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BARLOW, JAY

Adjunct Professor of Biological Oceanography

Degrees:

• B.S., Arizona State University
• Ph.D., UCSD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Research Interests:

• Marine mammal population dynamics
• Marine mammal survey methods
• Conservation biology
• Cetacean acoustics
• Acoustic and fisheries impacts

Courses Recently Taught:

• SIO279: Sp Top/Biological Oceanography

Honors and Awards:

• Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) project of the year in Sustainable Infrastructure, 2008
• NOAA Employee of the Year, 2007
• US Department of Commerce Gold Medal Award, for developing the PBR Approach to manage marine mammal bycatch, 1996

Mentoring:

• Fleming, Aly (Graduate; 2007-2008)
• Redfern, Jessica (Post Doc; 2004-2006)
• Oswald, Julie (Graduate; 2001-1006)
• Ferguson, Megan (Graduate; 2000-2005)
• Oleson, Erin (Graduate; 2000-2005)
• Forney, Karin (Graduate; 1992-1997)

Barlow, J., M. Kahru, and B. G. Mitchell. 2008. Biomass, prey consumption, and primary production requirements of cetaceans in the California Current Ecosystem. Marine Ecology Progress Series 371: 285–295.

Baird, R. W., A. M. Gorgone, D. J. McSweeney, D. L. Webster, D. R. Salden, M. H. Deakos, A. D. Ligon, G. S. Schorr, J. Barlow and S. Mahaffy. 2008. False killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) around the main Hawaiian Islands: Long-term fidelity, inter-island movements, and association patterns. Marine Mammal Science 24(3):591-612.

Gulland, F. M. D., F. Nutter, K. Dixon, J. Calambokidis, G. Schorr, J. Barlow, T. Rowles, S. Wilkin, T. Spradlin, L. Gage, J. Mulsow, C. Reichmuth, M. Moore, J. Smith, P. Folkens, S. F. Hanser, S. Jang, and C. S. Baker. 2008. Health assessment, antibiotic treatment, and behavioral responses to herding efforts of a cow-calf pair of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Sacramento River Delta, California. Aquatic Mammals 34(2): 182-192.

Baird, R. W., D. L. Webster, G. S. Schorr, D. J. McSweeney, and J. Barlow. 2008. Diel variation in beaked whale diving behavior. Marine Mammal Science 24(3):630-642.

Akamatsu, T., D. Wang, K. Wang, S. Li, S. Dong, Z. Zhao, J. Barlow, B. S. Stewart, and M. Richlen. 2008. Estimation of the detection probability for Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis) with a passive acoustic method. J. Acoustical Society America. 123:4403-4411.

Rankin, S., J. N. Oswald, and J. Barlow. 2008. Acoustic Behavior of dolphins in the Pacific Ocean: Implications for using passive acoustic methods for populations studies. Can. Acoustics 36(1):88-92.

Dawson, S., P. Wade, E. Slooten, and J. Barlow. 2008. Design and field methods for sighting surveys of cetaceans in coastal and riverine habitats. Mammal Review 38(1):19-49.

Steiger, G.H., J. Calambokidis, J.M. Straley, L.M. Herman, S. Cerchio, D.R. Salden, J. Urbán-R, J.K. Jacobsen, O. von Ziegesar, K.C. Balcomb, C.M. Gabriele, M.E. Dahlheim, S. Uchida, J.K.B. Ford, P. Ladron de Guevara-P, M. Yamaguchi and J. Barlow. 2008. Geographic variation in killer whale attacks on humpback whales in the North Pacific: implications for predation pressure. Endangered Species Research 4:247-256.

Rankin, S. and J. Barlow. 2007. Vocalizations of the sei whale Balaenoptera borealis off the Hawaiian Islands. Bioacoustics 16:137–145.

Oswald, J.N., S. Rankin, and J. Barlow. 2007. First description of whistles of Pacific Fraser’s dolphins Lagenodelphis hosei. Bioacoustics 16:99-111.

Barlow, J. and K. A. Forney. 2007. Abundance and population density of cetaceans in the California Current ecosystem. Fishery Bulletin 105:509-526.

Turvey, S. T., R. L. Pitman, B. L. Taylor, J. Barlow, T. Akamatsu, L. A. Barrett, X. Zhao, R. R. Reeves, B. S. Stewart, K. Wang, Z. Wei, X. Zhang, L. T. Pusser, M. Richlen, J. R. Brandon, and D. Wang. 2007. First human-caused extinction of a cetacean species? Biology Letters 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0292.

Oswald, J. N., Shannon Rankin, J. Barlow, and Marc O. Lammers. 2007. A tool for real-time acoustic species identification of delphinid whistles. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 122(1):587-595.

Oleson, E. M., J. Calambokidis, J. Barlow, and J. A. Hildebrand. 2007. Blue whale visual and acoustic encounter rates in the Southern California Bight. Marine Mammal Science 23(3):574-597.

Rankin, S. and J. Barlow. 2007. Sounds recorded in the presence of Blainsville's beaked whales, Mesoplodon densirostris, near Hawai'i. J. Acoustic Society America 122(1):42-45.

Rankin, S., J. N. Oswald, J. Barlow, and M. Lammers. 2007. Patterned burst-pulse vocalizations of the northern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis borealis. J. Acoustical Society of America 121(2):1213-1218.

Taylor, B. L., M. Martinez, T. Gerrodette, J. Barlow, and Yvana N. Hrovat. 2007. Lessons from monitoring marine mammals. Marine Mammal Science 23(1):157-175.

Redfern, J.V., M.C. Ferguson, E.A. Becker, K.D. Hyrenbach, C. Good, J. Barlow, K. Kaschner, M.F. Baumgartner, K.A. Forney, L.T. Ballance, P. Fauchald, P. Halpin, T. Hamazaki, A.J. Pershing, S.S. Qian, A. Read, S.B. Reilly, L. Torres, F. Werner. 2006. Techniques for Cetacean-Habitat Modeling: A Review. 2006. Marine Ecology Progress Series 310:271–295.

Baird, R. W., D. L. Webster, D. J. McSweeney, A. D. Ligon, G. S. Schorr, and J. Barlow. 2006. Diving behaviour and ecology of Cuvier’s (Ziphius cavirostris) and Blainville’s beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) in Hawai’i. Can. J. Zool. 84.

Baird, R. W., D. J. McSweeney, C. Bane, J. Barlow, D. R. Salden, L. K. Antoine, R. G. LeDuc, and D. L. Webster. 2006. Killer whales in Hawaiian waters: Information on population identity and feeding habits. Pacific Science 60(4):523–530.

Barlow, J. and R. Gisiner. 2006. Mitigating, monitoring and assessing the effects of anthropogenic sound on beaked whales. J. Cetacean Research and Management 7(3):239–249.

Cox, T. M., T. J. Ragen, A. J. Read, E. Vos, R. W. Baird, K. Balcomb, J. Barlow, J. Caldwell, T. Cranford, L. Crum, A. D’Amico, G. D’Spain, A. Fernandez, J. Finneran, R. Gentry, W. Gerth, F. Gulland, J. Hildebrand, D. Houser, T. Hullar, P. D. Jepson, D. Ketten, C. D. MacLeod, P. Miller, S. Moore, D. C. Mountain, D. Palka, P. Ponganis, S. Rommel, T. Rowles, B. Taylor, P. Tyack, D. Wartzok, R. Gisiner, J. Mead, and L. Benner. 2006. Understanding the impacts of anthropogenic sound on beaked whales. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 7(3):177-187.

Ferguson, M. C., J. Barlow, S. B. Reilly, and T. Gerrodette. 2006. Predicting Cuvier’s (Ziphius cavirostris) and Mesoplodon beaked whale densities as functions of the environment in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Journal Cetacean Research and Managment 7(3):287–299.

MacLeod, C., W. F. Perrin, R. Pitman, J. Barlow, L. Ballance, A. D’Amico, T. Gerrodette, G. Joyce, K. D. Mullin, D. L. Palka, and G. T. Waring. 2006. Known and inferred distributions of beaked whale species (Cetacean: Ziphiidae). J. Cetacean Research and Management 7(3):271–286.

Rankin, S., J. Barlow, and K. Stafford. 2006. Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) sightings and recordings south of the Aleutian Islands. Marine Mammal Science.

Ferguson, M. C., J. Barlow, P. Fiedler, S. B. Reilly, and T. Gerrodette. 2006. Spatial models of delphinid (Family delphinidae) encounter rate and school size in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Ecological Modeling 193:645–662.

Wade, P., M. P. Heide-Jorgensen, K. Sheldon, J. Barlow, J. Carretta, J. Durban, R. LeDuc, L. Munger, S. Rankin, A. Sauter, and C. Stinchcomb. 2006. Acoustic detection and satellite-tracking leads to discovery of rare concentration of endangered North Pacific right whales. Biology Letters

Barlow, J. 2006. Cetacean abundance in Hawaiian waters estimated from a summer/fall survey in 2002. Marine Mammal Science 22(2):446-464.

Rankin, S. and J. Barlow. 2005. Description of stereotyped minke whale vocalizations from the North Pacific Ocean. J. Acoustic Society America 118(5): 3346–3351.

Barlow, J. and B. L. Taylor. 2005. Estimates of sperm whale abundance in the northeastern temperate Pacific from a combined acoustic and visual survey. Marine Mammal Science 21(3):429-445.

Calambokidis, J. and J. Barlow. 2004. Abundance of blue and humpback whales in the eastern North Pacific estimated by capture-recapture and line-transect methods. Marine Mammal Science 21(1):63-85.

Oswald, J. N., S. Rankin, and J. Barlow. 2004. The effect of recording and analysis bandwidth on acoustic identification of delphinid species. J. Acoustic Soc. America 116(5):3178-3185.

Stolen, M. and J. Barlow. 2003 . A model life table for bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Indian River Lagoon system, Forida, USA. Marine Mammal Science 19(4):630-649.

Swartz, S. L., T. Cole, M. A. McDonald, J. A. Hildebrand, E. M. Oleson, , A. Martinez, P. J. Clapham, J. Barlow, and M. L. Jones. 2003. Acoustic and visual survey of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the eastern and southern Caribbean Sea. Caribbean Journal of Science 39(2):195-208.

Barlow, J. and G. A. Cameron. 2003. Field experiments show that acoustic pingers reduce marine mammal bycatch in the California drift gillnet fishery. Marine Mammal Science 19(2):17-35.

Clapham, P., J. Barlow, M. Bessinger, T. Cole, D. Mattila, R. Pace, D. Palka, J. Robbins and R. Seton. 2003. Abundance and demographic parameters of humpback whales from the Gulf of Maine and stock definition relative to the Scotian Shelf. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 5(1):13-22.

Oleson, E. M., J. Barlow, J. Gordon, S. Rankin, and J. A. Hildebrand. 2003. Low frequency calls of Bryde’s whales. Marine Mammal Science 19(2):160-172.

Oswald, J. N., J. Barlow, and T. F. Norris. 2003. Acoustic identification of nine delphinid species in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Marine Mammal Science 19(1):20-37.

Calambokidis, J., G. H. Steiger, J. M. Straley, L. M. Herman, S. Cerchio, D. R. Salden, J. Urbán-R., J. K. Jacobsen, O. von Ziegesar, K. C. Balcomb, C. M. Gabriele, M. E. Dahlheim, S. Uchida, G. Ellis, Y. Miyamura, P. Ladrón de Guevara-P., M. Yamaguchi, F. Sata, S. A. Mizroch, L. Schlender, K. Rasmussen, J. Barlow, and T. J. Quinn II. 2001. Movements and population structure of humpback whales in the North Pacific. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 17(4):769-974.

Barlow, J., T. Gerrodette, and J. Forcada. 2001. Factors affecting perpendicular sighting distances on shipboard line-transect surveys for cetaceans. J. Cetacean Res. and Manage. 3(2):201-212.

Taylor, B. L., P. R. Wade, D. P. DeMaster, and J. Barlow. 2000. Models for management: the marine mammal example. Conserv. Biol. 14(5):1243-1252.

Thode, A., T. Norris, and J. Barlow. 2000. Frequency beamforming of dolphin whistles using a sparse three-element towed array. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 107(6):3581-3584.

Norris, T.F., M. McDonald, and J. Barlow. 1999. Acoustic detections of singing humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the eastern North Pacific during their northbound migration. J. Acoustics Society of America. 106(1):506-514.

Dawson, S. M., J. Barlow, and D. Ljungblad. 1998. Sounds recorded from Baird’s beaked whale, Berardius bairdi. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 14(2):335-344.

Fiedler, P.C., J. Barlow, and T. Gerrodette. 1998. Dolphin prey abundance determined from acoustic backscatter data in eastern Pacific surveys. Fish. Bull. 96:237 247.

Forney, K. A. and J. Barlow. 1998. Seasonal patterns in the abundance and distribution of California cetaceans, 1991-92. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 14(3):460-489.

Barlow, J. and P. J. Clapham. 1997. A new birth interval approach to estimating demographic parameters of humpback whales. Ecology 78(2):535-546.

Mangel, M., L. M. Talbot, G. K. Meffe, M. T. Agardy, D. L. Alverson, J. Barlow, et al. 1996. Principles for the conservation of wild living resources. Ecological Applications 6(2):338-362.

Vidal, O, J. Barlow, L. A. Hurtado, J. Torre, P. Cendón, and Z. Ojeda. 1997. Distribution and abundance of the Amazon River dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) and the tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis) in the upper Amazon River. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 13(3):427-445.

Barlow, J., T. Gerrodette, and G. Silber. 1997. First estimates of vaquita abundance. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 13(1):44-58.