Using morphology to infer physiology: case studies on rorqual whales (Balaenopteridae)

Stretchy nerves are an essential component of the extreme feeding mechanism of rorqual whales

(2015) A. Wayne Vogl et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The anatomy of the larynx of the bowhead whale,Balaena mysticetus, and its sound-producing functions

(2014) Heiko L. Schoenfuss et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

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

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

Cardiovascular design in fin whales: high-stiffness arteries protect against adverse pressure gradients at depth

(2013) M. A. Lillie et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

A review of cetacean lung morphology and mechanics

(2013) Marina A. Piscitelli et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

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

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

Mandible allometry in extant and fossil Balaenopteridae (Cetacea: Mammalia): the largest vertebrate skeletal element and its role in rorqual lunge feeding

(2012) Nicholas D. Pyenson et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

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

Discovery of a sensory organ that coordinates lunge feeding in rorqual whales

(2012) Nicholas D. Pyenson et al.   NATURE

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

Underwater components of humpback whale bubble-net feeding behaviour

(2011) David Wiley et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Exploring the effects of reductions in krill biomass in the Southern Ocean on blue whales using a state-dependent foraging model

(2011) John Wiedenmann et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

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

Deadly diving? Physiological and behavioural management of decompression stress in diving mammals

(2011) S. K. Hooker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

OBSERVATIONS ON THE VENOUS SYSTEM IN CERTAIN PINNIPEDIA AND CETACEA

(2010) R. J. HARRISON et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON

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

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

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

Observations on the musculoskeletal anatomy of the head of a neonate gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)

(2009) Cassie Johnston et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Human predators outpace other agents of trait change in the wild: Fig. 1.

(2009) Chris T. Darimont et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Behavioural estimation of blue whale movements in the Northeast Pacific from state-space model analysis of satellite tracks

(2009) H Bailey et al.   Endangered Species Research

Sisters of the Sinuses: Cetacean Air Sacs

(2008) Joy S. Reidenberg et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Pulmonary edema after competitive breath-hold diving

(2008) Mats H. Linér et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

The physiology and pathophysiology of human breath-hold diving

(2008) Peter Lindholm et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Foraging behavior of humpback whales: kinematic and respiratory patterns suggest a high cost for a lunge

(2008) J. A. Goldbogen et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Morphological and Molecular Evidence for a Stepwise Evolutionary Transition from Teeth to Baleen in Mysticete Whales

(2008) Thomas A. Deméré et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY