Scientific Publications and Presentations

Download a selection of the presentations and posters below via Research Gate profile.
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Cheeseman, T., Barlow, J., Acebes, J.M., Audley, K., et al. Bellwethers of change: population modelling of North Pacific humpback whales from 2002 through 2021 reveals shift from recovery to climate response (2024). R. Soc. Open Sci. 11: 231462. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231462
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Lazcano‐Pacheco, C., Castillo‐Sánchez, A. J., Ortega‐Ortiz, C. D., Martínez‐Serrano, I., Villegas‐Zurita, F., Frisch‐Jordán, A., Guzón‐Zatarain, O.R., Audley, K., Ransome, N., Bolaños‐Jiménez, J., Urbán‐R.J. & Douglas, A. B. (2023). Ecological aspects of false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) from Mexican Pacific and Southern California waters. Marine Mammal Science. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.13056
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Cheeseman, T., Southerland, K., Acebes, J.M. Audley, K., et al. A collaborative and near-comprehensive North Pacific humpback whale photo-ID dataset. Sci Rep 13, 10237 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36928-1

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McMillan, C., Ford, J., Cheeseman, T., Calambokidis, J., Audley, K., Birdsall, C., Byington, J. Currie, J., Darling, J., De Weerdt, J., Doe, N., Doniol-Valcroze, T., Dracott, K., Finn, R., Frisch-Jordán, A., Gabriele, C., Goodwin, B., Hildering, J., Jones, M., Lyman, E., Malleson, M., Martinez Loustalot, P., Pack, A., Quintana-Rizzo, E., Ransome, N., Shaw, T., Stack, S., Urbán R., Wray, J., Wright, B.M., Yano, K. (2023). Spatial patterns in the migratory destinations of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) encountered in Canadian Pacific waters, based on photo- identification data and ocean basin-wide collaboration. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3519: v + 27 p.
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Martinez-Loustalot, P. Audley, K., Cheeseman, K., De Weerdt, J., Frisch-Jordan, A., Guzón, O., Olio, M., Ortega-Ortiz, C., Ransome, N., Villegas-Zurita, F., Urban, J. (2022). Towards the definition of the humpback whale population units along the Mexican and Central American coasts in the Pacific Ocean. Marine Mammal Science. Vol.39. Issue 2. pp. 422-437. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12980
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Ortega-Ortiz, C., Cuevas-Soltero, A., García-Valencia, R., Frisch-Jordan, A., Audley, K., Olivos-Ortiz, A., Liñan-Cabello, M., (2022). Spatial Ecology of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae, Cetacea-Balaenopteridae) from the Mexican Central Pacific. Pacific Science 76(2), 95-110, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2984/76.2.1
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Curtis, A., Calambokidis, J., Audley, K., Castaneda, M., De Weerdt, J., García, A., Gants, F., Martínez-Loustalot, P., Palacios, A., Pérez, B., Quintana-Rizzo, E., Ramírez, R., Ransome, N., Rasmussen, K., Urbán, J., Villegas, F., Flynn, K., Cheeseman, T., Barlow, J., Steel, D., Moore, J., (2022). Abundance of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) wintering in Central America and southern Mexico from a one-dimensional spatial capture-recapture model. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-661. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25923/9cq1-rx80

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Darling, J., Audley, K., Cheeseman, T., Goodwin, B., Lyman, E., Urban, J., (2022). Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) attend both Mexico and Hawaii breeding grounds in the same winter: Mixing in the northeast Pacific. Biology Letters. Vol. 18. Issue 2. Royal Society.  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0547

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Ramos, E., Kiszka, J., Pouey, V., Ramirez, R., García, A., Audley, K., (2021). Food sharing in rough-toothed dolphins off southwestern Mexico. Marine Mammal Science.  Vol. 31 Issue 1. pp. 352-360. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mms.12727

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Ramirez, R., Ramos, E., Audley, K., (2019). Evidence for a fission-fusion society in a population of rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) in Guerrero, SW Pacific Mexico. WMMC 2019. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.35380.81288

 

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Audley, K., et al. (2019). Cataloging Data of Entangled Humpback Whales in Northeast Pacific Wintering Areas. NOAA Report.
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Walton, A., Arda, Y., Kotomatas, S. (Conveners);
Speakers: Katherina Audley, Executive Director, Whales of Guerrero
Spyros Kotomatas, WWF Greece, Greece; Ben Haskell, Deputy Superintendent, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, USA

Co-Management: Improving the Governance and Management Effectiveness of MMPAs by Empowering and Actively Involving Stakeholders. 5th International Conference on Marine Mammal Protected Areas. Messinia, Greece. May 2019.
Read the conference proceedings here

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Audley, K., et al. (2018). Cataloging Data of Entangled Humpback Whales in Northeast Pacific Wintering Areas. NOAA Report.
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Audley, K., Mellín, A., García, A., Organiz, A., Cadena, A., Hanks, T.,  Auladell, C., Ramírez. R., (2018). Cuando las ballenas ganan, todos ganan: Implementación de investigación participativa para una cultura de administración ambiental en Guerrero, México. Conference: XXXVI Reunión Internacional para el estudio de los  Mamíferos Marinos.

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Ramirez, R., Calambokidis, J., Dobson, E., Holmberg, J., Weideman, H., Blount, D., Cheeseman, T., Garcia, A., Hanks, T., Mellin, A., Organiz, A., Audley, K., (2018) Tendencias, vínculos migratorios y uso de hábitat de la ballena jorobada Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) en Guerrero, MéxicoConference: XXXVI Reunión Internacional para el estudio de los  Mamíferos Marinos. 

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García. A., Hanks, T., Calambokidis, J., Dobson, E., Audley, K. (2018). Monitoreo de mamiferos marinos en el estado de Guerrero, México. Conference: XXXVI Reunión Internacional para el estudio de los  Mamíferos Marinos.

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Ramos, E., Castelblanco-Martínez, N., Garcia, J., Rojas-Arias, J., Foley, J., Audley, K., Van Waerebeek, K., Van Bressem, M. (2018). Lobomycosis-like disease in bottlenose dolphins in Belize and Mexico: Bridging the gap between the Americas. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. March 2018.  DOI: 10.3354/dao03206.

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Audley, K., et al. (2017). Cataloging Data of Entangled Humpback Whales in Northeast Pacific Wintering Areas. NOAA Report.

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Pouey, V., Ramirez, R., Audley, K. (2017). Site fidelity and association patterns in Rough Toothed Dolphins (Steno bredanensis) in the Southwest Pacific state of Guerrero, Mexico. Conference: 22nd Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals.

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Ramos, E.,  Castelblanco-Martínez, N., Kerr, I., Rogan, A., Audley, K., Magnasco, O., Reiss, D. (2017). Behavioral Reactions of Marine Mammals to DronesConference: 22nd Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals.See poster. 

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García, A., Hanks, T., Calambokidis, J., Dobson, E., Audley, K. (2017). Marine Mammal Monitoring in the Southwest Pacific State of Guerrero, Mexico. Conference: 22nd Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals.

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Steiger, G., Calambokidis, J., Wade, P., Audley, K., Baker, C. (2017). Migratory destinations of humpback whales that feed off the US West Coast: Implications for management under the newly recognized Distinct Populations Units Relevant References. Conference: 22nd Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. See poster.

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Audley, K. (2016). Salvados por las ballenas: Cultivar un espiritu de conservación a través de ciencia ciudadana y educación en los municipios de Petatlán y Zihuatanejo, Guerrero. Segundo Seminario Internacional de Turismo Comunitario Sustentable: Desarrollo y Desafíos, Caleta Chañaral de Aceituna, Chile.
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Audley, K., et al. (2016). Cataloging Data of Entangled Humpback Whales in Northeast Pacific Wintering Areas 2014-2016. NOAA Report.

 

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Audley, K. (2016). Saved by the whales: A collaborative approach to marine conservation through research, education and capacity building in Guerrero, Mexico. 4th International Conference on Marine Mammal Protected Areas. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
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Audley, K. (2016). Cultivating an ethos of marine stewardship through citizen science and educational outreach in the municipalities of Petatlan and Zihuatanejo, Guerrero. Presented at Society for Mexican Marine Mammalogy Conference, La Paz, Baja California Sur.

 

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Dobson, E., Calambokidis, J., Kaulfuss, A., de Weerdt, J., Pouey-Santalou, V., Garcia, A., Audley, K. (2015). Migratory destinations of humpbacks from Guerrero in Southwest Mexico reveal extension of Central American breeding grounds. Presented at Society for Marine Mammalogy Biennial Conference. San Francisco, California.

 

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García, A., et al. (2017). Marine Mammal Monitoring in the Southwest Pacific State of Guerrero, Mexico. Presented at Society for Marine Mammalogy Biennial Conference. Halifax, Nova Scotia. See poster.

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Garcia, A., Hanks, T., Mellín, A., Auladell, C., Chevallard, P., Pouey-Santalou, V., de Weerdt, J., Kaulfuss, A., Smultea, M., Audley. K. (2016). First systematic humpback whale studies in the vulnerable state of Guerrero, southwest Mexico.  Presented at Society for Mexican Marine Mammalogy Conference, La Paz, Baja California Sur.

 

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IWC. (2017). Progress Report on Cetacean Research in Mexico for the Calendar Year 2016. Paper Romania presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2017(unpublished).

 

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Meléndez ,A., et al. (2015). Biodiversidad de Barra de Potosí, Guerrero, México. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. Num. 123. Serie Académicos.
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National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. Endangered and Threatened Species; Identification of 14 Distinct Population Segments of the Humpback Whale (Megapteranovaeangliae) and Revision of Species-Wide Listing. Federal Register. September 8, 2016.

 

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National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 2017. 2016 Whale Entanglements off the West Coast of the United States. Fact Sheet.

 

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Pouey, V., (2017). Site fidelity and association patterns in rough toothed dolphins in the Southwest Pacific state of Guerrero, Mexico. To be presented at Society for Marine Mammalogy Biennial Conference. Halifax, Nova Scotia. October 2017. Read the Powerpoint Presentation
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Pouey-Santalou, V., Kaulfuss, A., de Weerdt, J., Garcia, A., Smultea, M., Audley, K. (2015). Preliminary evidence suggesting habitat partitioning among bottlenose, pantropical spotted and rough-toothed dolphins off undescribed Guerrero,southwestern Mexico: winters 2014-2015. Presented at Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference, San Francisco, California.

 

Andrea Jacqueline Garcia Chavez presenting our early work at the Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference in 2015.