Thometz Lab Publications
2024
Griffin, BD, Klimes, L, Fletcher, LS, Thometz, NM (2024). “Data needs for sea otter bioenergetics
modeling.” Conservation Physiology. 12(1): coae067; doi:10.1093/conphys/coae067. (pdf)
Riordan, K, Dean, AE, Kerr, SJ, Thometz, NM, Batac, FI, Liwanag, HEM (2024). “A novel comparison
of southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) fur buoyancy across ontogeny.” Journal of Experimental Biology. 227 (17). doi: 10.1242/jeb.247134. (pdf)
Lyon, S, Tomoleoni, J, Yee, J, Fujii, J, Thometz, NM (2024). “Foraging ecology of southern sea otters
at the northern range extent informs regional population dynamics.” Endangered Species Research. 54: 383-394. doi: 10.3354/esr01348. (pdf)
Tengler, M, Dearolf, J, Bryan, A, Reichmuth, C, Thometz, NM (2024). “Comparative muscle physiology of ringed (Pusa hispida), bearded (Erignathus barbatus), and spotted (Phoca largha) seals from the Bering and Chukchi Seas.” Aquatic Mammals. 50(3), 181-198. doi: 10.1578/AM.50.3.2024.181. (pdf)
2023
Riordan, K, Thometz, NM, Batac, FI, Nicholson, TE, Liwanag, HEM (2023). “Effects of ontogeny and oiling on the thermal function of sea otter fur.” Conservation Physiology. 11(1). doi:10.1093/conphys/coad095. (pdf)
Riordan, K, Dean, AE, Adema, P, Thometz, NM, Batac, F, Liwanag, HEM (2023) “Ontogenetic changes in southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) fur morphology.” Journal of Morphology. 284(e21624): doi: 10.1002/jmor.21624. (pdf)
Thometz, NM, Rosen, DAS, Hermann-Sorensen, H, Meranda, M, Pardini, M, Reichmuth, C (2023) “Maintaining control: metabolism of molting Arctic seals in water and when hauled out.” Journal of Experimental Biology. 226(1): doi:10.1242/jeb.244862. (pdf)
2021
Rosen, DAS, Thometz, NM, Reichmuth, CR (2021) “Seasonal and developmental patterns of energy intake and growth in Alaskan ice seals.” Aquatic Mammals. 47(6): 559-573. doi: 10.1578/AM.47.6.2021.559. (pdf)
John, JS, Thometz, NM, Boerner, K, Denum, L, Kendall, TL, Richter, BP, Gaspard, JC, Williams, TM (2021)
“Metabolic tradeoffs in tropical and subtropical marine mammals – Unique maintenance and locomotor costs in West Indian manatees and Hawaiian monk seals.” Journal of Experimental Biology. 224(15): doi: 10.1242/jeb.237628. (pdf)
Hermann-Sorensen, H, Thometz, NM, Woodie, K, Dennison-Gibby, S, Reichmuth, C (2021) “In vivo measurements of lung volumes in ringed seals: insights from biomedical imaging.” Journal of Experimental Biology. 224(2): doi: 10.1242/jeb.235507. (pdf)
Thometz, NM, Hermann-Sorensen, H, Russell, B., Rosen, DAS, Reichmuth, C (2021) “Molting strategies
of Arctic seals drive annual patterns in metabolism.” Conservation Physiology. 9(1): coaa112; doi:10.1093/conphys/coaa112. (pdf)
2019
Goertz, CEC, Reichmuth, C, Thometz, NM, Ziel, H, Boveng, P (2019) “Comparative health assessments of Alaskan ice seals.” Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 6(4):1-15. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2019.00004. (pdf)
2018
Thometz, NM, Dearolf, JL, Dunkin, RC, Noren, DP, Holt, MM, Sims, OC, Cathey, BC, Williams, TM (2018) "Comparative physiology of vocal musculature in two odontocetes, the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena).” Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 188(1): 177-193. doi: 10.1007/s00360-017-1106-5. (pdf)
2017
Noren, DP, Holt, MM, Dunkin, RC, Thometz, NM, Williams, TM (2017) “Comparative and cumulative energetic costs of odontocete responses to anthropogenic disturbance.” Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics. Acoustical Society of America 27:1-12. doi: 10.1121/2.0000357. (pdf)
2016
Thometz, NM, Kendall, T, Richter, B, Williams, TM (2016) “The high cost of reproduction in sea otters necessitates unique physiological adaptations.” The Journal of Experimental Biology 219(15): 2260-2264. doi: 10.1242/jeb.138891. (pdf)
Thometz, NM, Staedler, MM, Tomoleoni, JA, Bodkin, J, Bentall, G, Tinker, MT (2016) “Trade-offs between energy maximization and parental care in a central place forager, the sea otter (Enhydra lutris).” Behavioral Ecology 27(5): 1552-1566. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arw089. (pdf)
2015
Thometz, NM, Williams, TM, Murray, MJ (2015) “Ontogeny of oxygen storage capacity and diving ability in southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis): Costs and benefits of large lungs.” Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 88(3):311-327. doi: 10.1086/681019. (pdf)
Williams, TM, Fuiman, LA, Kendall, T, Berry, P, Richter, B, Noren, SR, Thometz, NM, Shattock, MJ, Farrell, E, Stamper, AM, Davis, RW (2015). “Exercise at depth alters bradycardia and incidence of cardiac anomalies in deep-diving marine mammals.” Nature Communications 6:6055. doi: 10.1038/ncomms7055. (pdf)
2014
Thometz, NM, Tinker, MT, Staedler, MM, Mayer, KA, Williams, TM (2014). “Energetic demands of immature sea otters from birth to weaning: Implications for maternal costs, reproductive behavior, and population-level trends.” The Journal of Experimental Biology 217(12):2053-2061. doi: 10.1242/jeb.099739. (pdf)
