Blue Whale References:

Barlow, J. 1994. Abundance of large whales in California coastal waters: a comparison of ship surveys in 1979/80 and in 1991. Reports of the International Whaling Commission 44:399-406.

Calambokidis, J., G.H. Steiger, J.C. Cubbage, K.C. Balcomb, C. Ewald. S. Kruse, R.. Wells, and R. Sears. 1990. Sightings and movements of blue whales off central California 1986-88 from photo-identification. Reports of the International Whaling Commission Special Issue 12:343-348.

Leatherwood, S., R.R. Reeves, W.F. Perrin, and W.E. Evans. 1982. Whales, dolphins and porpoises of the eastern North Pacific and adjacent Arctic waters: a guide to their identification. NOAA Tech. Rept. Circular 444, U.S.D.C. 245 pages.

Mizroch, S.A., D.W. Rice and J.M. Breiwick. 1984. The blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus . Marine Fisheries Review 46:15-19.

Yochem, R.K. and S. Leatherwood. 1985. Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) Pp. 193-240. In S. Ridgway and R. Harrison (eds.), Handbook of Marine Mammals. Academic Press, London.

Fin Whale References:

Agler, B.A., J.A. Beard, R.S. Bowman, H.D. Corbett, S.E. Frohock, M.P. Hawermale, S.K. Katona, S.S. Sadove, and I.E. Seipt. 1990. Finback whale, Balaenoptera physalus, photographic identification: methodology and preliminary results from the western North Atlantic. In P.S. Hammond et al, Eds., Individual Recognition and the Estimation of Cetacean Population Parameters. Rept. Int. Whaling Comm. (Special Issue 12):349-356.

Katona, SK, V.R. Rough, and D. Richardson. 1993. A Field Guide to the Whales and Seals from Cape Cod to Newfoundland. 4th Edition, revised. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 316 pp.

Leatherwood, S., RR Reeves, W.F. Perrin, and W.E. Evans. 1982. Whales, dolphins and porpoises of the eastern North Pacific and adjacent Arctic waters: A guide to their identification. NOAA Tech. Rept. Circular 444, U.S.D.C. 245 pages.

Minasian, S.M., K.C. Balcomb III, and L. Foster. 1984. The World's Whales. The Complete Illustrated Guide. Smithsonian Books, Washington, DC.

Mitchell, E. 1975. Trophic relationships and competition for food in Northwest Atlantic whales. Proc. Can. Soc. Zool. Annual Meeting pp. 123 - 133.

Tershey, B.R. and D.N. Wiley 1992. Asymmetrical pigmentation in the fin whale: a test of two feeding related hypothesis. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 8(3):315-318.

Minke Whale References:

Green, G.A., J.J. Brueggeman, R.A. Groetefendt, C.E. Bowlby, M.L. Bonnel, K.C. Balcomb, III. 1992. Cetacean distribution and abundance off Oregon and Washington, 1989-1990. Ch. 1 In J.J. Brueggeman (ed.). Oregon and Washington Marine Mammal and Seabird Surveys. Minerals Management Service Contract Report 14-12-0001-30426.

Nemoto, T. 1970. Feeding patterns of baleen whales in the ocean. pp 241-252. In J.H. Steele, Ed., Marine Food Chains. Univ. Calif Press . Berkeley, California.

Omura, H. and H. Sakiura. 1956. Studies on the little piked whale from the coast of Japan. SCI Rep. Whales Res. Inst.11:1-37.

Small, RS and D.P. DeMaster. 1995. Alaska Marine Mammal Stock Assessments 1995.

Stewert, B.S. and S. Leatherwood. 1985. Minke whale - Balaenoptera acutorostrata. Pp. 91-136. In S.H. Ridgway and R. Harrison (eds.). Handbook of Marine Mammals. Academic Press, London.

Gray Whale References:

Dalheim, M.E., HD Fisher and J.D. Schempp. 1984. Sound production by the gray whale and ambient noise levels in Laguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur, Mexico. p. 511-541 In:ML Jones, S.L. Swartz and S. Leatherwood (eds.), The gray whale Eschrichtius robustus. Academic Press, Orlando, FL. 600 pp.

Dalheim, M.E.1987. Bio-acoustics of the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus). Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. 315 pp.

Rice, D. W., and A. A. Wolman. 1971. The life history and ecology of the gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus. Am. Soc.Mammal. Spe. Publ. 3. 142 pp.

Rice, D. W., A. A. Wolman, D. E. Withrow, and L. A. Fleischer. 1981. Gray whales on the winter grounds in Baja California. Rep. Int. Whaling Commn. 31:477-493.

Rugh, D., J. Breiwick, M. Dahlheim, and G. C. Boucher. 1993. A comparison of independent, concurrent sighting records from a shore-based count of gray whales. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 21:427-437.

Small, R.J. And DP DeMaster. 1995. Alaska marine mammal stock assessments 1995. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo.NMFS-AFSC-57, 93p.

Humpback Whale References:

Tyack, P. and H. Whitehead. 1983. Male competition in large groups of wintering humpback whales. Behaviour 83(1/2)132-154.

Payne, RS and S. McVay. 1971. Songs of humpback whales. Science 173(3997:585-597.

General Marine Mammal References:

Gaskin, D.E., 1982. The Ecology of Whales and Dolphins . Heinemann Press, London. 459 pages

Geraci, Joseph R., and Valerie J. Lounsbury, 1993. Marine Mammals Ashore. A Field Guide for Strandings . Texas A&M University Sea Grant College Program, Galveston, TX. 305 pages.

Herman, Louis A., 1980. Cetacean Behavior: Mechanisms and Functions . Wiley, NY.

Jones, M. L., SL Swartz, and S. Leatherwood, 1984. The Gray Whale . Academic Press, CA 600 pages.

Katona, Steven K., Valerie Rough, and David T. Richardson, 1983. A Field Guide to the Whales, Porpoises and Seals of the Gulf of Maine and Eastern Canada: Cape Cod to Newfoundland . Charles Scribners, NY. 255 pages.

Leatherwood, Stephen and Randall R. Reeves, 1983. The Sierra Club Handbook of Whales and Dolphins . Sierra Club Books.

Leatherwood, Stephen, Randall R. Reeves, William F. Perrin, and William E. Evans, 1982. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Eastern North Pacific and Adjacent Arctic Waters: A guide to their identification . NOAA Tech. Rept. Circular 444, U.S.D.C. 245 pages.

Norris, K. S., 1966. Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises . University of California Press, Berkeley. 789 pages

Osborne, Richard, John Calambokidis, and Eleanor M. Dorsey, 1988. A Guide to Marine Mammals of Greater Puget Sound. Including a Catalog of Individual Orca and Minke Whales . Island Publishers, Friday Harbor, WA. 191 pages.

Reeves, Randall R., Brent S. Stewart, and Stephen Leatherwood, 1992. The Sierra Club Handbook of Seal and Sirenians . Sierra Club Books. 359 pages.

Ridgway, S.H., 1972. Mammals of the Sea, Biology and Medicine . Charles C. Thomas Publications, Springfield, IL. 812 pages.

Ridgway, S.H. And R. J. Harrison, 1981. Handbook of Marine Mammals (Series of Volumes) . Academic Press, NY.

Riedman, Marianne, 1990. The Pinnipeds. Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses . University of California Press, Berkeley CA. 439 pages.