanography & Marine Biology 2(4):1-9. - Cetacean occurrence in the Gulf of Alaska from long term passive acoustic monitoring
Rice, A., A. Širović, J.S. Trickey, A.J. Debich, R.S. Gottlieb, S.M. Wiggins, J.A. Hildebrand, and S. Baumann Pickering. 2021. Marine Biology 168(72):1-29. - Diel and lunar variation in diving behavior of rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) off Kaua’i, Hawai’i.
Shaff, J.F., and R.W. Baird. 2021. Marine Mammal Science 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12811. - Spatial analysis of beaked whale foraging during two 12 kHz multibeam echosounder surveys.
Varghese, H.K., K. Lowell, J. Miksis-Olds, N. DiMarzio, D. Moretti, and L. Mayer. 2021. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:654184. - Monitoring the acoustic ecology of the shelf break of Georges Bank, Northwestern Atlantic Ocean: new approaches to visualizing complex acoustic data.
Weiss, S.G., D. Cholewiak, K.E. Frasier, J.S. Trickey, S. Baumann-Pickering, J.A. Hildebrand, and S.M. Van Parijs. 2021. Marine Policy, volume 130. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104570
2020
- Satellite telemetry reveals spatial overlap between vessel high-traffic areas and humpback whales (Megaptera novaeanglia) near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.
Aschettino, J.M., Engelhaupt D.T., Engelhaupt A.G., DiMatteo A., Pusser T., Richlen M.F., Bell J.T. 2020. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7:121. - Effects of Navy sonar on whales and dolphins in the Hawaiian Islands: some data, some speculation, some gaps.
Baird, R.W. 2020. Presentation to the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council. virtual event. 15 September 2020. - Using dolphins to catch tuna: Assessment of associations between pantropical spotted dolphins and yellowfin tuna hook and line fisheries in Hawai’i.
Baird, R.W., and D.L. Webster. 2020. Fisheries Research 230:105652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105652 - Variation in dive behavior of Cuvier's beaked whales with seafloor depth, time-of-day, and lunar illumination.
Barlow, J., G.S. Schorr, E.A. Falcone, and D. Morretti. 2020. Marine Ecology Progress Series 644:199–214. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13350 - Coral bleaching variability during the 2017 global bleaching event on a remote, uninhabited island in the western Pacific: Farallon de Medinilla, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Carilli, J.E., Bolick, L., Marx Jr, D.E., Smith, S.H. and Fenner, D., 2020. Bulletin of Marine Science. Doi: 10.5343/bms.2019.0083 - Exploring movement patterns and changing distributions of baleen whales in the western North Atlantic using a decade of passive acoustic data.
Davis, G.E., M.F. Baumgartner, P.J. Corkeron, J. Bell, C. Berchok, J.M. Bonnell, J. Bort Thornton, S. Brault, G.A. Buchanon, D.M. Cholewiak, C.W. Clark, J. Delarue, L.T. Hatch, H. Klinck, S.D. Kraus, B. Martin, D.K. Mellinger, H. Moors-Murphy, S. Nieukirk, D.P. Nowacek, S.E. Parks, D. Parry, N. Pegg, A.J. Read, A.N. Rice, D. Risch, A. Scott, M.S. Soldevilla, K.M. Stafford, J.E. Stanistreet, E. Summers, S. Todd, and S.M. VanParijs. 2020. Global Change Biology 26(9):4812-4840. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15191 - Abundance, survival, and annual rate of change of Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) on a Navy sonar range.
Curtis, K.A., E.A. Falcone, G.S. Schorr, J.E. Moore, D.J. Moretti, J. Barlow, and E. Keene. 2020. Marine Mammal Science 37(2): 399-419. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12747 - Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) sightings off the coast of Virginia.
Engelhaupt, D.E., T. Pusser, J.M. Aschettino, A.G. Engelhaupt, M.P. Cotter, M.F. Richlen, J.T. Bell. 2020. Marine Biodiversity Records, 13:6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-020-00189-y - The Lombard effect in singing humpback whales: source levels increase as ambient ocean noise levels increase.
Guazzo, R.A., T.A. Helble, G.C. Alongi, I.N. Durbach, C.R. Martin, S.W. Martin, and E.E. Henderson. 2020. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 148(2):542–555. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0001669 - Fin whale song patterns shift over time in the Central North Pacific.
Helble, T.A., R.A. Guazzo, G.C. Alongi, C.R. Martin, S.W. Martin, and E.E. Henderson. 2020. Frontiers in Marine Science 7:907. - Lombard effect: Minke whale boing call source levels vary with natural variations in ocean noise.
Helble, Tyler A., Regina A. Guazzo, Cameron R. Martin, Ian N. Durbach, Gabriela C. Alongi, Stephen W. Martin, John K. Boyle, and E. Elizabeth Henderson. 2020. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 147, 698 (2020); doi: 10.1121/10.0000596 - Found: a missing breeding ground for endangered western North Pacific humpback whales in the Mariana Archipelago.
Hill, Marie C., Amanda L. Bradford, Debbie Steel, C. Scott Baker, Allan D. Ligon, Adam C. Ü, Jo Marie V. Acebes, Olga A. Filatova, Siri Hakala, Nozomi Kobayashi, Yukari Morimoto, Haruna Okabe, Ryosuke Okamoto, Julie Rivers, Takayuki Sato, Olga V. Titova, Robert K. Uyeyama, Erin M. Oleson. 2020. Endangered Species Research, Vol. 41: 91–103 - An at-sea assessment of Argos location accuracy for three species of large whales, and the effect of deep-diving behavior on location error.
Irvine, L.M., Winsor, M.H., Follett, T.M., Mate, B.R., Palacios, D.M. 2020. Animal Biotelemetry 8, 20. doi: 10.1186/s40317-020-00207-x - Life history and social structure as drivers of persistent organic pollutant levels and stable isotopes in Hawaiian false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens)
Kratofil, M.A., Yitalo, G.M., Mahaffy, S.D., West, K.L., and Baird, R.W. 2020. Science of the Total Environment, Volume 733, 1 September 2020, 138880. - Analytical development of whale satellite tagging data to inform critical knowledge gaps off the U.S. West Coast.
Palacios, D.M. 2020. Presentation, West Coast Entanglement Science Workshop, virtual event, 25 August – 3 September 2020. - Extreme diving in mammals: first estimates of behavioural aerobic dive limits in Cuvier's beaked whales.
Quick, Nicola J., William R. Cioffi, Jeanne M. Shearer, Andreas Fahlman, Andrew J. Read. 2020. Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb222109 doi: 10.1242/jeb.222109
2019
- Abundance, survival, and annual rate of change of Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) on a Navy sonar range..
Curtis, K.A., E.A. Falcone, G.S. Schorr, J.E. Moore, D.J. Moretti, J. Barlow, and E. Keene. 2020. Marine Mammal Science 37(2): 399-419. - Changes in the spatial distribution of acoustically-derived minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) tracks in response to navy training.
Harris, C.M., S.W. Martin, C.R. Martin, T.A. Helble, E.E. Henderson, C.G.M. Paxton, and L. Thomas. 2019. Aquatic Mammals 45(6):661–674. https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.45.6.2019.661 - Quantifying the Behavior of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) and Potential Responses to Sonar.
Henderson, E., J. Aschettino, M. Deakos, G. Alongi, and T. Leota. 2019. Aquatic Mammals, Vol 45, Iss 6. - Short‐finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) of the Mariana Archipelago: Individual affiliations, movements, and spatial use.
Hill, M.C., A.R. Bendlin, A.M. Van Cise, A. Milette‐Winfree, A.D. Ligon, A.C. Ü, M.H. Deakos, and E.M. Oleson. (in press) Marine Mammal Science. - Scales of blue and fin whale feeding behavior off California, USA, with implications for prey patchiness.
Irvine, L. M., D. M. Palacios, B. A. Lagerquist, and B. R. Mate. 2019. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7:338. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00338 - Acoustic observation of the reaction of rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) to vocalizations, most likely from killer whales (Orcinus orca), off Kaua‘i.
Jarvis, SM, EE Henderson, TJ Brookens, and DL Webster. Mar Mam Sci. 2019; 1-7. - Behavioral responses of satellite tracked Blainville's beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) to mid-frequency active sonar.
Joyce TW, Durban JW, Claridge DE, et al. Mar Mam Sci. 2019; 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12624 - Lunar cycles influence the diving behavior and habitat use of short-finned pilot whales around the main Hawaiian Islands.
Kylie Owen, Russel D. Andrews, Robin W. Baird, Gregory S. Schorr, Daniel L. Webster. 2019. Inter-Research Science Publisher, v629, p193-206, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13123 - Ecological correlates of blue whale movement behavior and its predictability in the California Current Ecosystem during the summer-fall feeding season.
Palacios, Daniel M., Helen Bailey, Elizabeth A. Becker, Steven J. Bograd, Monica L. DeAngelis, Karin A. Forney, Elliott L. Hazen, Ladd M. Irvine and Bruce R. Mate. 2019. Movement Ecology (2019) 7:29, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-019-0164-6 - North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) acoustic behavior on the calving grounds.
Parks, Susan E., D.A. Cusano, S.M. Van Parjis, and D.P. Nowacek. 2019. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 146:1, EL15-EL21. - Acoustic crypsis in communication by North Atlantic right whale mother–calf pairs on the calving grounds.
Parks, Susan E., Dana A. Cusano, Sofie M. Van Parijs, and Douglas P. Nowacek. Biology Letters 15, no. 10 (2019): 20190485. - Mind the gap – optimizing satellite tag settings for time series analysis of foraging dives in Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris).
Quick, N.J., Cioffi, W.R., Shearer, J., and Read, A. 2019. Animal Biotelemetry, 7:5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-019-0167-5 - Diving behaviour of Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
Shearer, J.M., N.J. Quick, W.R. Cioffi, R.W. Baird, D.L. Webster, H.J. Foley, Z.T. Swaim, D.M. Waples, J.T. Bell, and A.J. Read. 2019. Royal Society Open Science 6:181728. - Accounting for Positional Uncertainty When Modeling Received Levels for Tagged Cetaceans Exposed to Sonar.
Schick, R.S., Bowers, M., DeRuiter, S., Friedlaender, A., Joseph, J., Margolina, T., Nowacek, D.P., and Southall, B.L. 2019. Aquatic Mammals, 45:6. doi 10.1578/AM.45.6.2019.675. - The effect of two 12 kHz multibeam mapping surveys on the foraging behavior of Cuvier's beaked whales off of southern California.
Varghese, HK, J Miksis-Olds, N DiMarzio, K Lowell, E Linder, and L Mayer. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 147, 3849 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0001385
2018
- Loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta density and abundance in Chesapeake Bay and the temperate ocean waters of the southern portion of the Mid-Atlantic Bight.
Barco, S.G., M.L. Burt, R.A. DiGiovanni, Jr., W.M. Swingle, and A.S. Williard. 2018. Endangered Species Research 37: 269-287. - Impact of mid-frequency active sonar on beaked whale echolocation from long-term passive acoustic recordings.
Baumann-Pickering, S., J.S. Trickey, A. Širović, C.S. Oedekoven, J.A. Hildebrand, L. Thomas, S.M. Wiggins, and M.A. Roch. 2018. Abstracts, ESOMM-2018, 6th International Meeting on the Effects of Sounds in the Ocean on Marine Mammals, The Hague, The Netherlands, 9-14 September 2018. - Spatial ecology and movement patterns of deep-diving odontocetes in the western North Atlantic.
Foley, H.J. 2018. Master's Thesis, North Carolina State University. - Marine mammals and sonar: Dose-response studies, the risk-disturbance hypothesis and the role of exposure context.
Harris, C.M., L. Thomas, E.A. Falcone, J. Hildebrand, D. Houser, P.H. Kvadsheim, F.P.A. Lam, P.J.O. Miller, D.J. Moretti, A.J. Read, H. Slabbekoorn, B.L. Southall, P.L. Tyack, D. Wartzok, and V.M. Janik. 2018. Journal of Applied Ecology 55:396-404 - Tracking the offshore and migratory movements of humpback whales in Hawaii.
Henderson, E.E., J. Aschettino, M. Deakos, G. Alongi, T. Leota, and D. Engelhaupt. 2018. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2018. 26-27 January 2018. Newport Beach, California. - Identifying behavioral states and habitat use of acoustically tracked humpback whales in Hawaii.
Henderson, E.E., T. A. Helble, G.R. Ierley, and S.W. Martin. 2018. Marine Mammal Science 34:701-717. - Heard but not seen: Occurrence of Kogia spp. along the western North Atlantic shelf break.
Hodge, L.E.W., S. Baumann-Pickering, J.A. Hildebrand, J.T. Bell, E.W. Cummings, H.J. Foley, R.J. McAlarney, W.A. McLellan, D.A. Pabst, Z.T. Swaim, D.M. Waples, and A.J. Read. 2018. Marine Mammal Science 34: 1141-1153. - Sea turtle tagging and tracking in Chesapeake Bay and coastal waters of Virginia.
Lockhart, G. 2018. Natural Selections (Newsletter of Department of Defense Natural Resources Program) Winter 2018: 4. - Estimating received levels for acoustically tracked whales from Navy mid-frequency active sonar.
Martin, C.R., S.W. Martin, and E.E. Henderson. 2018. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 144: 1885-1886. - Distribution and abundance of beaked whales (Family Ziphiidae) off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, U.S.A.
McLellan, W.A., R.J. McAlarney, E.W. Cummings, A.J. Read, C.G.M. Paxton, J.T. Bell, and D.A. Pabst 2018. Marine Mammal Science 34:997-1017. - Clicks of dwarf sperm whales (Kogia sima).
Merkens, K., D. Mann, V.M. Janik, D. Claridge, M. Hill, and E. Oleson. 2018. Marine Mammal Science 34: 963-978. - Tracking Sei Whales in the Western North Atlantic Using Passive Acoustics. Parry, Dawn M., S.M. Van Parijs, M.F. Baumgartner, G.E. Davis. Sixteenth International COnference of the American Cetacean Society. November 2-4, 2018. Newport Beach, California.
- Loggerhead turtles are good ocean-observers in stratified mid-latitude regions.
Patel, S.H., S.G. Barco, L.M. Crowe, J.P. Manning, E. Matzen, R.J. Smolowitz, and H.L. Haas. 2018. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 213:128-136. - Behavior of Risso’s dolphins (Grampus griseus) in the Southern California Bight: An aerial perspective.
Smultea, M.A., K. Lomac-MacNair, C.S. Nations, T. McDonald, and B. Würsig. 2018. Aquatic Mammals 44:653-667. - Spatial and seasonal patterns in acoustic detections of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus along the continental slope in the western North Atlantic Ocean.
Stanistreet, J.E., D.P. Nowacek, J.T. Bell, D.M. Cholewiak, J.A. Hildebrand, L.E.W. Hodge, S.M. Van Parijs, and A.J. Read. 2018. Endangered Species Research 35:1-13. - Song of my people: Dialect differences among sympatric social groups of short-finned pilot whales in Hawai’i.
Van Cise, A.M., S.D. Mahaffy, R.W. Baird, T.A. Mooney, and J. Barlow. 2018. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 72:193. - Estimating the distribution and relative density of satellite-tagged loggerhead sea turtles using geostatistical mixed effects models.
Winton, M.V., G. Fay, H.L. Haas, M. Arendt, S. Barco, M.C. James, C. Sasso, and R. Smolowitz. 2018. Marine Ecology Progress Series 586:217-232.
2017
- Mapping marine mammal activity in and near U.S. Navy training areas. 8.6 MB
Ampela, K., J. Aschettino, A. Balla-Holden, J. Bell, A. Burvall, M. Cooper, J. Crain, M. Davis, A. DiMatteo, D. Engelhaupt, P. Hille, G. Miller-Francisco, M. Richie, M. Richlen, N. Stadille, and R. Uyeyama. 2017. Poster Presentation, Esri User Conference. 10-14 July 2017. San Diego, California. - Humpback whale affinity for shipping channels near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay can prove fatal. – 140 KB
Aschettino, J. M., D. Engelhaupt, A. Engelhaupt, M.F. Richlen, and J.T. Bell. 2017. Abstracts, 6th International Bio-logging Science Symposium. 25-29 September 2017. Konstanz, Germany.
Presentation – 5.64 MB - Mixed-species associations of marine mammals in the Southern California Bight, with emphasis on Risso’s dolphins (Grampus griseus). - 1.3 MB
Bacon, C.E., M.A. Smultea, D. Fertl, B. Würsig, E.A. Burgess, and S. Hawks-Johnson. 2017. Aquatic Mammals 43:177-184. - Habitat-based density models for three cetacean species off Southern California illustrate pronounced seasonal differences. - 4.3 MB
Becker, E., K.A. Forney, B.J. Thayre, A.J. Debich, G.S. Campbell, K. Whitaker, A.B. Douglas, A. Gilles, R. Hoopes, and J.A.Hildebrand. 2017. Frontiers in Marine Science 4:121. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00121. - Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) presence and behavior off the mid-Atlantic states of North Carolina and Virginia from 2011 to 2016. - 335 KB
Cummings, E., R. McAlarney, T. Keenan-Bateman, D. Pabst, J. Stanistreet, A. Read, J. Bell, and W. McLellan. 2017. Abstracts, SEAMAMMS (Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium). 7-9 April 2017. Beaufort, North Carolina. - Long-term passive acoustic recordings track the changing distribution of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) from 2004 to 2014. 2.40 MB
Davis, G. E., M.F. Baumgartner, J.M. Bonnell, J. Bell, C. Berchok, J. Bort Thornton, S. Brault, G. Buchanan, R.A. Charif, D. Cholewiak, C.W. Clark, P. Corkeron, J. Delarue, K. Dudzinski, L. Hatch, J. Hildebrand, L. Hodge, H. Klinck, S. Kraus, B. Martin, D.K. Mellinger, H. Moors-Murphy, S. Nieukirk, D.P. Nowacek, S. Parks, A.J. Read, A.N. Rice, D. Risch, A. Širović, M. Soldevilla, K. Stafford, J.E. Stanistreet, E. Summers, S. Todd, A. Warde, and S.M. Van Parijs. 2017. Scientific Reports 7:13460. - Fin whale song variation in the southeast and middle Atlantic. - 230 KB
Klingshirn, S., W. Cioffi, L. Hodge, A. Read, and D. Nowacek. 2017. Abstracts, SEAMAMMS (Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium). 7-9 April 2017. Beaufort, North Carolina. - Acoustic monitoring of coastal dolphins and their response to naval mine neutralization exercises. - 1 MB
Lammers, M.O., M. Howe, E. Zang, M. McElligott, A. Engelhaupt, and L. Munger. 2017. Royal Society Open Science 4:170558. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170558 - The development of an intermediate-duration tag to characterize the diving behavior of large whales. - 866 KB
Mate, B.R., L.M. Irvine, and D.M. Palacios. 2017. Ecology and Evolution 7:585-595. - Estimation of minke whale abundance from an acoustic line transect survey of the Mariana Islands. - 1 MB
Norris, N.F., K.J. Dunleavy, T.M. Yack, and E.L. Ferguson. 2017. Marine Mammal Science 33:574-592. - Acoustic environment of North Atlantic right whales in the Southeastern United States. - 50 KB
Parks, S., A.J. Read, and D.P. Nowacek. 2017. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 141 (5, Part 2): 3942. - Hidden Markov models reveal complexity in the diving behaviour of short-finned pilot whales. - 1.7 MB
Quick, N.J., S. Isojunno, D. Sadykova, M. Bowers, D.P. Nowacek, and A.J. Read. 2017. Scientific Reports 7:45765. doi: 45710.41038/srep45765. - Abundance and distribution of cetaceans in the Gulf of Alaska. - 1.6 MB
Rone, B.K., A.N. Zerbini, A.B. Douglas, D.W. Weller, and P.J. Clapham. 2017. Marine Biology 164:23. DOI 10.1007/s00227-00016-03052-00222. - Diving behavior of Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. - 425 KB
Shearer, J., R. Baird, D. Webster, H. Foley, Z. Swaim, and A. Read. 2017. Abstracts, SEAMAMMS (Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium). 7-9 April 2017. Beaufort, North Carolina. - Cetacean mother-calf behavior observed from a small aircraft off Southern California. - 830 KB
Smultea, M.A., D. Fertl, C.E. Bacon, M.R. Moore, V.R. James, and B. Würsig. 2017. Animal Behavior and Cognition 4: 1-23. - Geographic variation in Risso's dolphin echolocation click spectra. - 5.80 MB
Soldevilla, M.S., S. Baumann-Pickering, D. Cholewiak, L.E.W. Hodge, E.M. Oleson, and S. Rankin. 2017. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 142:599-617. - Multi-scale behavioral response studies of cetaceans and MFAS along the US East Coast. - 335 KB
Southall, B.L., D.P. Nowacek, N.J. Quick, and A.J. Read. 2017. Abstracts, SEAMAMMS (Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium). 7-9 April 2017. Beaufort, North Carolina. - Ecology of beaked whales and sperm whales in the western North Atlantic Ocean: Insights from passive acoustic monitoring. - 12 MB
Stanistreet, J. E. 2017. PhD dissertation, Duke University. - Movement and foraging behavior of short-finned pilot whales in the Mid-Atlantic Bight: Importance of bathymetric features and implications for management. - 1.6 MB
Thorne, L.H., H.J. Foley, R.W. Baird, D.L. Webster, Z.T. Swaim, and A.J. Read. 2017. Marine Ecology Progress Series 584:245-257. - Acoustic differentiation of Shiho- and Naisa-type short-finned pilot whales in the Pacific Ocean. - 2.4 MB
Van Cise, A.M., M.A. Roch, R.W. Baird, T.A. Mooney, and J. Barlow. 2017.Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 141:737-748.
2016
- The lives of Hawai‘i’s dolphins and whales: Natural history and conservation. - ISBN: 978-0-8248-5998-5
Baird, R.W. 2016. University of Hawaiʻi Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. - Evidence of pier fidelity in hooked and released loggerhead and Kemp's ridley sea turtles using acoustic and satellite telemetry. - 4.3 MB
Barco, S., G. Lockhart, C. Watterson, S. Rose, and A. DiMatteo. 2016. Oral presentation, 3rd Southeast Regional Sea Turtle Meeting (SERSTM). 9-12 February 2016. Mobile, Alabama. - Beaked whale species occurrence in the central Pacific and their relation to oceanographic features. - 44 KB
Baumann-Pickering, S., A.E. Simonis, J.S. Trickey, M.A. Roch, E. M. Oleson. 2016. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140(4,Part 2):3017. - Central and western Pacific blue whale song and occurrence. - 48 KB
Fisher-Pool, P.I., E. Oleson, and A. Širović. 2016. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140(4,Part 2):3295. - Auditory sensitivity and masking profiles for the sea otter (Enhydra lutris) - 323 KB
Ghoul, A., and C. Reichmuth. 2016. Pages 349-354 in A.N. Popper and A. Hawkins, eds. The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II. Springer, New York. - Swim track kinematics and calling behavior attributed to Bryde’s whales on the Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility - 1.2 MB
Helble, T.A., E. E. Henderson, G.R. Ierley, and S.W. Martin. 2016. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140:4170-4177. - Baleen whale responses to a high frequency active pinger: Implications for upper frequency hearing limits. - 50 KB
Henderson, E.E., A. Stimpert, and A. Debich. 2016. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140(4, Part 2):3412. - Occurrence and habitat use of foraging Blainville’s beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) on a U.S. Navy range in Hawaii. - 1 MB
Henderson, E.E., S.W. Martin, R. Manzano-Roth, and B. M. Matsuyama. 2016. Aquatic Mammals 42(4):549-562. - Source levels and spectral characteristics of sound produced during pile driving at US East Coast Navy installations. - 2.6 MB
Hotchkin, C.F., J. Bort Thornton, A. Kumar, M. Richlen, and K. Pommerenck. 2016. Abstracts, Fourth International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life. 10-15 July 2016. Dublin, Ireland. - Echolocation behavior of endangered fish-eating killer whales (Orcinus orca) recorded from digital acoustic recording tags (DTAGs): Insight into subsurface foraging activity. - 48 KB
Holt, M.M., M.B. Hanson, C.K. Emmons, D.A. Giles, J.T. Hogan, and D. Haas. 2016. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140(4, Part 2):3130. - Harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) recovery in the inland waters of Washington: estimates of density and abundance from aerial surveys, 2013-2015 - 4 MB
Jefferson, T.A., M.A. Smultea, S.S. Courbis, and G.S. Campbell. 2016. Canadian Journal of Zoology 94:505-515. - Acoustic monitoring of dolphin occurrence and activity in a MINEX training range. - 3.9 MB
Lammers, M.O., M. Howe, A. Engelhaupt, E. Zang, L. Munger, and E.M. Nosal. 2016. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 27: 010011. - Response by coastal dolphins to naval mine exercise (MINEX) training activities off Virginia Beach, USA. - 480 KB
Lammers, M., M. Howe, A. Engelhaupt, E. Zang, L. Munger, E. Nosal, and J. Bell. 2016. Abstracts, Fourth International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life. 10-15 July 2016. Dublin, Ireland.
Poster - 10.7 MB - The characteristics of dolphin clicks compared across recording depths and instruments. - 48.5 KB
- Lammers, M., J.N. Oswald, A. Kuegler, and E.M. Nosal. 2016. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 139(4,Part 2):3131.
- Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) behavior and group dynamics as observed from an aircraft off southern California. - 5.7 MB
Lomac-MacNair, K., and M.A. Smultea. 2016. Animal Behavior and Cognition 3:1-21. - Impacts of U.S. Navy training events on Blainville’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) foraging dives in Hawaiian waters. - 1.6 MB
Manzano-Roth, R., E.E. Henderson, S.W. Martin, C. Martin, and B.M. Matsuyama. 2016. Aquatic Mammals 42(4):507-518. - Five decades of marine megafauna surveys from Micronesia. - 1.8 MB
Martin, S.L., K.S. Van Houtan, T.T. Jones, C.F. Aguon, J.T. Gutierrez, R.B. Tibbatts, S.B. Wusstig, and J.D. Bass. 2016. Frontiers in Marine Science 2:116. doi: 110.3389/fmars.2015.00116 - email "jessica.chen[AT]navy.mil" for download - Opportunistic behavioral-response studies of baleen whales in response to US Navy sonar training off Kauai, Hawaii. - 48 KB
Martin, S.W., C.R. Martin, B. Matsuyama, E.E. Henderson, and T. Helble. 2016. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140(4, Part 2):3413. - Calls of North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glacialis contain information on individual identity and age class. - 1.1 MB
McCordic, J.A., H. Root-Gutteridge, D.A. Cusano, S.L. Denes, and S.E. Parks. 2016. Endangered Species Research 30:157-169. - Year-round presence of beaked whales off Cape Hatteras North Carolina. - 206 KB
McLellan, W.A., R.J. McAlarney, E.W. Cummings, J. Bell, A.J. Read, and D.A. Pabst. 2016. Abstracts, SEAMAMMS (Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium). 1-3 April 2016. Savannah, Georgia. - Dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) echolocation clicks from Guam (Western North Pacific Ocean). - 50 KB
Merkens, K., Y. Barkley, M. Hill, and E. Oleson. 2016. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140(4, Part 2):3415. - Marine mammal passive acoustics applied to the monitoring of long-term trends in beaked whale abundance and to the derivation of a behavioral risk function for exposure to mid-frequency active sonar. - 60 KB
Moretti, D., T. Marques, L. Thomas, S. Watwood, N. DiMarzio, K. Dolan, R. Morrissey, J. Shaffer, J.F. Monteiro, and S. Jarvis. 2016. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140(4, Part 2):3413-3414. - A complex baleen whale call recorded in the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument. - 3 MB
Nieukirk, S. L., S. Fregosi, D. K. Mellinger, and H. Klinck. 2016. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140(3): EL274-EL279. - Does depth matter? Investigating the effect of recording depth on delphinid whistle characteristics and classifier performance. - 60 KB
Oswald, J.N., M.O. Lammers, A. Kügler, C. Hom-Weaver, and R. Walker. 2016. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 139(4,Part 2):2060-2061. - Patterns of occurrence and marine mammal acoustic behavior in relation to Navy sonar activity off Jacksonville, Florida. - 552 KB
Oswald, J., T.F. Norris, T. M. Yack, E.L. Ferguson, A. Kumar, J. Nissen, and J. Bell. 2016. Pages 791-799 in A.N. Popper and A. Hawkins, eds. The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II. Springer, New York. - Effects of a scientific echo sounder on the behavior of short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus).
Quick, N., L. Scott-Hayward, D. Sadykova, D. Nowacek, and A. Read. 2017. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 74:716-726. - Mid-frequency active sonar and beaked whale acoustic activity in the Northern Mariana Islands. - 44 KB
Simonis, A., B. Thayre, E. Oleson, and S. Baumann-Pickering. 2016. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140(4, Part 2):3413 - Long-term trends in ambient and anthropogenic noise in the central and western Pacific Ocean. - 2.6 MB
Sirovic, A., L.M. Varga, and E.M. Oleson. 2016. Abstracts, Fourth International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life. 10-15 July 2016. Dublin, Ireland. - Assessing ‘observer effects’ from a research aircraft on behavior of three Delphinidae species (Grampus griseus, Delphinus delphis, and Orcinus orca). – 720 KB
Smultea, M.A., and K. Lomac-MacNair. 2016. Wildlife Biology in Practice 12(2):75-90. - Effects of duty-cycled passive acoustic recordings on detecting the presence of beaked whales in the northwest Atlantic. - 280 KB
Stanistreet, J.E., D.P. Nowacek, A.J. Read, S. Baumann-Pickering, H.B. Moors-Murphy, and S.M. Van Parijs. 2016. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140(1):EL31-EL37. - Long-term monitoring of cetaceans using autonomous acoustic recording packages - 1 MB
Wiggins, S.M., and J.A. Hildebrand. 2016. Pages 35-59 in W.W.L. Au and M.O. Lammers, eds. Listening in the Ocean: New Discoveries and Insights on Marine Life from Autonomous Passive Acoustic Recorders. Springer, New York. - Inter and intra specific variation in echolocation signals among odontocete species in Hawaii, the northwest Atlantic and the temperate Pacific. - 45.7 KB
Yack, T.M., K. Dunleavy, and J.N. Oswald. 2016. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 139 (4, Part 2):2061.
2015
- Humpback whale presence and habitat-use in high-traffic areas off Virginia - 95 KB
Aschettino, J., D. Engelhaupt, A. Engelhaupt, J. Bell, and J. Bort Thornton. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Unintended consequences of using dolphins to catch tuna: Examining the extent and nature of hook and line fishery interactions with pantropical spotted dolphins off the island of Hawai'i - 92 KB
Baird, R., and D. Webster. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Acoustic telemetry with sea turtles in Virginia - 40 KB
Barco, S., C. Watterson, G. Lockhart, and A. DiMatteo. 2015. Abstracts, GARSCON 2015 (Greater Atlantic Region Stranding Conference 2015). 13-16 October. Hyannis, Massachusetts.
Presentation - 9.4 MB - Mouthline injuries as an indicator of fisheries interactions for false killer whales and pygmy killer whales in Hawai'i - 115 KB
Beach, K., R. Baird, S. Mahaffy, D. Webster, and D. McSweeney. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - U.S. Navy East Coast passive acoustic monitoring efforts from 2009 to present - 900 KB
Bort, J., J. Nissen, C. Hotchkin, J. Bell, and R. Filipowicz. 2015. Abstracts, 7th International Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization and Density Estimation of Marine Mammals using Passive Acoustics. 13-16 July 2015. La Jolla, California. - U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Compliance and Mitigation Program in the Atlantic: A review - 95 KB
Bort Thornton, J., C. Hotchkin, J. Bell, R. Filipowicz, and J. Nissen. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Navy collaborates, monitors to better understand sea turtle movements in San Diego Bay. - 2 MB
Bredvik, J. 2015. Currents (Navy's Environmental Magazine) Winter 2015/2016:6-13. - Marine mammal acoustic survey findings from Pagan Island, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). - 92 KB
Coates, S., T. Norris, A. Zoidis, J. Jacobsen, and S. Hanser. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - A hand-held tool for rapid assessment of underwater sound to inform decision making. - 92 KB
Dahl, P., D. Dall'Osto, M. Perdue, T. McConchie, D. Lerma, A. Fredell, and D. Farrell. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Surveying marine mammals with high-powered "bigeye" binoculars from a shore-based platform - 92 KB
Deakos, M., R. Uyeyama, M. Richie, M. Richlen, and J. Aschettino. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Comparison of echolocation clicks produced by four killer whale communities in the northeastern Pacific Ocean - 92 KB
Dunleavy, K., T. Yack, J. Oswald, M. Holt, C. Emmons, B. Hanson, and T. Norris. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Global distribution of fin whales Balaenoptera physalus in the post-whaling era (1980–2012) - 5.3 MB
Edwards, E.F., C. Hall, T.J. Moore, C. Sheredy, and J.V. Redfern. 2015. Mammal Review 45:197-214. - Seasonal variation of occurrence, distribution, and density of bottlenose dolphins in the southern Chesapeake Bay and Virginia coastline - 96 KB
Engelhaupt, A., J. Aschettino, T. Jefferson, D. Engelhaupt, J. Bell, and A. Kumar. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Modeling of zones of influence and ambient noise metrics to inform decision making. - 92 KB
Farrell, D., P. Dahl, and M. Perdue. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California.
Poster - 826 KB - Movement and residency patterns of satellite tagged odontocetes offshore of Cape Hatteras, NC - 95 KB
Foley, H.J., Z.T. Swaim, D.M. Waples, R.W. Baird, D.L. Webster, and A.J. Read. 2015. Abstracts, SEAMAMMS (Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium). 27-29 March 2015. Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Presentation - 4.7 MB - Should I stay or should I go: Movement and residency patterns of satellite tagged pilot whales offshore of Cape Hatteras, NC - 96 KB
Foley, H., D. Waples, Z. Swaim, R. Baird, D. Webster, J. Bell, and A. Read. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Follow-up observations of satellite-tagged sperm whales in the Gulf of Mexico for evaluation of potential tag effects and wound healing - 92 KB
Hayslip, C., and B. Mate. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Cue rate and track kinematics of calling Bryde's whales (Balaenoptera brydei) transiting through the U.S. Pacific Missile Range Facility (PRMF) - 92 KB
Helble, T., S. Martin, G. Ierley, and B. Matsuyama. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Behavior and habitat use of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on a US Navy training range - 92 KB
Henderson, E., T. Helble, S. Martin, and G. Ierley. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Cetacean Research in the Marianas - 5972 KB
Hill, M.C. 2015. Presentation at NMFS-PIFSC External Program Review of Protected Species Science. 27-31 July 2015. Honolulu, Hawaii. - Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) of the Marianas - 111 KB
Hill, M., A. Ligon, A. Bendlin, A. Ü, A. Milette-Winfree, M. Deakos, and E. Oleson. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - The acoustic behavior of minke whales in relation to mid-frequency active sonar - 96 KB
Hom-Weaver, C.A., T. Norris, J. Oswald, T. Yack, C. Oedekoven, L. Thomas, L. Hodge, A. Read, and J. Bell. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Diving and foraging behavior of blue whales tracked with intermediate-duration Advanced Dive Behavior tags off Southern California - 92 KB
Irvine, L., B. Mate, and D. Palacios. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Southern California Bight marine mammal density and abundance from aerial surveys, 2008-2013 - 2.1 MB
Jefferson, T.A., M.A. Smultea, and C.E. Bacon. 2015. Journal of Marine Animals and Their Ecology 7(2):14-30. - Marine turtle assessment in the nearshore waters and nesting beaches of American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) - 6433 KB
Jones, T.T. 2015. Presentation at NMFS-PIFSC External Program Review of Protected Species Science. 27-31 July 2015. Honolulu, Hawaii. - Feeding-area home ranges for gray whales: A comparison between stocks - 92 KB
Lagerquist, B., M. Winsor, L. Irvine, B. Mate. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Investigating the response of coastal dolphins to mine exercise (MINEX) training activities - 187 KB
Lammers, M., M. Howe, A. Engelhaupt, and J. Bell. 2015. Abstracts, Watkins Memorial Marine Mammal Bioacoustics Symposium. 26 -29 March 2015. New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Presentation - 1.8 MB - Investigating the response of coastal dolphins to mine exercise (MINEX) training activities - 117 KB
Lammers, M., M. Howe, A. Engelhaupt, E. Nosal, and J. Bell. 2015. Abstracts, OCEANOISE2015. 11-15 May 2015. Barcelona, Spain.
Presentation - 2 MB - A preliminary home-range analysis of loggerhead sea turtles released in Virginia, USA - 72 KB
Lockhart, G.G., and S.G. Barco. 2015. Oral presentation at Southeast Regional Sea Turtle Meeting. Jekyll Island, Georgia. 4-7 February 2015.
Presentation - 5.11 MB - Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) behavior and group dynamics as observed from an aircraft off southern California 2008-2013 - 112 KB
Lomac-MacNair, K., M. Smultea, and J. Bredvik. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Introgressive hybridization of Fraser's dolphin mitochondrial and nuclear DNA into Mariana Islands bottlenose dolphins - 92 KB
Martien, K., S. Woodman, K. Robertson, M. Hill, L. Dolar, F. Archer, and E. Oleson. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Information on baleen whales derived from localized calling individuals at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Hawaii - 900 KB
Martin, S.W., T. Helble, C. Martin, E.E. Henderson, B. Matsuyama, and R. Manzano-Roth. 2015. Abstracts, 7th International Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization and Density Estimation of Marine Mammals using Passive Acoustics. 13-16 July 2015. La Jolla, California. - Minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) respond to navy training - 571 KB
Martin, S.W., C.R. Martin, B.M. Matsuyama, and E.E. Henderson. 2015. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 135:2533-2541. - Species diversity and abundance at a cetacean "hot spot" off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA - 92 KB
McAlarney, R., E. Cummings, C. Paxton, D.A. Pabst, A. Read, J. Bell, and W. McLellan. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Discrimination of age, sex, and individual identity using the upcall of the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) - 2.4 MB
McCordic, J.A.M.M. 2015. Master's thesis, Syracuse University. - Year-round presence of beaked whales off Cape Hatteras North Carolina - 96 KB
McLellan, W., R. McAlarney, E. Cummings, J. Bell, A. Read, and D.A. Pabst. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Photo-identification and haulout counts of pinnipeds in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island and Chesapeake Bay, Virginia - 96 KB
Moll, T., D. Rees, D. Jones, C. Tompsett, G. Mitchell, and T. Vars. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Southern California Bight marine mammal density and abundance from aerial surveys 2008-2013 - 63 KB
Moore, M.R., T.A. Jefferson, M.A. Smultea, C.E. Bacon, and V.R. James. 2015. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2015. 30-31 January 2015. Newport Beach, California.
Poster - 2 MB - Cetacean occurrence from passive acoustic monitoring in Guam and the Mariana Islands, 2011-2012 - 92 KB
Munger, L., M. Lammers, J. Oswald, T. Yack, M. Richie, R. Uyeyama, and W. Au. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - A comparison of acoustic based line-transect density estimates for sperm whales and minke whales in the Northern Marianas Islands - 829 KB
Norris, T., T. Yack, E. Ferguson, and K. Dunleavy. 2015. Abstracts, 7th International Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization and Density Estimation of Marine Mammals using Passive Acoustics. 13-16 July 2015. La Jolla, California. - Density estimates for minke whales off Kaua'i and the Northern Marianas Islands using acoustic line-transect survey data: Pros and cons of passive acoustic density estimation - 96 KB
Norris, T., T. Yack, K. Dunleavy, E. Ferguson, L. Thomas, R. Uyeyama, and J. Rivers. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Tagging and tracking of North Atlantic right whales in the SE U.S.
Nowacek, D.P., S.E. Parks, and A.J. Read. 2015. Presentation to Marine Mammal Commission 2015 Annual Meeting. 5-7 May 2015. Charleston, South Carolina.
Presentation - 1.1 MB - Marine seismic surveys and ocean noise: Mitigation, monitoring and a plan for international management - 96 KB
Nowacek, D.P., C.W. Clark, G.P. Donovan, G. Gailey, J. Golden, M. Jasny, D.A. Mann, P.J.O. Miller, R. Racca, R.R. Reeves, H. Rosenbaum, B.L. Southall, A. Vedenev, and D. Weller. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Do cetaceans alter their vocal behaviour in response to military sonar? - 96 KB
Oedekoven, C., L. Thomas, R. Langrock, J. Oswald, R. Charif, E. Ferguson, T. Yack, T. Norris, A. Rice, and J. Bell. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Passive Acoustic Contributions to Stock Assessment in the Cetacean Research Program - 6395 KB
Oleson, E. 2015. Presentation at NMFS-PIFSC External Program Review of Protected Species Science. 27-31 July 2015. Honolulu, Hawaii. - Acoustic monitoring reveals the seasonal occurrence of humpback whales and four other baleen whale species in the Mariana Archipelago - 96 KB
Oleson, E., A. Sirovic, L. Munger, P. Fisher-Pool, K. Merkens, M. Hill, and A. Ligon. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Intra-specific variability in delphinid whistle structure: Implications for acoustic species identification - 96 KB
Oswald, J., C.A. Hom-Weaver, T. Yack, S. Rankin, L. Hodge, M. Soldevilla, A. Martinez, and A. Read. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Downscaling foraging activity: The impact of Argos-based sampling schemes on movement behavior identification in whale tracking data - 92 KB
Palacios, D., L. Irvine, and B. Mate. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Hidden Markov Models reveal complexity in the diving behaviour of short-finned pilot whales - 95 KB
Quick, N., D. Nowacek, and A. Read. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - A spatio-temporal gap analysis of cetacean survey effort in the U.S. Mid- and South Atlantic. - 1.4 MB
Rickard, M. 2015. Master's thesis, Duke University. - High-frequency clicks associated with low-frequency minke whale pulse trains recorded at three separate locations in the western North Atlantic - 94 KB
Risch, D., S. Baumann-Pickering, L.W. Hodge, T. Norris, A. Read, J. Stanistreet, J., and S. Van Parijs. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Satellite telemetry results indicate an open-ocean population of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in Hawaiian waters - 112 KB
Rone, B., R. Baird, D. Webster, and D. Anderson. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Marine mammal monitoring during Navy explosives training events off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia - 93 KB
Shoemaker, M., C. Hotchkin, J. Bort Thornton, A. Kumar, J. Nissen, and R. Filipowicz. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Detection of blue whale calls from 7 years of data in Southern California - 900 KB
Širović, A., A. Rice, and E. Chou. 2015. Abstracts, 7th International Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization and Density Estimation of Marine Mammals using Passive Acoustics. 13-16 July 2015. La Jolla, California. - Blue whale song in the Gulf of Alaska. - 1.2 MB
Širović, A., and J. Hildebrand. 2015. Working paper SC/66a/1A/18 presented to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission. 22 May - 3 June 2015. San Diego, California. - Puget Sound marine mammal aerial surveys, 2013-2015
Smultea, M., C. Bacon, D. Steckler, and M. Cotter. 2015. Presentation to Marine Mammal Working Group, Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program (PSEMP). 15 January 2015. Olympia, Washington.
Presentation - 5.5 MB - Behavioral ecology of Risso’s dolphins (Grampus griseus) in the Southern California Bight based on aerial focal follows - 64 KB
Smultea, M.A., S. Howlin, T. McDonald, C.E. Bacon, K. Lomac-MacNair, and S. Courbis. 2015. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2015. 30-31 January 2015. Newport Beach, California.
Poster - 2 MB - Regional and seasonal density and abundance of harbor porpoise: Recolonization of Puget Sound, aerial surveys 2013-2015 - 116 KB
Smultea, M., T. Jefferson, D. Steckler, G. Campbell, K. Lomac-MacNair, S. Courbis, K. Ampela, A. Balla-Holden, and S. Hanser. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Modeling explosion generated Scholte waves in sandy sediments with power law dependent shear wave speed - 466 KB
Soloway, A.G., P.H. Dahl, and R.I. Odom. 2015. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 138:EL370-EL374. - Do foraging beaked whales and sperm whales target the Gulf Stream frontal edge off Cape Hatteras? Using long-term passive acoustic monitoring to explore habitat associations - 95 KB
Stanistreet, J., D. Nowacek, J. Hench, L. Hodge, S. Van Parijs, J. Bell, and A. Read. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Passive acoustic monitoring of beaked whales off North Carolina, USA. - 191 KB
Stanistreet, J., S. Baumann-Pickering, L. Hodge, D. Nowacek, S.M. Van Parijs, and A.J. Read. 2015. Abstracts, Watkins Memorial Marine Mammal Bioacoustics Symposium. 26 -29 March 2015. New Bedford, Massachusetts. - Life on the edge: Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) target shelf break waters in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Bight - 95 KB
Thorne, L., H. Foley, D. Webster, R. Baird, Z. Swaim, J. Bell, and A. Read. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Nuclear SNPs reveal link between social and genetic structure in Hawaiian short-finned pilot whales - 92 KB
Van Cise, A., K. Martien, R. Baird, E. Oleson, and P. Morin. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - Rough-toothed dolphins on a Navy range in Hawai'i: using LIMPET satellite-tag data to assess movements, habitat use, and overlap with Navy activities - 92 KB
Webster, D., R. Baird, B. Rone, and D. Anderson. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California. - From clicks to counts: Using passive acoustic monitoring to estimate the density and abundance of Cuvier’s beaked whales in the Gulf of Alaska - 1 MB
Yack, T., S. Coates, D. Harris, L. Thomas, T. Norris, E. Ferguson, and B.K. Rone. 2015. Abstracts, 7th International Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization and Density Estimation of Marine Mammals using Passive Acoustics. 13-16 July 2015. La Jolla, California.
Presentation - 5.4 MB - Clicking to be counted: Using passive acoustic monitoring to estimate the density and abundance of sperm whales in the central Gulf of Alaska - 92 KB
Yack, T., T. Norris, E. Ferguson, B. Rone, A. Zerbini, and S. Hanser. 2015. Abstracts, 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 13-18 December 2015. San Francisco, California.
2014
- Effects of Pile Driving on Marine Mammal Behavior in Puget Sound, Washington, USA - 90 KB
Ampela, K., A. Balla-Holden , C. Bacon, D. Fertl, J. Latusek-Nabholz, T. McConchie, D. Spontak, and N. Stadille. 2014. Abstracts, ESOMM - 2014 5th International Meeting on the Effects of Sound in the Ocean on Marine Mammals. 7 - 12 September 2014. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Poster - 1.5 MB - Studying the biosonar activities of deep diving odontocetes in Hawaii and other western Pacific locations - 44 KB
Au, W.W., and G. Giorli. 2014. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 136(4,Part 2):2,246. - Behavior and group characteristics differ in mixed-species associations (MSA) of cetaceans in the Southern California Bight - 400 KB
Bacon, C.E., M.A. Smultea, B. Würsig, D. Fertl, W.M. Von Zharen, K. Lomac-MacNair, and J. Bredvik. 2014. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2014. 31 January – 1 February 2014. Newport Beach, California.
Poster - 1.6 MB - Longitudinal comparisons of digital photography of marine mammals from aircraft and shore - 379 KB
Biondi, J., M.A. Smultea, C.E. Bacon, G. Gailey, O. Sychenko, B. Würsig, S. Bonizzoni , and G. Bearzi. 2014. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2014. 31 January – 1 February 2014. Newport Beach, California.
Poster - 1.4 MB - Use of Passive Acoustic Monitoring to assess beaked whale distribution and habitat use in the Gulf of Alaska - 728 KB
Coates, S., T.M. Yack, C. Hom-Weaver, and B. Rone. 2014. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2014. 31 January – 1 February 2014. Newport Beach, California.
Poster - 1.7 MB - A quantitative analysis of the response of short-finned pilot whales, Globicephala macrorhynchus, to biopsy sampling - 338 KB
Crain, D.D., A.S. Friedlaender, D.W. Johnston, D.P. Nowacek, B.L. Roberts, K.W. Urian, D.M. Waples, and A.J. Read. 2014. Marine Mammal Science 30(2):819-826. - Assessing 'Observer effect' from an aerial platform during marine mammal focal observations on Risso's dolphins, short-beaked common dolphins and killer whales in the Southern California Bight - 388 KB
Lomac-MacNair, K., M.A. Smultea, and C.E. Bacon. 2014. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2014. 31 January – 1 February 2014. Newport Beach, California.
Poster - 7.8 MB - Resource Selection Function analyses: Assessing habitat use relative to behavior and resource characteristics/availability for five common marine mammal species in the Southern California Bight - 411 KB
McDonald, T., M.A. Smultea, S. Howlin, and C. Bacon.2014. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2014. 31 January – 1 February 2014. Newport Beach, California. - Patterns of cetacean species occurrence, distribution and density at three sites along the continental shelf break of the U.S. Atlantic coast - 130 KB
McLellan, W., H. Foley, R. McAlarney, E. Cummings, Z. Swaim, L. Hodge, J. Stanistreet, K. Urian, D. Waples, C. Paxton, D.A. Pabst, J. Bell, and A. Read. 2014. Abstracts, Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium (SEAMAMMS) 2014. 28-30 March 2014. Wilmington, North Carolina.
Poster - 2.6 MB - Do dolphins alter their vocal behavior in response to military sonar? A review of analytical methods - 450 KB
Oedekoven, C.S., L. Thomas, R. Langrock, J. Oswald, E. Ferguson, T. Yack, and T. Norris. 2014. Abstracts, 4th International Statistical Ecology Conference. 1-4 July 2014. Montpellier, France.
Presentation - 15.7 MB - The call of the wily: Using acoustics to identify delphinid species not visually confirmed in the waters around Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands - 410 KB
Oswald, J.N., R.P. Walker, and T.A. Dominello. 2014. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2014. 31 January – 1 February 2014. Newport Beach, California.
Poster - 1.5 MB - Occurrence, distribution and abundance of cetaceans in Onslow Bay, North Carolina, USA - 1.4 MB
Read, A.J., S. Barco, J. Bell, D.L. Borchers, M.L. Burt, E.W. Cummings, J. Dunn, E. Meagher Fougeres, L. Hazen, L.E. Williams Hodge, A-M Laura, R.J. McAlarney, P. Nilsson, D.A. Pabst, C.G.M. Paxton, S.Z. Schneider, K.W. Urian, D.M. Waples, and W.A. McLellan. 2014. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 14:23-35. - Seasonal migrations of North Atlantic minke whales: Novel insights from large-scale passive acoustic monitoring networks - 3 MB
Risch, D., M. Castellote, C.W. Clark, G.E. Davis, P.J. Dugan, L.E.W. Hodge, A. Kumar, K. Lucke, D.K. Mellinger, S.L. Nieukirk, C.M. Popescu, C. Ramp, A.J. Read, A.N. Rice, M.A. Silva, U. Siebert, K.M. Stafford, H. Verdaat, and S.M. Van Parijs. 2014. Movement Ecology 2:24. http://www.movementecologyjournal.com/content/22/21/24. - Comparisons of the behavioral ecology of three delphinid and three baleen whale species: RISKS and REWARDS of group living - 401 KB
Smultea, M.A., C.E. Bacon, B. Würsig, K. Lomac-MacNair, and A. Gustafson. 2014. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2014. 31 January – 1 February 2014. Newport Beach, California.
Poster - 7.5 MB - Behaviors of Southern California cetaceans: observations from a small aircraft 2008-2013 - 370 KB
Smultea, M.A., C.E. Bacon, B. Würsig, and K. Lomac-MacNair. 2014. Abstracts, 107th Annual Meeting of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 2-3 May 2014. Camarillo, California.
Presentation - 6.6 MB - Resource selection function analyses: Assessing habitat use relative to behavior and resource characteristics/availability for five common marine mammal species in the Southern California Bight - 365 KB
Smultea, M.A., T.McDonald, S. Howlin, D. Steckler, and K. Lomac-MacNair. 2014. Abstracts, 107th Annual Meeting of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 2-3 May 2014. Camarillo, California.
Presentation - 1.9 MB - Changes in relative occurrence of cetaceans in the Southern California Bight: A comparison of recent aerial survey results with historical data sources - 135 KB
Smultea, M.A., and T.A. Jefferson. 2014. Aquatic Mammals 40(1):32-43. - Focusing on behavioral data gathering and analysis: Highlighting video capabilities from the air or shore - 3 MB
Smultea, M.A., C. Bacon, and B. Würsig. 2014. Powerpoint presentation made during panel session on Basic Behavioral Research: Techniques and Analyses held on 31 January 2014, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2014. 31 January – 1 February 2014. Newport Beach, California. - Noise from shallow underwater explosions - 10.6 MB
Soloway, A.G. 2014. Master's thesis, University of Washington. - Peak sound pressure and sound exposure level from underwater explosions in shallow water - 547 KB
Soloway, A.G., and P.H. Dahl. 2014. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 136:EL218-223.
2013
- Are you my mother? A test of matrilineal social organization in mass strandings and living groups of rough-toothed dolphins - 208 KB
Albertson, G.R., R.W. Baird, M. Oremus, M.M. Poole, K.K. Martien, R.L. Brownell, Jr., F. Cipriano, and C.S. Baker. 2013. Abstracts, 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 9-13 December 2013. Dunedin, New Zealand.
Poster - 3.8 MB - In-water biological and acoustic monitoring for the U.S. Navy’s Test Pile Program - 195 KB
Ampela, K. 2013. Eco May/June 2013:24-26. - Marine mammal behavior in relation to in-water pile driving in Puget Sound, Washington, USA - 186 KB
Ampela, K., A. Balla-Holden, C.E. Bacon, D. Fertl, J.N. Latusek-Nabholz, T.C. McConchie, D.M. Spontak, and N.M. Stadille. 2013. Abstracts, 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 9-13 December 2013. Dunedin, New Zealand.
Poster - 4.5 MB - Mixed-species associations seen in the Southern California Bight during aerial surveys 2008-2012 - 325 KB
Bacon, C., M.A. Smultea, B. Würsig, V. James, and M. Moore. 2013. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2013. 1-2 February 2013. Newport Beach, California.
Poster - 2 MB - Comparison of blue and fin whale behavior and group characteristics in the Southern California Bight (SCB) 2008-2012 - 78 KB
Bacon, C., M.A. Smultea, and B. Würsig. 2013. Abstracts, 27th Conference of the European Cetacean Society. 8-10 April 2013. Setúbal, Portugal.
Poster - 3 MB - Behavior and group characteristics differ in mixed-species associations of cetaceans in the Southern California Bight - 245 KB
Bacon, C.E., M.A. Smultea, B. Würsig, D. Fertl, W.M. Von Zharen, K. Lomac-MacNair, and J. Bredvik. 2013. Abstracts, 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 9-13 December 2013. Dunedin, New Zealand.
Poster - 1.6 MB - Combining association and movement analyses of short-finned pilot whales in the Hawaiian Islands: evidence for multiple populations within the Hawaiian Archipelago - 187 KB
Baird, R.W., G.S. Schorr, D.L. Webster, S.D. Mahaffy, D.J. McSweeney, M.B. Hanson, and R.D. Andrews. 2013. Abstracts, 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 9-13 December 2013. Dunedin, New Zealand.
Presentation - 5.5 MB - Fishery interactions for three populations of false killer whales in Hawai’i: Assessment using dorsal fin line injuries - 4.1 MB
Baird, R.W., S.D. Mahaffy, A.M. Gorgone, T. Cullins, D.J. McSweeney, E.M. Oleson, A.L. Bradford, and J. Barlow. 2013. Powerpoint presentation given at workshop “2nd Biennial Workshop on Science and Conservation of Hawaiian Odontocetes” held in conjunction with the 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 9-13 December 2013. Dunedin, New Zealand. - LIMPET tagging of Hawaiian odontocetes: Assessing reproduction and estimating survival of tagged and non-tagged individuals- 2.2 MB
Baird, R.W., A.N. Zerbini, S.D. Mahaffy, G.S. Schorr, D.L. Webster, D.J. McSweeney, and R.D. Andrews. 2013. Powerpoint presentation given at workshop “2nd Biennial Workshop on Science and Conservation of Hawaiian Odontocetes” held in conjunction with the 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 9-13 December 2013. Dunedin, New Zealand. - Odontocete cetaceans around the Main Hawaiian Islands: habitat use and relative abundance from small-boat sighting surveys - 13 MB
Baird, R.W., D.L. Webster, J.M. Aschettino, G.S. Schorr, and D.J. McSweeney. 2013. Aquatic Mammals 39:253-269. - Aleutian Islands beaked whale echolocation signals - 231 KB
Baumann-Pickering, S., A.E. Simonis, S.M. Wiggins, R.L. Brownell, Jr., and J.A. Hildebrand. 2013. Marine Mammal Science 29:221-227. - Longitudinal comparisons of digital photography of marine mammals from aircraft and shore - 213 KB
Biondi, J., M.A. Smultea, C.E. Bacon, G. Gailey, O. Sychenko, B. Würsig, S. Bonizzoni , and G. Bearzi. 2013. Abstracts, 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 9-13 December 2013. Dunedin, New Zealand.
Poster - 1.4 MB - U.S. environmental compliance and conservation efforts for sea turtles in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico - 763 KB
Buonantony, D.M., R.J. Nissen, D.T. MacDuffee, K.A. Jenkins, A. Kumar, and A. DiMatteo. 2013. Pages 38-39 in Tucker, T. T., L. Belskis, A. Panagopoulou, A. Rees, M. Frick, K.R.L. Williams, and K. Stewart, compilers. Proceedings of the Thirty-third Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-645. Miami, Florida: National Marine Fisheries Service. - Vocalization behaviors of minke whales in relation to sonar in the planned Undersea Warfare Training Range off Jacksonville, Florida - 42 KB
Dominello, T., T. Norris, T. Yack, E. Ferguson, C. Hom-Weaver, J. Nissen, and J. Bell. 2013. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 134(5, Part 2):4046. - Vocalization behaviors of minke whales in relation to sonar in the planned Undersea Warfare Training Range off Jacksonville, FL - 216 KB
Dominello, T., T. Norris, T. Yack, E. Ferguson, J. Oswald, C. Hom-Weaver, A. Kumar, J. Nissen, and J. Bell. 2013. Abstracts, 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 9-13 December 2013. Dunedin, New Zealand. - Estimation of acoustic-based detection functions for sperm whale encounters in the Northern Mariana Islands - 190 KB
Ferguson, E., T.M. Yack, and T. Norris. 2013. Abstracts, 6th International Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization and Density Estimation of Marine Mammals using Passive Acoustics. 12-15 June 2013. University of St. Andrews, Scotland. - Western Pacific Ocean sperm whale coda repertoires - 320 KB
Ferguson, E.L., C.A. Hom-Weaver, K.J. Dunleavy, and T.F. Norris. 2013. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2013. 1-2 February 2013. Newport Beach, California. - Protected Species Monitoring in the proposed Undersea Warfare Training Range offshore of Jacksonville, FL - 400 KB
Foley, H.J., R.J. McAlarney, Z.T. Swaim, E.W. Cummings, L.W. Hodge, R.C. Holt, P.B. Nilsson, R.E. Hardee, W.A. McLellan, D.A. Pabst, and A.J. Read. 2013. Abstracts, SEAMAMMS (Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium). 22-24 March 2013. Jacksonville, Florida. - Satellite-tagging and photo-ID provide further evidence of multiple island-associated populations of common bottlenose dolphins in the main Hawaiian Islands - 220 KB
Gorgone, A.M., R.W. Baird, D.L. Webster, G.S. Schorr, D.J. McSweeney, and T. Cullins. 2013. Abstracts, 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 9-13 December 2013. Dunedin, New Zealand.
Presentation - 8 MB - The influence of habitat and time of day on the occurrence of odontocete vocalizations in Onslow Bay, North Carolina - 500 KB
Hodge, L.E.W., J.T. Bell, A. Kumar, and A.J. Read. 2013. Marine Mammal Science 29(4):E411-E427. - Passive acoustic monitoring for marine mammals during Navy explosives training events off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia - 47 KB
Hotchkin, C.F., M. Shoemaker, A. Kumar, C. Hager, D. MacDuffee, J. Nissen, and R. Filipowicz. 2013. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 134(5, Part 2):4045. - U.S. Navy funded marine mammal monitoring in the Gulf of Alaska 2011-2014 (Abstract) - 650 KB
Johnson, C. 2013. Abstracts, Alaska Marine Science Symposium 2013. 21-25 January 2013. Anchorage, Alaska.
Poster - 2.3 MB - Differences in melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra) whistle characteristics between sympatric populations in Hawaii - 212 KB
Kaplan, M.B., T.A. Mooney, R.W. Baird, and A.J. Milette-Winfree. 2013. Abstracts, 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 9-13 December 2013. Dunedin, New Zealand.
Poster - 330 KB - Using passive acoustics to monitor the presence of marine mammals during Naval exercises - 190 KB
Kumar, A., J. Nissen, J. Bell, T. Norris, J. Oswald, T. Yack, and E. Ferguson. 2013. Page 48 in Abstracts, 6th International Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization and Density Estimation of Marine Mammals using Passive Acoustics. 12-15 June 2013. University of St. Andrews, Scotland. - Using passive acoustics to monitor the presence of marine mammals during Naval exercises - 416 KB
Kumar, A., J. Nissen, J. Bell, T. Norris, J. Oswald, T. Yack, and E. Ferguson. 2013. Page 92 in Abstracts, 3rd International Conference on The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, 11-16 August 2013, Budapest, Hungary. - The acoustic response of coastal dolphins to mine exercise (MINEX) training activities - 208 KB
Lammers, M., M. Kraus, A. Engelhaupt, A. Kumar, and J. Bell. 2013. Abstracts, 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 9-13 December 2013. Dunedin, New Zealand.
Presentation - 6.2 MB - ‘Observer effect’ from an aerial platform during marine mammal focal observations on Risso’s dolphins, short-beaked common dolphins and killer whales in the Southern California Bight - 186 KB
Lomac-MacNair, K., M.A. Smultea, and C.E. Bacon. 2013. Abstracts, 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 9-13 December 2013. Dunedin, New Zealand.
Poster - 7.8 MB - Winter occurrence of minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in the South Atlantic Bight - 400 KB
McAlarney, R.J., E.W. Cummings, H.J. Foley, R.E. Hardee, L.E.W. Hodge, R.C. Holt, P.B. Nilsson, W.A. McLellan, D.A. Pabst, and A.J. Read. 2013. Abstracts, SEAMAMMS (Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium). 22-24 March 2013. Jacksonville, Florida. - Resource Selection Function analyses: assessing habitat use relative to behavior and resource characteristics/availability for five common marine mammal species in the Southern California Bight - 243 KB
McDonald, T., M.A. Smultea, S. Howlin, and C. Bacon. 2013. Abstracts, 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 9-13 December 2013. Dunedin, New Zealand.
Presentation - 1.3 MB - Patterns of cetacean species occurrence, distribution and density at three sites along the continental shelf break of the U.S. Atlantic coast - 235 KB
McLellan, W., H. Foley, R. McAlarney, E. Cummings, Z. Swaim, L. Hodge, J. Stanistreet, K. Urian, D. Waples, C. Paxton, D. Pabst, J. Bell, and A. Read. 2013. Abstracts, 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 9-13 December 2013. Dunedin, New Zealand.
Poster - 2.7 MB - Monitoring of marine mammal occurrence and acoustic behaviors in relation to mid-frequency active sonar using autonomous recorders deployed off the undersea warfare training range, Florida - 57 KB
Norris, T.F., J. Oswald, T.M. Yack, E. Ferguson, A. Kumar, J. Nissen, and J. Bell. 2013. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 134(5, Part 2):4045-4046. - Vocalization behaviors of minke whales and potential new call type off the coast of Jacksonville, FL - 324 KB
Norris, T., T. Dominello, T. Yack, E. Ferguson, J. Oswald, and C. Hom-Weaver. 2013. Page 27 in Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2013. 1-2 February 2013. Newport Beach, California. - U.S. Navy funded marine mammal monitoring In Southern California 2008-2012 - 325 KB
Norris, T., A. Douglas, E. Falcone, G. Schorr, T. Jefferson, K. Ampela, C. Bacon, C. Boerger, J. Bredvik, S. Watwood, D. Moretti, J. Hildebrand, G. Campbell, S. Baumann-Pickering, A. Širović, J. Buccowich, A. Debich, S. Johnson, S. Kerosky, L. Roche, A.S. Berga, S. Wiggins, A. Cummins, L. Roche, H. Bassett, A. Simonis, K. Whitaker, J. Black, M. Blees, V. James, K. Lomac-MacNair, M. Moore, M. Smultea, D. Steckler, B. Southall, T. Eguchi, J. Seminoff, D. Weller, B. Würsig, L. Mazzuca, and C. Johnson. 2013. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2013. 1-2 February 2013. Newport Beach, California. - Sights and sounds in the sky: integrated acoustic/visual aerial monitoring of marine mammal behaviors using sonobuoys and videography - 325 KB
Norris, T., D. Steckler, M. Smultea, B. Wursig, T. Dominello, C. Hom-Weaver, and C. Bacon. 2013. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2013. 1-2 February 2013. Newport Beach, California. - Autonomous recorder based monitoring of marine mammal acoustic behaviors in relation to mid-frequency active sonar and other variables - 209 KB
Norris, T., J. Oswald, T. Yack, E. Ferguson, A. Kumar, J. Nissen, and J. Bell. 2013. Abstracts, 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 9-13 December 2013. Dunedin, New Zealand. - Automatic detection and characterization of mid-frequency active sonar and its impact on marine mammal vocalizations - 190 KB
Oswald, M., M. Melcón, E. Ferguson, T. F. Norris, and K. Dunleavy. 2013. Abstracts, 6th International Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization and Density Estimation of Marine Mammals using Passive Acoustics, 12-15 June 2013. University of St. Andrews, Scotland. - Density surface models for cetaceans along the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico using multiple platforms and dynamic predictors - 190 KB
Roberts, J.J., B.D. Best, E. Fujioka, and P.N. Halpin. 2013. Abstracts, 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 9-13 December 2013. Dunedin, New Zealand.
Presentation - 6 MB - Temporal separation of two fin whale call types across the eastern North Pacific - 498 KB
Širović, A., L.N. Williams, S.M. Kerosky, S.M. Wiggins, and J.A. Hildebrand. 2013. Marine Biology 160:47-57. - Behavior, group characteristics, density and habitat-use patterns of marine mammals off Southern California during 2008-2012 aerial surveys (Abstract) - 320 KB
Smultea, M.A., C.E. Bacon, T.A. Jefferson, B. Würsig, M. Moore, and V. James. 2013. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2013. 1-2 February 2013. Newport Beach, California.
Poster - 1.4 MB - Comparisons of the behavioral ecology of Risso’s (Grampus griseus) and common dolphins (Delphinus delphis and D. capensis): risks and rewards of group living - 955 KB
Smultea, M.A., C. Bacon, and B. Würsig. 2013. Abstracts, 27th Conference of the European Cetacean Society 2013. 8-10 April. Setúbal, Portugal. - Comparisons of the behavioral ecology of three delphinid and three baleen whale species: risks and rewards of group living - 191 KB
Smultea, M.A., C.E. Bacon, B. Würsig, and K. Lomac-MacNair. 2013. Abstracts, 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 9-13 December 2013. Dunedin, New Zealand.
Poster - 7.5 MB - Rare mixed-species association between sperm whales, and Risso’s and northern right whale dolphins off the Southern California Bight: Kleptoparasitism and social parasitism? - 1.9 MB
Smultea, M.A., C.E. Bacon, K. Lomac-MacNair, F. Visser, and J. Bredvik. 2013. Powerpoint presentation given at the Workshop “Cachalote Consortium: A global perspective on sperm whale research” on 8 December 2013 held in conjunction with the 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 9-13 December 2013. Dunedin, New Zealand. - Measurements of the peak pressure and sound exposure level from underwater explosions - 55 KB
Soloway, A.G., and P.H. Dahl. 2013. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 134(5,Part 2):4116.
Poster - 884 KB - Passive acoustic monitoring of beaked whales and other cetaceans off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina - 234 KB
Stanistreet, J.E., L.E.W. Hodge, D.P. Nowacek, J.T. Bell, J.A. Hildebrand, S.M. Wiggins, and A.J. Read. 2013. Abstracts, 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 9-13 December 2013. Dunedin, New Zealand.
Poster - 1 MB - Streamlining high-volume data acquisition, analysis and tracking of marine mammals with highly configurable, standards-based software - 640 KB
Steckler, D. 2013. Abstracts, 27th Conference of the European Cetacean Society. 8-10 April 2013. Setúbal, Portugal. - Patterns of residency of three species of odontocetes along the shelf break of the U.S. east coast - 252 KB
Swaim, Z.T., H.J. Foley, K.W. Urian, D.M. Waples, J.T. Bell, and A.J. Read. 2013. Abstracts, 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 9-13 December 2013. Dunedin, New Zealand.
Poster - 1.3 MB
2012
- Rare Southern California sperm whale sighting - 183 KB
Bacon, C., and C. Johnson. 2012. Currents (Navy's Environmental Magazine) Fall 2012:44-47. - Comparison of blue and fin whale behavior, headings and group characteristics in the Southern California Bight during Summer and Fall 2008-2010 - 1.1 MB
Bacon, C., M.A. Smultea, B. Wursig, K. Lomac-MacNair, and J. Black. 2012. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2012. 3-4 February 2012. Newport Beach, California. - Comparison of blue and fin whale behavior, headings and group characteristics in the Southern California Bight during summer and fall 2008-2010 - 239 KB
Bacon, C., M.A. Smultea, and B. Würsig. 2012. Abstracts, 10th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium Galveston, Texas. 9-10 November 2012. - Interactions between sperm whales and Risso's and northern right whale dolphins off San Diego, CA - 1.1 MB
Bredvik, J., M. Smultea, K. Lomac-MacNair, D. Steckler, and C. Johnson. 2012. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2012. 3-4 February 2012. Newport Beach, California. - Quantative analysis of the response of short-finned pilot whales, Globicephala macrorynchus, to biopsy attempts - 1.6 MB
Crain, D. 2012. Master’s thesis, Duke University. - Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydel/edeni) sightlngs in the Southern California Bight - 1 MB
James, V.R., M.A. Smultea, A.B Douglas, C.E. Bacon, T.A. Jefferson, and L. Mazzuca. 2012. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2012. 3-4 February 2012. Newport Beach, California. - Rare sightings of Bryde’s whales (Balaenoptera brydei/edeni) in the Southern California Bight - 1.5 MB
James, V., M.A. Smultea, A.B. Douglas, C.E. Bacon, T.A. Jefferson, and L. Mazzuca. 2012. Poster presentation, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop. 3-4 February 2012. Newport Beach, California. - Bryde's whale seasonal range expansion in the eastern North Pacific - 1 MB
Kerosky, S.M., A. Širović, L.K. Roche, S. Baumann-Pickering, S.M. Wiggins, and J.A. Hildebrand. 2012. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2012. 3-4 February 2012. Newport Beach, California. - Bryde’s whale seasonal range expansion and increasing presence in the Southern California Bight from 2000 to 2010 - 560 KB
Kerosky, S.M., A. Širović, L.K. Roche, S. Baumann-Pickering, S. M. Wiggins, and J. A. Hildebrand. 2012. Deep-Sea Research I 65:125-132. - Using passive acoustics to monitor the presence of marine mammals during naval exercises - 100 KB
Kumar, A., J. Nissen, J. Bell, and M. Shoemaker. 2012. Pages 641-643 in A. N. Popper and A. Hawkins (eds.) The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life. Springer, New York. - Diurnal behavior and group size patterns of common dolphins (Delphinus sp.) during 2008-2010 aerial surveys off San Diego, California - 1 MB
Lomac-MacNair, K., M. Smultea, C. Bacon, and M. Blees. 2012. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2012. 3-4 February 2012. Newport Beach, California. - Mid-Atlantic aerial surveys for marine mammals, sea turtles and other large marine vertebrates 1998-2012 - 2.8 MB
McLellan, W.A. 2012. Presentation, Mid-Atlantic Wildlife Surveys, Modeling, and Data Workshop (DOE Wind and Water Power Program Workshop), 24-25 July 2012. Silver Spring, Maryland. - Protected species monitoring of naval exercise sites - 256 KB
McLellan, W. 2012. Right Whale News, 20, 5-6. - Blue whales respond to anthropogenic noise - 590 KB
Melcón, M.L., A.J. Cummins, S. M. Kerosky, L.K. Roche, S.M. Wiggins, and J.A. Hildebrand. 2012. PLoS ONE 7: e32681. doi:32610.31371/journal.pone.0032681. - Got milk? Aircraft observations provide rare glimpses into whale calf nursing and back riding - 1 MB
Moore, M., M.A. Smultea, C. Bacon, B. Wursig, and V. James. 2012. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2012. 3-4 February 2012. Newport Beach, California. - Analysis of passive acoustic recordings made during a three month survey of cetaceans off the Northern Mariana Islands in the western North Pacific - 43 KB
Norris, T. 2012. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 121(4, Part 2):3456. - Acoustic ecology and behavior of minke whales in the Hawaiian and Marianas islands: Localization, abundance estimation, and characterization of minke whale ‘boings’ - 300 KB
Norris, T., S. Martin, L. Thomas, T. Yack, J.N. Oswald, E.-M. Nosal, and V. Janik. 2012. Pages 149-153 in The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life (Ed. by A.N. Popper and A. Hawkins). Springer, New York. - Navy's Fleet Marine Species Monitoring Program: revisions and application in the Southern California Range Complex - 1 MB
Richie, M., S. Hanser, R. Uyeyama, and C. Johnson. 2012. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2012. 3-4 February 2012. Newport Beach, California. - Changes in abundance, density and diversity of marine mammals in the Southern California Bight 1998-1999 vs. 2008-2010 - 1 MB
Smultea, M.A., T.A. Jefferson, J. Black, K. Lomac-MacNair, and C. Bacon. 2012. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2012. 3-4 February 2012. Newport Beach, California. - Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera brydei/edeni) sightings in the Southern California Bight - 2.8 MB
Smultea, M.A., A.B. Douglas, C.E. Bacon, T.A. Jefferson, and L. Mazzuca. 2012. Aquatic Mammals 38:92-97. - Streamlining high-volume data acquisition, analysis and tracking of marine mammals with highly configurable, standards-based software - 1 MB
Steckler, D., M. Smultea, J. Black, and C. Bacon. 2012. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2012. 3-4 February 2012. Newport Beach, California. - Combining passive acoustics and satellite oceanography to evaluate cetacean habitat in the South Atlantic Bight - 65 KB
Thorne, L.H., L.W. Hodge, and A.J. Read. 2012. Abstracts, 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting. 20-24 February 2012. Salt Lake City, Utah.
2011
- Comparison of blue and fin whale behavior, headings, and group characteristics in the Southern California Bight during summer and fall 2008-2010 - 147 KB
Bacon, C., M. Smultea, B. Würsig, and K. Lomac-MacNair. 2011. Abstracts, 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 27 November-2 December 2011. Tampa, Florida. - Diel and lunar variations of marine ambient sound in the North Pacific - 44 KB
Baumann-Pickering, S., A. Širović, M.A. Roch, A.E. Simonis, S.M. Wiggins, E.M. Oleson, and J.A. Hildebrand. 2011. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 130(4, Part 2):2536. - U.S. Navy Integrated Comprehensive Monitoring Program - 170 KB
Bell, J.T., R.J. Nissen, D. MacDuffee, S. Hanser, C. Johnson, J. Rivers, and V. F. Stone. 2011. Abstracts, 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 27 November - 3 December 2011. Tampa, Florida. - Protected species monitoring in Onslow Bay, NC: January – December 2010 - 130 KB
Cummings, E.W., R.J. McAlarney, J. Dunn, L. Williams, P.B. Nilsson, H. Foley, R.E. Hardy, R. Holt, K. Urian, D.J. Johnston, W.A. McLellan, D.A. Pabst, and A.J. Read. 2011. Abstracts, SEAMAMMS (Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium). 1-3 April 2011. Conway, South Carolina. - Effects of simulated military sonar on sound production by blue whales, sperm whales, Risso’s dolphin, and Cuvier’s beaked whale - 23 KB
DeRuiter, S.L., Calambokidis, J., Douglas, A.B., Falcone, E., Friedlaender, A.S., Goldbogen, J., Hildebrand, J.A., Moretti, D., Pusser, T., Schorr, G., Southall, B. L. & Tyack, P. L. 2011. Abstracts, 4th International Science Symposium on Bio-logging. 14-18 March 2011. Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. - Occurrence and distribution of marine mammals in a proposed Undersea Warfare Training Range off Jacksonville, FL - 148 KB
Foley, H.J., P.B. Nilsson, R.E. Hardee, R.C. Holt, W.A. McLellan, D.A. Pabst, and A.J. Read. 2011. Abstracts, 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 27 November - 3 December 2011. Tampa, Florida. - Observations of a western North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) birth offshore of the protected southeast U.S. critical habitat - 302 KB
Foley, H.J., R.C. Holt, R.E. Hardee, P.B. Nilsson, K.A. Jackson, A.J. Read, D.A. Pabst, and W.A. McLellan. 2011. Marine Mammal Science 27(3):E234- E240. - Distribution and Abundance Estimates for Cetaceans in the Waters of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands - 3.6 MB
Fulling, GL.; P.H. Thorson and J. Rivers. 2011. Pacific Science. Vol. 65, no. 3:321 – 343. - Fine scale movements and swimming kinematics of blue whales off southern California including reaction to simulated military sonar - 147 KB
Goldbogen, J.A., J. Calambokidis, S.L. DeRuiter, A.B. Douglas, E. Falcone, A.S. Friedlaender, G. Schorr, P.L. Tyack, and B.L. Southall. 2011. Abstracts, 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 27 November-2 December 2011. Tampa, Florida. - Acoustic detection of Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) vocalizations using SSQ53F sonobuoys modified for autonomous data collection - 158 KB
Hager, C.A., J. Sturzbecher, and A. Kumar. 2011. Abstracts, 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 27 November-2 December 2011. Tampa, Florida. - Acoustic detection of Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) vocalizations using SSQ53F sonobuoys modified for autonomous data collection - 576 KB
Hager, C.A., J. Sturzbecher, and A. Kumar. 2011. Abstracts, Fifth International Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization, and Density Estimation of Marine Mammals using Passive Acoustics. 21-25 August 2011. Mount Hood, Oregon. - Marine mammal monitoring during a Navy explosives training event off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia - 575 KB
Hager, C.A., M. Shoemaker, and A. Kumar. 2011. Abstracts, Fifth International Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization, and Density Estimation of Marine Mammals using Passive Acoustics. 21-25 August 2011. Mount Hood, Oregon. - Monitoring marine mammals in Onslow Bay, North Carolina, using passive acoustics - 20.6 MB
Hodge, L.E. W. 2011. PhD dissertation, Duke University. - Temporal variation in odontocete vocal events in Onslow Bay, North Carolina - 147 KB
Hodge, L.E.W., M.S. Soldevilla, S.M. Wiggins, J.A. Hildebrand, and A.J. Read. 2011. Abstracts, 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 27 November-2 December 2011. Tampa, Florida. - Protected species monitoring in the proposed Undersea Warfare Training Range offshore of Jacksonville, FL: January – December 2010 - 176 KB
Holt, R.C., P.B. Nilsson, H.J. Foley, R.E. Hardee, R.J. McAlarney, E.W. Cummings, D.W. Johnston, M.S. Soldevilla, W.A. McLellan, D.A. Pabst, and A.J. Read. 2011. Abstracts, SEAMAMMS (Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium). 1-3 April 2011. Conway, South Carolina. - U.S. Navy funded marine mammal monitoring efforts in California 2008-2010 - 796 KB
Johnson, C., S. Hanser, R. Uyeyama, M. Shoemaker, S. Watwood, C. Collins, J. Joseph, D. Moretti, M. Smultea, K. Lomac-MacNair, C. Bacon, R. Merizan, J. Black, J. Hildebrand, G. Campbell, H. Bassett, S. Baumann, A. Cummins, S. Kerosky, M. Melcon, K. Merkens, L. Munger, M. Roch, L. Roche, A. Simonis, S. Wiggins, and D. Weller. 2011. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2011. 21-22 January 2011. Newport Beach, California. - Using passive acoustics to monitor the presence of marine mammals during Naval exercises - 576 KB
Kumar, A., J. Nissen, J. Bell, M. Shoemaker, and L. Williams. 2011. Abstracts, Fifth International Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization, and Density Estimation of Marine Mammals using Passive Acoustics. 21-25 August 2011. Mount Hood, Oregon. - Diurnal behavior and group size patterns of common dolphins (Delphinus sp.) during 2008-2010 aerial surveys off San Diego, California - 176 KB
Lomac-MacNair, K., M. Smultea, C. Bacon, and M. Blees. 2011. Abstracts, 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 27 November–2 December 2011. Tampa, Florida. - Rare sightings of Bryde’s whales (Balaenoptera brydei/edeni) in the Southern California Bight - 147 KB
Mazzuca, L., M.A. Smultea, A.B. Douglas, and C.E. Bacon. 2011. Abstracts, 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 27 November – 2 December 2011. Tampa, Florida. - Cetacean species diversity observed during four years of survey effort in Onslow Bay, NC, USA - 152 KB
McAlarney, R., W.A. McLellan, D.A. Pabst, E.W. Cummings, K.W. Urian, P.B. Nilsson, D. Waples, J. Dunn, D.J. Johnston, and A.J. Read. 2011 (Abstract). Abstracts, 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 27 November - 3 December 2011. Tampa, Florida.
Poster - 411 KB - Got milk? Aircraft observations provide rare glimpses into whale calf nursing and back riding - 157 KB
Moore, M., M. Smultea, C. Bacon, B. Wursig, and V. James. 2011. Abstracts, 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 27 November-2 December 2011. Tampa, Florida. - Recent winter sightings of minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in the South Atlantic Bight - 141 KB
Nilsson, P., E. Cummings, H. Foley, R. Hardee, R. Holt, R. McAlarney, W.A. McLellan, D.A. Pabst, and A.J. Read. 2011. Abstracts, 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 27 November - 3 December 2011. Tampa, Florida.
Poster - 1 MB - To boing or not to boing? The acoustic behavior and ecology of minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) near subtropical North Pacific islands - 147 KB
Norris, T., J.N. Oswald, T. Yack, P. Gruden, S.W. Martin, A.J. Cummins, S.M. Wiggins, and J. Hildebrand. 2011. Abstracts, 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 28 November - 2 December 2011. Tampa, Florida. - A semi-automated, interactive tool for review of acoustic detection and localization data collected during towed hydrophone array surveys for line-transect density estimation - 580 KB
Norris, T., R. Atunes, S. Martin, V. Janik, M. Oswald, and L. Thomas. 2011. Abstracts, 5th International Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization, and Density Estimation of Marine Mammals using Passive Acoustics. 21 -25 August 2011. Mount Hood, Oregon. - Cetacean abundance off the North Carolina coast of the USA - 165 KB
Pabst, D.A., A.J. Read, W. A. McLellan, R.J. McAlarney, P.B. Nilsson, E.W. Cummings, K. Urian, J. Dunn, D.J. Johnston, D. Waples, M. L. Burt, D.L. Borchers, and C.G.M. Paxton. 2011. Abstracts, 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 27 November - 3 December 2011. Tampa, Florida. - Changes in abundance, density and diversity of marine mammals in the Southern California Bight 1998-1999 vs. 2008-2011 - 147 KB
Smultea, M.A., T.A. Jefferson, J. Black, K. Lomac-NacNair, and C. Bacon. 2011. Abstracts, 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 27 November-2 December 2011. Tampa, Florida. - Aerial surveys conducted in conjunction with US Navy training exercises off southern California 2008-2010 - 700 KB
Smultea, M.A., C. Bacon, J. Black, K. Lomac-MacNair, T.A. Jefferson, L.M. Mazzuca, and R. Merizan. 2011. Abstracts, Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop 2011. 21-22 January 2011. Newport Beach, California. - Passive acoustic monitoring of cetaceans off Jacksonville Florida - 147 KB
Soldevilla, M.S., L.E. Williams, D.W. Johnston, S.M. Wiggins, J.A. Hildebrand, A. Pabst, W. McLellan, H. Foley, P. Nilsson, R. Holt, R. Hardee, and A.J. Read. 2011. Abstracts, 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 27 November-2 December 2011. Tampa, Florida. - The influence of dynamic oceanography on cetacean abundance and distribution in Onslow Bay, North Carolina - 146 KB
Thorne, L.H., A.J. Read, K.W. Urian, D. M. Waples, J. Dunn, D.W. Johnston, L.J. Hazen, and A.M. Laura. 2011. Abstracts, 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 27 November - 3 December 2011. Tampa, Florida.
2010
- Protected species monitoring in Onslow Bay, NC: January - December 2009 - 458 KB
McAlarney, R.J., E.W. Cummings, P.B. Nilsson, H. Foley, R.E. Hardee, R. Holt, L. Williams, K. Urian, D.J. Johnston, W.A. McLellan, D.A. Pabst, and A.J. Read. 2010. Abstracts, SEAMAMMS (Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium). 26-28 March 2010. Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Poster - 1.1 MB - Update on USWTR surveys off Jacksonville, Florida - 43 KB
McLellan, W.A. 2010. Right Whale News 18(1):5-6. - JAX USWTR survey effort update - 54 KB
McLellan, W., H. Foley, R. Hardee, R. Holt, and P. Nilsson. 2010. Right Whale News 18(2):4-5. - Protected species monitoring in the proposed Under Sea Warfare Training Range Off-Shore of Jacksonville, FL: January - December 2009 - 455 KB
Nilsson, P.B., H.J. Foley, R. E. Hardee, R. C. Holt, R.J. McAlarney, E. W. Cummings, D.W. Johnston, W.A. McLellan, D.A. Pabst, and A.J. Read. 2010. Abstracts, SEAMAMMS (Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium). 26-28 March 2010. Virginia Beach, Virginia. - Results of aerial surveys conducted in conjunction with US Navy training exercises off Southern California 2008/2009 - 1.2 MB
Smultea, M.A., K. Lomac-MacNair, J.R. Mobley, Jr., L.M. Mazucca, and C. Bacon. 2010. Poster presentation, The Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop. 9-10 January 2010. Newport Beach, California. - Results of aerial surveys conducted in conjunction with US Navy training exercises off Southern California 2008-2010 - 32 KB
Smultea, M.A., K. Lomac-MacNair, J.R. Mobley, Jr., L.M. Mazzuca, C. Bacon, and R. Merizan. 2010. Abstracts, American Cetacean Society's 12th International Conference. 12-14 November 2010. Monterey, California.
Poster - 1.6 MB - Aerial survey monitoring for marine mammals off Southern California in conjunction with US Navy major training events 2008-2010 - 3.7 MB
Smultea, M.A., C. Bacon, and R. Merizan. 2010. PowerPoint Presentation to American Cetacean Society - San Diego Chapter’s Monthly Meeting. July 2010. La Jolla, California. - Seabird foraging in dynamic oceanographic features - 9.3 KB
Thorne, L. H. 2010. PhD dissertation, Duke University. - Combining remote sensing and in situ measurements to study biophysical interactions in Gulf Stream fronts and eddies - 36 KB
Thorne, L., A. Read, and D. P. Nowacek. 2010. EoS, Transactions of American Geophysical Union 91(26), 2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting Supplement, Abstract BO44B-03. - Temporal patterns of odontocete vocalizations in Onslow Bay, North Carolina - 450 KB
Williams, L., M. Soldevilla, S. Wiggins, J. Hildebrand, and A. Read. 2010. Abstracts, SEAMAMMS (Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium). 26-28 March 2010. Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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? - 305 KB
Falcone, E.A., G.S. Schorr, A.B. Douglas, J. Calambokidis, E. Henderson, M.F. McKenna, J. Hildebrand, and D. Moretti. 2009. Marine Biology 156:2631-2640. - Using passive acoustics to monitor the presence of odontocete cetaceans during naval exercises in Onslow Bay, NC - 65 KB
Kumar, A., L. Williams, J. Bell, J. Nissen, M. Shoemaker, and A.J. Read. 2009. Abstracts, 18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 12-16 October 2009. Quebec City, Canada. - A summary of visual marine mammal monitoring and baseline surveys in the U.S. Navy's Pacific operating areas of Hawaii, Southern California, Gulf of Alaska and the Marianas Islands 2006-2009 - 74 KB
Mazzuca, L.M., M.A. Smultea, J.R. Mobley, Jr., A.M. Zoidis, G.L. Fulling, and B.K. Rone. 2009. Abstracts, 18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 12-16 December 2009. Quebec City, Canada. - Update on USWTR surveys off Jacksonville, Florida - 107 KB
McLellan, W.A. 2009. Right Whale News 17(3):2. - Results of aerial surveys conducted in conjunction with US Navy training exercises off Southern California Oct/Nov 2008 - 71 KB
Mobley, Jr., J.R., M.A. Smultea, and L.M. Mazzuca. 2009. Abstracts, 18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 12-16 December 2009. Quebec City, Canada. - Aerial and vessel surveys of the undersea warfare training range site alternative in Onslow Bay, NC, USA - 66 KB
Nilsson, P., R.J. McAlarney, D.W. Johnston, W.A. McLellan, D.A. Pabst, K. Urian, D.M. Waples, and A.J. Read. 2009. Abstracts, 18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 12-16 October 2009. Quebec City, Canada. - Feasibility of aircraft-based methodology to monitor cetacean behavior in conjunction with Navy training events involving mid-frequency active sonar - 82 KB
Smultea, M.A., L. Mazzuca, and J.R. Mobley, Jr. 2009. Abstracts, 18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 12-16 December 2009. Quebec City, Canada. - Influences of seasonality and oceanographic features on the habitat use of seabirds in Onslow Bay, NC - 1.1 MB
Thorne, L.H., and A.J. Read. 2009. Abstracts, 33rd Annual Waterbird Society Meeting. 4-8 November 2009. Cape May, New Jersey. - Odontocete vocalizations in Onslow Bay, North Carolina: Integrating data from two passive acoustic techniques - 79 KB
Williams, L., S.M. Wiggins, J.A. Hildebrand, and A.J. Read. 2009. Abstracts, 18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 12-16 October 2009. Quebec City, Canada. - Using passive acoustics to monitor the presence of odontocete cetaceans during naval exercises in Onslow Bay, NC - 77 KB
Williams, L., A. Kumar, J. Bell, and A. Read. 2009. Abstracts, SEAMAMMS (Southeast and Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium). 3-5 April 2009. Wilmington, North Carolina.
2008
- Marine mammal and sea turtle sightings from aerial surveys in the proposed Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR) in Onslow Bay, North Carolina for June - December 2007 - 103 KB
Nilsson, P.B., R.J. McAlarney, W.A. McLellan, and D.A. Pabst. 2008. Abstracts, SEAMAMMS (Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium). 28-30 March 2008. Charleston, South Carolina. - Vessel-based monitoring of the proposed Undersea Warfare Training Range in Onslow Bay, NC USA - 100 KB
Urian, K., A. Read, D. Waples, L. Williams, and L. Hazen. 2008. Abstracts, SEAMAMMS (Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium), 28-30 March 2008, Charleston, South Carolina.t
Other Navy-Supported Research Reports & Publications
This is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of reports and publications from U.S. Navy-sponsored research. It is only a sampling of the more pertinent research initiatives the U.S. Navy is involved with around the world attempting to address the issue of impacts to marine mammals from military activities. Additional information on scientific work funded by the U.S. Navy can be found at the Marine Mammal Science and Technology program at the Office of Naval Research, as well as the Navy’s Living Marine Resources applied research program managed by Naval Facilities Engineering Command.
- Bahamas Behavioral Response Study 2007 (BRS-07) Final Report - 3 MB
- Bahamas Behavioral Response Study 2008 (BRS-08) Final Report - 4.4 MB
- Biological and Behavioral Response Studies of Marine Mammals in the Western Mediterranean Sea, 2009 (MED-09), Project Summary - 2.1 MB
- Biological and Behavioral Response Studies of Marine Mammals in Southern California, 2010 (SOCAL-10) Final Project Report, February 2011 - 2.4 MB.
B. Southall, J. Calambokidis, P. Tyack, D. Moretti, J, Hildebrand, C. Kyburg, R. Carlson, A. Friedlaender, E. Falcone, G. Schorr, A. Douglas, S. DeRuiter, J. Goldbogen, J. Barlow - Biological and Behavioral Response Studies of Marine Mammals in Southern California, 2011 (SOCAL-11) Final Project Report, March 2012 - 5.2 MB.
B. Southall, J. Calambokidis, P. Tyack, D. Moretti, A. Friedlaender, S. DeRuiter, J. Goldbogen, E. Falcone, G. Schorr, A. Douglas, A. Stimpert, J. Hildebrand, C. Kyburg, R. Carlson, T. Yack, J. Barlow. - Marine Mammal Behavioral Response Studies in Southern California: Advances in Technology and Experimental Methods - 450 KB. Southall, B.L., D. Moretti, B. Abraham, J. Calambokidis, S.L. DeRuiter, and P.L. Tyack. 2012. Marine Technology Society Journal 46:46-59.
- Biological and Behavioral Response Studies of Marine Mammals in Southern California, 2012 (SOCAL-12) Final Project Report, April 2013 - 11 MB.
B. Southall, J. Calambokidis, J. Barlow, D. Moretti, A. Friedlaender, A. Stimpert, A. Douglas, K. Southall, P. Arranz, S. DeRuiter, E. Hazen, J. Goldbogen, E. Falcone, G. Schorr. - First direct measurements of behavioural responses by Cuvier’s beaked whales to mid-frequency active sonar - 970 KB.
DeRuiter, S.L., B.L. Southall, J. Calambokidis, W.M.X. Zimmer, D. Sadykova, E.A. Falcone, A.S. Friedlaender, J.E. Joseph, D. Moretti, G.S. Schorr, L. Thomas, and P.L. Tyack. 2013. Biology Letters 9:20130223. - Blue whales respond to simulated mid-frequency military sonar - 710 KB.
Goldbogen, J.A., B.L. Southall, S. DeRuiter, J. Calambokidis, A.S. Friedlaender, A. E.L. Hazen, E.A. Falcone, G.S. Schorr, A. Douglas, D.J. Moretti, C. Kyburg, M.F. McKenna, and P.L. Tyack. 2013. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280:20130657. - Biological and Behavioral Response Studies of Marine Mammals in Southern California, 2013 (SOCAL-13) Final Project Report, April 2014 - 11 MB.
B. Southall, J. Calambokidis, J. Barlow, D. Moretti, A. Friedlaender, A. Stimpert, A. Douglas, K. Southall, P. Arranz, S. DeRuiter, E. Hazen, J. Goldbogen, E. Falcone, G. Schorr. - Acoustic and foraging behavior of a Baird’s beaked whale, Berardius bairdii, exposed to simulated sonar. Scientific reports 4 (2014).
Stimpert, A. K., Stacy Lynn DeRuiter, B. L. Southall, D. J. Moretti, E. A. Falcone, J. A. Goldbogen, Ari Friedlaender, G. S. Schorr, and John Calambokidis. - A risk function for behavioral disruption of Blainville's beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) from mid-frequency active sonar.
Moretti, D., Thomas, L., Marques, T., Harwood, J., & Diley, A. (2014). PLoS ONE, 9, e85064. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085064 - Biological and Behavioral Response Studies of Marine Mammals in Southern California, 2014 (SOCAL-14) Final Project Report, June 2015 - 6.6 MB.
B. Southall, J. Calambokidis, J. Barlow, D. Moretti, S. Rankin, J. Keating, A. Friedlaender, A. Stimpert, A. Douglas, K. Southall, S. DeRuiter, E. Hazen, J. Goldbogen, E. Falcone, G. Schorr, G. Gailey, A. Allen. - Diving behaviour of Cuvier's beaked whales exposed to two types of military sonar.
Erin A. Falcone, Gregory S. Schorr, Stephanie L. Watwood, Stacy L. DeRuiter, Alexandre N. Zerbini, Russel D. Andrews, Ronald P. Morrissey, David J. Moretti. Royal Society Open Science. August 2017, Volume 4, Issue 8. - Marine mammals and sonar: Dose-response studies, the risk-disturbance hypothesis and the role of exposure context.
Catriona Harris, Len Thomas, Erin A. Falcone, John Hildebrand, Dorian Houser, Petter H. Kvadsheim, Frans-Peter A. Lam, Patrick J. O. Miller, David J. Moretti, Andrew J. Read, Hans Slabbekoorn, Brandon L. Southall, Peter L. Tyack, Douglas Wartzok, Vincent M. Janik. Journal of Applied Ecology. January 2018, Volume 55, Issue 1. - Quantifying deep-sea predator–prey dynamics: Implications of biological heterogeneity for beaked whale conservation.
Southall B.L., Benoit-Bird K.J., Moline M.A., Moretti D. Journal of Applied Ecology. 2019;00:1–10. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13334 - Behavioral responses of individual blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) to mid-frequency military sonar.
Southall, B. L., DeRuiter, S. L., Friedlaender, A., Stimpert, A. K., Goldbogen, J. A., Hazen, E., Casey, C., Fregosi, S., Cade, D. E., Allen, A. N., Harris, C. N., Schorr, G., Moretti, D., Guan, S., Calambokidis, J. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 222(5), jeb190637. doi: 10.1242/jeb.190637
