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Publications

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Harassment and killing of porpoises (“phocoenacide”) by fish-eating Southern Resident killer whales (Orcinus orca)
September 28, 2023
Marine Mammal Science

Deborah A. Giles, Sarah J. Teman, Samuel Ellis, John K. B. Ford, Monika W. Shields, M. Bradley Hanson, Candice K. Emmons, Paul E. Cottrell, Robin W. Baird, Richard W. Osborne, Michael Weiss, David K. Ellifrit, Jennifer K. Olson, Jared R. Towers, Graeme Ellis, Dena Matkin, Courtney E. Smith, Stephen A. Raverty, Stephanie A. Norman, Joseph K. Gaydos

Movements and social behavior of killer whales (Orcinus orca) off the Brazilian coast
July 20, 2023
Fronters in Marine Science

Aline Athayde, Mauricio Cantor, Júlio Cardoso, Arlaine Francisco, Frank Pereira dos Santos, Heitor Crespo, Marcel Vinicius de Morais, Manuel da Cruz Albaladejo, Hugo Gallo Neto, Salvatore Siciliano

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Stereotyped whistles in southern resident killer whales
August 27, 2021
PeerJ

Marie Souhaut, Monika W. Shields

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Increased presence of mammal-eating killer whales in the Salish Sea with implications for predator-prey dynamics
December 4, 2018
PeerJ

Monika W. Shields, Sara Hysong-Shimazu, Jason C. Shields, Julie Woodruff

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Declining spring usage of core habitat by endangered fish-eating killer whales reflects decreased availability of their primary prey
May 15, 2018
Pacific Conservation Biology 24(2) 189-193

Monika W. Shields, Jimmie Lindell, Julie Woodruff

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Changing durations of southern resident killer whale (Orcinus orca) discrete calls between two periods spanning 28 years
January 1, 2010
Marine Mammal Science

Monika W. Shields, Albyn Jones, Susan C. P. Renn

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ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS

Endangered Orcas: The Story of the Southern Residents
March 19, 2019
Book

Monika W. Shields

Status and trends for West Coast transient (Bigg’s) killer whales in the Salish Sea
January 1, 2019
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound

Monika W. Shields, Scott Veirs

THESES

"Repertoire Usage of the Southern Resident Community of Killer Whales (Orcinus Orca)"
January 1, 2007
Reed College Undergraduate Thesis

Monika W. Shields

“Identification of changes in the call repertoire of Southern Resident killer whales (Orcinus orca).”
January 1, 2021
Unity College Capstone Project

Elizabeth Hartman

“Whistle communication within the Southern Resident killer whale (Orcinus orca) population."
January 1, 2020
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology Masters Thesis

Marie Souhaut

“Potential impacts of dam removal on salmon food supply of an endangered population of killer whales.”
January 1, 2019
University of York Masters Thesis

Gregory Fuchs

“Long-term behavioural changes in the Southern Resident killer whale (Orincus orca) population around the San Juan Islands.”
January 1, 2017
University of Gothenburg Masters Thesis

Jimmy Lindell

“Non-Kinship Social Bonds in Resident Killer Whales (Orcinus orca)”. Reed College Undergraduate Thesis.
January 1, 2016
Reed College Undergraduate Thesis

Michael Weiss