Publications

Publications and scientific posters authored or co-authored by Ocean Alliance

Recent Publications

Lizewski, K. Alexander, A. Steel, DJ. Mate, B. EngelHaupt, D. Wise, J. Kerr, I. Rogan, A. Rosel, P. Hayslip, C. Mullin, K. Gordon, J. Palacios, D. Levenson, J. Holmberg, J. Hoelzel, A. Wise, J. Baker, CS. 2025. Change in matrilineal structure over time in an isolated population of sperm whales. Marine Ecology Progress Series.

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Lammers, M. Schonwald, M. Glazer, E. Pack, A. Kügler, A. Shorter, A. Parks, S. Zadra, C. Lyman, E. Kerr, I. 2026. Humpback whale vessel noise exposure and behavioral response on the Hawaiian breeding ground. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

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Adcock, D. Parks, S. Zadra, C. Southall, B. Nowacek, D. 2026. Detection of Pile-Driving Sounds from Windfarm Construction on Sound and Movement Recording Tags Attached to Fin Whales in Southern New England Waters. In: Popper, A.N., Sisneros, J.A., Lepper, P.A., Vigness-Raposa, K.J. (eds) The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life IV

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Cusano, D. Wiley, D. Zeh, J. Kerr, I. Pensarosa, A. Zadra, C. Shorter, A. Parks, S. 2023. Acoustic recording tags provide insight into the springtime acoustic behavior of sei whales in Massachusetts Bay. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
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Wiley, D. Zadra, C. Friedlaender, A. Parks, S. Pensarosa, A. Rogan, A. Shorter, A. Urban, J. Kerr I. 2023. Deployment of biologging tags on free swimming large whales using uncrewed aerial systems. Royal Society Open Science.
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Costa, H. Rogan, A. Zadra, C. Larsen, O. Rikardsen, A. Waugh, C. 2023. Blowing in the Wind: Using a Consumer Drone for the Collection of Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Blow Samples during the Arctic Polar Nights. Drones
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Letessier, T. Mannocci, L. Goodwin, B. Embling, C. de Vos, A. Anderson, C. Ingram, S. Rogan, A. Turvey, S. 2023. Contrasting ecological information content in whaling archives with modern cetacean surveys for conservation planning and identification of historical distribution changes. Conservation Biology.
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Hersh, T. et al. (including Kerr, I. Rogan, A. as co-authors). 2022. Evidence from sperm whale clans of symbolic marking in non-human cultures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Atkinson, S. et al. 2021. Genetic, Endocrine, and Microbiological Assessments of Blue, Humpback and Killer Whale Health using Unoccupied Aerial Systems
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Meaza, I. Toyoda, J. Wise, J. 2021. Microplastics in sea turtles, marine mammals, and humans: a one environmental health perspective. Frontiers in Environmental Science: Toxicology, Pollution, and the Environment. 8.
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Poirier, M. et al. 2021. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-DNA adducts in Gulf of Mexico sperm whale skin biopsies collected in 2012. Toxicological Sciences. 181(1), 115-124.
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Poirier, N. 2021. DNA damage in cetaceans: a mini review. Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis. 870-871, 503392.
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Christiansen, F. et al. 2020. Population comparison of right whale body condition reveals poor state of the North Atlantic right whale. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 614, 1-16
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Keller, B. Willke, T. 2019. SnotBot: A whale of a deep-learning project. IEEE Spectrum. 56, 12

Posters

Below are some of the posters we have submitted at conferences around the globe since 2015. To see the posters, click on the titles.

Zadra, C. et al. 2022. Novel method for deploying tags on whales via UAS
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Pensarosa, A. et al. 2022. UAV-based Protocols for Collecting Blow Samples from Free-ranging Whales
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Polinski, J. et al. 2022. 16S Analysis of Drone-Collected Blow Provides Insights into the Respiratory Microbiome of Cetaceans
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Rogan, A. et al. Genetic, Endocrine, and Microbiological Assessments of Blue, Humpback and Killer Whale Health using Unoccupied Aerial Systems
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Sremba, A. 2019. DNA profiling by SnotBot sampling from the spout of a whale
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Kerr, I. et al. 2019. Measuring wild cetacean body temperature via blowholes using infrared thermal imaging from a drone
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Kerr. I. et al. 2017. SnotBot: documented reactions of cetaceans to drones
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Keller, B. et al. 2017. Machine learning and unmanned aerial systems for analysis of whale health and identity in the field.
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Kerr, I. et al. 2017. Machine learning and unmanned aerial systems for real time analysis of whale health and identity
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Kerr, I. et al. 2016. Drones for Whale Research: SnotBot, EarBot & FLIRBot
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Bennett, A. et al. 2015. Autonomous vehicles for remote sample collection in difficult conditions
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Kerr, I. et al. 2015. SnotBot: developing an innovative platform for cetacean research
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Kerr, I. et al. 2015. Marine mammal toxicological research and education. Five summers in the Gulf of Mexico in response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster