Why whales are big but not bigger: Physiological drivers and ecological limits in the age of ocean giants

Forage Species Swarm in Response to Coastal Upwelling

(2019) Kelly J. Benoit-Bird et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Kinematic signatures of prey capture from archival tags reveal sex differences in killer whale foraging activity

(2019) Jennifer B. Tennessen et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Evolutionary pathways toward gigantism in sharks and rays

(2019) Catalina Pimiento et al.   EVOLUTION

Foraging rates of ram‐filtering North Atlantic right whales

(2019) J.M. van der Hoop et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

A Dynamic State Model of Migratory Behavior and Physiology to Assess the Consequences of Environmental Variation and Anthropogenic Disturbance on Marine Vertebrates

(2018) Enrico Pirotta et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

ape 5.0: an environment for modern phylogenetics and evolutionary analyses in R

(2018) Emmanuel Paradis et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Gigantism Precedes Filter Feeding in Baleen Whale Evolution

(2018) R. Ewan Fordyce et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Risso's dolphins plan foraging dives

(2018) Patricia Arranz et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The evolution of foraging capacity and gigantism in cetaceans

(2018) J. A. Goldbogen et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Energetic tradeoffs control the size distribution of aquatic mammals

(2018) William Gearty et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Click communication in wild harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)

(2018) P. M. Sørensen et al.   Scientific Reports

Genus-level phylogeny of cephalopods using molecular markers: current status and problematic areas

(2018) Gustavo Sanchez et al.   PeerJ

First-year sperm whale calves echolocate and perform long, deep dives

(2018) Pernille Tønnesen et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Filtration area scaling and evolution in mysticetes: trophic niche partitioning and the curious cases of sei and pygmy right whales

(2018) Alexander J Werth et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Narrow Acoustic Field of View Drives Frequency Scaling in Toothed Whale Biosonar

(2018) Frants H. Jensen et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Diet of Cuvier’s beaked whales Ziphius cavirostris from the North Pacific and a comparison with their diet world-wide

(2017) KL West et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Response to “Resilience of harbor porpoises to anthropogenic disturbance: Must they really feed continuously?”

(2017) Danuta Maria Wisniewska et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Cope's rule and the adaptive landscape of dinosaur body size evolution

(2017) Roger B. J. Benson et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Physical trade-offs shape the evolution of buoyancy control in sharks

(2017) Adrian C. Gleiss et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Independent evolution of baleen whale gigantism linked to Plio-Pleistocene ocean dynamics

(2017) Graham J. Slater et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Diet of Cuvier’s beaked whales Ziphius cavirostris from the North Pacific and a comparison with their diet world-wide

(2017) KL West et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Noise levels received by endangered killer whales Orcinus orca before and after implementation of vessel regulations

(2017) MM Holt et al.   Endangered Species Research

Oral cavity hydrodynamics and drag production in Balaenid whale suspension feeding

(2017) Jean Potvin et al.   PLoS One

Kinematic Diversity in Rorqual Whale Feeding Mechanisms

(2016) David E. Cade et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Ultra-High Foraging Rates of Harbor Porpoises Make Them Vulnerable to Anthropogenic Disturbance

(2016) Danuta Maria Wisniewska et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Prey-mediated behavioral responses of feeding blue whales in controlled sound exposure experiments

(2016) A. S. Friedlaender et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Discrimination of fast click-series produced by tagged Risso's dolphins (Grampus griseus) for echolocation or communication

(2016) P. Arranz et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Mysticete migration revisited: are Mediterranean fin whales an anomaly?

(2016) Christina K.A. Geijer et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

Prey density and depth affect the fine-scale foraging behavior of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae in Sitka Sound, Alaska, USA

(2016) JA Burrows et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Predator-guided sampling reveals biotic structure in the bathypelagic

(2016) Kelly J. Benoit-Bird et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Sperm whale predator-prey interactions involve chasing and buzzing, but no acoustic stunning

(2016) A. Fais et al.   Scientific Reports

Development of an automated method of detecting stereotyped feeding events in multisensor data from tagged rorqual whales

(2016) Ann N. Allen et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Prey density and depth affect the fine-scale foraging behavior of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae in Sitka Sound, Alaska, USA

(2016) JA Burrows et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Baleen Hydrodynamics and Morphology of Cross-Flow Filtration in Balaenid Whale Suspension Feeding

(2016) Alexander J. Werth et al.   PLoS One

Estimation of a Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Population’s Diet Using Sequencing Analysis of DNA from Feces

(2016) Michael J. Ford et al.   PLoS One

Gigantism and Its Implications for the History of Life

(2016) Geerat J. Vermeij   PLoS One

Sperm whale echolocation behaviour reveals a directed, prior-based search strategy informed by prey distribution

(2015) A. Fais et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Prey density and distribution drive the three-dimensional foraging strategies of the largest filter feeder

(2015) Jeremy A. Goldbogen et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Drag from fishing gear entangling North Atlantic right whales

(2015) Julie M. van der Hoop et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Evolutionary innovation and ecology in marine tetrapods from the Triassic to the Anthropocene

(2015) N. P. Kelley et al.   SCIENCE

Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna

(2015) Craig R. McClain et al.   PeerJ

Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) optimize foraging efficiency by balancing oxygen use and energy gain as a function of prey density

(2015) E. L. Hazen et al.   Science Advances

The Relationship between Vessel Traffic and Noise Levels Received by Killer Whales (Orcinus orca)

(2015) Juliana Houghton et al.   PLoS One

The social context of individual foraging behaviour in long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas)

(2014) Fleur Visser et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Feeding rates and under-ice foraging strategies of the smallest lunge filter feeder, the Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis)

(2014) A. S. Friedlaender et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Using accelerometers to determine the calling behavior of tagged baleen whales

(2014) J. A. Goldbogen et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

What a jerk: prey engulfment revealed by high-rate, super-cranial accelerometry on a harbour seal (Phoca vitulina)

(2014) K. S. Ydesen et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Feeding performance by sympatric blue and fin whales exploiting a common prey resource

(2014) Ari S. Friedlaender et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Examining predator-prey body size, trophic level and body mass across marine and terrestrial mammals

(2014) M. A. Tucker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Acoustic and foraging behavior of a Baird's beaked whale, Berardius bairdii, exposed to simulated sonar

(2014) A. K. Stimpert et al.   Scientific Reports

Energy content of Pacific salmon as prey of northern and southern resident killer whales

(2014) SM O’Neill et al.   Endangered Species Research

First direct measurements of behavioural responses by Cuvier's beaked whales to mid-frequency active sonar

(2013) S. L. DeRuiter et al.   Biology Letters

Integrative Approaches to the Study of Baleen Whale Diving Behavior, Feeding Performance, and Foraging Ecology

(2013) Jeremy A. Goldbogen et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Evidence for density-dependent changes in body condition and pregnancy rate of North Atlantic fin whales over four decades of varying environmental conditions

(2013) R. Williams et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Novel muscle and connective tissue design enables high extensibility and controls engulfment volume in lunge-feeding rorqual whales

(2013) R. E. Shadwick et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Extreme diel variation in the feeding behavior of humpback whales along the western Antarctic Peninsula during autumn

(2013) AS Friedlaender et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Behavior and social structure of the sperm whales of Dominica, West Indies

(2013) Shane Gero et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Effects of Body Condition on Buoyancy in Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales

(2013) Anna E. Nousek-McGregor et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Blue whales respond to simulated mid-frequency military sonar

(2013) J. A. Goldbogen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Underwater acrobatics by the world's largest predator: 360  rolling manoeuvres by lunge-feeding blue whales

(2012) J. A. Goldbogen et al.   Biology Letters

Keeping momentum with a mouthful of water: behavior and kinematics of humpback whale lunge feeding

(2012) M. Simon et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Active hunting by deep-diving sperm whales: 3D dive profiles and maneuvers during bursts of speed

(2012) K Aoki et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Marine Mammal Behavioral Response Studies in Southern California: Advances in Technology and Experimental Methods

(2012) Brandon L. Southall et al.   MARINE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY JOURNAL

Metabolic Expenditures of Lunge Feeding Rorquals Across Scale: Implications for the Evolution of Filter Feeding and the Limits to Maximum Body Size

(2012) Jean Potvin et al.   PLoS One

Dangerous dining: surface foraging of North Atlantic right whales increases risk of vessel collisions

(2011) S. E. Parks et al.   Biology Letters

A supermatrix analysis of genomic, morphological, and paleontological data from crown Cetacea

(2011) Jonathan H Geisler et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Scaling of lunge-feeding performance in rorqual whales: mass-specific energy expenditure increases with body size and progressively limits diving capacity

(2011) Jeremy A. Goldbogen et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Reconstructing Body Size in Extinct Crown Cetacea (Neoceti) Using Allometry, Phylogenetic Methods and Tests from the Fossil Record

(2011) Nicholas D. Pyenson et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION

Following a Foraging Fish-Finder: Diel Habitat Use of Blainville's Beaked Whales Revealed by Echolocation

(2011) Patricia Arranz et al.   PLoS One

Parallel evolutionary trajectories underlie the origin of giant suspension-feeding whales and bony fishes

(2011) M. Friedman   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Biology of the sauropod dinosaurs: the evolution of gigantism

(2010) P. Martin Sander et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Mechanics, hydrodynamics and energetics of blue whale lunge feeding: efficiency dependence on krill density

(2010) J. A. Goldbogen et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Scaling of lunge feeding in rorqual whales: An integrated model of engulfment duration

(2010) J. Potvin et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Shallow and deep lunge feeding of humpback whales in fjords of the West Antarctic Peninsula

(2010) Colin Ware et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

The giant bite of a new raptorial sperm whale from the Miocene epoch of Peru

(2010) Olivier Lambert et al.   NATURE

100-Million-Year Dynasty of Giant Planktivorous Bony Fishes in the Mesozoic Seas

(2010) M. Friedman et al.   SCIENCE

Optimal fineness ratio for minimum drag in large whales

(2009) Boye K. Ahlborn et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Acoustic characterisation of the broad-scale distribution and abundance of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) off East Antarctica (30-80°E) in January-March 2006

(2009) Toby Jarvis et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Elemental composition, biochemical composition and caloric value of Antarctic krill.

(2009) Jaime Färber-Lorda et al.   JOURNAL OF MARINE SYSTEMS

Passive versus active engulfment: verdict from trajectory simulations of lunge-feeding fin whales Balaenoptera physalus

(2009) J. Potvin et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Diel changes in humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae feeding behavior in response to sand lance Ammodytes spp. behavior and distribution

(2009) AS Friedlaender et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Studying the behaviour and sensory ecology of marine mammals using acoustic recording tags: a review

(2009) M Johnson et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Divergence date estimation and a comprehensive molecular tree of extant cetaceans

(2009) Michael R. McGowen et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Behaviour and kinematics of continuous ram filtration in bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus)

(2009) M. Simon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Skull and buccal cavity allometry increase mass-specific engulfment capacity in fin whales

(2009) J. A. Goldbogen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Species and stock identification of prey consumed by endangered southern resident killer whales in their summer range

(2009) MB Hanson et al.   Endangered Species Research

Long-term social structure of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) in the Strait of Gibraltar

(2008) R. de Stephanis et al.   ACTA ETHOLOGICA

Cheetahs of the deep sea: deep foraging sprints in short-finned pilot whales off Tenerife (Canary Islands)

(2008) Natacha Aguilar Soto et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY