Thometz Lab Publications
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2024
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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2023
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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)
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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)
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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)
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2021
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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2019
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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)
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2018
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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)
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2017
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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)
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2016
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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)
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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)
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2015
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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)
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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)
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2014
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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)
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