Publications

3 dolphins swim near a humpback whale
Photo: Ed Lyman/NOAA, under NOAA MMHSRP Permit #20311

Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary is a leader, collaborator, or partner in many research and monitoring efforts. The information gained from these efforts is shared at scientific meetings, and in publications and reports. Below is a citation list for these efforts and projects that the sanctuary has led, been involved in, or supported. Many of the citations will have links to the publication. For more information about these projects or their related products, please contact the sanctuary or the listed researchers.


2023

Bolling, Z. M., Wright, S. K., Teerlink, S. S., and Lyman, E. G. (2023). Killer Whale Entanglements in Alaska: Summary Report 1991-2022. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-f/AKR-32, 50 p.

Cheeseman, T., Southerland, K., Acebes, J.M., Audley, K., Barlow, J., Bejder, L., Birdsall, C., Bradford, A.L., Byington, J.K., Calambokidis, J., Cartwright, R., Cedarleaf, J., García Chavez, A.J., Currie, J.J., Lle De Weerdt, J., Doe, N., Doniol-Valcroze, T., Dracott, K., Filatova, O., Finn, R., Flynn, K., Ford, J.K.B., Frisch-Jordán, A., Gabriele, C.M., Goodwin, B., Hayslip, C., Hildering, J., Hill, M.C., Jacobsen, J.K., Esther Jiménez-López, M., Jones, M., Kobayashi, N., Lyman, E., Malleson, M., Mamaev, E., Loustalot, P.M., Masterman, A., Matkin, C., Mcmillan, C.J., Moore, J.E., Moran, J.R., Neilson, J.L., Newell, H., Okabe, H., Olio, M., Pack, A.A., Palacios, D.M., Pearson, H.C., Quintana-Rizzo, E., Fernando, R., Barragán, R., Ransome, N., Rosales-Nanduca, H., Sharpe, F., Shaw, T., Stack, S.H., Staniland, I., Straley, J., Szabo, A., Teerlink, S., Titova, O., Urban, J., 32, R., Van Aswegen, M., Vinicius De Morais, M., Von Ziegesar, O., Witteveen, B., Wray, J., Yano, K.M., Zwiefelhofer, D., Clapham, P. (2023). (Almost) all the humpback whales in the North Pacific: A collaborative and comprehensive photo-id dataset. Scientific Reports 2023 13:1 13, 1–17.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36928-1

Finn, R., Lyman, E., Cheeseman T., and Moore, J. (2023). Entanglement scar analysis of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, in Hawaiian waters (2013 - 2021): A comparison of surface and underwater-obtained imagery. Abstract in the 2023 Hawaii Conservation Conference. June 27 - 29, 2023. Honolulu, Hawaii

Harvey, M., Lyman, E., and Finn, R. (2023). Health and Risk Assessment Monitoring Program 2022-2023 Season-end report under Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Sanctuary report. 21 pp.

Lammers, M.O., Zang, E.J., Kügler, A. and Mooney, T.A. (2023). Measuring fluctuation in Humpback whale presence in Hawaii based on song chorusing levels. In: Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life: Principles and Practical Considerations. A.N. Popper, J. Sisneros, A. Hawkins and F. Thomsen, Eds. Pp. 1-9. Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10417-6_88-1

Lammers, M.O., Kriedler, N., Kügler, A. and Zang, E.J. (2023). Too loud: A singing humpback whale responds to ship noise. Proceedings of the 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association.

Lammers, M.O., Goodwin B., Kügler, A., Zang, E.J., Harvey, M., Margolina, T., Martinez, J.A., Merkens, K. and Hatch, L.T. (2023). The occurrence of humpback whales across the Hawaiian archipelago revealed by fixed and mobile acoustic monitoring. Front. Mar. Sci. 10:1083583. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1083583

Lyman, E., Lammers, M., Pack, A., Bradford, A., Kramer, D., Currie, J., Stack, S., Rossa, J., Finn, R. (2023). Variability in Collisions Between Vessels and Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Hawaiian Waters (1979 – 2022). Abstract in the 2023 Hawaii Conservation Conference. June 27 - 29, 2023. Honolulu, Hawaii

McMillan, Christie J., Ford, J. K. B., Cheeseman, T., Calambokidis, J., Audley, K., Birdsall, C., Byington, J. K., Currie, J., Darling, J. D., De Weerdt, J., Doe, N., Doniol-Valcroze, T., Dracott, K., Finn R., Frisch-Jordán, A., Gabriele, C., Goodwin, B., Hildering, J., Jones, M., Lyman, E., Malleson, M., Martinez Loustalot, P., Pack, A. A., Quintana-Rizzo, E., Ransome, N., Shaw, T. J. H., Stack, S., Urbán Ramirez, J., Wray, J., Wright, B. M., Yano, K. M. (2023). Spatial patterns in the migratory destinations of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) encountered in Canadian Pacific waters, based on photo-identification data and ocean basin-wide collaboration. Canadian technical report of fisheries and aquatic sciences 3519

Riley, H., Straley, J., Cheeseman, T., Urban, J., Audley, K., Fritsch, A., Martinez, P., Ransome, N., Lyman, E., Gabriele, C., Pack, A., Zang, E., Kobayashi, N., Acebes, J., Calambokidis, J., Filatova, O., Titova, O., Burdin, A., Witteveen, B. (2023). SPLASH twenty years later: What do we know about the humpback whales of the eastern Aleutian Islands? Abstract in the 2024 Alaska Marine Science Symposium. January 29- February 2, 2024. Anchorage, Alaska

2022

Allen, D., C. Fazioli, A. Henry, E. Lyman, and S. Panigada. (2022). Human injuries from vessel collisions with whales highlight opportunities for increased public messaging to improve operational safety. Abstract in the Proceedings of the 24th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, August 1 - 5, 2022 West Palm Beach, Florida

Bradford, A.L. and Lyman, E. (2022). Injury determinations for humpback whales and other cetaceans reported to the Hawaiian Islands Disentanglement and Pacific Islands Marine Mammal Response Networks during 2019. PIFSC Data Report DR-22-018. 5 pp.

Cheeseman, T., Audley, K., Frisch-Jordán A., Ransome, N., Urbán Ramirez, J., Martinez Loustalot, P., Jacobsen J., Quintana-Rizzo, E., De Weerdt, J., Palacios, D. M., Hayslip, C., Calambokidis, J., Flynn, K., Clapham, P., McMillan, C., Hildering, J., Wray, J., Doe, N., Birdsall, C., Dracott, K., Darling, J. D., Byington, J. K., Shaw, T., Mallison, M., Ford, J. K., Doniol-Valcroze, T. ,Neilson, J., Teerlink, S., Straley, J., Cedarleaf, J., Szabo, A., Sharpe, F., Moran, J., Pearson, H., von Ziegesar, O., Witteveen, B., Zwiefelhofer, D., Matkin, C., Cartwright, R., Stack, S., Currie, J., Jones, M., Lyman, E., Finn, R., Gabriele, C., Pack, A. A., Goodwin, B., Yano, K. Beyder, L., van Aswegen, M., Hill, M., Acebes, J. M., Filatova, O., Titova, O., Mamaev, E., Donovan, G., Moore, J., Barlow, J., Olio, M., and Newell, H. (2022). A Happy Collaboration: Basin-scale, High-throughput, AI-assisted Photo-ID Matching for North Pacific Humpback Whales. Abstract in the Proceedings of the 24th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, August 1 - 5, 2022 West Palm Beach, Florida

Darling J. D., Audley K., Cheeseman T., Goodwin B., Lyman E. G., and Urbán R. J. (2022). Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) attend both Mexico and Hawaii breeding grounds in the same winter: mixing in the northeast Pacific.” Biol. Lett. 18: 20210547.https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0547

DeAngelis, A.I., Van Parijs, S.M., Barkowski, J., Baumann-Pickering, S., Burger, K., Davis, G., Joseph, J. E., Kok, A.C.M., Kügler, A., Lammers, M.O., Margolina, T., Pegg, N., Rice, A., Rowell, T.J., Ryan, J.P., Stokoe, A., Zang E. and Hatch, L.T. (2022). Exploring marine mammal presence across seven US national marine sanctuaries. Front. Rem. Sens. 3:970401. doi: 10.3389/frsen.2022.970401

Durazo, P., J. Robbins, M. Harvey, E. Kelly, B. Lynch, D. Matilla, M. Silva, and S. Landry. (2022). Systematic analysis of injuries sustained by entangled rorqual whales off the U.S East Coast. Abstract in the Proceedings of the 24th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, August 1 – 5, 2022, West Palm Beach, Florida

Eldridge, S. A., Mortazavi, F., Rice, F. L., Ketten, D. R., Wiley, D. N., Lyman, E., Reidenberg, J. S., Hanke, F. D., DeVreese, S., Strobel, S. M., and Rosene, D. L. (2022). Specializations of somatosensory innervation in the skin of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). The Anatomical Record, 1–21.

Finn, R., E. Lyman, L. Bejder, J. Currie, M. van Aswegen, J. Moore, S. Stack, T. Cheeseman, M. Lammers, S. Wilkin, and T. Spadlin. (2022). Entanglement Scar Analysis of Humpback Whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, in Hawaiian Waters (2013 – 2021): A Comparison of Surface, Aerial, and Underwater-Obtained Imagery. Abstract in the Proceedings of the 24th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, August 1 - 5, 2022 West Palm Beach, Florida

Henry, A., D. Allen, A. Bradford, J. Carretta, T. Cole, E. Lyman, and N. Young. (2022). Comparing Baleen Whale Human-caused Injury Events between the U.S. North Pacific, U.S. North Atlantic, and Atlantic Canadian Maritimes. Abstract in the Proceedings of the 24th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, August 1 - 5, 2022 West Palm Beach, Florida

Lammers, M., Zang, E. J. and Kügler A. (2022) Research activities at HIHWNMS during the 2021-22 whale season. Sanctuary report. 6pp

Lammers, M., J. Kittel, E. Zang, J. Zeh, S. Parks, W. Gough, D. Cade, E. Lyman, and A. Pack. (2022). The Behavioral Activity of Humpback Whales on Their Hawaiian Breeding Grounds Measured Through Instrumented Tags. Abstract in the Proceedings of the 24th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, August 1 - 5, 2022 West Palm Beach, Florida

Lammers, M.O., Zang, E. J., Kügler, A., Martinez, J., Merkens, K. and Hatch, L. (2022). Cetacean acoustic monitoring across the Hawaiian archipelago: building on Whitlow Au’s legacy. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 151, A74
https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0010702

Lammers, M.O., Goodwin, B., Kuegler, A., Harvey, M., Zang, E., Martinez, J. and Hatch, L. (2022). Along for the glide: humpback whale presence in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument revealed by an autonomous surface vehicle. 2022 Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization and Density Estimation of Marine Mammals in Honolulu, HI (March 2022).

Lyman, E. and Finn, R. (Editors)(2022). Corporate Author Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program (US), Large Whale Entanglement Response Best Practices, Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program. 320 pp. https://doi.org/10.25923/sbk0-5p45

Lyman, E., and Finn, R. (2022). Health and Risk Assessment Monitoring Program 2021-2022 Season-end report under Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Sanctuary report. 22 pp.

Lyman, E., M. Lammers, A. Pack, A. Bradford, D. Schoefield, J. Currie, S. Stack, J. Rossa, and A. Tom. (2022). Variability in Collisions Between Vessels and Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Hawaiian Waters (1979 – 2021). Abstract in the Proceedings of the 24th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, August 1 - 5, 2022 West Palm Beach, Florida

Lynch, B., S. Landry, P. Durazo, M. Harvey, E. Kelly, D. Matilla, M. Silva, and J. Robbins. (2022). Assessing entanglement configuration and the resulting implications for rorquals in the Western Atlantic. Abstract in the Proceedings of the 24th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, August 1 – 5, 2022, West Palm Beach, Florida

Manley, S., Onens, P., Wilkin, S., Fauquier, D., Hall, L., Rowles, T., Brill, K., Raum-Suryan, K., Greig, D., Lyman, E., Finn, R., McClenahan, S., and Damon-Randall, K. (2022). Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program: Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement. NMFS.

Parsons, M.J.G., Lin, T-H., Mooney, T.A., Erbe, C., Juanes, F., Lammers, M.O., Li, S., Linke, S., Looby, A., Nedelec, S.L., Van Opzeeland, I., Radford, C., Rice, A.N., Sayigh, L., Stanley, J., Urban, E. and Di Iorio, L. (2022). Sounding the Call for a Global Library of Underwater Biological Sounds. Front. Ecol. Evol. 10:810156.

Tenorio-Halle, L., Thode, A.M., Lammers, M.O., Conrad, A.S. and Kim, K.H. (2022). “Multi-target 2D tracking method for singing humpback whales using vector sensors.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 151:126-137.

Wilkin, S., S. Manley, T. Spradlin, D. Fauquier, E. Lyman, D. Schofield, J. Viezbicke, J. Greenman, L. Saez, D. Dawson, K. Wilkinson, D. Morin, S. Wright, K. Savage, A. Jensen, B. Zoodsma, B. Mase-Guthrie, J. Smith, and T. Roles. (2022). Large Whale Entanglements in the United States (2007-2020): A National Overview under NOAA’s Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program. Abstract in the Proceedings of the 24th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, August 1 - 5, 2022 West Palm Beach, Florida

2021

Zang, E., and Lammers, M. (2021). Estimated density and abundance of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) off Maui, Hawai‘i: Results from 2018-21 vessel-based surveys. National Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-21-09. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.

McElligott, M. M. and Lammers, M. O. (2021). “Investigating spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) occurrence and acoustic activity in the Maui Nui region.” Front. Mar. Sci. 8:703818.

Howe, M., and Lammers, M.O. (2021). Investigating the Diel Occurrence of Odontocetes Around the Maui Nui Region Using Passive Acoustic Techniques. Pacific Science 75(1), 147-161. https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/791074.

Lammers, M.O., Kittel, J., Zang, E., Zeh, J., Parks, S., Goth, W., Cade, D., Lyman, E. and Pack A. (2021) The behavioral activity of humpback whales on their Hawaiian breeding grounds measured through instrumented tags. 7th International Bio-logging Symposium in Honolulu, HI (October 2021)

McKenna M.F., Baumann-Pickering S., Kok A.C.M., Oestreich W.K., Adams J.D., Barkowski J., Fristrup K.M., Goldbogen J.A., Joseph J., Kim E.B., Kügler A., Lammers M.O., Margolina T., Peavey Reeves L.E., Rowell T.J. Stanley J.A., Stimpert A.K., Zang E.J., Southall B.L., Wall C.C., Parijs S.V. and Hatch L.T. (2021). Advancing the Interpretation of Shallow Water Marine Soundscapes. Front. Mar. Sci. 8:719258. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.719258

Kügler A., Lammers M.O., Zang E.J. and Pack A.A. (2021). Male Humpback Whale Chorusing in Hawai‘i and Its Relationship With Whale Abundance and Density. Front. Mar. Sci. 8:735664. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.735664

Lammers M.O., Zang, E.J. and Kügler A. (2021) Research activities at HIHWNMS during the 2020-21 whale season. Sanctuary Report

2020

Bradford A.L. and Lyman E. (2020). Injury determinations for humpback whales and other cetaceans reported to the Hawaiian Islands Disentanglement and Pacific Islands Marine Mammal Response Networks during 2018. NOAA Tech Memo. NMFS-PIFSC-103. 18 pp.

Kügler, A., Lammers, M.O., Zang, E.J., Kaplan, M. B., and Mooney, T. A. (2020). “Fluctuations in Hawaii's humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae population inferred from male song chorusing off Maui.” Species Research, 43, 421-434. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01080

Howe, M., Lammers, M.O. and Baird, R. (2020). “Participatory science and directed survey methods: A case study with Odontocetes in the Maui Nui region of the Hawaiian Islands” J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 20: 101–109.

Mooney, T. A., Di Iorio, L., Lammers, M., Lin, T. H., Nedelec, S. L., Parsons, M., Radford, C., Urban, E., and Stanley, J. (2020). "Listening forward: Approaching marine biodiversity assessments using acoustic methods: Acoustic diversity and biodiversity." Royal Society Open Science, 7(8).

Romagosa, M., Baumgartner, M., Cascão, I., Lammers, M.O., Marques, T.A., Santos, R.S.. and Silva, M.A. (2020). Baleen whale acoustic presence and behaviour at a Mid-Atlantic migratory habitat, the Azores Archipelago. Sci. Rep. 10:4766, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61849-8.

Romagosa, M., Lucas, C., Perez-Jorge, S., Tobena, M., Lehodey, P., Reis, J., Cascão, I., Lammers, M.O., Caldeira, R.M.A. and Silva, M.A. (2020). Differences in regional oceanography and prey biomass influence the presence of foraging odontocetes at two Atlantic seamounts. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 36:158–179. DOI: 10.1111/mms.12626

Stimpert, A.K., Lammers, M.O., Pack, A.A. and Au, W.W.L. (2020). “Variation in received levels on a sound and movement recording tag on a singing humpback whale: Implications for caller identification.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 147:3684-3690.

Lammers M.O., Zang, E.J. and Kügler A. (2020) Research activities at HIHWNMS during the 2019-20 whale season. Sanctuary Report. 6pp

2019

Bradford, AL and Lyman, E. (2019). Injury determinations for humpback whales and other cetaceans reported to the Hawaiian Islands Disentanglement and Pacific Islands Marine Mammal Response Networks during 2017. NOAA Tech Memo. NMFS-PIFSC-81. 18 pp.

Cascão, I., Lammers, M.O., Domokos, R., Santos, R.S. and Silva, M.A. (2019). Seamount effects on the diel vertical migration and spatial structure of micronekton. Progress in Oceanography. 175:1-13.

Lammers, M.O. (2019). Spinner dolphins of islands and atolls. In: Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Toothed Whales and Dolphins, the Odontocetes. Würsig, B., Ed. Springer. Pp 369-385.

Lammers, M.O., Zang, E., Kuegler, A., Martinez, J,. Harvey, M., Hatch, L. and Lyman, E. (2019). ”Beyond Maui: Humpback whale occurrence across the Hawaiian archipelago revealed through the prevalence of song.” 23rd Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals in Barcelona, Spain (December 2019)

Lammers, M.O.M, Kuegler, A., Zang, E., Kaplan, M. and Mooney, A. (2019). Changes in the use of a winter breeding area revealed by male humpback whale chorusing. 5th International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, Den Haag, The Netherlands (July 2019).

Lammers M.O., Zang, E.J. and Kügler A. (2019) Research activities at HIHWNMS during the 2018-19 whale season. Sanctuary Report. 6pp

Lyman, E. and R. Finn. (2019). 2018-2019 Humpback Whale Entanglement and Whale-Vessel Contact Reports, Response Efforts, and Related Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Monitoring Research around the Main Hawaiian Islands: a season-end Report. NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Reference Document. 35 pp.

Lyman, E., R. Finn, J. Moran, K. Savage, C. Gabriele, J. Straley, N. Davis, F. Sharpe, J. Neilson, A. Jensen, D. Schofield, S. Wright, P.Cottrell, T. Rowles, S. Wilkin, M. Lammers, E. Zang. (2019). Are recent population level changes in the central North Pacific humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, affecting entanglement threat and reporting rate? Abstract in the Proceedings of the 23rd Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals. Dec 9 - 12, 2019 Barcelona, Spain

Lynch, B., M. Harvey, S. Landry, D. Matilla, J. Robbins, E. Sacrey, D. Sandilands, L. Sette, and J. Tackaberry. (2019). Rethinking the process of whale entanglement through first person observations. Abstract in the Proceedings of the 23rd Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, December 9 - 12, 2019, Barcelona, Spain

Wong, P. (editor) (2019). Trends in humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) abundance, distribution, and health in Hawaii and Alaska Report from a meeting held on November 27-28, 2018. NOAA National Ocean Service, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary and NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Regional Office, Protected Resources Division.

2018

Bradford, A., and E. Lyman. (2018). Injury determinations for humpback whales and other cetaceans reported to NOAA response networks in the Hawaiian Islands during 2013-2016. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo., NOAA-TM-NMFS-PIFSC-45, 20 pp.

Eldredge, Sherri. (2018). Morphology of mechanoreceptor afferents in aquatically-adapted cetacean skin. Doctoral Thesis. University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, USA.

Eldredge, Sherri, D. Wiley, E. Lyman, and D. Ketten. (2018). Morphology of mechanoreceptor afferents in aquatically-adapted cetacean skin. Abstract in the Proceedings of the 22th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals. Oct 22 - 27, 2017, Halifax, NS Canada

Lyman, E. and R. Finn. (2018). 2017-2018 Humpback Whale Entanglement and Whale-Vessel Contact Reports, Response Efforts, and Related Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Monitoring Research around the Main Hawaiian Islands: a season-end Report. NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Reference Document. 40 pp.

Piwetz, S., Gailey, G., Munger, L., Lammers, M.O., Jefferson, T.A. and Würsig, B. (2018). “Theodolite tracking in marine mammal research: from Roger Payne to the present.” Aquat. Mamm. 44: 683-693.

2017

Lyman, E. and R. Finn. (2017). 2016-2017 Humpback Whale Entanglement and Whale-Vessel Contact Reports, Response Efforts, and Related Sanctuary Research Around the Main Hawaiian Islands: a season-end Report. NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Reference Document. 25 pp.

2016

Davis, Nicole, M., D. Schofield, T. Elliot, E. Lyman, R. Baird, and K. West. (2016). Unusual Stranding Occurrences of pygmy killer whales in Maui, Hawaii. Abstract Submission for the 2016 National Marine Animal Health and Stranding Network Conference, September 6 – 9, 2016. Shepherdstown, WV, USA

Finn, R. (2016). Estimating non-lethal entanglement rates through scar analysis of central North Pacific humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae): Assessment of additional body regions. Master’s thesis. Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Lyman, E. and R. Finn. (2016). 2015-2016 Large whale entanglements and response efforts around the main Hawaiian Islands: a season-end Report. NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Reference Document. 15 pp.

Lyman, Edward., R. Finn, D. Mattila, J. Moore, J. Neilson, J. Carrier, C. DeFazio, C. Gabriele, and J. Martinez. (2016). Entanglement reports and scar analysis of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, in Hawaiian waters (2003 – 2016). Abstract Submission for the 2016 National Marine Animal Health and Stranding Network Conference, September 6 – 9, 2016. Shepherdstown, WV, USA

Lyman, Edward. A. Jensen, T. D. Schofield, K. Savage, R. Finn, N. Davis, and A. Millette-Winfree. (2016). Overview of large whale entanglement response in the Pacific Islands and Alaska Regions: Challenges and lessons learned. Abstract Submission for the 2016 National Marine Animal Health and Stranding Network Conference, September 6 – 9, 2016. Shepherdstown, WV, USA

Michael Moore, D. Mattila, S. Landry, D. Coughran, E. Lyman, J. Smith and M. Meÿer. (2016). Whale entanglement response and diagnosis (in) CRC Marine Mammal Medicine Handbook 3rd Ed. Chapter 3.

2015

Bradford, A. and E. Lyman. (2015). Injury determinations for humpback whales and other cetaceans reported to NOAA response networks in the Hawaiian Islands during 2007-2012. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo., NOAA-TM-NMFS-PIFSC-45, 29p.

Lyman, E. (2015). 2014-2015 Large whale entanglements and response efforts around the main Hawaiian Islands: a season-end Report. NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Reference Document. 23 pp.

Lyman, E., R. Finn, D. Mattila, J. Moore, J. Neilson, J. Carrier, C. DeFazio, C. Gabriele, and J. Martinez (2015). Entanglement reports and scar analysis of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, in Hawaiian waters (2003-2015): foundation towards future full-body analysis of entanglement threat. Abstract in the Proceedings of the 21th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals. Dec 13 - 18, 2015, San Francisco, CA, USA

Mattila, D, A. Bjørge, R. AnYong, P. Cottrell, D. Coughran, G. Donovan, A. Frisch, F. Gulland, A. Knowlton, S. Landry, W. Ledwell, E. Lyman, M. Marcondes, C. Mayo, M. Meyer, M. Moore, M. Morrissey, E. Øen, J. Robbins, T. Rowles, M. Simmonds, J. Smith, H. Sohn, J. Toole, L. Trejos Lasso, and M. Uhart. (2015). Principles, Guidelines and a Strategy for building capacity to respond to entangled large whales: Building a Global Whale Entanglement Response Network. Abstract in the Proceedings of the 21th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals. Dec 13 - 18, 2015, San Francisco, CA, USA

2014

International Whaling Commission. (2014c). Report of the IWC Workshop on Mitigation and Management of the Threats Posed by Marine Debris to Cetaceans. 5-7 August 2014, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Paper IWC/65/CCRep04 presented to the IWC Commission Meeting, September 2014, Portoroz, Slovenia (unpublished). 40pp.

Lyman, E. (2014). 2013-2014 Large whale entanglements and response efforts around the main Hawaiian Islands: a season-end Report. NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Reference Document. 20 pp.

Lyman, E., Mattila, D. Schofield and J. Walters. (2014). A Summary of Ship Strikes and the Operation of a High-speed Ferry in Hawaii. International Whaling Commission Paper. SC/63/E4

Robbins, J., J. Kenney, S. Landry, E. Lyman, and D. Mattila. (2014). Reliability of eyewitness reports of large whale entanglement. International Whaling Commission Paper. SC/59/BC2

2013

Bradford, A. and E. Lyman. (2013). Injury determinations for humpback whales and other cetaceans reported to the Pacific Islands Region Marine Mammal Response Network during 2007‐2011. PIFSC Working Paper WP‐13‐005. 15 pp.

Lammers, M.O., Pack, A.A., Lyman, E., and Espiritu, L. (2013). Trends in whale/vessel collisions in Hawaiian waters. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 13:73-80.

Lyman, E. (2013). 2012-2013 Large whale entanglements and response efforts around the main Hawaiian Islands: a season-end Report. NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Reference Document. 15 pp.

Pack, A. M. Lammers, E. Lyman, and L Davis. (2013). Trends in Collisions Between Vessels and North Pacific Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in their Principal Calving Grounds (1975 – 2011) Abstract in the Proceedings of the 20th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals. Dec. 9 – 13, 2013, Dunedin, NZ

International Whaling Commission. (2013a). Report of the Second Workshop on Welfare Issues Associated with the Entanglement of Large Whales, with a Focus on Entanglement Response. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. (Suppl.) 14:417-35.

2012

Lyman, E. (2012). 2011-2012 Season Summary on Large Whale Entanglement threat and reports received around the Main Hawaiian Islands. NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Reference Document. 12 pp.

Stimpert, A.K., Mattila, D., Au, W.W.L., and Nosal, E.M. (2012). Tagging young humpback whale calves: methodology and underwater behavior. Endangered Species Research 19: 11-17, DOI 10.3354/esr00456.

2011

Aprill, A., T. Mooney, E. Lyman, A. Stimpert, and M. Rappe. (2011). Humpback whales harbor a combination of specific and variable skin bacteria. Environmental Microbiology Reports 3: 223-32.

Barlow, J., J. Calambokidis, E. A. Falcone, C. S. Baker, A. M. Burdin, P. J. Clapham, J. B. Ford, C. M. Gabriele, R. DeLuc, D. K. Mattila, T. J. Quinn II, L. Rojas-Bracho, J. M. Straley, B. L. Taylor, J. Urban, P. Wade, D. Weller, B. H. Witteveen, and M. Yamaguchi (2011). Humpback whale abundance in the north pacific estimated by photographic capture-recapture with bias correction from simulation studies. Marine Mammal Science 27:793–818.

Jackson, K., A. Jensen, and E. Lyman. (2011). All Tied Up: a closer look at humpback whale entanglements in Alaska, 1990 – 2011. Abstract in the Proceedings of the 19th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals. Nov. 28 – Dec 2, 2011 Tampa, FL, USA

Lyman, E. (2011). Large Whale Entanglement 2010-2011 Season Summary. NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Reference Document. 13 pp.

Lyman, E. (2011). Humpback Whale Protections Working Group Recommendations Report. Report submitted to Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council. October 2011. PP32.

Lyman, E., D. Mattila, D. Schofield, E. Roberts, L. White, C Yoshinaga, J. Viezbicke, N. Davis, P. Wong, J. Souza, and B. LaCour. (2011). A Large Whale Entanglement Response Network: the advantages of subtropical seas and effort in a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) wintering ground towards gaining insight into entanglement threat. Abstract in the Proceedings of the 19th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals. Nov. 28 – Dec 2, 2011 Tampa, FL, USA.

Pack, A., M. Lammers, E. Lyman, and L. Davis. (2011). Trends in Collisions Between Vessels and North Pacific Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in their Principal Calving Ground (1975 – 2011). Abstract in the Proceedings of the 19th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals. Nov. 29 – Dec 3, 2011 Tampa, FL, USA.

2010

Jensen, A., K. Jackson, and E. Lyman. (2010). All Tied Up: Taking a Closer Look at Humpback Whale Entanglement in Alaska, 1990-2009. Poster, National Marine Animal Health and Stranding Network Conference, Sheperdstown, WV, April 6-9, 2010.

Lyman, E. (2010). Large Whale Entanglement and Contact Reports, 2009-2010 Season Summary. NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Reference Document. 14 pp.

Mattila, D.K. and T. Rowles. A review of large whale entanglement. (2010). Paper submitted to the IWC workshop on the welfare issues concerning entangled large whales. Maui, HI. IWC/A10/E2.

2009

Barlow, J., Calambokidis, J., Falcone, E. A., Baker, C. S, Burdin, A. M., Clapham, P. J., Ford, J. K.B., Gabriele, C. M., LeDuc, R. G., Mattila, D. K., Quinn, T. J., Rojas-Bracho, L., Straley, J. M., Taylor, B. L., Urbán R., J., Wade, P., Weller, D. W., Witteveen, B. H., and Yamaguchi, M. Humpback whale abundance in the North Pacific estimated by photographic capture-recapture with bias correction from simulation studies. (2009). Abstract presented to the 18thBiennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Quebec, Canada.

Lyman, E., J. Cordaro, K. Jackson, A. Jensen, D. Mattila, B. Norberg, L. Spaven, S. Wilkin, and K. Wilkinson. (2009). A preliminary investigation of gear entangling humpback whales, Megaptera novaeagliae, in the North Pacific. Abstract for SPLASH Symposium at the 18th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals. October 11, 2009. Quebec, Canada

Ed Lyman and David Mattila, Co-authors. (2009). Symposium on the results of the SPLASH humpback whale study.

Lyman, E. (2009). Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary 2008-2009 Season Summary of Large Whale Entanglement and Whale-vessel Contact Reports. NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Reference Document. 11 pp.

Proceedings of the First International Conference on Marine Mammal Protected Areas. (2009). David Mattila and Naomi McIntosh co-authors.
http://www.icmmpa.org/

Stimpert, Alison K.; Au, Whitlow W.L.; Mattila, David K.; Hurst, Thomas. Source levels of humpback whale social sounds in Hawai'i and why they are important. (2009). Abstract presented to the 18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Quebec, Canada.

2008

Calambokidis, J., E. A. Falcone, T. J. Quinn, A. M. Burdin, P. J. Clapham, J. K. B. Ford, C. M. Gabriele, R. LeDuc, D. Mattila, L. Rojas-Bracho, J. M. Straley, B. L. Taylor, J. Urban-R, D. Weller, B. H.Witteveen, K. Wynne, M. Yamaguchi, A. Bendlin, D. Camacho, K. Flynn, A. Havron, J. Huggins and N. Maloney. (2008). SPLASH: Structure of populations, levels of abundance and status of humpback whales in the North Pacific. Final report for Contract AB133F-03-RP-00078. 57 pp.

Lyman, E. and D. Mattila. (2008). Summary of 2007/2008 Large Whale Entanglement and Ship strike Reports. NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Reference Document. 8 pp.

Mattila, D.K. and Robbins, J. (2008). Incidence of raised and depressed ovoid skin lesions on humpback whales of American Samoa. Unpublished report to the 2008 Scientific Committee meeting of the International Whaling Commission. Report Number SC/60/DW3

2007

Lyman, E. G., J. Kenney, S. Landry, D. Mattila, and J. Robbins. (2007). Reliability of Eyewitness Reports of Entangled Large Whales: what do formal disentanglement programs tell us about the global problem? Abstract in the Proceedings of the 17th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals. Nov. 29 – Dec 3, 2007 Cape Town, South Africa.

Lyman, E. (2007). Summary of 2007 Disentanglement Season. NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Reference Document. 7 pp.

Mattila, D. K., S. Landry, E. Lyman, J. Robbins, and T. Rowles. (2007). Scientific Information that can be Gained Through Large Whale Disentanglements. International Whaling Commission Paper. SC/59/BC1

2006

Lyman, E. (2006). Summary of 2006 Disentanglement Season. NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Reference Document. 5 pp.

Mattila, D. K., and E. Lyman. (2006). A Note on the Entanglement of Large Whales in Marine Debris. International Whaling Commission paper, SC/58/BC2.

2005

Hawaii Superferry Inc. (2005). Whale Avoidance Policy. Presented at the 63rd meeting of the IWC Scientific Committee, Tromso, Norway.

Landry, S., R. Bowman, M. Moore, D. Hartley, E. Lyman, D. Mattila, D. Moran, and C Mayo. (2005). Necessity is the Mother of Invention: Better Disentanglement Through Trial, Error, and Creative Design. Abstract in the proceedings of the 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. San Diego, CA, December 12 - December 16, 2005

Lyman, E. G. and D. McKiernan. (2005). Scale Modeling of Fixed-fishing Gear to Compare and Quantify Differently Configured Buoyline and Groundline Profiles: An Investigation of Entanglement Threat. Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Technical Report TR22. Marine Fisheries, 30 Emerson Ave, Gloucester, MA 01930. 51 pp.

Lyman, E., and D. McKiernan. (2005). The Massachusetts Right Whale Conservation Program: A Comprehensive and Collaborative Effort to Protect the Most Endangered Large Whale, the North Atlantic right Whale, off the Coast of Massachusetts. Abstract in the proceedings of the 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. San Diego, CA, December 12 - December 16, 2005

Lyman, E. and D. McKiernan. (2005). The Use of Mini-loggers, Small, Archival, Pressure Tags, To Profile and thus Better Understand the Dynamic Nature of Fixed-Fishing Gear as it Pertains to Entanglement Threat: A New Tool to Access Entanglement Risk in Fixed-fishing Gear. Abstract in the proceedings of the 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. San Diego, CA, December 12 - December 16, 2005

2003

Bowman, B, T. Johnson, and E. Lyman. (2003). New telemetry Analysis Tools for Entangled Whales. Abstract in the proceedings of the 14th Biennial Conference on the biology of Marine Mammals. Greensboro, NC., Dec 6- 11, 2003.

Lammers, M.O., Pack, A.A. and Davis, L. (2003). Historical evidence of whale/vessel collisions in Hawaiian waters (1975 – Present). OSI Technical Report 2003-01. Prepared for NOAA’s Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.

US Department of Commerce. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (2003). Workshop report on management needs to minimize vessel collisions with whales in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary and other National Marine Sanctuaries.

2001

Bowman, B., E. Lyman, D. Mattila, C. Mayo, M. Brown. (2001). Habitat Management Lessons from a Satellite-tracked Right Whale. Abstract in the proceedings of the 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Vancouver, Canada, November 28 - December 3, 2001.

1999

Bowman, B., E. Lyman, D. Mattila, C. Mayo. (1999). Developing a network of marine professionals for the rescue of entangled whales. Abstract in the proceedings of the 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Maui, Hawaii. November 27 - December 3, 1999.

Lyman, E. G., B. Bowman, D. Mattila, and C. Mayo. (1999). A Technique for Disentangling Large Free-swimming Whales. Abstract in the Proceedings of the 13th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals. Nov. 28-Dec. 3. Wailea, Maui, Hawaii.