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Decadal changes in adult size of salmon-eating killer whales in the eastern North Pacific by Groskreutz, MJ, Durban, JW, Fearnbach, H, Barrett-Lennard, LG, Towers, JR, Ford, JKB

“…Two populations of killer whales aggregate around Vancouver Island to feed primarily on Chinook salmon. Aerial photogrammetry of endangered southern residents…”
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Population comparison of right whale body condition reveals poor state of the North Atlantic right whale by Christiansen, Fredrik, Dawson, Stephen M., Durban, John W., Fearnbach, Holly, Miller, Carolyn A., Bejder, Lars, Uhart, Marcela, Sironi, Mariano, Corkeron, Peter, Rayment, William, Leunissen, Eva, Haria, Eashani, Ward, Rhianne, Warick, Hunter A., Kerr, Iain, Lynn, Morgan S., Pettis, Heather M., Moore, Michael J.

“…The North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis (NARW), currently numbering <410 individuals, is on a trajectory to extinction. Although direct mortality…”
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Using aerial photogrammetry to detect changes in body condition of endangered southern resident killer whales by Fearnbach, H, Durban, JW, Ellifrit, DK, Balcomb, KC

“…The endangered population of southern resident killer whales Orcinus orca is hypothesized to be food-limited, but uncertainty remains over if and when the…”
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REVIEW: Assessing North Atlantic right whale health: threats, and development of tools critical for conservation of the species by Moore, Michael J, Rowles, Teresa K, Fauquier, Deborah A, Baker, Jason D, Biedron, Ingrid, Durban, John W, Hamilton, Philip K, Henry, Allison G, Knowlton, Amy R, McLellan, William A, Miller, Carolyn A, Pace, 3rd, Richard M, Pettis, Heather M, Raverty, Stephen, Rolland, Rosalind M, Schick, Robert S, Sharp, Sarah M, Smith, Cynthia R, Thomas, Len, der Hoop, Julie M van, Ziccardi, Michael H

“…Whaling has decimated North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glacialis (NARW) since the 11th century and southern right whales E. australis (SRW) since the 19th…”
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Body size data collected non-invasively from drone images indicate a morphologically distinct Chilean blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) taxon by Leslie, MS, Perkins-Taylor, CM, Durban, JW, Moore, MJ, Miller, CA, Chanarat, P, Bahamonde, P, Chiang, G, Apprill, A

“…The blue whale Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) was the target of intense commercial whaling in the 20 th century, and current populations remain…”
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Quantifying the Influence of Sociality on Population Structure in Bottlenose Dolphins by Lusseau, David, Wilson, Ben, Hammond, Philip S., Grellier, Kate, Durban, John W., Parsons, Kim M., Barton, Tim R., Thompson, Paul M.

“…1. The social structure of a population plays a key role in many aspects of its ecology and biology. It influences its genetic make-up, the way diseases spread…”
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Predation on gray whales and prolonged feeding on submerged carcasses by transient killer whales at Unimak Island, Alaska by Barrett-Lennard, Lance G., Matkin, Craig O., Durban, John W., Saulitis, Eva L., Ellifrit, David

“…As apex predators, killer whalesOrcinus orcaare expected to strongly influence the structure of marine communities by impacting the abundance, distribution,…”
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The social dynamics of southern resident killer whales and conservation implications for this endangered population by Parsons, K.M., Balcomb, K.C., Ford, J.K.B., Durban, J.W.

“…Quantitatively characterizing the social structure of a population provides important insight into the forces shaping key population processes. Moreover,…”
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Feeding ecology of eastern North Pacific killer whales Orcinus orca from fatty acid, stable isotope, and organochlorine analyses of blubber biopsies by HERMAN, D. P, BURROWS, D. G, WADE, P. R, DURBAN, J. W, MATKIN, C. O, LEDUC, R. G, BARRETT-LENNARD, L. G, KRAHN, M. M

“…Blubber biopsy samples from eastern North Pacific killer whales Orcinus orca were analyzed for fatty acids, carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes and…”
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Kinship as a basis for alliance formation between male bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in the Bahamas by Parsons, Kim M, Durban, John W, Claridge, Diane E, Balcomb, Ken C, Noble, Les R, Thompson, Paul M

“…Alliances between reproductive males have been described in both cetacean and terrestrial mammal societies, and kin selection theory has often been invoked to…”
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POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE OF COASTAL BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS) IN THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS by Parsons, Kim M., Durban, John W., Claridge, Diane E., Herzing, Denise L., Balcomb, Kenneth C., Noble, Les R.

“…Population substructure has important implications for a species' ecology and evolution. As such, knowledge of this structuring is critical for the…”
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Assessing age distributions of killer whale Orcinus orca populations from the composition of endogenous fatty acids in their outer blubber layers by Herman, DP, Matkin, CO, Ylitalo, GM, Durban, JW, Hanson, MB, Dahlheim, ME, Straley, JM, Wade, PR, Tilbury, KL, Boyer, RH, Pearce, RW, Krahn, MM

“…Knowledge of the age distributions of killer whale Orcinus orca populations is critical to assess their status and long-term viability. Except for accessible,…”
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Mark-recapture with occasion and individual effects: Abundance estimation through Bayesian model selection in a fixed dimensional parameter space by Durban, J.W, Elston, D.A

“…We present a Bayesian mark—recapture method for explicity communicating uncertainty about the size of a closed population where capture probabilities vary…”
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MULTISITE MARK-RECAPTURE FOR CETACEANS: POPULATION ESTIMATES WITH BAYESIAN MODEL AVERAGING by Durban, J. W., Elston, D. A., Ellifrit, D. K., Dickson, E., Hammond, P. S., Thompson, P. M.

“…Mark‐recapture techniques are widely used to estimate the size of wildlife populations. However, in cetacean photo‐identification studies, it is often…”
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COMPARING TWO ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR SAMPLING SMALL CETACEANS FOR MOLECULAR ANALYSIS by Parsons, K. M., Durban, J. W., Claridge, D. E.

“…During the last decade, non-destructive tissue sampling has been increasingly used to support the conservation and management of cetaceans. Biopsy sampling has…”
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Amplifying dolphin mitochondrial DNA from faecal plumes by Parsons, Kim M., Dallas, John F., Claridge, Diane E., Durban, John W., Balcomb Iii, Kenneth C., Thompson, Paul M., Noble, Les R.

“…Molecular studies are increasingly used to support cetacean conservation and management (Hoelzel 1994). Biopsy-darting (e.g. Lambertsen 1987) and collecting…”
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QUANTIFYING DOLPHIN OCCUPANCY PATTERNS by Durban, J. W., Parsons, K. M., Claridge, D. E., Balcomb, K. C.

“…Cetacean populations are being confronted by a diverse range of human activities (Simmonds and Hutchinson 1996). As a result, scientific advice on the status…”
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