Right Whale Publications

Publications and reports since 1987.
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2003. Stevick, P. T., J. Allen, M. Bérubé, P. J. Clapham, S. K. Katona, F. Larsen, J. Lien, D. K. Mattila, P. J. Palsbĝll, J. Robbins, J. Sigurj˘nsson, T. D. Smith, N. Ĝien and P. S. Hammond. Segregation of migration by feeding ground origin in North Atlantic humpback whale (Megaptera novaenangliae). Journal of Zoology 259: 231-237.

2002. Barco, S. G., W. A. McLellan, J. M. Allen, R. A. Asmutis-Silvia, R. Mallon-Day, E. M. Meagher, D. A. Pabst, J. Robbins, R. E. Seton, W. M. Swingle, M. T. Weinrich and P. J. Clapham. Population identity humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the waters of the US mid-Atlantic states. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 4(2): 135-141.

2002. Reeves, R.R., Smith, T.D., Webb, R.L., Robbins, J., and Clapham, P.J. Humpback and fin whaling in the Gulf of Maine from 1800 to 1918. Marine Fisheries Review 64(1):1-12.

2002. Waldick, R. C.; S. Kraus; M. Brown and B. N. White. Evaluating the effects of historic bottleneck events: An assessment of microsatellite variability in the endangered North Atlantic right whale. Molecular Ecology 11(11):2241-2249.

2001. Brown, M.W., S. Brault, P.K. Hamilton, R.D. Kenney, A.R. Knowlton, M.K. Marx, C.A. Mayo, C.K. Slay, and S.D. Kraus. Sighting heterogeneity of right whales in the western North Atlantic: 1980-1992. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Special Issue 2): 245-250.

2001. Kenney, R.D., C.A. Mayo, and H.E. Winn. Migration and foraging strategies at varying spatial scales in western North Atlantic right whales. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Special Issue 2): 251-260.

2001. Mayo, C.A., B.H. Letcher, and S. Scott. Zooplankton filtering efficiency of the baleen of a North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Special Issue 2): 225-230.

2001. Nielsen, R.; Mattila, D.K; Clapham P. J.; and Palsbĝll P.J. Statistical Approaches to Paternity Analysis in Natural Populations and Applications to the North Atlantic Humpback Whale. Genetics 157: 1673–1682

2001. Robbins, Jooke and Mattila, David, K. Monitoring entanglements of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Gulf of Maine on the basis of caudal peduncle scarring. Unpublished report to the 53rd Scientific Committee Meeting of the International Whaling Commission. Hammersmith, London. Document # SC/53/NAH25. Do not cite without permission from the first author.

2001. Wiley, D.N.*, G. Early, C.A.Mayo, and M.J. Moore. Rescue and release of mass stranded cetaceans from beaches on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA; 1990-1999: a review of some response actions. Aquatic Mammals 27(2): 162-171.

2000. Malik, S., M.W. Brown, S.D. Kraus, and B.N. White. Analysis of
mitochondrial DNA diversity within and between North and South Atlantic
right whales. Marine Mammal Science 16(3): 545-558.

2000. Robbins, J. A review of scientific contributions from commercial whale-watching platforms. Paper SC/52/WW9 presented to the International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee June 2000 (unpublished). 11 pp.

2000. Robbins, J. and Mattila, D.K. The use of commercial whale watching platforms in the study of cetaceans: benefits and limitations. Paper SC/52/WW8 presented to the International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee June 2000 (unpublished). 7 pp.

2000. Rosenbaum, H.C., R.L. Brownell Jr., M.W. Brown, et al. World-wide
genetic differentiation of Eubalaena: questioning the number of right whale
species. Molecular Ecology 9: 1793-1802.

1999. Borrelli, P. Something wrong with the right whale. The Amicus Journal 21: 33-39.

1999. Bowman, B., Lyman E., Mattila D., Mayo C.A. Developing a network of marine professionals for the rescue of entangled whales. Abstract in the proceedings of the 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Maui, Hawaii. November 27 - December 3.

1999. Buchanan, F.C., A.M. Crawford, C. Strobeck, P.J. Palsbĝll and Y. Plante. Evolutionary applications of MIRs and SINEs. Animal Genetics 30: 47-50.

1999. Finzi J., Mayo C., Lyman E., and Brown M. The influence of prey patch structure on the distribution of right whales. Abstract in the proceedings of the 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Maui, Hawaii. November 27 - December 3.

1999. Lyman E., Bowman B., Mattila D., Mayo C.A. A technique for disentangling large free-swimming whales. Abstract in the proceedings of the 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Maui, Hawaii. November 27 - December 3.

2000. Malik, S., M.W. Brown, S.D. Kraus, A.R. Knowlton, P.K. Hamilton, and B.N. White. Assessment of mitochondrial DNA structuring and nursery use in the North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis). Canadian Journal of Zoology.

1999. Mattila, D. K., J. Robbins, P.J. Clapham and P.J. Palsbĝll. Age, feeding ground origin and behavior of West Indies humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae. Abstract in the proceedings of the 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Maui, Hawaii. November 27 - December 3.

1999. Mayo C.A. The development and application of standards for assessing the quality of right whale habitat. Abstract in the proceedings of the 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Maui, Hawaii. November 27 - December 3.

1999. Nielsen R and P.J. Palsbĝll. Single-locus tests of microsatellite
evolution: multi-step mutations and constraints on allele size. Molecular
Phylogeny and Evolution 11: 477-484.

1999. Robbins, J. and D. K. Mattila. Factors underlying regional preference of Gulf of Maine humpback whales. Report to the National Marine Fisheries Service. Order Number 40ENNF800276 September 30, 1999. 21 pp.

1999. Robbins, J. and D. K. Mattila. A directed, photographic technique for estimating large whale entanglement rates. Abstract in the proceedings of the 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Maui, Hawaii. November 27 - December 3.

1999. Robbins, J. and D. K. Mattila. Social composition and dynamics of
North Atlantic humpback whales on the West Indies breeding grounds. Report to the National Marine Fisheries Service. Order Number 40ENNF700160. September 30, 1999. 26 pp.

1999. Robbins, J. and D. Mattila. Monitoring entanglement scars on the
caudal peduncle of Gulf of Maine humpback whales. Report to the National
Marine Fisheries Service. Order number 40ENNF800288.

1999. Palsbĝll, P.J., M. Bérubé and H. Jĝrgensen. Multiple levels of single-strand slippage at cetacean tri- and tetranucleotide microsatellite loci. Genetics 151(1): 285-296.

1999. Smith,TD, Allen, J, Clapham, PJ, Hammond, PS, Katona, S, Larsen, F, Lien, J, Mattila, D, Palsbĝll, Sigurjónsson, J, Stevick, PT, Ĝien,N. An ocean-wide mark-recapture study of the North Atlantic humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae. Marine Mammal Science. 15:1-32.

1999. Stevick, P. T., N. Oien and D. K. Mattila. Migratory destinations of humpback whales from Norwegian and adjacent waters: evidence for stock identity. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 1(2):147-152.

1999. Trull, P., Hecker S., Watson M.J. & Nisbet I.C.T. Staging of Roseate Terns Sterna Dougallii in the Post-Breeding Period around Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA. Atlantic Seabirds 1(4): 145-158.

1999. Waldick, RC; Brown, MW; White, BN. Characterization and isolation of microsatellite loci from the endangered North Atlantic right whale. Molecular Ecology. October 1999 v8 i10 p1763-1765

1998. Baraff,LS, Asmutis-Silvia,RA. Long-term association of an individual long-finned pilot whale and Atlantic white-sided dolphins. Marine Mammal Science. 14:155-161.

1998. Bérubé, M., F. Larsen, G. Notarbartolo di Sciara, R. Sears, A. Aguilar, J. Sigurjónsson, J. Urban-Ramirez, D. Dendanto and P.J. Palsbĝll. Population genetic structure of North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and Sea of Cortez fin whales, Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758); analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear loci. Molecular Ecology 7: 585-599.

1998. Brown,MW, Knowlton,AR, Hamilton,PK, Mayo,CA, Kenney,RD, Kraus,SD. Age and sex-structured distribution of western North Atlantic right whales in five areas of seasonal occupancy. Abstract In: Proceedings World Marine Mammal Conference, Monaco, January 1998.

1998. Larsen, A.H., T.P. Feddersen and P.J. Palsbĝll. Rapid screening procedure for detecting mtDNA haplotypes in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). In Karp, A., P.G. Isaac, and D.S. Ingram (Eds.) Molecular tools for screening biodiversity: plants and animals. Chapman and Hall. 157-163.

1998. Mattila, D. K., P. J. Palsbĝll, M. Bérubé, B. Bowman, C. Carlson, P.J. Clapham, A. Mignucci, J. Robbins, P. Stevick, and O. Vasquez. Sexual composition of the North Atlantic population of humpback whales on their principal mating and calving grounds: are some females missing? Abstract in the proceedings of the World Marine Mammal Science Conference, Monaco. January 20-25, 1998.

1998. Mattila,DK, Robbins,J. Monitoring of entanglement scars on the caudal peduncle of humpback whales in Gulf of Maine. Report to the National Marine Fisheries service. Order no. 40EMNF700232.

1998. Mayo,CA, Goldman,L. Quality of right whale feeding habitat: Modeling and measurement. Abstract In: Proceedings from World Marine Mammal Conference, Monaco, January 1998.

1998 Milinkovitch, M.C., M. Bérubé and P.J. Palsbĝll. Cetaceans are highly derived artiodactyles. In Thewissen, J.G.M. (Ed.) The Emergence of Whales, Advances in Vertebrate Palaeobiology. Plenum Press.

1998. Palsbĝll, P.J. and P. Arctander. Primers for animal mitochondrial DNA: the importance of species specific primers. In Karp, A., P.G. Isaac, and D.S. Ingram (Eds.) Molecular tools for screening biodiversity: plants and animals. Chapman and Hall. 249-455.

1998. Palsbĝll, P.J., M. Bérubé, P.J. Clapham, D. Dendanto, D. Dietz, T.P. Feddersen, A.C. Heiberg, M. P. Heide-Jĝrgensen, H. Jĝrgensen, A. H. Larsen, F. Larsen, L. Lien, D.K. Mattila, G. Notarbartolo di Sciara, J. Sigurjónsson, R. Sears, R. Sponer, N. Ĝien. Post-glacial origin and expansion of arctic and temperate cetacean populations in the North Atlantic. Abstract in the proceedings of the World Marine Mammal Science Conference, Monaco. January 20-25, 1998.

1998. Palsbĝll, P.J., P.J. Clapham, H. Jĝrgensen, F. Larsen, D.K. Mattila, R. Sears, J. Sigurjónsson, and O. Vasquez. The value of parallel analysis of uni- and bi-parental inherited loci: the North Atlantic humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). In Karp, A., P.G. Isaac, and D.S. (eds.) Molecular tools for screening biodiversity: Plants and animals, Chapman and Hall 426-430.

1998. Robbins,J, Mattila,DK, Palsbĝll,PJ, Bérubé,M. Asynchronous diving pairs of humpback whales: Implications of a newly described behavior observed in the North Atlantic wintering grounds. Abstract in the World Marine Mammal Conference in Monaco, January 20-25, 1998.

1998. Stevick,PT, Ĝien,N, Mattila,DK. Migration of a humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, between Norway and the West Indies. Marine Mammal Science. 14:162-166.

1997. Anonymous. A biological opinion on the avian diversity of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge. Submitted by the Center for Coastal Studies for Representative William D. Delahunt, 10th Congressional District, Massachusetts.

1997. Barlow, J. and P.J Clapham. A new birth-interval approach to estimating demographic parameters of humpback whales. Ecology 78: 535-546.

1997. Clapham,PJ, Palsbĝll,PJ. Molecular analysis of paternity shows promiscuous mating in female humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, Borowski. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, Biological Sciences. 264():95-98.

1997. Lake,J., R. McKinney, R. Haebler, P.J. Clapham, D.K. Mattila and M.T. Weinrich. Chlorinated organic compounds in humpback whales and sand lance from the northeast coast of the United States. Final report for RARE Project.

1997. Mattila,D, Robbins,J. Final Report: An integrated program for the research of North Atlantic humpback whales. NOAA Cooperative Agreement Award #NA47FL0068.

1997. Palsbĝll,P, Allen,J, Bérubé,M, Clapham,PJ, Feddersen,TP, Hammond,PS, Hudson,RR, Jorgensen,H, Katona,S, Larsen-Holm,A, Larsen,F, Lien,J, Mattila,DK, Sigurjónsson,J, Sears,R, Smith,T, Sponer,R, Stevick,P, Oien,N. Genetic tagging of humpback whales. Nature. 388:767-769.

1997. Palsbĝll, P.J., M. Bérubé, A.H. Larsen and H. Jĝrgensen. Primers for the amplification of tri- and tetramer microsatellite loci in cetaceans. Molecular Ecology 6: 893-895.

1997. Schaeff, C.M., S.D. Kraus, M.W. Brown, J. Perkins, R. Payne and B.N. White. Comparison of genetic variability of North and South Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena) using DNA fingerprinting. Canadian Journal of Zoology 75: 1073-1080.

1997. Valsecchi,E, Palsboll,P, Hale,P, Glockner-Ferrari,D, Ferrari,M, Clapham,P, Larsen,F, Mattila,D, Sears,R, Sigurjónsson,J, Brown,M, Corkerson,P, Amos,B. Microsatellite genetic distances between oceanic populations of the humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 14:355-362.

1996. Bérubé, M. and P. Palsbĝll. Identification of sex in cetaceans by multiplexing with three ZFX and ZFY specific primers. Molecular Ecology 5: 283-287.

1996. Larsen, A.H., J. Sigurjónsson, N. Ĝien, G. Vikingsson and P.J. Palsbĝll. Population genetic analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial loci in skin biopsies collected from Central and northeastern North Atlantic humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae): population identity and migratory destinations. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, Series B. 263: 1611-1618.

1996. Mizroch, S.A., R. Hobbs, D. Mattila, L. S. Baraff and N. Higashi. A new survey protocol for capture-recapture studies in humpback whale winter grounds. Report to the International Whaling Commission, SC/48/O 18.

1995. Brown, M.W. Measures to reduce the potential of ship collisions with
right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Bay of Fundy. Report to the Endangered Species Recovery Fundy, World Wildlife Fund, Toronto, ON.

1995. Brown, M.W., J.M. Allen and S.D. Kraus. The designation of seasonal right whale conservation zones in the waters of Atlantic Canada. Pages 90-98 in Shackell, N. Willison, (eds). Marine Protected Areas and Sustainable Fisheries, Science and Management of Protected Areas Association, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada

1995. Clapham,PJ, Bérubé,M, Mattila,DK. Sex ratio of the Gulf of Maine humpback whale population. Marine Mammal Science. 11:227-231.

1995. Clapham,PJ, Leimkuhler,E, Gray,BK, Mattila,DK. Do humpback whales exhibit lateralized behaviour? Animal Behaviour. 50:73-82.

1995. Goldman,LA, Mayo,CA, Lyman,E, Marx,M. A multi-dimensional resource utilization paradigm for right whales in Cape Cod Bay. Presented by LA Goldman at the 11th Biennial Meeting of the Society of Marine Mammalogists, Orlando, FL.

1995. Hain,JH, Ellis,SL, Kenney,RD, Clapham,PJ, Gray,BK, Weinrich,MT, Babb,IG. Apparent bottom feeding by humpback whales on Stellwagen Bank. Marine Mammal Science. 11(4):464-479.

1995. Hamilton,PK, Marx,MK, Kraus,SD. Weaning in North Atlantic right whales. Marine Mammal Science. 11(3):386-390.

1995. Murphy,MA. Occurrence and group characteristics of minke whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, in Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod Bay. Fishery Bulletin. 93:577-585.

1995. Palsbĝll,PJ, Clapham,PJ, Mattila,DK, Larsen,F, Sears,R, Siegismund,HR, Sigurjĝnsson,J, Vasquez,O, Arctander,P. Distribution of mtDNA haplotypes in North Atlantic humpback whales: the influence of behaviour on population structure. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 116:1-10.

1995. Rosenbaum,HC, Clapham,PJ, Allen,J, Nicole-Jenner,M, Jenner,C, Florez-Gonzalez,L, Urban R.,J, Ladron G.,P, Mori,K, Yamaguchi,M, Baker,CS. Geographic variation in ventral fluke pigmentation of humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae populations worldwide. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 124:1-7.

1994. Allen,JM, Rosenbaum,HC, Katona,SE, Clapham,PJ, Mattila,DK. Regional and sexual differences in fluke pigmentation of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeanglae, from the North Atlantic. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 72:274-279.

1994. Brown, M.W. Population Structure and Seasonal Variation of North
Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis). PhD Thesis, University of
Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

1994. Brown, M.W., Kraus, S.D., Gaskin, D.E. and White, B.N. Sexual
composition and analysis of reproductive females in the North Atlantic
right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) population. Marine Mammal Science 10:253-265.

1994. Clapham,PJ. Maturational changes in patterns of association among male and female humpback whales. Journal of Zoology (London). 234:265-274.

1994. DeKing,D, Clapham,PJ, Mattila,DK. An integrated program for research of the North Atlantic humpback whale. Final report of the Center for Coastal Studies to NOAA, contract # NA27FL0181 (YoNAH).

1994. Mattila,DK, Clapham,PJ, Vasquez,O, Bowman,RS. Occurrence, population composition and habitat use of humpback whales in Samana Bay, Dominican Republic. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 72:1898-1907.

1993. Agler,BA, Schooley,RL, Frohock,SE, Katona,SE, Seipt,IE. Reproduction of photographically identified fin whales, Balaenoptera physalus, from the Gulf of Maine. Journal of Mammalogy. 74(3):577-587.

1993. Baker,S, Perry,A, Banister,JL, Weinrich,MT, Abernethy,RB, Calambokidis,J, Lien,J, Lambertsen,RH, Ramirez,JU, Vasquez,O, Clapham,PJ, Alling,A. Abundant mitochrondrial DNA variation and world-wide population structure in humpback whales. Evolution. 90:8239-8243.

1993. Baraff,LS, Weinrich,MT. Separation of humpback whale mothers and calves on a feeding ground in early autumn. Marine Mammal Science. 9:431-434.

1993. Clapham,PJ. Social organization of humpback whales on a North Atlantic feeding ground. Symposia of the Zoological Society, London. 66:131-145.

1993. Clapham,PJ. Social and reproductive biology of north Atlantic humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae. Ph.D. University of Aberdeen, Scotland.

1993. Clapham,PJ, Baraff,LS, Carlson,CA, Christian,MA, Mattila,DK, Mayo,CA, Murphy,MA, Pittman,S. Seasonal occurrence and annual return of humpback whales in the southern Gulf of Maine. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 71:440-443.

1993. Clapham,PJ, Mattila,DK. Reactions of humpback whales to skin biopsy sampling on a west indies breeding ground. Marine Mammal Science. 9(4):382-391.

1993. Clapham, P.J., D.K. Mattila and P.J. Palsbĝll. High-latitude composition of humpback whale competitive groups in Samana Bay: further evidence for panmixis in the North Atlantic population. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71: 1065-1066.

1993. Clapham,PJ, Palsboll,PJ, Mattila,DK. High energy behaviors in humpback whales as a source of sloughed skin for molecular analysis. Marine Mammal Science. 9(2):214-220.

1993. Schaeff, C.M., S.D. Kraus, M.W. Brown and B.N. White. Assessment of the population structure of western North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) based on sighting data and mt dna data. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71:339-345.

1993. Wiley,DN, Clapham,PJ. Does maternal condition affect the sex ratio of offspring in humpback whales? Animal Behaviour. 46:321-324.

1992. Clapham,PJ. Age at attainment of sexual maturity in humpback whales. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 70:1470-1472.

1992. Clapham,PJ, Palsbĝll,PJ, Mattila,DK, Vasquez,O. Composition and dynamics of humpback whale competitive groups in the West Indies. Behaviour. 122(3-4)():182-194.

1992. Kraus, S.D. and Brown, M.W. A right whale conservation plan for the waters of Atlantic Canada. Pages 79-85 in: Willison, J.H.M., Bondrup-Nielsen, S., Drysdale, C., Herman, T.B., Munro, N.W.P., and Pollock, T.L. (eds) Developments in Landscape Management and Urban Planning, 7. Proceedings of the conference on the Science and Management of Protected Areas, Acadia University, Nova Scotia, May 14-19, 1991.

1992. Kraus, S.D. and Brown, M.W. Right whales on the southern Scotian Shelf. Pages 25-6 in: Hain, J. (ed.) The Right Whale in the Western North Atlantic: A Science and Management Workshop. Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document 92-05. NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. 88 pp.

1992. Marx,MK, Mayo,CA. Occurrence and distribution of right whales in Cape Cod and Massachusetts Bays. The right whale in the western North Atlantic: A Science and Management Workshop. NOAA. Woods Hole, MA. p. 88.

1992. Schilling,MR, Seipt,IE, Weinrich,MT, Frohock,SE, Kulberg,AE, Clapham,PJ. Behavior of individually-identified sei whales, Balaenoptera borealis, during an episodic influx into the southern Gulf of Maine in 1986. Fishery Bulletin. 90:749-755.

1991. Baraff,LS, Clapham,PJ, Mattila,DK, Bowman,RS. Feeding behavior of humpback whales in low-latitude waters. Marine Mammal Science. 7(2):197-202.

1991. Brown, M.W., S.D. Kraus and D.E. Gaskin. Skin Biopsy sampling of
right whales, (Eubalaena glacialis), for genetic and pesticide analysis.
International Whaling Commnission Special Issue 13:81-89.

1991. Brown, M.W., B.N. White, A.M. Helbig, P.T. Boag and D.E. Gaskin. Sex determination of belugas, (Delphinapterus leucas), by DNA markers. Canadian. Journal of Zoology 69:1971-1976.

1991. Clapham,PJ, Seipt,IE. Resightings of independent fin whales, Balaenoptera physalus, on maternal summer ranges. Journal of Mammalogy. 72:788-790.

1991. Mattila,DK, Clapham,PJ, Lien,J, Larsen,F, Sigurjĝnsson,J, Ĝien,N, Katona,S, Beard,J, Palsbĝll,P, Smith,T, Hammond,P. YoNAH: Years of the North Atlantic Humpback Whale. Interim report from the principal investigators.

1991. Schaeff, C., S. Kraus, M. Brown, J. Perkins, R. Payne, D. Gaskin, P. Boag and B. White. Mitochondrial variation within and between the right whales species Eubalaena glacialis and Eubalaena australis. International Whaling Commnission Special Issue 13. pp. 217-223.

1991. Woodley, T.A., M.W. Brown, S.D. Kraus and D.E. Gaskin. Organochlorine insecticide and PCB levels in North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis). Archives of Environmental Contaminants and Toxicology. 21:141-145.

1990. Agler,BA, Beard,JA, Bowman,RS, Corbett,HD, Frohock,SW, Hawvermale,MP, Katona,SK, Sadove,SS, Seipt,IE. Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus, photographic identification: methodology and preliminary results from the western North Atlantic. Reports of the International Whaling Commission. (special issue 12):349-356.

1990. Carlson,CA, Mayo,CA, Whitehead,H. Changes in the ventral fluke pattern of the humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, and its effects on matching; evaluation of its significance to photo-identification research. Reports of the International Whaling Commission. (special issue 12):105-111.

1990. Clapham,PJ, Mattila,DK. Humpback whale songs as indicators of migration routes. Marine Mammal Science. 6:155-160.

1990. Clapham,PJ, Mayo,CA. Reproduction of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, observed in the Gulf of Maine. Reports of the International Whaling Commission. (special issue 12):171-175.

1990. Hamilton,PK, Mayo,CA. Population characteristics of right whales, Eubalaena glacialis, observed in Cape Cod and Massachusetts Bays, 1978-1986. Reports of the International Whaling Commission. (special issue 12):203-208.

1990. Mayo,CA. Global Issues: The right whale. From a speech given at the 4th Biennial Conference of the American Cetacean Society, November, 1990.

1990. Mayo,CA, Marx,MK. Surface foraging behavior of the North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis, and associated zooplankton characteristics. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 68:2214-2220.

1990. Payne,PM, Wiley,DN, Young,SB, Pittman,S, Clapham,PJ, Jossi,JW. Recent fluctuations in the abundance of baleen whales in the southern Gulf of Maine in relation to changes in selective prey. Fishery Bulletin. 88:687-696.

1990. Seipt,IE, Clapham,PJ, Mayo,CA, Hawvermale,MP. Population characteristics of fin whales, Balaenoptera physalus, in Massachusetts Bay. Fishery Bulletin. 88:271-278.

1989. Geraci,JR, Anderson,DM, Timperi,RJ, St. Aubin,DJ, Early,GA, Prescott,JH, Mayo,CA. Humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, fatally poisoned by dinoflagellate toxin. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 46:1895-1898.

1989. LeBlond,R. Rare vascular plants of Cape Cod National Seashore. prepared for the National Park Service, Cape Cod National Seashore, South Wellfleet, MA and Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Boston, MA.

1989. Mattila,DK, Clapham,PJ. Humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, and other cetaceans on Virgin Bank and in the northern Leeward Islands, 1985 and 1986. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 67:2201-2211.

1988. Clapham,PJ, Mattila,DK. Observations of migratory transits of two humpback whales. Marine Mammal Science. 4:59-62.

1988. Mattila,DK, Clapham,PJ, Katona,SK, Vasquez,O. An investigation of humpback whales and other marine mammal critical habitats in the Dominican Republic: Research and education in the Samana Bay region, winter 1987/1988. Final report to the World Wildlife Fund - US.

1988. Mayo,CA, Hamilton,PK. Population characteristics of right whles, Eubalana glacialis, observed in Cape Cod Bay and Massachusetts Bay, 1978-1986. Presented to the International Whaling Commission Symposium on the Use of Non-Lethal Techniques, Especially Photo-Identification Techniques, to Estimate Cetacean Population Parameters. La Jolla, CA, April 1988.
 
1987. Clapham, P.J. and C.A. Mayo. Reproduction and recruitment of individually identified humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, observed in Massachusetts Bay, 1979-1985. Canadian Journal of Zoology 65: 2853-2863.