Dear Colleagues (please forward widely)

 

I just wanted to share some info (4 points below) about one of marine mammal conservation research’s favourite journals- Endangered Species Research (ESR), (companion journal to Mar Ecol Prog Series). https://www.int-res.com/journals/esr/esr-home/

 

1.       Theme Sections: To help consolidate the position of the journal we are launching 4 Special Theme Section in the coming weeks with deadline for submission end 2018 and early 2019. These will all be fully peer reviewed but seek to gather cogent bodies of work around large and/or emerging areas of conservation research. All submissions are welcome. Please let me know the rough title of any paper you would like to submit and when it may be received. As you will see they are all of clear interest to our community. So please forward to your networks and share widely.

1.       Drones in Conservation Research

2.       “Marine Pollution and Endangered Species”

3.       Biologging for Conservation

4.       Marine Vertebrate Bycatch: Problems and Solutions

Info on previous Special Theme Sections here:

https://www.int-res.com/journals/esr/esr-specials/

 

2.       Impact Factor: ESR now has an ISI Impact Factor of 2.3. Modest, but rising from 1.8 last year and 1.4 the year before! I have inserted a table below contextualized where we have reached and where our trajectory might be. This is a result of great support from this community as authors, reviewers and editors. So thank you!

 

Conservation Biology

5.890

Biological Conservation

4.660

Conservation Physiology

3.460

Aquatic Conservation

2.988

Animal Conservation

2.889

Biodiversity and Conservation

2.828

Oryx

2.333

Endangered Species Research

2.312

Environmental Conservation

2.293

Marine Ecology Progress Series

2.276

Advances in Marine Biology

2.225

Marine Biology

2.215

 

3.       Reviews: For an open access journal of its standing, we still have fewer integrative reviews than we might. I am always open to suggestions.

4.       Marine Mammal Papers: ESR is host to a great many excellent marine mammal papers (>>100 since 2014). I append below a list of recent ones with URL to OA papers. Please review the list and diffuse through your networks so people can build on this excellent work. If anyone would like a word doc of same, contact me and it can be forwarded.

 

With kind regards

 

Brendan Godley (Editor in Chief)

 

 

Brendan Godley

Chair in Conservation Science

Centre for Ecology and Conservation (CEC)

University of Exeter, Penryn Campus

#ExeterMarine Strategy Lead

https://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/marine/researchthemes/

 

Twitter: @BrendanGodley

Twitter: @ExeterMarine

I recently gave a TEDx Talk “Sea Turtles: United by Oceans”

You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT3PQN9bojc

 

ESR articles - Marine Mammals (2014-present)

 

Forthcoming

 

Krzystan AM, Gowan TA, Kendall WL, Martin J, Ortega-Ortiz JG, Jackson K, Knowlton AR, Naessig P, Zani M, Schulte DW, Taylor CR

Characterizing residence patterns of North Atlantic right whales in the southeastern U.S. with a multistate open robust design model

Prepress abstract

 

Bradford AL, Baird RW, Mahaffy SD, Gorgone AM, McSweeney DJ, Cullins T, Webster DL, Zerbini AN

Abundance estimates for management of endangered false killer whales in the main Hawaiian Islands

Prepress abstract

 

Rehberg M, Jemison L, Womble JN, O’Corry-Crowe G

Winter movements and long-term dispersal of Steller sea lions in the Glacier Bay region of Southeast Alaska

Prepress abstract

 

Ortega-Ortiz CD, Gómez-Muñoz VM, Gendron D

Allometry and morphometry of blue whales photographed in the Gulf of California: insights into subspecies taxonomy in the Eastern North Pacific

Prepress abstract

 

 

2018

 

Stanistreet JE, Nowacek DP, Bell JT, Cholewiak DM, Hildebrand JA, Hodge LEW, Van Parijs SM, Read AJ 
Spatial and seasonal patterns in acoustic detections of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus along the continental slope in the western North Atlantic Ocean
ESR 35:1-13 | Full text in pdf format 

Hunter ME, Meigs-Friend G, Ferrante JA, Takoukam Kamla A, Dorazio RM, Keith-Diagne L, 
Luna F, Lanyon JM, Reid JP 

Surveys of environmental DNA (eDNA): a new approach to estimate occurrence in Vulnerable manatee populations
ESR 35:101-111 | Full text in pdf format 

Varga LM, Wiggins SM, Hildebrand JA 
Behavior of singing fin whales Balaenoptera physalus tracked acoustically offshore of Southern California
ESR 35:113-124 | Full text in pdf format 

Rodríguez-Rodríguez D, Martínez-Vega J 
Representation and protection of threatened biodiversity by the largest Spanish regional network of protected areas
ESR 35:125-139 | Full text in pdf format 

Fearnbach H, Durban JW, Ellifrit DK, Balcomb KC 
NOTE: Using aerial photogrammetry to detect changes in body condition of endangered southern resident killer whales
ESR 35:175-180 | Full text in pdf format 

Laidre KL, Stern H, Born EW, Heagerty P, Atkinson S, Wiig Ø, Lunn NJ, Regehr EV, McGovern R, Dyck M
Changes in winter and spring resource selection by polar bears Ursus maritimus in Baffin Bay over two decades of sea-ice loss
ESR 36:1-14 | Full text in pdf format 

Barlow DR, Torres LG, Hodge KB, Steel D, Baker CS, Chandler TE, Bott N, Constantine R, Double MC, Gill P, Glasgow D, Hamner RM, Lilley C, Ogle M, Olson PA, Peters C, Stockin KA, Tessaglia-Hymes CT, Klinck H
Documentation of a New Zealand blue whale population based on multiple lines of evidence
ESR 36:27-40 | Full text in pdf format 

Cholewiak D, Clark CW, Ponirakis D, Frankel A, Hatch LT, Risch D, Stanistreet JE, Thompson M, Vu E, Van Parijs SM
Communicating amidst the noise: modeling the aggregate influence of ambient and vessel noise on baleen whale communication space in a national marine sanctuary
ESR 36:59-75 | Full text in pdf format  
Theme Section: 21st century paradigms for measuring and managing the effects of anthropogenic ocean noise

Nelson MA, Quakenbush LT, Mahoney BA, Taras BD, Wooller MJ
Fifty years of Cook Inlet beluga whale feeding ecology from isotopes in bone and teeth
ESR 36:77-87 | Full text in pdf format 

Carretta JV
A machine-learning approach to assign species to ‘unidentified’ entangled whales
ESR 36:89-98 | Full text in pdf format 

 

2017

 

van der Hoop JM, Nowacek DP, Moore MJ, Triantafyllou MS Swimming kinematics and efficiency of entangled North Atlantic right whales
ESR 32:1-17 | Full text in pdf format 

Pagano AM, Rode KD, Cutting A, Owen MA, Jensen S, Ware JV, Robbins CT, Durner GM, Atwood TC, Obbard ME, Middel KR, Thiemann GW, Williams TM  Using tri-axial accelerometers to identify wild polar bear behaviors
ESR 32:19-33 | Full text in pdf format 

Amano M, Kusumoto M, Abe M, Akamatsu T  Long-term effectiveness of pingers on a small population of finless porpoises in Japan
ESR 32:35-40 | Full text in pdf format 

Small RJ, Brost B, Hooten M, Castellote M, Mondragon J Potential for spatial displacement of Cook Inlet beluga whales by anthropogenic noise in critical habitat
ESR 32:43-57 | Full text in pdf format 
Theme Section: 21st century paradigms for measuring and managing the effects of anthropogenic ocean noise

Vacquié-Garcia J, Lydersen C, Marques TA, Aars J, Ahonen H, Skern-Mauritzen M, Øien N, Kovacs KM 
Late summer distribution and abundance of ice-associated whales in the Norwegian High Arctic
ESR 32:59-70 | Full text in pdf format 

Hunt TN, Bejder L, Allen SJ, Rankin RW, Hanf D, Parra GJ 
Demographic characteristics of Australian humpback dolphins reveal important habitat toward the southwestern limit of their range
ESR 32:71-88 | Full text in pdf format 

Norris TA, Littnan CL, Gulland FMD, Baker JD, Harvey JT 
An integrated approach for assessing translocation as an effective conservation tool for Hawaiian monk seals
ESR 32:103-115 | Full text in pdf format 

Redfern JV, Hatch LT, Caldow C, DeAngelis ML, Gedamke J, Hastings S, Henderson L, McKenna MF, Moore TJ, Porter MB 
Assessing the risk of chronic shipping noise to baleen whales off Southern California, USA
ESR 32:153-167 | Full text in pdf format  
Theme Section: 21st century paradigms for measuring and managing the effects of anthropogenic ocean noise

Kuhn CE, Chumbley K, Johnson D, Fritz L 
A re-examination of the timing of pupping for Steller sea lions Eumetopias jubatus breeding on two islands in Alaska
ESR 32:213-222 | Full text in pdf format 

Pettis HM, Rolland RM, Hamilton PK, Knowlton AR, Burgess EA, Kraus SD 
Body condition changes arising from natural factors and fishing gear entanglements in North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glacialis
ESR 32:237-249 | Full text in pdf format 

Hieb EE, Carmichael RH, Aven A, Nelson-Seely C, Taylor N 
Sighting demographics of the West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus in the north-central Gulf of Mexico supported by citizen-sourced data
ESR 32:321-332 | Full text in pdf format 

Lesage V, Omrane A, Doniol-Valcroze T, Mosnier A 
Increased proximity of vessels reduces feeding opportunities of blue whales in the St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada
ESR 32:351-361 | Full text in pdf format 

Nichol LM, Wright BM, O’Hara P, Ford JKB
Risk of lethal vessel strikes to humpback and fin whales off the west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada
ESR 32:373-390 | Full text in pdf format 

Forney KA, Southall BL, Slooten E, Dawson S, Read AJ, Baird RW, Brownell RL Jr 
Nowhere to go: noise impact assessments for marine mammal populations with high site fidelity
ESR 32:391-413 | Full text in pdf format 
Theme Section: 21st century paradigms for measuring and managing the effects of anthropogenic ocean noise

Reinert TR, Spellman AC, Bassett BL 
Entanglement in and ingestion of fishing gear and other marine debris by Florida manatees, 1993 to 2012
ESR 32:415-427 | Full text in pdf format 

Gomez C, Lawson J, Kouwenberg AL, Moors-Murphy H, Buren A, Fuentes-Yaco C, Marotte E, 
Wiersma YF, Wimmer T 

Predicted distribution of whales at risk: identifying priority areas to enhance cetacean monitoring in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean
ESR 32:437-458 | Full text in pdf format 

Charrier I, Marchesseau S, Dendrinos P, Tounta E, Karamanlidis AA 
Individual signatures in the vocal repertoire of the endangered Mediterranean monk seal: new perspectives for population monitoring
ESR 32:459-470 | Full text in pdf format 

Filby NE, Christiansen F, Scarpaci C, Stockin KA 
Effects of swim-with-dolphin tourism on the behaviour of a threatened species, the Burrunan dolphin Tursiops australis
ESR 32:479-490 | Full text in pdf format 

Birnie-Gauvin K, Walton S, Palme CAD, Manouchehri BA, Venne S, Lennox RJ, Chapman JM, Bennett JR, Cooke SJ 
OPINION PIECE: Conservation physiology can inform threat assessment and recovery planning processes for threatened species
ESR 32:507-513 | Full text in pdf format 

Soldevilla MS, Hildebrand JA, Frasier KE, Aichinger Dias L, Martinez A, Mullin KD, Rosel PE, Garrison LP 
Spatial distribution and dive behavior of Gulf of Mexico Bryde’s whales: potential risk of vessel strikes and fisheries interactions
ESR 32:533-550 | Full text in pdf format 

Rosenbaum HC, Kershaw F, Mendez M, Pomilla C, Leslie MS, Findlay KP, Best PB, Collins T, Vely M, Engel MH, Baldwin R, Minton G, Meÿer M, Flórez-González L, Poole MM, Hauser N, Garrigue C, Brasseur M, Bannister J, Anderson M, Olavarría C, Baker CS 
First circumglobal assessment of Southern Hemisphere humpback whale mitochondrial genetic variation and implications for management
ESR 32:551-567 | Full text in pdf format 

Wallace BP, Brosnan T, McLamb D, Rowles T, Ruder E, Schroeder B, Schwacke L, Stacy B, Sullivan L, Takeshita R, Wehner D
OVERVIEW: Effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on protected marine species
ESR 33:1-7 | Full text in pdf format 

Takeshita R, Sullivan L, Smith C, Collier T, Hall A, Brosnan T, Rowles T, Schwacke L 
REVIEW: The Deepwater Horizon oil spill marine mammal injury assessment
ESR 33:95-106 | Full text in pdf format 

Wilkin SM, Rowles TK, Stratton E, Adimey N, Field CL, Wissmann S, Shigenaka G, Fougères E, Mase B, Southeast Region Stranding Network, Ziccardi MH 
Marine mammal response operations during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
ESR 33:107-118 | Full text in pdf format 

Aichinger Dias L, Litz J, Garrison L, Martinez A, Barry K, Speakman T 
Exposure of cetaceans to petroleum products following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
ESR 33:119-125 | Full text in pdf format 

Smith CR, Rowles TK, Hart LB, Townsend FI, Wells RS, Zolman ES, Balmer BC, Quigley B, Ivancˇic΄ M, McKercher W, Tumlin MC, Mullin KD, Adams JD, Wu Q, McFee W, Collier TK, Schwacke LH 
Slow recovery of Barataria Bay dolphin health following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (2013−2014), with evidence of persistent lung disease and impaired stress response
ESR 33:127-142 | Full text in pdf format 

Kellar NM, Speakman TR, Smith CR, Lane SM, Balmer BC, Trego ML, Catelani KN, Robbins MN, Allen CD, Wells RS, Zolman ES, Rowles TK, Schwacke LH 
Low reproductive success rates of common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in the northern Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon disaster (2010−2015)
ESR 33:143-158 | Full text in pdf format 

Wells RS, Schwacke LH, Rowles TK, Balmer BC, Zolman E, Speakman T, Townsend FI, Tumlin MC, Barleycorn A, Wilkinson KA 
Ranging patterns of common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
ESR 33:159-180 | Full text in pdf format 

Hornsby FE, McDonald TL, Balmer BC, Speakman TR, Mullin KD, Rosel PE, Wells RS, Telander AC, Marcy PW, Schwacke LH 
Using salinity to identify common bottlenose dolphin habitat in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, USA
ESR 33:181-192 | Full text in pdf format 

McDonald TL, Hornsby FE, Speakman TR, Zolman ES, Mullin KD, Sinclair C, Rosel PE, Thomas L, Schwacke LH 
Survival, density, and abundance of common bottlenose dolphins in Barataria Bay (USA) following the Deepwater Horizonoil spill
ESR 33:193-209 | Full text in pdf format 

Fauquier DA, Litz J, Sanchez S, Colegrove K, Schwacke LH, Hart L, Saliki J, Smith C, Goldstein T, Bowen-Stevens S, McFee W, Fougeres E, Mase-Guthrie B, Stratton E, Ewing R, Venn-Watson S, Carmichael RH, Clemons-Chevis C, Hatchett W, Shannon D, Shippee S, Smith S, Staggs L, Tumlin MC, Wingers NL, Rowles TK 
Evaluation of morbillivirus exposure in cetaceans from the northern Gulf of Mexico 2010−2014
ESR 33:211-220 | Full text in pdf format 

Rosel PE, Wilcox LA, Sinclair C, Speakman TR, Tumlin MC, Litz JA, Zolman ES 
Genetic assignment to stock of stranded common bottlenose dolphins in southeastern Louisiana after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
ESR 33:221-234 | Full text in pdf format 

Hohn AA, Thomas L, Carmichael RH, Litz J, Clemons-Chevis C, Shippee SF, Sinclair C, Smith S, Speakman TR, Tumlin MC, Zolman ES 
Assigning stranded bottlenose dolphins to source stocks using stable isotope ratios following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
ESR 33:235-252 | Full text in pdf format 

Thomas L, Booth CG, Rosel PE, Hohn A, Litz J, Schwacke LH 
Where were they from? Modelling the source stock of dolphins stranded after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill using genetic and stable isotope data
ESR 33:253-264 | Full text in pdf format 

Schwacke LH, Thomas L, Wells RS, McFee WE, Hohn AA, Mullin KD, Zolman ES, Quigley BM, Rowles TK, Schwacke JH 
Quantifying injury to common bottlenose dolphins from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill using an age-, sex- and class-structured population model
ESR 33:265-279 | Full text in pdf format 

De Guise S, Levin M, Gebhard E, Jasperse L, Burdett Hart L, Smith CR, Venn-Watson S, Townsend F, Wells R, Balmer B, Zolman E, Rowles T, Schwacke L 
Changes in immune functions in bottlenose dolphins in the northern Gulf of Mexico associated with the Deepwater Horizonoil spill
ESR 33:291-303 | Full text in pdf format 

Bas AA, Christiansen F, Öztürk B, Öztürk AA, Erdoǧan MA, Watson LJ 
Marine vessels alter the behaviour of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in the Istanbul Strait, Turkey
ESR 34:1-14 | Full text in pdf format 

Holt MM, Hanson MB, Giles DA, Emmons CK, Hogan JT 
Noise levels received by endangered killer whales Orcinus orca before and after implementation of vessel regulations
ESR 34:15-26 | Full text in pdf format 

Lesage V, Gavrilchuk K, Andrews RD, Sears R 
Foraging areas, migratory movements and winter destinations of blue whales from the western North Atlantic
ESR 34:27-43 | Full text in pdf format 

Leiter SM, Stone KM, Thompson JL, Accardo CM, Wikgren BC, Zani MA, Cole TVN, Kenney RD, Mayo CA, Kraus SD 
North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis occurrence in offshore wind energy areas near Massachusetts and Rhode Island, USA
ESR 34:45-59 | Full text in pdf format 

Tezanos-Pinto G, Hupman K, Wiseman N, Dwyer SL, Baker CS, Brooks L, Outhwaite B, Lea C, Stockin KA 
Local abundance, apparent survival and site fidelity of Bryde’s whales in the Hauraki Gulf (New Zealand) inferred from long-term photo-identification
ESR 34:61-73 | Full text in pdf format 

Williams R, Ashe E, Gaut K, Gryba R, Moore JE, Rexstad E, Sandilands D, Steventon J, Reeves RR 
Animal Counting Toolkit: a practical guide to small-boat surveys for estimating abundance of coastal marine mammals
ESR 34:149-165 | Full text in pdf format 

Villegas-Amtmann S, Schwarz LK, Gailey G, Sychenko O, Costa DP 
East or west: the energetic cost of being a gray whale and the consequence of losing energy to disturbance
ESR 34:167-183 | Full text in pdf format 

Rivera CJ 
NOTE: Exploitation of endangered mammals in the United States
ESR 34:185-190 | Full text in pdf format 

Crance JL, Berchok CL, Keating JL 
Gunshot call production by the North Pacific right whale Eubalaena japonica in the southeastern Bering Sea
ESR 34:251-267 | Full text in pdf format 

Liukkonen L, Rautio A, Sipilä T, Niemi M, Auttila M, Koskela J, Kunnasranta M 
Long-term effects of land use on perinatal mortality in the Endangered Saimaa ringed seal population
ESR 34:283-291 | Full text in pdf format 

Frankel AS, Gabriele CM 
Predicting the acoustic exposure of humpback whales from cruise and tour vessel noise in Glacier Bay, Alaska, under different management strategies
ESR 34:397-415 | Full text in pdf format 
Theme Section: 21st century paradigms for measuring and managing the effects of anthropogenic ocean noise

Rolland RM, McLellan WA, Moore MJ, Harms CA, Burgess EA, Hunt KE 
Fecal glucocorticoids and anthropogenic injury and mortality in North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glacialis
ESR 34:417-429 | Full text in pdf format 

 

2016

 

Racca R, Austin M, Rutenko A, Bröker K  Monitoring the gray whale sound exposure mitigation zone and estimating acoustic transmission during a 4-D seismic survey, Sakhalin Island, Russia
ESR 29:131-146 | Full text in pdf format  
Theme Section: Seismic survey and western gray whales

Muir JE, Joy R, Bychkov Y, Bröker K, Gailey G, Vladmirov V, Starodymov S, Yakovlev Y Delineation of a coastal gray whale feeding area using opportunistic and systematic survey effort
ESR 29:147-160 | Full text in pdf format  
Theme Section: Seismic survey and western gray whales

Muir JE, Ainsworth L, Joy R, Racca R, Bychkov Y, Gailey G, Vladimirov V, Starodymov S, Bröker K 
Distance from shore as an indicator of disturbance of gray whales during a seismic survey off Sakhalin Island, Russia
ESR 29:161-178 | Full text in pdf format  
Theme Section: Seismic survey and western gray whales

Pirotta V, Slip D, Jonsen ID, Peddemors VM, Cato DH, Ross G, Harcourt R 
Migrating humpback whales show no detectable response to whale alarms off Sydney, Australia
ESR 29:201-209 | Full text in pdf format 

Muir JE, Ainsworth L, Racca R, Bychkov Y, Gailey G, Vladimirov V, Starodymov S, Bröker K 
Gray whale densities during a seismic survey off Sakhalin Island, Russia
ESR 29:211-227 | Full text in pdf format  
Theme Section: Seismic survey and western gray whales

Brough TE, Henderson S, Guerra M, Dawson SM 
Factors influencing heterogeneity in female reproductive success in a Critically Endangered population of bottlenose dolphins
ESR 29:255-270 | Full text in pdf format 

 

Wedding LM, Maxwell SM, Hyrenbach D, Dunn DC, Roberts JJ, Briscoe D, Hines E, Halpin PN 
OVERVIEW: Geospatial approaches to support pelagic conservation planning and adaptive management
ESR 30:1-9 | Full text in pdf format  
Theme Section: Geospatial approaches to support pelagic conservation planning and adaptive management

Cooke SJ, Nguyen VM, Wilson ADM, Donaldson MR, Gallagher AJ, Hammerschlag N, Haddaway NR 
AS WE SEE IT: The need for speed in a crisis discipline: perspectives on peer-review duration and implications for conservation science
ESR 30:11-18 | Full text in pdf format 

Koivuniemi M, Auttila M, Niemi M, Levänen R, Kunnasranta M 
Photo-ID as a tool for studying and monitoring the endangered Saimaa ringed seal
ESR 30:29-36 | Full text in pdf format 

Zeh DR, Heupel MR, Hamann M, Limpus CJ, Marsh H 
Quick Fix GPS technology highlights risk to dugongs moving between protected areas
ESR 30:37-44 | Full text in pdf format 

Gailey G, Sychenko O, McDonald T, Racca R, Rutenko A, Bröker K 
Behavioural responses of western gray whales to a 4-D seismic survey off northeastern Sakhalin Island, Russia
ESR 30:53-71 | Full text in pdf format 
Theme Section: Seismic survey and western gray whales

Ellison WT, Racca R, Clark CW, Streever B, Frankel AS, Fleishman E, Angliss R, Berger J, Ketten D, Guerra M, Leu M, McKenna M, Sformo T, Southall B, Suydam R, Thomas L 
Modeling the aggregated exposure and responses of bowhead whales Balaena mysticetus to multiple sources of anthropogenic underwater sound
ESR 30:95-108 | Full text in pdf format
Theme Section: 21st century paradigms for measuring and managing the effects of anthropogenic ocean noise

McCordic JA, Root-Gutteridge H, Cusano DA, Denes SL, Parks SE 
Calls of North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glacialis contain information on individual identity and age class
ESR 30:157-169 | Full text in pdf format 

Hatch LT, Wahle CM, Gedamke J, Harrison J, Laws B, Moore SE, Stadler JH, Van Parijs SM 
Can you hear me here? Managing acoustic habitat in US waters
ESR 30:171-186 | Full text in pdf format 
Theme Section: 21st century paradigms for measuring and managing the effects of anthropogenic ocean noise

Nelson MP, Vucetich JA, Bruskotter JT 
COMMENT: Ecological value and the US Endangered Species Act: Comment on Waples et al. (2015)
ESR 30:187-190 | Full text in pdf format 

Waples RS, Adams PB, Bohnsack JA, Taylor BL 
REPLY COMMENT: What is a ‘significant portion’ of a range? Reply to Nelson et al. (2016)
ESR 30:191-192 | Full text in pdf format 

Barnes CJ, Butcher PA, Macbeth WG, Mandelman JW, Smith SDA, Peddemors VM 
Movements and mortality of two commercially exploited carcharhinid sharks following longline capture and release off eastern Australia
ESR 30:193-208 | Full text in pdf format 

Williams SH, Gende SM, Lukacs PM, Webb K 
Factors affecting whale detection from large ships in Alaska with implications for whale avoidance
ESR 30:209-223 | Full text in pdf format 

Tennessen JB, Parks SE 
Acoustic propagation modeling indicates vocal compensation in noise improves communication range for North Atlantic right whales
ESR 30:225-237 | Full text in pdf format 
Theme Section: 21st century paradigms for measuring and managing the effects of anthropogenic ocean noise

Thomisch K, Boebel O, Clark CW, Hagen W, Spiesecke S, Zitterbart DP, Van Opzeeland I 
Spatio-temporal patterns in acoustic presence and distribution of Antarctic blue whales Balaenoptera musculus intermediain the Weddell Sea
ESR 30:239-253 | Full text in pdf format 
Theme Section: 21st century paradigms for measuring and managing the effects of anthropogenic ocean noise

Estabrook BJ, Ponirakis DW, Clark CW, Rice AN 
Widespread spatial and temporal extent of anthropogenic noise across the northeastern Gulf of Mexico shelf ecosystem
ESR 30:267-282 | Full text in pdf format 
Theme Section: 21st century paradigms for measuring and managing the effects of anthropogenic ocean noise

Pavanato HJ, Melo-Santos G, Lima DS, Portocarrero-Aya M, Paschoalini M, Mosquera F, Trujillo F, Meneses R, Marmontel M, Maretti C 
Risks of dam construction for South American river dolphins: a case study of the Tapajós River
ESR 31:47-60 | Full text in pdf format 

Curé C, Isojunno S, Visser F, Wensveen PJ, Sivle LD, Kvadsheim PH, Lam FPA, Miller PJO 
Biological significance of sperm whale responses to sonar: comparison with anti-predator responses
ESR 31:89-102 | Full text in pdf format 
Theme Section: 21st century paradigms for measuring and managing the effects of anthropogenic ocean noise

Pierszalowski SP, Gabriele CM, Steel DJ, Neilson JL, Vanselow PBS, Cedarleaf JA, Straley JM, Baker CS 
Local recruitment of humpback whales in Glacier Bay and Icy Strait, Alaska, over 30 years
ESR 31:177-189 | Full text in pdf format 

Dahlheim M, Castellote M 
Changes in the acoustic behavior of gray whales Eschrichtius robustus in response to noise
ESR 31:227-242 | Full text in pdf format 
Theme Section: 21st century paradigms for measuring and managing the effects of anthropogenic ocean noise

Watt CA, Orr J, Ferguson SH 
A shift in foraging behaviour of beluga whales Delphinapterus leucas from the threatened Cumberland Sound population may reflect a changing Arctic food web
ESR 31:259-270 | Full text in pdf format 

McKenna MF, Shannon G, Fristrup K 
Characterizing anthropogenic noise to improve understanding and management of impacts to wildlife
ESR 31:279-291 | Full text in pdf format 
Theme Section: 21st century paradigms for measuring and managing the effects of anthropogenic ocean noise

Southall BL, Nowacek DP, Miller PJO, Tyack PL 
REVIEW: Experimental field studies to measure behavioral responses of cetaceans to sonar
ESR 31:293-315 | Full text in pdf format 
Theme Section: 21st century paradigms for measuring and managing the effects of anthropogenic ocean noise

Baker JD, Harting AL, Johanos TC, Littnan CL 
Estimating Hawaiian monk seal range-wide abundance and associated uncertainty
ESR 31:317-324 | Full text in pdf format 

 

2015

 

Bröker K, Gailey G, Muir J, Racca R Monitoring and impact mitigation during a 4D seismic survey near a population of gray whales off Sakhalin Island, Russia

ESR 28:187-208

 

Dmitrieva L, Härkönen T, Baimukanov M, Bignert A, Jüssi I, Jüssi M, Kasimbekov Y, Verevkin M, Vysotskiy V, Wilson S, Goodman SJ

Inter-year variation in pup production of Caspian seals Pusa caspica2005-2012 determined from aerial surveys ESR 28:209-223

 

Hodge KB, Muirhead CA, Morano JL, Clark CW, Rice AN North Atlantic right whale occurrence near wind energy areas along the mid-Atlantic US coast: implications for management ESR 28:225-234

 

Osterrieder SK, Salgado Kent C, Robinson RW Variability in haul-out behaviour by male Australian sea lions Neophoca cinerea in the Perth metropolitan area, Western Australia ESR 28:259-274

 

Baumann-Pickering S, Simonis AE, Oleson EM, Baird RW, Roch MA, Wiggins SM False killer whale and short-finned pilot whale acoustic identification

ESR 28:97-108

 

Carroll EL, Brooks L, Baker CS, Burns D, Garrigue C, Hauser N, Jackson JA, Poole MM, Fewster RM Assessing the design and power of capture−recapture studies to estimate demographic parameters for the Endangered Oceania humpback whale population ESR 28:147-162

 

Širović A, Rice A, Chou E, Hildebrand JA, Wiggins SM, Roch MA

Seven years of blue and fin whale call abundance in the Southern California Bight ESR 28:61-76

 

Whitehead H, Gero S Conflicting rates of increase in the sperm whale population of the eastern Caribbean: positive observed rates do not reflect a healthy population ESR 27:207-218

 

McKenna MF, Calambokidis J, Oleson EM, Laist DW, Goldbogen JA

Simultaneous tracking of blue whales and large ships demonstrates limited behavioral responses for avoiding collision ESR 27:219-232

 

Parsons ECM, Baulch S, Bechshoft T, Bellazzi G, Bouchet P, Cosentino AM, Godard-Codding CAJ, Gulland F, Hoffmann-Kuhnt M, Hoyt E, Livermore S, MacLeod CD, Matrai E, Munger L, Ochiai M, Peyman A, Recalde-Salas A, Regnery R, Rojas-Bracho L, Salgado-Kent CP, Slooten E, Wang JY, Wilson SC, Wright AJ, Young S, Zwamborn E, Sutherland WJ (2015) NOTE: Key research questions of global importance for cetacean conservation ESR 27:113-118

 

Forney KA, Becker EA, Foley DG, Barlow J, Oleson EM Habitat-based models of cetacean density and distribution in the central North Pacific ESR 27:1-20

 

Gendron D, Martinez Serrano I, Ugalde de la Cruz A, Calambokidis J, Mate B Long-term individual sighting history database: an effective tool to monitor satellite tag effects on cetaceans ESR 26:235-241

 

Miller BS, Barlow J, Calderan S, Collins K, Leaper R, Olson P, Ensor P, Peel D, Donnelly D, Andrews-Goff V, Olavarria C, Owen K, Rekdahl M, Schmitt N, Wadley V, Gedamke J, Gales N, Double MC Validating the reliability of passive acoustic localisation: a novel method for encountering rare and remote Antarctic blue whales ESR 26:257-269

 

Bort J, Van Parijs SM, Stevick PT, Summers E, Todd S North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis vocalization patterns in the central Gulf of Maine from October 2009 through October 2010 ESR 26:271-280

 

Prieto R, Silva MA, Waring GT, Gonçalves JMA Sei whale movements and behaviour in the North Atlantic inferred from satellite telemetry ESR 26:103-113

 

Pace RM III, Cole TVN, Henry AG Incremental fishing gear modifications fail to significantly reduce large whale serious injury rates ESR 26:115-126

 

Calleson CS Issues and opportunities associated with using manatee mortality data to evaluate the effectiveness of manatee protection efforts in Florida

ESR 26:127-136

 

Huang SL, Chang WL, Karczmarski L Population trends and vulnerability of humpback dolphins Sousa chinensis off the west coast of Taiwan ESR 26:147-159

 

2014

 

Crossman CA, Barrett-Lennard LG, Taylor EB Population structure and intergeneric hybridization in harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena in British Columbia, Canada ESR 26:1-12

 

Fritz LW, Towell R, Gelatt TS, Johnson DS, Loughlin TR Recent increases in survival of western Steller sea lions in Alaska and implications for recovery

ESR 26:13-24

 

Dransfield A, Hines E, McGowan J, Holzman B, Nur N, Elliott M, Howar J, Jahncke J Where the whales are: using habitat modeling to support changes in shipping regulations within National Marine Sanctuaries in Central California

ESR 26:39-57

 

Hamner RM, Wade P, Oremus M, Stanley M, Brown P, Constantine R, Baker CS NOTE: Critically low abundance and limits to human-related mortality for the Maui’s dolphin ESR 26:87-92

 

Ivashchenko YV, Brownell RL Jr, Clapham PJ Distribution of Soviet catches of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus in the North Pacific ESR 25:249-263

 

O’Neill SM, Ylitalo GM, West JE Energy content of Pacific salmon as prey of northern and southern resident killer whales ESR 25:265-281

 

Dwyer SL, Tezanos-Pinto G, Visser IN, Pawley MDM, Meissner AM, Berghan J, Stockin KA Overlooking a potential hotspot at Great Barrier Island for the nationally endangered bottlenose dolphin of New Zealand ESR 25:97-114

 

Soldevilla MS, Rice AN, Clark CW, Garrison LP Passive acoustic monitoring on the North Atlantic right whale calving grounds ESR 25:115-140

 

Moore JE, Barlow JP Improved abundance and trend estimates for sperm whales in the eastern North Pacific from Bayesian hierarchical modeling

ESR 25:141-150

 

Rosel PE, Wilcox LA Genetic evidence reveals a unique lineage of Bryde’s whales in the northern Gulf of Mexico ESR 25:19-34

 

Harcourt R, Pirotta V, Heller G, Peddemors V, Slip D A whale alarm fails to deter migrating humpback whales: an empirical test ESR 25:35-42

 

Harting AL, Johanos TC, Littnan CL Benefits derived from opportunistic survival-enhancing interventions for the Hawaiian monk seal: the silver BB paradigm ESR 25:89-96

 

Guerra M, Dawson SM, Brough TE, Rayment WJ Effects of boats on the surface and acoustic behaviour of an endangered population of bottlenose dolphins ESR 24:221-236

 

Briscoe DK, Hiatt S, Lewison R, Hines E Modeling habitat and bycatch risk for dugongs in Sabah, Malaysia ESR 24:237-247

 

Lopez J, Hyrenbach KD, Littnan C, Ylitalo GM Geographic variation of persistent organic pollutants in Hawaiian monk seals Monachus schauinslandi in the main Hawaiian Islands ESR 24:249-262

 

Araújo CC, Wang JY, Hung SK, White BN, Brito D Viability of the Critically Endangered eastern Taiwan Strait population of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins Sousa chinensis ESR 24:263-271

 

Straley JM, Schorr GS, Thode AM, Calambokidis J, Lunsford CR, Chenoweth EM, O’Connell VM, Andrews RD Depredating sperm whales in the Gulf of Alaska: local habitat use and long distance movements across putative population boundaries ESR 24:125-135

 

Montero-Serra I, Páez-Rosas D, Murillo JC, Vegas-Vilarrúbia T, Fietz K, Denkinger J Environment-driven changes in terrestrial habitat use and distribution of the Galapagos sea lion ESR 24:9-19

 

Wikgren B, Kite-Powell H, Kraus S Modeling the distribution of the North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis off coastal Maine by areal co-kriging

ESR 24:21-31

 

Carroll G, Hedley S, Bannister J, Ensor P, Harcourt R No evidence for recovery in the population of sperm whale bulls off Western Australia, 30 years post-whaling ESR 24:33-43

 

Kobayashi Y, Kariya T, Chishima J, Fujii K, Wada K, Baba S, Itoo T, Nakaoka T, Kawashima M, Saito S, Aoki N, Hayama Si, Osa Y, Osada H, Niizuma A, Suzuki M, Uekane Y, Hayashi K, Kobayashi M, Ohtaishi N, Sakurai Y Population trends of the Kuril harbour seal Phoca vitulina stejnegeri from 1974 to 2010 in southeastern Hokkaido, Japan ESR 24:61-72

 

Buchan SJ, Hucke-Gaete R, Rendell L, Stafford KM A new song recorded from blue whales in the Corcovado Gulf, Southern Chile, and an acoustic link to the Eastern Tropical Pacific ESR 23:241-252

 

Ramp C, Delarue J, Bérubé M, Hammond PS, Sears R Fin whale survival and abundance in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada ESR 23:125-132

 

Laist DW, Knowlton AR, Pendleton D Effectiveness of mandatory vessel speed limits for protecting North Atlantic right whales ESR 23:133-147

 

Kennedy AS, Zerbini AN, Rone BK, Clapham PJ Individual variation in movements of satellite-tracked humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae in the eastern Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea ESR 23:187-195

 

Becker EA, Forney KA, Foley DG, Smith RC, Moore TJ, Barlow J

Predicting seasonal density patterns of California cetaceans based on habitat models ESR 23:1-22

 

Pusineri C, Barbraud C, Kiszka J, Caceres S, Mougnot J, Daudin G, Ridoux V Capture-mark-recapture modelling suggests an Endangered status for the Mayotte Island (eastern Africa) population of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins

ESR 23:23-33

 

Bower DS, Pickett EJ, Garnham JI, Deboo ML, McCurry MR, Mengerink RM, Mahony MJ, Clulow J Diet of a threatened pond frog differs over a small spatial scale ESR 23:93-98

 

Gregr EJ, Baumgartner MF, Laidre KL, Palacios DM OVERVIEW: Marine mammal habitat models come of age: the emergence of ecological and management relevance ESR 22:205-212

 

Ryan C, McHugh B, Boyle B, McGovern E, Bérubé M, Lopez-Suárez P, Elfes CT, Boyd DT, Ylitalo GM, Van Blaricom GR, Clapham PJ, Robbins J, Palsbøll PJ, O’Connor I, Berrow SD Levels of persistent organic pollutants in eastern North Atlantic humpback whales ESR 22:213-223

 

Slooten E, Wang JY, Dungan SZ, Forney KA, Hung SK, Jefferson TA, Riehl KN, Rojas-Bracho L, Ross PS, Wee A, Winkler R, Yang SC, Chen CA

Impacts of fisheries on the Critically Endangered humpback dolphin Sousa chinensis population in the eastern Taiwan Strait ESR 22:99-114

 

Niemi M, Auttila M, Valtonen A, Viljanen M, Kunnasranta M Haulout patterns of Saimaa ringed seals and their response to boat traffic during the moulting season ESR 22:115-124

 

Wilson B, Benjamins S, Elliott J Using drifting passive echolocation loggers to study harbour porpoises in tidal-stream habitats ESR 22:125-143

 

Sears R, Ramp C, Douglas AB, Calambokidis J Reproductive parameters of eastern North Pacific blue whales Balaenoptera musculus ESR 22:23-31

 

Acevedo J, Haro D, Dalla Rosa L, Aguayo-Lobo A, Hucke-Gaete R, Secchi E, Plana J, Pastene LA NOTE: Evidence of spatial structuring of eastern South Pacific humpback whale feeding grounds ESR 22:33-38

 

Kellar NM, Keliher J, Trego ML, Catelani KN, Hanns C, George JCC, Rosa C

Variation of bowhead whale progesterone concentrations across demographic groups and sample matrices ESR 22:61-72