All Stories

  1. Using Models of Social Transmission to Examine the Spread of Longline Depredation Behavior among Sperm Whales in the Gulf of Alaska

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2014, PLOS

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick

  2. Pelage coloration in pinnipeds: functional considerations

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, April 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick, Dr. DIRCEU COSTA

  3. Social and Behavioural Factors in Cetacean Responses to Overexploitation: Are Odontocetes Less “Resilient” Than Mysticetes?

    Article • Journal of Marine Biology, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick

  4. Can Genetic Differences Explain Vocal Dialect Variation in Sperm Whales, Physeter macrocephalus?

    Article • Behavior Genetics, October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick

  5. Southeast Alaska Sperm Whale Avoidance Project: Collaboration among fishermen, acousticians, biologists and managers to reduce longline depredation in the Gulf of Alaska.

    Article • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, April 2011, Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick

  6. Sperm whale population structure in the eastern and central North Pacific inferred by the use of single‐nucleotide polymorphisms, microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA

    Article • Molecular Ecology Resources, February 2011, Wiley

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick

  7. Pacific Ocean–Wide Profile of CYP1A1 Expression, Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Ratios, and Organic Contaminant Burden in Sperm Whale Skin Biopsies

    Article • Environmental Health Perspectives, December 2010, Environmental Health Perspectives

    Dr Luciano O Valenzuela, Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick, Letizia Marsili

  8. Worldwide decline in tonal frequencies of blue whale songs

    Article • Endangered Species Research, October 2009, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick

  9. Female philopatry in coastal basins and male dispersion across the North Atlantic in a highly mobile marine species, the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)

    Article • Molecular Ecology, September 2009, Wiley

    Dr Shane Gero, Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick

  10. Phylogeography of California and Galápagos sea lions and population structure within the California sea lion

    Article • Marine Biology, March 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick, Dr Daniel M Palacios

  11. Sexual Dimorphism

    Article • January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick

  12. Mating Systems

    Article • January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick

  13. Genetic sex determination supports the Gulf of California as an important habitat for male and female sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus)

    Article • Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, December 2006, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Especialistas en Mamiferos Acuaticos (SOLAMAC)

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick

  14. Characterization of 18 SNP markers for sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)

    Article • Molecular Ecology Notes, December 2006, Wiley

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick

  15. Interfamilial characterization of a region of the ZFX and ZFY genes facilitates sex determination in cetaceans and other mammals

    Article • Molecular Ecology, July 2005, Wiley

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick

  16. Galapagos fur seals, Arctocephalus galapagoensis, in Mexico

    Article • Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, June 2004, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Especialistas en Mamiferos Acuaticos (SOLAMAC)

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick

  17. Trophic relationships between sperm whales and jumbo squid using stable isotopes of C and N

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, January 2004, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick

  18. SEXUAL ECOLOGY OF THE SPINNER DOLPHIN, STENELLA LONGIROSTRIS: GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN MATING SYSTEM

    Article • Marine Mammal Science, July 2003, Wiley

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick

  19. KILLER WHALE PREDATION ON SPERM WHALES: OBSERVATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS

    Article • Marine Mammal Science, July 2001, Wiley

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick

  20. Genetic relatedness in sperm whales: Evidence and cultural implications

    Article • Behavioral and Brain Sciences, April 2001, Cambridge University Press

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick

  21. Culture and Genetic Evolution in Whales

    Article • Science, June 1999, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick

  22. NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEALS IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

    Article • Marine Mammal Science, January 1998, Wiley

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick

  23. Sexual Alliances: Evidence and Evolutionary Implications

    Article • January 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick

  24. An Empirical Test of the Bodyguard Hypothesis

    Article • January 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick

  25. Sexual Behavior of Male Northern Elephant Seals: Ii. Female Response To Potentially Injurious Encounters

    Article • Behaviour, January 1991, Brill

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick

  26. Sexual Behavior of Male Northern Elephant Seals: I. Lethal Injuries To Adult Females

    Article • Behaviour, January 1991, Brill

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick

  27. CASE STUDY 6A Sperm Whale Social Structure: Why It Takes a Village to Raise a Child

    Article • Harvard University Press

    Dr sarah Lynne Mesnick