Recent Publications (partial list)

Heise, K. and L.G. Barrett-Lennard.  in press.  The calm before the storm: the need for baseline acoustic studies off the central and north coasts of British Columbia, Canada.  Bioacoustics.

Vergara, V., Barrett-Lennard, L.G.  In press.  Vocal development in a beluga calf.  Aquatic Mammals.

Guinet, C., Domenici, P., de Stephanis, R., Barrett-Lennard, L.G., Verborgh, P. 2007. Killer whale predation on bluefin tuna: the exhaustion factor.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 147:111-119.

Wade, P.R., Barrett-Lennard, L.G., et al. 2007. Killer whales and marine mammal trends in the North Pacific – a re-examination of evidence for sequential megafauna collapse and the prey-switching hypothesis.  Marine Mammal Science. 23:766-802. (PDF)

Krahn, M.M., Herman, D.P., Matkin, C.O., Durban, J.W., Barrett-Lennard, L.G., Burrows, D.G., Dalheim, M.E., Black, N., LeDuc, R.G., Wade, P.R. 2007. Use of chemical profiles in assessing the feeding ecology of eastern North Pacific killer whales. Marine Envioronmental Research 63: 91-114. (PDF)

Matkin, C.O., Barrett-Lennard, L.G., Yurk, H., Ellifrit, D, Trites, A.W.  2007.  Ecotypic Variation and Predatory Behavior of Killer Whales in the Eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Fisheries Bulletin 105: 74-87. (PDF)

Barrett-Lennard, L.G., Heise, K. 2007. The Natural History and Ecology of Killer Whales: Foraging Specialization in a Generalist Predator. In Estes, J.A., Brownell, R.L., DeMaster, D.P., Doak, D.F., Williams, T.M.  Whales, whaling and ocean ecosystems. University of California Press, Berkely, C.A.

Herman, D.P., Burrows, D.G., Wade, P.R.,  Durban, J.W. Matkin, C.O., LeDuc, R.G., Barrett-Lennard, L.G. Krahn, M.M.  2005.  Feeding ecology of eastern North Pacific killer whales from fatty acid, stable isotope, and organochlorine analyses of blubber biopsies.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 302: 275-291. (PDF)

Rayne, S., Ikonomou, M.G., Ellis, G.M., Barrett-Lennard, L.G., Ross, P.S. 2004.  PBDEs, PBBs, and PCNs in Three Communities of Free-Ranging Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) from the Northeastern Pacific Ocean  Environmental Science and Technology 38: 4293-4299. (PDF)

Heise, K., Barrett-Lennard, L.G., Saulitis, E.L.,  Matkin, C.O., Bain, D. 2003.  Examining the evidence for killer whale predation on Steller sea lions in British Columbia and Alaska.  Aquatic Mammals 29:325-334.  (PDF)

Matkin, C.O., Barrett-Lennard, L.G., Ellis, G.  2002.  Killer whales and predation on Steller sea lions. In Demaster, D., Atkinson, S. (eds) Steller Sea Lion Decline:  Is it Food II?  61-66.  University of Alaska Sea Grant College Program, Volume AK-SG-02-02. (PDF)

Yurk, H., Barrett-Lennard L.G., Ford, J.K.B. and Matkin C.O. 2002. Cultural transmission within maternal lineages: Vocal clans in resident killer whales in Southern Alaska. Animal Behaviour 63:1103-1119.  (PDF)

Barrett-Lennard, L.G., Ellis, G.M. 2001. Population structure and genetic variability in northeastern Pacific killer whales: towards an assessment of population viability. Research Document 2001/065. Canadian Scientific Advisory Secretariat, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Available at the following url: http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas/Csas/publications/ResDocs-DocRech/2001/2001_065_e.htm  (PDF)

Barrett-Lennard, L.G., Deecke, V.B., Ford, J.K.B., Yurk, H. 2001. A sound approach to the study of culture. Behavioural and Brain Sciences 24:325-326. (PDF)

Barrett-Lennard, L.G. 2000. Population structure and mating patterns of killer whales (Orcinus orca) as revealed by DNA analysis. Ph.D., University of British Columbia (PDF)

Guinet, C. Barrett-Lennard, L.G., Loyer, B. 2000. Coordinated attack behaviour and prey sharing by killer whales at Crozet Archipelago: strategies for feeding on negatively-buoyant prey. Marine Mammal Science 16:829-834. (PDF)

Ross, P.S., Ellis, G.M. Ikonomou, M.G., Barrett-Lennard, L.G., Addison, R.F. 2000. High PCB concentrations in free-ranging Pacific killer whales, Orcinus orca: effects of age, sex and dietary preference. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 40:504–515. (PDF)

Saulitis, E.L., Matkin, C.O., Barrett-Lennard, L.G., Heise, K., Ellis, G.M. 2000. Foraging strategies of sympatric killer whale (Orcinus orca) populations in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Marine Mammal Science 16:94-109. (PDF)

Matkin, C.O., Ellis, G.M., Saulitis, E.L., Barrett-Lennard, L.G., Matkin, D. 1999. Killer whales of Southern Alaska. North Gulf Oceanic Society, Homer, Alaska. 96 pp.

Ford, J.K.B., Ellis, G.M., Barrett-Lennard, L.G., Morton, A.B., Palm, R.S., and Balcomb, K.C. 1998. Dietary specialization in two sympatric populations of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Coastal British Columbia and adjacent waters. Canadian Journal of Zoology 76:1456-1471. (PDF)

Barrett-Lennard, L.G., Smith, T.G., and Ellis, G.M. 1996. A cetacean biopsy system using lightweight pneumatic darts, and its effect on the behaviour of killer whales. Marine Mammal Science 12:14-27. (PDF)

Barrett-Lennard, L.G., Heise, K.A., and Ford, J.K.B. 1996. The mixed blessing of echolocation: differences in sonar use by fish-eating and mammal-eating killer whales. Animal Behaviour 51:553-565. (PDF)