Publications, Reports and Presentations

Yack, T. M., J. Barlow, M. A. Roch, H. Klinck, S. Martin, D. K. Mellinger and D. Gillespie. 2010. Comparison of beaked whale detection algorithms. Applied Acoustics 71: 1043-1049.
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Copyright (2010) Elsevier Ltd.

Oswald, J. N., S. Rankin and J. Barlow. 2008. To Whistle or Not to Whistle? Geographic Variation in the Whistling Behavior of Small Odontocetes. Aquatic Mammals 34: 288-302.
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Oswald, J. N., S. Rankin, J. Barlow and M. O. Lammers. 2007b. A tool for real-time acoustic species identification of delphinid whistles. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 122: 587-595.
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Copyright (2007) Acoustical Society of America

Oswald, J. N., S. Rankin and J. Barlow. 2007a. First description of whistles of pacific fraser's dolphins Lagenodelphis hosei. Bioacoustics-the International Journal of Animal Sound and Its Recording 16: 99-111.
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Rankin, S., T. F. Norris, M. A. Smultea, C. Oedekoven, A. M. Zoidis, E. Silva and J. Rivers. 2007. A visual sighting and acoustic detections of Minke whales, Balaenoptera acutoroshata (Cetacea : Balaenopteridae), in nearshore Hawaiian waters. Pacific Science 61: 395-398.
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Branch, T. A., K. M. Stafford, D. M. Palacios, C. Allison, J. L. Bannister, C. L. K. Burton, E. Cabrera, C. A. Carlson, B. G. Vernazzani, P. C. Gill, R. Hucke-Gaete, K. C. S. Jenner, M. N. M. Jenner, K. Matsuoka, Y. A. Mikhalev, T. Miyashita, M. G. Morrice, S. Nishiwaki, V. J. Sturrock, D. Tormosov, R. C. Anderson, A. N. Baker, P. B. Best, P. Borsa, R. L. Brownell, Jr., S. Childerhouse, K. P. Findlay, T. Gerrodette, A. D. Ilangakoon, M. Joergensen, B. Kahn, D. K. Ljungblad, B. Maughan, R. D. Mccauley, S. Mckay, T. F. Norris, S. Rankin, F. Samaran, D. Thiele, K. Van Waerebeek and R. M. Warneke. 2007. Past and present distribution, densities and movements of blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the Southern Hemisphere and northern Indian Ocean. Mammal Review 37: 116-175.
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Oswald, J. N., S. Rankin and J. Barlow. 2004. The effect of recording and analysis bandwidth on acoustic identification of delphinid species. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 116: 3178-3185.
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Copyright (2004) Acoustical Society of America

Oswald, J. N., J. Barlow and T. F. Norris. 2003. Acoustic identification of nine delphinid species in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Marine Mammal Science 19: 20-37.
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Cerchio, S., J. K. Jacobsen and T. F. Norris. 2001. Temporal and geographical variation in songs of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae: synchronous change in Hawaiian and Mexican breeding assemblages. Animal Behaviour 62: 313-329.
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Copyright (2001) The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour

Thode, A., T. Norris and J. Barlow. 2000. Frequency beamforming of dolphin whistles using a sparse three-element towed array. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 107: 3581-3584.
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Copyright (2000) The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour

Norris, T. F., M. Mc Donald and J. Barlow. 1999. Acoustic detections of singing humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the eastern North Pacific during their northbound migration. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 106: 506-514.
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Copyright (1999) Acoustical Society of America

Cerchio, S., C. M. Gabriele, T. F. Norris and L. M. Herman. 1998. Movements of humpback whales between Kauai and Hawaii: implications for population structure and abundance estimation in the Hawaiian Islands. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 175: 13-22.
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Mobley, J. R., Jr., M. Smultea, T. Norris and D. Weller. 1996. Fin whale sighting north of Kaua'i, Hawai'i. Pacific Science 50: 230-233.
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Norris, T.F. 1995. Effects of boat noise on the singing behavior of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Thesis, (MS). Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, San Jose State University.
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Thulin, A. Behavior whale watching: student looks for clues in whale boings. 2009. California Polytechnic State University, Animal Science Stock Report.
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Anonymous (Multiple authors including T. Norris). 2007. Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Survey for Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. US Navy NAVFAC-Pacific, Final Report contract no. N68711-02-D-8043.

LGL Alaska Research Associates, Inc., LGL Ltd., Greeneridge Sciences, Inc., Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell University, and Bio-Waves Inc. 2006. Joint Monitoring Program in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas, July-November 2006. Funk, D. W., R. Rodrigues, D. S. Ireland, and W. R. Koski (eds.). Shell Offshore, Inc., Conoco-Phillips Alaska, Inc., and GX Technology, and National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, LGL Alaska Report P891-2. 316 pp.

Norris, T.F., M.A. Smultea, A. M. Zoidis, S. Rankin, C. Loftus, C. Oedekoven, J. L. Hayes and E. Silva. 2005. A Preliminary Acoustic-Visual Survey of Cetaceans in Deep Waters around Ni'ihau, Kaua'i, and portions of O'ahu, Hawai'i from aboard the R/V Dariabar, February 2005. US Navy NAVFAC-Pacific, Cetos Research Organization report contract no. 2057SA05-F to Geo-Marine, Inc.

Smultea, M. A., W.R. Koski, and T.F. Norris 2005. Marina mammal monitoring during Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory's marine seismic study of the Blanco Fracture Zone in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean, October-November 2004. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University and the National Marine Fisheries Service, LGL Ltd. report no. TA2822-29. 89pp.

Norris, T.F., J. Jacobsen, S. Cerchio and M. M. McDonald. 2000. A comparison of humpback whale songs in the pelagic eastern North Pacific to songs from Socorro, Mexico. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, technical memorandum NOAA-TM-NMFS–SWFSC-295. 29pp.

Norris, T. F., S. Martin, L. Thomas, T. Yack, J. N. Oswald and V. Janik. 2010. The Acoustic Ecology and Behavior of Minke Whales in the Tropical Pacific Islands. Abstracts, 2nd International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life. 15-20 August. Cork, Ireland.
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Norris, T.F, M.A. Smultea, A.M. Zoidis, S. Rankin, J.L. Hayes, and E. Silva. 2006. Acoustic-visual surveys of cetaceans in Hawaiian waters reveal new information about pelagic species. Abstracts, 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting. 20-24 February. Honolulu, Hawaii.

Forestell, P.H., J.R. Mobley, Jr., R. Grotefendt, E.K. Brown, T. Norris, and M. Smultea. 1993. Observations of odontocetes during aerial surveys in Hawaii: 1993. Abstracts, Tenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 11-15 November. Galveston, Texas.