Publications

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Torres, L., P. Rosel, A. Read, and C. D'Agrosa. 2003. Improving management of overlapping bottlenose dolphin ecotypes through spatial analysis and genetics. Marine Mammal Science 19(3):502-514.

Torres, L.G., and D. Urban. 2005. Using spatial analysis to assess bottlenose dolphins as an indicator of healthy fish habitat. in: Estuarine Indicators. Ed: Stephen A. Bortone. CRC Press.

Torres, L.G., W.A. McLellan, E.M. Meagher, and D.A. Pabst. 2005. Seasonal distribution and relative abundance of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, along the US mid-Atlantic Coast. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 7(2).

Johnston, D.W., A.S. Friedlaender, L.G. Torres, and D.M. Lavigne. 2005. Variation in ice cover on the east coast of Canada, 1969-2002: climate variability and implications for harp and hooded seals. Journal of Climate Research 29:209-222.

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. Balance, P. Fauchald, P. Halpin, T. Hamazaki, A. Pershing, S.S. Qian, A. Read, S.B. Reilly, L.Torres, R. Werner. 2006. Techniques for cetacean-habitat modeling. Marine Ecology Progress Series 310:271-295.

Torres, L.G., M.R. Heithaus and B. Delius. 2006. Influence of teleost abundance on the distribution and abundance of sharks in Florida Bay, USA. Hydrobiologia 569:449-455.

Torres, L.G., A.J. Read and P. Halpin. 2008. Fine-scale habitat modeling of a top marine predator: Do prey data improve predictive capacity? Ecological Applications 18(7): 1702-1717.

Torres, L.G. 2009. A kaleidoscope of mammal, bird and fish: Habitat use patterns of top predators and their prey in Florida Bay, Florida. Marine Ecology Progress Series 375: 289-304.

Torres, L.G. and A.J. Read. 2009. Where to catch a fish? The influence of foraging tactics on the ecology of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Florida Bay, Florida. Marine Mammal Science 25(4): 797-815.

Torres, L.G., D.R. Thompson, S. Bearhop, S. Votier, G.A. Taylor, P.M. Sagar, and B.C. Robertson. Submitted. White-capped albatross alter fine-scale foraging behavior patterns when associated with fishing vessels. Ecological Applications.