Protected Species Research Publications - Behavior

2015-2016

• Adams et al. 2016. A century of Chinook salmon consumption by marine mammal predators in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Ecological Informatics
• Alexander et al. 2016. What influences the worldwide genetic structure of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus)? Molecular Ecology
• Berger-Tal et al. 2016. A systematic survey of the integration of animal behavior into conservation. Conservation Biology
• Caldarone et al. 2016. Evaluation of nucleic acids and plasma IGF1 levels for estimating short-term responses of post-smolt Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) to food availability. Fishery Bulletin
• Cram et al. 2016. Spatial variability of Chinook salmon spawning site fidelity and habitat preferences. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
• Dale et al. 2016. Interannual variability in the feeding and condition of subyearling Chinook salmon off Oregon and Washington.  Fisheries Oceanography
• Demetras et al. 2016. Development of underwater recorders to quantify predation of juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in a river environment. Fishery Bulletin
• Dunn et al. 2016. Insights into Blainville's beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) echolocation ontogeny from recordings of mother-calf pairs. Marine Mammal Science
• Durban et al. 2016. Photogrammetry of blue whales with an unmanned hexacopter.  Marine Mammal Science
• Durban et al. 2016. Morphological and ecological evidence for two sympatric forms of Type B killer whale around the Antarctic Peninsula.  Polar Biology
• Ford et al. 2016. Estimation of a killer whale (Orcinus orca) population's diet using sequencing analysis of DNA from feces. PLos One
• Friedlaender et al. 2016. Multiple-stage decisions in a marine central-place forager. Royal Society Open Science
• Greggor et al. 2016. Prioritising research within animal behavior to increase conservation efficacy. Trends in Ecology and Evolution
• Hazen et al. 2016. WhaleWatch: a dynamic management tool for predicting blue whale density in the California Current. Journal of Applied Ecology
• Heenehan et al. 2016. Passive acoustic monitoring of coastally-associated Hawaiian spinner dolphins, Stenella longirostris, ground-truthed through visual surveys. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
• Howell et al. 2016. Ontogenetic shifts in diet and habitat of juvenile green sea turtles in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Krause et al. 2016. Summer diving and haul-out behavior of leopard seals (Hydurga leptonyx) near mesopredator breeding colonies at Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Marine Mammal Science
• Leitwein et al. 2016. Ancestry and adaptive evolution of anadromous, resident, and adfluvial rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in the San Francisco Bay Area: application of adaptive genomic variation to conservation in a highly impacted landscape. Evolutionary Applications
• Lehman et al. 2016. Relationships between Chinook Salmon swimming performance and water quality in the San Joaquin River, California. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
• McClatchie et al. 2016. Food limitation of sea lion pups and the decline of forage off central and southern California. Royal Society Open Science
• McDonald et al. 2016. Building time-budgets from bioacoustic signals to measure population-level changes in behavior: a case study with sperm whales in the Gulf of Mexico. Ecological Indicators
• McNatt et al. 2016. Residency and movement of juvenile Chinook salmon at multiple spatial scales in a tidal marsh of the Columbia River estuary.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
• Moser et al. 2016. Biology and life history of green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris): state of the science. Journal of Applied Ichthyology
• Okuyama et al. 2016. Fine-scale monitoring of routine deep dives by gravid leatherback turtles during the internesting interval indicate a capital breeding strategy. Frontiers in Marine Science
• Patel et al. 2016. Videography reveals in-water behavior of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) at a foraging ground. Frontiers in Marine Science
• Pitman et al. 2016. Humpback whales interfering when mammal-eating killer whales attack other species: mobbing behavior and interspecific altruism? Marine Mammal Science
• Roegner et al. 2016. Comparative use by Pacific salmon of shallow and deepwater habitats in the Columbia River estuary prior to ocean entry. Journal of Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science
• Scharf et al. 2016. Dynamic social networks based on movement. The Annals of Applied Statistics
• Sinclair et al. 2016. Extended movements of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) along the northern Gulf of Mexico's central coast. Gulf of Mexico Science
• Wang et al. 2016. Vast assembly of vocal marine mammals from diverse species on fish spawning ground.  Nature
• Webster et al. 2016. Quantitative analysis of the acoustic repertoire of southern right whales in New Zealand. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

2017

• Abrahms et al. 2017. Climate mediates the success of migration strategies in a marine predator. Ecology Letters
• Arthur et al. 2017. Winter habitat predictions of a key Southern Ocean predator, the Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella). Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Baumgartner et al. 2017. North Atlantic right whale foraging ecology and its role in human caused mortality. Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Becker et al. 2017. Habitat-based density models for three cetacean species off Southern California illustrate pronounced seasonal differences.  Frontiers in Marine Science
• Boyd et al. 2017. Estimation of population size and trends for highly mobile species with dynamic spatial distributions. Diversity and Distributions
• Brewitt et al. 2017. Hot eats and cool creeks: juvenile Pacific salmonids use maintstem prey while in thermal refuge. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Chasco et al. 2017. Competing tradeoffs between increasing marine mammal predation and fisheries harvest of Chinook Salmon. Scientific Reports
• Chasco et al. 2017. Estimates of Chinook salmon consumption in Puget Sound area waters by four marine mammal predators from 1970 – 2015. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Cholewiak et aql. 2017.  Beaked whales demonstrate marked acoustic response to shipboard echosounders. Royal Society Open Science 
• Cordoleani et al. 2017. Movement and survival of wild Chinook salmon smolts from Butte Creek during their out-migration to the ocean: comparison of a dry versus wet year. Transactions of the American Fishery Society
• Davis et al. 2017. Long-term passive acoustic recordings track the changing distribution of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) from 2004 to 2014. Scientific Reports
• Dixon et al. 2017. Assessing the diet of North American Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) off the West Greenland coast using gut content and stable isotope analyses. Fisheries Oceanography
• Fullerton et al. 2017. Stream network shape influences the strength of growth and phenological responses to climate change in juvenile salmon. Ecosphere
• Gaos et al. 2017. Natal foraging philopatry of hawksbill turtles in the eastern Pacific Ocean.  The Royal Society Open Science
• Hawkes et al. 2017. Assessment of early migration dynamics of river-specific hatchery Atlantic Salmon smolts. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
• Hines et al. 2017. Diel shifts in salmonid fry micro-habitat selection. North American Journal of Fisheries Management
• Hinke et al. 2017. Identifying risk: Concurrent overlap of the Antarctic krill fishery with krill-dependent predators in the Scotia Sea. PLoS One 
• Hornsby et al. 2017. Using salinity to identify common bottlenose dolphin habitat in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, USA. Endangered Species Research
• Joyce et al. 2017. Physiological, morphological, and ecological tradeoffs influence vertical habitat use of deep-diving toothed-whales in the Bahamas. PLoS One
• Lehman et al. 2017. Relationships between Chinook salmon swimming performance and water quality in the San Joaquin River, California.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
• Lenz et al. 2017. Age and growth of juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the western South Atlantic Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series
• MacAvoy et al. 2017. Sources of stable isotope variation among stranded Western Atlantic dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in North Carolina. Marine Mammal Science
• Mansfield et al. 2017. First satellite tracks of South Atlantic sea turtle ‘lost years’: seasonal variation in trans-equatorial movement. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
• Martien et al. 2017. Unexpected patterns of global population structure in melon-headed whales (Peponocephala electra). Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Moore et al. 2017. Population, habitat, and marine location effects on early marine survival and migration behavior of Puget Sound steelhead smolts. Ecosphere
• Peavey et al. 2017. Opportunism on the high seas: foraging ecology of olive ridley turtles in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science
• Phillips et al. 2017. Predator-prey interactions influenced by a dynamic river plume. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Ramirez et al. 2017. Growth dynamics of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles undergoing an ontogenetic habitat shift. Oecologia
• Ronje et al. 2017. A common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) prey handling technique for marine catfish (Ariidae) in the northern Gulf of Mexico. PLoS One
• Scales et al. 2017. Should I stay or should I go? Modelling year-round habitat suitability and drivers of residency for fin whales in the California Current. Diversity and Distributions
• Shaver et al. 2017. Inter-nesting movements and habitat–use of adult female Kemp’s ridley turtles in the Gulf of Mexico. PLoS One
• Soldevilla et al. 2017. Spatial distribution and dive behavior of Gulf of Mexico Bryde’s whales: potential risk for vessel strikes and fisheries interactions. Endangered Species Research
• Southwood Williard et al. 2017. Oceanic overwintering in juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas). Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Srinivasan et al. 2017.  To feed or not to feed? Bioenergetic impacts of fear-driven behaviors in lactating dolphins. Ecology and Evolution
• Turner Tomaszewicz et al. 2017. Intrapopulation variability in the timing of ontogenetic habitat shifts in sea turtles revealed using δ15N values from bone growth rings. Journal of Applied Ecology
• Van Cise et al. 2017. Familial social structure and socially-driven genetic differentiation in Hawaiian short-finned pilot whales. Molecular Ecology
• Van Cise et al. 2017. Acoustic differentiation of Shiho- and Naisa-type short-finned pilot whales in the Pacific Ocean. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
• Wells et al. 2017. Environmental conditions and prey-switching by a seabird predator impact juvenile salmon survival. Journal of Marine Systems

2018

• Abrahms et al. 2018. Mesoscale activity facilitates energy gain in a top predator. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
• Bal et al. 2018. Characterizing the strength of density dependence in at-risk species through Bayesian model averaging. Ecological Modelling
• Balmer et al. 2018. Long-term trends in a northern Gulf of Mexico common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) population in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management
• Balmer et al. 2018.  Ranging patterns and exposure to cumulative stressors of a Tursiops truncatus (common bottlenose dolphin) in Georgia. Southeastern Naturalist
• Bearzi et al. 2018. Whale and dolphin behavioral responses to dead conspecifics. Zoology
• Chivers et al. 2018. Reproduction and morphology of Central American and Tres Marias spinner dolphins in the eastern tropical Pacific. Marine Mammal Science
• Elias et al. 2018. Rainbow trout personality: individual behavioral variation in juvenile Oncorhynchus mykiss. Behavior
• Farmer et al. 2018. Population consequences of disturbance by offshore oil and gas activity for endangered sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus). Biological Conservation
• Fleming et al. 2018. The utility of combining stable isotope and hormone analyses for marine megafauna research. Frontiers in Marine Science
• Ford et al. 2018. Inbreeding in an endangered killer whale population. Animal Conservation
• Friedman et al. 2018. Environmental and geographic relationships among salmon forage assemblages along the continental shelf of the California Current. Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Gillis et al. 2018. Foraging ecology and diet selection of juvenile green turtles in the Bahamas: insights from stable isotope analysis and prey mapping. Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Haver et al. 2018. Monitoring long-term soundscape trends in U.S. waters: The NOAA/NPS Ocean Noise Reference Station Network. Marine Policy
• Hill et al. 2018. Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) of the Mariana Archipelago: individual affiliations, movements, and spatial use. Marine Mammal Science
• Hinke et al. 2018. Estimating nest-level phenology and reproductive success of colonial seabirds using time-lapse cameras. Methods in Ecology and Evolution
• Lewis et al. 2018.  Context-dependent variability in blue whale acoustic behavior. Royal Society Open Science
• Miketa et al. 2018. Calf age and sex affects maternal diving behavior in Shark Bay bottlenose dolphins. Animal Behavior
• Mustafa et al. 2018. State of knowledge: Antarctic wildlife response to unmanned aerial systems.  Polar Biology
• Oppel et al. 2018. Spatial scales of marine conservation management for breeding seabirds. Marine Policy
• Patel et al. 2018. Loggerhead turtles are good ocean-observers in stratified mid-latitude regions. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
• Phillips et al. 2018. Selective occupancy of a persistent yet variable coastal river plume by two seabird species. Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Robinson et al. 2018. Environmental conditions and herbivore biomass determine coral reef benthic community composition: implications for quantitative baselines. Coral Reefs
• Shamblin et al. 2018. Mixed stock analyses indicate population-scale connectivity effects of active dispersal by surface-pelagic green turtles. Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Turner Tomaszewicz et al. 2018. Expanding the coastal forager paradigm: long-term pelagic habitat use by green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Waples and Lindley 2018. Genomics and conservation units: the genetic basis of adult migration timing in Pacific salmonids. Evolutionary Applications
• Wright et al. 2018. Acoustic detection of North Pacific right whales in a high-traffic Aleutian Pass, 2009-2015. Endangered Species Research

2019

• Abrahms et al. 2019. Memory and resource tracking drive blue whale migrations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Barkley et al. 2019. Whistle classification of sympatric false killer whale populations in Hawaiian waters yields low accuracy rates.  Frontiers in Marine Science
• Brakes et al. 2019. Animal cultures matter for conservation.  Science
• Brame et al. 2019. Biology, ecology, and status of the smalltooth sawfish, Pristis pectinata, in the USA. Endangered Species Research 
• Friedlander et al. 2019.  The advantages of diving deep: Fin whales quadruple their energy intake when targeting deep krill patches. Functional Ecology
• Frouin-Mouy et al. 2019. Acoustic occurrence and behavior of ribbon seals (Histriophoca fasciata) in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort seas. Polar Biology
• Goldbogen et al. 2019. Why whales are big but not bigger: physiological drivers and ecological limits in the age of ocean giants. Science
• Henderson et al. 2019. Estimating spatial–temporal differences in Chinook salmon outmigration survival with habitat- and predation-related covariates. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Hetherington et al. 2019. Re-examining trophic dead ends: stable isotope values link gelatinous zooplankton to leatherback turtles in the California Current. Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Hildebrand et al. 2019. Assessing seasonality and density from passive acoustic monitoring of signals presumed to be from pygmy and dwarf sperm whales in the Gulf of Mexico. Frontiers in Marine Science
• Joyce et al. 2019. Behavioral responses of satellite tracked Blainville’s beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) to mid-frequency active sonar. Marine Mammal Science
• Kahn et al. 2019. Comparing abundance estimates from closed population mark recapture models of endangered adult Atlantic sturgeon. Endangered Species Research
• Krause and Rogers. 2019. Food caching by a marine apex predator, the leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx). Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Martien et al. 2019. Fidelity to natal social groups and mating both within and between social groups in an endangered false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) population. Endangered Species Research
• Merkens et al. 2019.  Geographic and temporal patterns in the acoustic detection of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus in the central and western North Pacific Ocean. Endangered Species Research
• Michel et al. 2019. Limitations of active removal to manage predatory fish population. North American Journal of Fisheries Management
• Pearse et al. 2019. Sex-dependent dominance maintains migration supergene in rainbow trout. Nature Ecology & Evolution
• Pitman et al. 2019. Skin in the game: epidermal molt as a driver of long-distance migration in whales. Marine Mammal Science
• Ryan et al. 2019. Humpback whale song occurrence reflects ecosystem variability in feeding and migratory habitat of the northeast Pacific. PLoS One
• Schall et al. 2019. Visual and passive acoustic observations of blue whale trios from two distinct populations. Marine Mammal Science
• Sinclair et al. 2019. The diet of free-ranging male Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in the eastern Bering Sea: a retrospective analysis based on stomach contents of an endangered pinniped. Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Stevick et al. 2019. Migratory destinations and timing of humpback whales in the southeastern Caribbean differ from those off the Dominican Republic. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 
• Taylor et al. 2019. Likely annual calving in the vaquita, Phocoena sinus: A new hope? Marine Mammal Science
• Towers et al. 2019. Movements and dive behavior of a toothfish-depredating killer and sperm whale. ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Webster et al. 2019. Temporal variation in the vocal behavior of southern right whales in the Auckland Islands, New Zealand. The Royal Society Open Science
• Wood et al. 2019. Rates of increase in gray seal (Halichoerus grypus atlantica) pupping at recolonized U.S. sites, 1988-2019. Journal of Mammalogy
• Zeppelin et al. 2019. Migratory strategies of juvenile northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus): bridging the gap between pups and adults. Scientific Reports