OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Marine Mammal Science is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Foraging segregation by sex and age class in the Guadalupe fur seal from Guadalupe Island, Mexico	33
Assessing the dynamics of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) mother‐calf pairs along the south coast of Portugal using unmanned aerial vehicles	26
Birth‐site habitat selection in gray seals (Halichoerus grypus): Effects of maternal age and parity and association with offspring weaning mass	23
An observation of potential altruism by a male northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris)	23
Exposure and behavioral responses of tagged beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) to ships in the Pacific Arctic	20
Analysis of environmental, social, and anthropogenic factors as potential drivers of breaching behavior in the Mediterranean fin whale	19
This issue of Marine Mammal Science is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Michael F. Tillman	19
William F. Perrin 1938–2022	18
Geographic distribution of the Cross Seamount beaked whale based on acoustic detections	17
Habitat Preference of Risso's Dolphins (Grampus griseus) off the South Coast of Portugal	17
Genetic and morphological data suggest a southeast Australian type locality for Tursiops cymodoce (Gray, 1846)	16
Deep diving by offshore bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops spp.)	16
Socio‐sexual interactions in captive finless porpoises and bottlenose dolphins	15
Using audio and UAS‐based video for estimating tidal lung volumes of resting and active adult gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus)	14
Protection, energetic assistance, or social perks: How do beluga offspring benefit from allocare?	13
The fitness consequences of human‐wildlife interactions on foraging common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Sarasota Bay, Florida	13
Killer whale predation on a pygmy sperm whale in an oceanic habitat	12
Observations on Deraniyagala's beaked whale (Mesoplodon hotaula) in the South China Sea based on the first confirmed live sightings	12
Underwater vocalizations in foraging female Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) in the Kerguelen Islands	12
Interaction between South American sea lions (Otaria byronia) and trawling fisheries recorded through video cameras	12
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Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Mysticetes Christopher W.Clark and Ellen C.Garland, Eds. Springer Nature. 2022. 384 pp. ISBN: 978–3–030‐98448‐9, US$169.99 (Hardcover); IS	12
Mitochondrial genetic variation in false killer whale groups (Pseudorca crassidens) from the Mexican Pacific reveal strong regional differentiation	12
The movement patterns and foraging resources of Atlantic walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) in Franz Josef Land archipelago and connectivity with theKara‐BarentsSea population	11
Effects of feeding and habitat on resting metabolic rates of the Pacific walrus	11

Seasonal changes in the feeding aggregation structure of male sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in Northern Norway	11
Diet of striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) in southern Spanish waters	11
Michael F. Tillman 1943–2023	11
Contribution of disease to Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) pup mortality at Seal Bay, Kangaroo Island, 2016–2022	11
The French connection: Multiple records of Strait of Gibraltar killer whales (Orcinus orca) (2003–2023) in the Bay of Biscay, France	10
Genetic Assessment of the Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) in the Largest Offshore Sedimentary Basin in Brazil	10
Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi) produces a diverse variety of ultrasonic pulses	10
Cryptic marine barriers to gene flow in a vulnerable coastal species, the dugong (Dugong dugon)	10
Enhancing UAV images to improve the observation of submerged whales using a water column correction method	9
finFindR: Automated recognition and identification of marine mammal dorsal fins using residual convolutional neural networks	9
Dive characteristics of Cross Seamount beaked whales from long‐term passive acoustic monitoring at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauaʻi	9
First satellite‐tracked movements of pygmy blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda)in New Zealand waters	9
Presence of Southeast Pacific blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) off South Georgia in the South Atlantic Ocean	9
Distribution of Arnoux's beaked whales (Berardius arnuxii)	9
Translocations maintain genetic diversity and increase connectivity in sea otters, Enhydra lutris	9
The North Atlantic Right Whale: Disappearing Giant Scott Kraus, Marilyn Marx, Heather Pettis, Amy Knowlton, and Ken Mallory Fitzhenry and Whiteside. 2020. 140 pp. ISBN: 978–1554554645.	8
Australian snubfin vocal activity is influenced by behavioral state and group characteristics	8
Escort service: Sex and relatedness of humpback whales accompanying mother‐calf pairs off Western Australia	8
Age‐related changes to the speckle patterns on wild Indo‐Pacific bottlenose dolphins	8
Southern right whales generally appear not to react to transiting research vessels	8
Nurturant behavior towards a dead calf in a Cuvier's beaked whale	8
A preliminary description of Atlantic white‐sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) vocalizations	8
Detection of cetacean morbillivirus in dolphin feces and the potential application for live cetacean health monitoring	8
Roger Payne 1935–2023	8
Genetic data reveal wintering ground affiliation of humpback whales from the Mexican Central Pacific	8
Population genetic structure of North Pacific right whales	7
Maternal offloading of arsenic and other trace elements in Peruvian fur seals	7
The migratory whale herd concept: A novel unit to conserve under the ecological paradigm	7
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Detection of sex chromosomal aneuploidy (XXY) in a southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) using read depth and coverage from whole genome sequence data	7
A Practical Guide for Improving Confidence in Data Collected With Consumer‐Level Drones	7
Satellite image survey of beluga whales in the southern Kara Sea	7
Modeling population trajectory and probability of decline in northern Hudson Bay narwhals (Monodon monoceros)	7
Estimation of abundance and population dynamics of the Antarctic blue whale in the Antarctic Ocean south of 60°S, from 70°E to 170°W	7
Individual or Group Signatures? Stereotyped Whistle Contour Types by Free‐Ranging Risso’s Dolphins	6
John (Jack) R. Orr 1956–2021	6
Characterization of pinniped vibrissal type and number	6
The role of habitat use and sociality on skin lesions in Tamanend's bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops erebennus) in the St. Johns River, Florida	6
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Auto machine learning tools to distinguish between two killer whale ecotypes	6
Long‐term acoustic monitoring of nonstereotyped blue whale calls in the southern Indian Ocean	6
Morphology and physiology in some small pelagic cetaceans: Is Dall's porpoise a deep diver and a thoroughbred of the sea?	6
G. Carleton Ray 1928–2023	6
New haplotypes found in stranded long‐finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) in the eastern North Atlantic and adjacent waters	6
Humpback whales in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean: investigating their breeding movements by satellite tracking	6
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	6
Telomere length changes in the Pacific white‐sided dolphin measured for one and a half years	6
Swimming across the pond: First documented transatlantic crossing of a southern right whale	6
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Bray calls emitted by common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in offshore waters of northeastern Brazil	6

Surface and diving metabolic rates, and dynamic aerobic dive limits (dADL) in near‐ and off‐shore bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops spp., indicate that deep diving is energetically cheap	5
IN MEMORIAM	5
Overwintering humpback whales adapt foraging strategies to shallow water environments at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA	5
A practical guide on stable isotope analysis for cetacean research	5
An anatomical study of the subpulpal wall of abnormal multirooted teeth in the narrow‐ridged finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis)	5
Contour variations and acoustic characteristics of whistle sounds emitted by Pacific white‐sided dolphins in shallow coastal waters of the Sea of Japan	5
Tadasu K. Yamada (1950–2024)	5
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Echolocation signals recorded in the presence of Deraniyagala's beaked whales (Mesoplodon hotaula) in the western Pacific (South China Sea) indicate species‐specificity and intraspecific variat	5
Humpback whale feeding behavior and defecation observed on the Hawaiian breeding grounds	5
Using acoustic monitoring to reveal nearly year‐round presence of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the waters of southern Iceland	5
Vocalization of Bryde's whales (Balaenoptera edeni) in the Beibu Gulf, China	5
Satellite‐tracked sperm whale migrates from the Canadian Arctic to the subtropical western North Atlantic	4
Allocation and use of body energy reservoirs in striped dolphins and Blainville's beaked whales: Snowball effect in negative energetic balance	4
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An observed decline in the mark rate of Hector's dolphins at Banks Peninsula, New Zealand	4
Aspartic acid enantiomer quantification using ultraperformance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectroscopy combined with deuterium‐chloride hydrolysis to improve age estimation in Antarctic minke w	4
Observed trends in scavenging by common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus truncatus) in for‐hire fisheries in the eastern U.S. Gulf of Mexico	4
Echolocation depths and acoustic foraging behavior of Baird's beaked whales (Berardius bairdii) based on towed hydrophone recordings	4
We Are All Whalers: The Plight of Whales and Our ResponsibilityMichael J.MooreThe University of Chicago Press. 2021. 224 pp., 33 halftones. ISBN: 9780226803043, US$25 (cloth);	4
Killer whales at northern Patagonia, Argentina: Evidence of different foraging groups from stable isotopes	4
Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopes Show Evidence of Resource Partitioning Between Spinner Dolphins (Stenella longirostris) and Large Pelagic Fishes From the Fernando de Noronha Arch	4
Measuring steroid hormone levels in the skin of free‐ranging dugongs: A less invasive way to determine reproductive status	4
Catastrophic mortality of southern elephant seals caused by H5N1 avian influenza	4
Extracting foraging behavior from passive acoustic monitoring data to better understand harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) foraging habitat use	4
Trophic ecology and small‐scale differentiation of ecological groups of franciscana dolphin, Pontoporia blainvillei, in southeastern Brazil, revealed by carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes	4
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Pathological and epidemiological investigation of skin lesions in belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) from the St. Lawrence Estuary, Quebec, Canada	4
Foraging behavior and habitat selection of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina vitulina) in the archipelago of Saint‐Pierre‐and‐Miquelon, Northwest Atlantic	4
Stranded marine mammal detection by the public, trained responders, and drones using decoy carcasses	4
Population assessment and feeding ecology on a new colony of the Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus philippii townsendi) on Farallón de San Ignacio Island, Gulf of California, Mexico	4
Noninvasive age estimation for wild Indo‐Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) using speckle appearance based on quantification‐theory model I analysis	4
Abundance estimate of Eastern Caribbean sperm whales using large scale regional surveys	4
Probable signature whistle production in Atlantic white‐sided (Lagenorhynchus acutus) and short‐beaked common (Delphinus delphis) dolphins near Cape Cod, Massachusetts	4
Respiratory reference values for bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops spp.) and its importance for conservation	4
A retrospective socio‐ecological analysis of seal strandings in the Gulf of Maine	4
Estimated reproductive parameters for a vulnerable Australian humpback dolphin population	4
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Examining Bergmann's rule in a cosmopolitan marine mammal, the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops spp.)	4
Body volume and mass estimation of southern elephant seals using 3D range scanning and neural network models	4
Marine Mammals: The Evolving Human FactorGiuseppe NotarbartolodiSciara and BerndWürsig, Eds. Springer Nature. 2022. xxii +465 pp. ISBN: 978–3–030‐98099‐3, US$180 (Hardcover); ISBN: 978–3–03	4
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