Thometz Lab Publications
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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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