Publications

Hersh, T.A., Marcondes, D.S., Fonseca, G.F., Valle-Pereira, J.V.S., Kratofil, M.A., Machado, A.M.S., Atkins, S., Bankhead, K.R., McGarvey, K., Rahman, M.M., de Moura, S.P.G., Fecci, F., Cantor, M. (2025). Ecology and conservation of socially learned foraging tactics in odontocetes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 380:20240134.

Henderson, E.E., Kratofil, M.A., Baird, R.W., Martin, C.R., Harnish, A.E., Alongi, G., Martin, S.W., Southall, B.L. (2025). Exposure and response of satellite-tagged Blainville's beaked whales to mid-frequency active sonar off Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi. Movement Ecology 13:29.

Barrios, D.M., Baird, R.W., Kratofil, M.A. (2024). Beaked whales and El Niño: evidence for ENSO effects on Blainville's beaked and goose-beaked whale space use in Hawaiian waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series 751:189-209.

Harnish, A.E., Baird, R.W., Mahaffy, S.D., Douglas, A.B., Kratofil, M.A., Shaff, J.F., Cullins, T., Stack, S.H., Currie, J.J., Bradford, A.L. (2024). False killer whales and fisheries in Hawaiian waters: evidence from mouthline and dorsal fin injuries reveal ongoing and repeated interactions. Endangered Species Research 55:273-293.

Badger, J.J., Johnson, D.S., Baird, R.W., Bradford, A.L., Kratofil, M.A., Mahaffy, S.D., Oleson, E.M. (2024). Incorporating telemetry information into capture-recapture analyses improves precision and accuracy of abundance estimates given spatiotemporally biased recapture effort. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 15:1847-1858.

Calambokidis, J., Kratofil, M.A., Palacios, D.M., Lagerquist, B., Schorr, G.S., Hanson, M.B., Baird, R.W., Forney, K.A., Becker, E.A., Rockwood, R.C., Hazen, E.L. (2024). Biologically Important Areas II for cetaceans within U.S. and adjacent waters: West Coast Region. Frontiers in Marine Science 11:1283231.

Baird, R.W., Mahaffy, S.D., Hancock-Hanser, B., Cullins, T., West, K.L., Kratofil, M.A., Barrios, D.M., Harnish, A.E., Johnson, P.C. (2024). Long-term strategies for studying rare species: results and lessons from a multi-species study of odontocetes around the main Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Conservation Biology 30:PC23027.

Kratofil, M.A., Harnish, A.E., Mahaffy, S.D., Henderson, E.E., Bradford, A.L., Martin, S.M., Lagerquist, B., Palacios, D.M., Oleson, E.M., Baird, R.W. (2023). Biologically Important Areas II for cetaceans within U.S. and adjacent waters: Hawaiʻi Region. Frontiers in Marine Science 10:1053581.

Baird, R.W., Anderson, D.B., Kratofil, M.A., Webster, D.L. (2021). Bringing the right fishermen to the table: Indices of overlap between endangered false killer whales and nearshore fisheries in Hawai‘i. Biological Conservation 255:108975.

Kratofil, M.A., Ylitalo, G.M., Mahaffy, S.D., West, K.L., Baird, R.W. (2020). Life history and social structure as drivers of variance in persistent organic pollutant levels and stable isotopes in Hawaiian false killer whales. Science of the Total Environment 733:138880.

Kratofil, M.A., Baird, R.W., Johnson, D.S., Caputo, M., Kiszka, J.J., Ylitalo, G.M., Cantor, M. (0001). Scale-dependent relationships between sociality and spatial ecology of endangered Hawaiian false killer whales. Journal of Animal Ecology (In prep.).

Martien, K.K., Baird, R.W., Robertson, K.M., Kratofil, M.A., Mahaffy, S.D., West, K.L., Chivers, S.J., Archer, F.I. (0001). Epigenetic age estimation for Hawaiian false killer whales (*Pseudorca crassidens*) in the absence of 'known age' individuals. Molecular Ecology Resources (In prep.).

Kratofil, M.A., Shaff, J.F., Hoffbauer, H.K., Cantor, M., Hill, M.C., Baird, R.W. (0001). Ecological and social contexts of diving behavior reveal foraging flexibility in Hawaiian false killer whales. Movement Ecology (In prep.).

Harnish, A.E., Baird, R.W., Kratofil, M.A. (0001). Diving behavior of common bottlenose dolphins around the main Hawaiian Islands: individual variation and responses to diel and lunar cycles. Marine Mammal Science (In prep.).

Kratofil, M.A., Mahaffy, S.D., Martien, K.K., Archer, F.I., West, K.L., Baird, R.W. (0001). Deriving probabilistic age estimates using common photo-identification catalog information: An application to endangered Hawaiian false killer whales. Marine Mammal Science (In review).

Badger, J.J., Baird, R.W., Johnson, D.S., Bradford, A.L., Mahaffy, S.D., Kratofil, M.A., Cullins, T., Currie, J.J., Stack, S.H., Oleson, E.M. (0001). Accounting for spatiotemporal sampling bias in a long-term dataset establishes a decline in abundance of endangered false killer whales in the main Hawaiian Islands. Endangered Species Research (In review).