Publications

1958. Payne, R.S. and W.H. Drury, Jr. Marksman of the darkness (Tyto alba). Natural History, 67(6): 316-323. Click to Download

1959. Eisner, T., F. McKittrick, and R. Payne. Defense sprays of roaches. Pest Control, 27(6): 9-12. Click to Download

1961. RS Payne. The Acoustical Localization of Prey by the Barn Owl (Tyto-Alba). American Zoologist, 1:33, p 379. (Abstract) Click to Download

1961. Payne, R.S. Acoustic orientation of prey by the barn owl, Tyto alba. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, Division of Engineering and Applied Physics, Technical Report No. 1, 67pp.

1962. Payne, R.S. How the barn owl locates prey by hearing. Living Bird, 1: 151-159.  Click to Download

1964. RS Payne, KD Roeder, J Wallman. The Directional Characteristics of the Ears of Noctuid Moths. American Zoologist, 4:33 p 276, (Abstract) Click to Download

1965. Roeder, K.D. and R. Payne. Acoustic orientation of a moth in flight by means of two sense cells. Symp. Soc. Exper. Biol., 20: 251-272. Click to Download

1966. Payne, R.S.; K.D. Roeder; and J. Wallman. Directional sensitivity of the ears of noctuid moths. J. Exper. Biol., 44(1): 17-31. Click to Download

1967. Payne, R. How owls hunt – Part 1. Nature and Science, 4(9): 4-7. Click to Download

1967. Payne, R. How owls hunt – Part 2, When an owl strikes. Nature and Science, 4(10): 15-18. Click to Download

1968. Payne, R.S. How barn owls hunt. New York: McGraw Hill, 30pp. Click to Download

1969. Payne, R.S. Among wild whales. Log of the Mystic Seaport, 21: 2-8.

1970. Payne, R. Songs of the humpback whale. (33½ Phonograph record with accompanying 36p. book). Del Mar, CA: CRM Books. SWR-11.

1970. Payne, R. Songs of the humpback whale. (33½ RPM record). NY: Capitol Records. ST-620.

1971. Payne, R.S. and S. McVay. Songs of humpback whales. Science, 173: 585-597. Click to Download

1971. Payne, R.S. and D. Webb. Orientation by means of long-range acoustic signaling in baleen whales. In Orientation: Sensory Basis. H.E. Adler (ed.), Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 188: 110-141. Click to Download

1971. Payne, R.S. Acoustic location of prey by barn owls (Tyto alba). J.Exp.Biol., 54(3): 535-573. Click to Download

1971. Payne, R.S. Whales and the Endangered Species Conservation Act. The Sciences, 11: 18. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2326-1951.1971.tb00865.x

1971. Payne, R.S. and K. Payne. Underwater sounds of southern right whales. Zoologica, 56: 159-65. Click to Download

1972. Roger S. Payne. Report from Patagonia: The Right Whales. New York Zoological Society. Spring issue. Click to Download

1972. Payne, R.S. The song of the whale. In: Marvels of Animal Behavior. P. Marler (ed.), Washington, D.C.: Nat. Geogr. Soc., p. 144-167. Click to Download

1972. Payne, R.S. 1972. Swimming with Patagonia’s right whales. Nat. Geogr., 142: 576-587. Click to Download

1974. Payne, R.S. A playground for whales. Animal Kingdom, 77: 7-12  Click to Download

1975. Mead, J. and R. Payne. A specimen of the Tasman beaked whale, Tasmacetus shepherdi, from Argentina. J. Mammal., 6: 213-217. (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.2307/1379619

1976. Payne, R.S. At home with right whales. Nat. Geogr., 149: 322-341. Click to Download

1977. Payne, R.S. Behavior and vocalizations of humpback whales (Megaptera noveangliae). In: Report of a workshop on problems related to humpback whales in Hawaii. K.S. Norris and R.R. Reeves (eds.), Springfield, VA: NTIS, PB280 794, appendix 8: 1-13.

1977. Payne, R.S. and K. Payne. Bewertung der walpopulation durch photogrammetrie – technik. Bild der Wissenschaft, 14(12): 4249.

1977. Payne, R. Deep Voices. (Phonograph record). New York: Capitol Records. ST-11598.

1979. Payne, R.S. Humpbacks: Their mysterious songs. Nat. Geogr., 155: 18-25 + soundsheet. Click to Download

1979. Payne, R.S. The songs of whales. In: Project Interspeak, T. Wilkes (ed.), Hollywood, CA: Project Interspeak, Inc., p. 65-68.

1980. Payne, R.S. Research on behavior of various species of whales. In: National Geographic Society Research Reports, Vol. 12, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, p. 551-564.

1981. Payne, R., O. Brazier, E. Dorsey, J. Perkins, V. Rowntree, and A. Titus. External features in southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) and their use in identifying individuals. Springfield, VA: NTIS PB81-161093, 77p.

1981. Whitehead, H. and R. Payne. New Techniques for assessing populations of right whales without killing them. pp 189-209. In: Mammals in the Sea. Vol. III., J.G. Clark, J. Goodman and G.A. Soave (eds), FAO Fisheries Serial No. 5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. Click to Download

1981. Whitehead, H. and R. Payne. New techniques for measuring whales from the air. Springfield, VA: NTIS PB81-161143, 36p.

1982. B Würsig, CW Clark, EM Dorsey, MA Fraker, RS Payne. Normal Behavior of Bowheads.  In: Behavior, disturbance responses and feeding of bowhead whales, Balaena Mysticetus, in the Beaufort Sea, WJ Richardson (ed.), 1980-1981. pp 33-143. Unpubl. Rep. By LGL Ecol. Res. Assoc., Inc., Bryan, TX, for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Washington. pp 456.

1982. Payne, R. New light on the singing whales. National Geographic, 161: 462-477.  Click to Download

1982. Roger Payne and Victoria Rowntree. Observations of the Southern Right Whales (Eubalaena australis) Relevant to the Management of Right Whale Populations. Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document 92-05, 58-59. Click to Download

1983. Payne, K; P. Tyack; and R. Payne. Progressive Changes in the Songs of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae): A Detailed Analysis of Two Seasons in Hawaii. In: Communication and Behavior of Whales. AAAS Selected Symposia Series 76, R. Payne (ed.), Boulder, CO: Westview Press, Boulder, CO. p. 9-57.  Click to Download

1983. Payne, R., O. Brazier, E.M. Dorsey, J.S. Perkins, V.J. Rowntree, and A. Titus. External Features in Southern Right Whales (Eubalaena australis) and Their Use in Identifying Individuals. In: Communication and Behavior of Whales. R. Payne (ed.), Covered in p. 371-445. Westview Press. Click to Download

1983. Payne, R. and E.M. Dorsey. Sexual Dimorphism and Aggressive Use of Callosities in Right Whales (Eubalaena australis). In: Communication and Behavior of Whales. AAAS Selected Symposia Series 76, R. Payne (ed.), Boulder, CO: Westview Press, pp 295-329. Click to Download

1983. Payne, R. and L.N. Guinee. Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Songs as an Indicator of “Stocks”. In: Communication and Behavior of Whales. AAAS Selected Symposia Series 76, R. Payne (ed.), Boulder, CO: Westview Press, pp.333-358.  Click to Download

1983. Communication and Behavior of Whales, R. Payne (ed.), Westview Press for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 643pp., Introduction, p 1-6.  Click to Download

1984. Payne, R. Foreword. In: The World’s Whales: the Complete Illustrated Guide, S.M. Minasian, K.C. Balcomb, III, and L. Foster. Smithsonian Books, Washington, D.C. p 9.

1984. Wursig, B., E.M. Dorsey, M.A. Fraker, R.S. Payne, W.J. Richardson, and R.S. Wells. Behavior of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, summering in the Beaufort Sea: Surfacing, respiration and dive characteristics. Can. J. Zool. 62(10): 1910-1921. (Abstract)  Click to Download

1984. Payne, R. and V.J. Rowntree. Ballenas francas australes – Un catalogo fotografico de ballenas individuales avistadas en las aguas alrededor de la Peninsula Valdes, Argentina. Buenos Aires: La Fundacion Alfredo Fortabat, 77pp.

1985. Payne, K. and R. Payne. Large scale changes over 19 years in songs of humpback whales in Bermuda. Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie. 68: 89-114. Click to Download

1985. Payne, R. Suggestions of a Whale Watcher. In: The Mariner’s Guide to Oceanography, p. 25-38. N. Griffis (ed.), Hearst Marine Books, NY.

1985. Bernd Würsig, Eleanor M. Dorsey, Mark A. Fraker, Roger S. Payne, and W. John Richardson. Behavior of bowhead whales, Balaena Mysticetus, summering in the Beaufort Sea: A description. Fishery Bulletin: 83, (No. 3):357-377. Click to Download

1986. Whitehead, H., R. Payne, and P.M. Payne. Population estimate for the right whales off Peninsula Valdés, Argentina 1971-1976. In: Right whales: Past and Present Status. R.L. Brownell, Jr., P.B. Best and J.H. Prescott (eds.), Report of the International Whaling Commission (special issue 10): 169-171. Click to Download

1986. Payne, R. Long Term Behavioral Studies of the Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis). In: Right Whales: Past and Present Status. R.L. Brownell Jr., P.B. Best and J.H. Prescott (eds.), Report of the International Whaling Commission, (special issue 10): 161-167. Click to Download

1987. RS Payne, LF Constain, L Flórez, LN Guinee, J Heyman-Levine. New evidence from songs concerning populations of Pacific Ocean humpback whales. Seventh Bien. Conference of Biology of Marine Mammals, 5-9.

1988. Payne, R. and V. Rowntree. Estudios de la Ballena franca australis a Largo Plazo. Resumenes de la 4a Reunion de Expertos de Mamiferos Acuaticos de Sud America. Montevideo, Uruguay.

1988. Wursig, B., E.M. Dorsey, M.A. Fraker, R.S. Payne, and W.J. Richardson. Behavior of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, summering in the Beaufort Sea: A summary. Report of the International Whaling Commission. (Special Issue).

1989. Payne, R., J. Seger, V. Rowntree, and J.S. Perkins. Persistent associations of right whale mothers and calves. Abstract and paper presented to the Eighth Biennial Conference on Marine Mammals, Monterey, California, December.

1989. Payne, R. Comportamiento Acustico de las ballenas jorobadas (Megaptera novaeangliae). Ciencias del Mar, VI Seminario Nacional. Gran Preemie Editorial LTD. Bogota, Colombia. pp. 6167.

1990. Payne, R., V. Rowntree, J.S. Perkins, J.G. Cooke, and K. Lankester. Population size, trends, and reproductive parameters of right whales (Eubalena australis) off Peninsula Valdés, Argentina. In: Individual Recognition of Ccetaceans: Use of Photoidentification and Other Techniques to Estimate Population Parameters. P.S. Hammond, S.A. Mizroch and G.P. Donovan (eds.), Report of the International Whaling Commission. (Special Issue 12): 271-278. Click to Download

1991. Payne, Roger. ‘Is whaling justifiable on ethical and moral grounds?’. In: Why Whales? N. Davies, A.M. Smith, S.R. Whyte, and V. Williams (eds.), The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society. Bath, U.K., pp 20-22. Click to Download

1991. Payne, R. Foreword in: Where the Whales Are: Your Guide to Whale-Watching Trips in North America. by P. Corrigan. 327 pp. The Globe Pequot Press, Chester, CT.

1991. Schaeff, C. S.D. Draus, M. Brown, J. Perkins, R. Payne, D. Gaskin, P. Boag and B. White. Preliminary analysis of mitochondrial DNA variation within and between the right whale species Eubalena glacialis and Eubalena australis. Report of the International Whaling Commission, (Special Issue 13): 217-223. Click to Download

1992. Amos, W., H. Whitehead, M.J. Ferrari, D.A. Glockner-Ferrari, R. Payne and J. Gordon. Restrictable DNA from sloughed cetacean skin: its potential for use in population analysis. Marine Mammal Science 8(3): 275-283. Click to Download

1993. Best, P., R. Payne, V. Rowntree, J.T. Palazzo and M.D.C. Long-range movements of South Atlantic right whales Eubalena australis. Marine Mammal Science 9(3): 227-234. Click to Download

1994. Payne, R. Among Whales. Natural History 103(1): 40-47. Click to Download

1994. Payne, R. Voices From the Sea. In: Talking on the Water, Conversations about Nature and Creativity. Jonathan White (ed), pp 19-36.

1995. Payne, R. Among Whales. Charles Scribner’s Sons. New York. 431 pp [It is also translated into Japanese, Spanish, and Italian].

1995. Payne, R. Humpbacks: Their mysterious songs. In: The Presence of Whales, Frank Stewart (ed.), Alaska Northwest Books, Seattle. pp 100-105.

1995. Payne, R. Listening to the Abyss. National Wildlife Magazine, October/November. pp 58. Click to Download

1997. Schaeff, Catherine M., Scott D. Kraus, Moira W. Brown, Judy S. Perkins, Roger Payne, and Bradley N. White. Comparison of genetic variability of North and South Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena), using DNA fingerprinting. Canadian Journal of Zoology 75 (no. 7): 1073-1080.

1998. Rowntree, V., P. MacGuiness, K. Marshall, R. Payne, J. Seger, and M. Sironi. Increased harassment of right whales (Eubalaena australis) by kelp gulls (Larus dominicanus) at Península Valdés, Argentina. Marine Mammal Science 14(1): 99-115. Click to Download

1999. Moore, M.J., S.D. B.D. Berrow, B.A., Jensen, P.Carr, R. Sears, V.J. Rowntree, R. Payne, P.K. Hamilton. Relative abundance of large whales around South Georgia (1979-1998). Marine Mammal Science 15(4):1287-1302. Click to Download

1999. Schaeff, C.M., P.B. Best, V.J. Rowntree, R. Payne, C. Jarvis, V.A. Portway. Dorsal skin color patterns among Southern Right Whales (Eubalaena australis): Genetic Basis and evolutionary significance. The Journal of Heredity 90(4):464-471. Click to Download

2000. Portway, V.A., P.B. Best, P.J. Clapham, P.K. Hamilton, M.J. Moore, R.S. Payne, V.J. Rowntree, M. Rivarola, C. M. Schaeff. Mitochondrial DNA differentiation and genetic diversity in south Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena australis). Molecular Ecology, 9: 1793-1802.

2000. Rosenbaum, H.C., R.L. Brownell Jr., M.W. Brown, C. Schaeff, V. Portway, B.N. White, S. Malik, L.A. Pastene, N.J. Patenaude, C.S. Baker, M. Goto, P.B. Best, P.J. Clapham, P. Hamilton, M. Moore, R. Payne, V. Rowntree, C.T. Tynan, J.L.Bannister and R. DeSalle. Worldwide genetic differentiation of Eubalaena: questioning the number of right whale species. Molecular Ecology 9:1793-1802. Click to Download

2001. Cooke, J. G., R. Payne and V.J. Rowntree. Estimates of demographic parameters for southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) observed off Peninsula Valdes, Argentina. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Special Issue) 2: 125-132. Click to Download

2001. Godard, C., Kerr, I., Payne, R., Stegeman, J. A novel and non-lethal biomarker protocol to establish sensitivity to pollutants in marine mammals and other protected species. Presented at the Society of Marine Mammalogy 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. December.

2001. Gray, P.M., B. Krause, J. Atema, R.Payne, C. Krumhansl, L. Baptista. The Music of Nature and the Nature of Music. Science, 05 Jan, vol. 291, issue 5501, pp. 52-54. Click to Access

2001. Payne, R. The role of infrasounds in maintaining whale herds. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 115, Issue 5, p. 2554. (Abstract) Click to Download

2001. Rowntree, V. J., R.S. Payne and D.M. Schell. Changing patterns of habitat use by southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) on their nursery ground at Peninsula Valdes, Argentina, and in their long-range movements. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, (Special Issue) 2: 133-143. Click to Download

2002. Payne, R. Foreword for Wild Soundscapes, Bernie Krause, Wilderness Press, Berkeley. xi-xv. Click to Download

2002. Madsen, P., R. Payne, N. Kristiansen, M. Wahlberg, I. Kerr, and B. Mohl. Sperm whale sound production studied with ultrasound time/depth-recording tags. Journal of Experimental Biology, 205: 1899-1906. Click to Download

2003. Gordon Orians, Frederic Briand, Jared Diamond, Theo Colborn, Edgardo Gomez, Roger Guillemin, Aaron Klug, Masakazu Konishi, Jane Lubchenco, Laurence Mee, Elliot Norse, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Roger Payne, Carl Safina, David Suzuki, Edward O. Wilson, George Woodwell. “Scientists versus Whaling”: whose errors in judgement? BioScience; 53(3):202-203. Click to Download

2004. Godard, C., Clark, R., Kerr, I., Teglberg-Madsen, P., Payne. R., Preliminary Report on the Sperm Whale Data Collected During the Voyage of the Odyssey. Paper for meeting of IWC Scientific Committee, Sorrento Italy. 9 pp. Click to Download

2004. Godard, C. Smolowitz, R.M., Wilson, J.Y., Payne, R., Stegeman, J. Induction of cetacean cytochrome P4501A1 by beta-naphthoflavone exposure of skin biopsy slices. Toxicological Sciences. 80(2):268-75. Click to Download

2004. P. T. Madsen, I. Kerr and R. Payne. Source parameter estimates of echolocation clicks from wild pygmy killer whales (Feresa attenuata) (L) Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 116 (4), Pt. 1, 1909-1912. Click to Download

2004. Madsen, P. T., Kerr, I., and Payne, R. Echolocation clicks of two free-ranging, oceanic delphinids with different food preferences: False killer whales Pseudorca crassidens and Risso’s dolphins Grampus griseus, Journal of Experimental. Biology. 207, 1811–1823. Click to Download

2005. Clark, R., Godard, C., Kerr, I., Fleming, A., Solomon, P., Payne, R. Data collection methodologies of Ocean Alliance’s Voyage of the Odyssey Program. Report of the International Cachalot Assessment Research Planning Workshop (CARP), Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

2005. R. Leaper, J. Cooke, P. Trathan, K. Reid, V. Rowntree, R. Payne. The influence of environmental variables on southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) population dynamics in the southwest Atlantic. Paper # SC/56/SOS6 for 2005 IWC Scientific Committee Meeting.

2005. Payne, R. S. Annex K: Report of the standing working group on environmental concerns. Appendix 2. Long range communication in large whales, ocean noise, and synergistic impacts. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 7, 282-283.

2006. Sironi, Mariano, Juan Carlos Lopez, Roberto Bubas, A. C. G. Carribero, G. Harris, E. Intrieri, M. Iñíguez, and R. Payne. Predation by killer whales (Orcinus orca) on southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) off Patagonia, Argentina: effects on behavior and habitat choice.  J. Cetacean Res. Manage., SC/600/BRG29. Click to Download

2006. Lacerte, C., Wise, S.S., Wise, Jr., J.P., Kerr, I.A.R., Payne, R., Evers, D., and Wise, Sr., J.P. Chromium Exposure and Its Toxicity in the Sperm Whale. Proceedings of the North Atlantic Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. (SETAC), June.

2006. Leaper, Russell, Justin Cooke, Phil Trathan, Keith Reid, Victoria Rowntree, and Roger Payne. Global climate drives southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) population dynamics. Biology Letters 2, no. 2: 289-292. Click to Download

2006. Rubio-Cisneros, N. T., S. L. Mesnick, R. Vázquez-Juárez, J. Urbán-Ramírez, C. A. J. Godard, R. Payne, and A. E. Dizon. Genetic sex determination supports the Gulf of California as an important habitat for male and female sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus). Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 5, no. 2: 125-128. Click to Download

2007. Li Chen, T., Wise, S.S., Kraus, S., O’Hara, T., Kerr, I.A.R., Payne, R., and Wise, Sr., J.P. Genotoxicity of Mercury in the North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) and in the Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus). Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of PRIMO (Pollution Research in Marine Organisms).

2007. Payne, R. Song of the Whale. Kadokawa Art and Science Publ., Tokyo. 205pp. (Published in Japanese only).

2007. Patenaude, Nathalie J., Vicky A. Portway, Cathy M. Schaeff, John L. Bannister, Peter B. Best, Roger S. Payne, Vicky J. Rowntree, Mariana Rivarola, and C. Scott Baker. Mitochondrial DNA diversity and population structure among southern right whales (Eubalaena australis). Journal of Heredity: 98 (2), 147-157. Click to Download

2007. Wise, S.S., Lacerte, C., Wise, Jr., J.P., Kerr, I.A.R., Payne, R., Evers, D., and Wise, Sr., J.P. The Effects of Chromium Exposure and Its Toxicity in the Sperm Whale. Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of PRIMO (Pollution Research in Marine Organisms).

2007. Wise, S.S., Mason M.D., Holmes, A.L., Savery, L., Li Chen, T., Goodale, B., Shaffiey, F., Wise, Jr, J.P., Craig, G., Walter, R., Payne, R., Kerr, I., Spaulding, M., and Wise, Sr., J.P. Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity of Silver Nanoparticles in Human and Marine Cell Lines. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis. 48(7): 606.

2007. Wise, S.S., Shaffiey, F., Lacerte, C., Payne, R., Kerr, I.A.R., Kraus, S., and Wise, Sr., J.P. The Effects of Chromium on Human, Sperm Whale and North Atlantic Right Whale Cells. Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of PRIMO (Pollution Research in Marine Organisms).

2007. Wise, S.S., Mason, M.D., Shaffiey, F., Li Chen, T., Goodale, B., Craig, G., Walter, R., Payne, R., Kerr, I.A.R., Winn, R. and Wise, Sr., J.P. The Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity of Silver Nanoparticles in Target Species. Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of PRIMO (Pollution Research in Marine Organisms).

2007. Wise, S.S., Wise, Jr., J.P., Xie, H., Mason, M.D., Craig, G., Payne, R., Kerr, I.A.R., and Wise, Sr., J.P. The Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity of Silver Nanoparticles in Sperm Whale Cells. Society of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology (SETAC) Abstracts, p. 295.

2008. Wise S.S., Mason M.D., Shaffiey F., Li Chen, T., Goodale, B., LaCerte, C., Craig, G., Walter, R., Payne, R., Kerr, I., Kraus, S., and Wise, Sr. J.P. Comparative Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles in Human, Marine Mammal and Fish Cells. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Northeast Chapter of the Society of Toxicology, p. 27. October 2008. (Abstract)

2008. Wise, S.S., Payne, R., LaCerte, C., Wise, J., Gianios, Jr., C., Perkins, C., Zheng, T., Zhu, C., Kerr, I., and Wise, Sr., J.P. Chromium in Sperm Whales: A Global Assessment. Proceedings of the International Association of Aquatic Animal Medicine Conference. 3 May.

2009. Wise, Sr., J.P., R. Payne, S.S. Wise, C. LaCerte, J. Wise, C. Gianios, Jr., W.D. Thompson, C. Perkins, T. Zheng, C. Zhu, L. Benedict, and I.A. Kerr. A global assessment of chromium pollution using sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) as an indicator species. Chemosphere 75: 1461-1467. Click to Download

2009. Wise, J., LaCerte, C., Wise, S.S., Gianios, Jr., C., Payne, R., Kerr, I., Thompson, W.D., and Wise, Sr., J.P. Lead Levels in Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Skin Biopsies Collected from Around the Globe during the Voyage of the Odyssey. Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, p. 278.

2009. Marshall, K., La Certe, C., Wise, S.S., Gianios, Jr., C., Wise, J., Payne, R., Kerr, I., Thompson, W.D., and Wise, Sr., J.P. Cadmium Levels in Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Skin Biopsies Collected from Around the Globe during the Voyage of the Odyssey. Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, p. 153.

2009. Atkinson, J., LaCerte, C., Wise, S.S., Gianios, Jr., C., Wise, J., Payne, R., Kerr, I., Thompson, W.D. and Wise, Sr., J.P. Arsenic Levels in Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Skin Biopsies Collected from around the Globe during the Voyage of the Odyssey. Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, p. 20.

2009. Knowlton, C., LaCerte, C., Wise, S.S., Gianios, Jr., C., Wise, J., Payne, R., Kerr, I., Thompson, W.D. and Wise, Sr., J.P. Barium Levels in Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Skin Biopsies Collected from around the Globe during the Voyage of the Odyssey. Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, p. 130.

2009. Hayes, M., Wise, S.S., LaCerte, C., Gianios, Jr., C. Wise, J., Payne, R., Kerr, I., Thompson, W.D. and Wise, Sr., J.P. Copper Levels in Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Skin Biopsies Collected from around the Globe during the Voyage of the Odyssey. Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, p. 109.

2009. Kerr, I., LaCerte, C. Wise, S.S., Gianios, Jr., C., Wise, J., Evers, D., Payne, R., Thompson, W.D. and Wise, Sr., J.P. Mercury Levels in Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Skin Biopsies Collected from around the Globe during the Voyage of the Odyssey. Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, p. 128.

2009. LaCerte, C., Wise, S.S., Shaffiey, F., Li Chen, T., Payne, R., Kerr, I., Thompson, W.D. and Wise, Sr., J.P. Comparison of Chromium Toxicity in Cells from Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus) and Steller Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus). Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, p. 136.

2009. Gianios, Jr., C., LaCerte, C., Wise, S.S., Wise, J., Payne, R., Kerr, I., Thompson, W.D. and Wise Wise, Sr., J.P. Marine Mammal Sightings in the Pacific Ocean Observed During the Voyage of the Odyssey. Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, p. 90.

2009. Wise, Sr., J.P., Wise, S.S., LaCerte, C., Li Chen, T., Wise, J., Gianios, Jr., C., Payne, R., Kerr, I. And Thompson, W.D. Genotoxicity and Global Distribution of Chromium in Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Skin Cells and Tissues. Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, p. 279.

2009. Wise, Jr., J.P., LaCerte, C., Wise, S.S., Gianios, Jr., C., Wise, J., Payne, R., Kerr, I., Thompson, W.D., Mason, M.D. and Wise, Sr., J.P. Gold and Titanium Levels in Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Skin Biopsies Collected from around the Globe during the Voyage of the Odyssey. Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, p. 278.

2009. Cain, S., LaCerte, C., Wise, S.S. Gianios, Jr., C., Wise, J., Payne, R., Kerr, I., Thompson, W.D. and Wise, Sr., J.P. Marine Mammal Sightings in the Indian Ocean Observed During the Voyage of the Odyssey. Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, p. 46.

2009. McNamara, L., Wise, S.S., LaCerte, C., Gianios, Jr., Wise, J., Payne, R., Kerr, I., Thompson, W.D. and Wise, Sr., J.P. Nickel Levels in Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Skin Biopsies Collected from around the Globe during the Voyage of the Odyssey. Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, p. 162.

2009. Wise, S.S., Mason, M.D., LaCerte, C., Li Chen, T., Craig, G., Walter, R., Payne, R., Kerr, I., Gianios, Jr., C., Wise, J., Thompson, W.D. and Wise, Sr., J.P. Silver nanoparticle toxicity in sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) cells and global distribution of silver levels in sperm whale skin tissue. Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, p. 278.

2009. Li Chen, T., LaCerte, C., Shaffiey, F., Wise, S.S., Payne, R., Kerr, I,. Thompson, W.D. and Wise, Sr., J.P. Sperm Whale Skin Fibroblasts Are More Resistant to Hexavalent Chromium Toxicity than Human Skin Fibroblasts. Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, p. 143.

2009. Payne, R., LaCerte, C., Wise, S.S., Gianios, Jr., C, Wise, J., Kerr, I., Thompson, W.D. and Wise, Sr., J.P. Tin Levels in Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Skin Biopsies Collected from around the Globe during the Voyage of the Odyssey. Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, p.196.

2009. Alexander, A.M., Payne, R., Kerr, I., Wise, Sr., J.P., Steel, D., Baker, C.S. Circum-equatorial survey of mtDNA diversity in the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus): Voyage of the Odyssey. Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Biology of Marine Mammals, p.11.

2009. Wise, Jr., J.P., Wise, S.S., Mason, M.D., Li Chen, T., LaCerte C., Craig, G., Walter, R., Payne, R., Kerr, I., Kraus, S. and Wise, Sr., J.P. Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles in Human, Marine Mammal and Fish Cells. Proceedings of the 2nd USAF ASC/AFRL ESOH Nanomaterial Workshop.

2010. LI Chen, T., LaCerte, C., Shaffiey, F., Wise, S.S., Payne, R., Kerr, I., Thompson, W.D., and Wise, Sr., J.P. Hexavalent Chromium is More Clastogenic to Human Skin Fibroblasts than to Sperm Whale Skin Fibroblasts. Proceedings of the University of Southern Maine’s 7th Annual Thinking Matters Conference: USM Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Symposium.

2010. Davenport, J.A., Li Chen, T., Wise, S.S., Payne, R., Kerr, I., and Wise, Sr., J.P. Trivalent Chromium is Clastogenic to Sperm Whale Skin Fibroblasts. Proceedings of the University of Southern Maine’s 7th Annual Thinking Matters Conference: USM Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Symposium.

2011. Wise Sr, J.P., Wise, S.S., LaCerte, C., Li Chen, T., Wise, J., Gianios Jr, C., Payne, R., Kerr, I. and Thompson, W. D. Chromium Is a Global Concern for Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus). Program of the National Council for Science and the Environment’s (NCSE) 11th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment, p. 49.

2011. Li Chen, T., Martino, J., Wise, S., LaCerte, C., Shaffiey, F., Xie, H., Holmes, A., McPhearson, K., Kerr, I., Payne, R., Kraus, S., and Wise, Sr., J.P. The Toxic Effects of Chromium Compounds in North Atlantic Right Whale and Sperm Whale Cells. Proceedings of the University of Southern Maine’s 8th Annual Thinking Matters Conference: USM Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Symposium.

2011. Wise, S.S., Wise, Jr., J.P., Braun, M., Wise, C.F., Wise, J., Gianios Jr, C., Huang, S., Wallace, B., Glass, I., Walker, R., LaCerte, C., McKay, J., Kerr, I., Payne, R., and Wise Sr, J.P. Assessing the Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Whales. Program of the National Council for Science and the Environment’s (NCSE) 11th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment, p.49.

2011. Wise Sr, John Pierce, W. Douglas Thompson, Sandra S. Wise, Carolyne LaCerte, James Wise, Christy Gianios Jr, Christopher Perkins, Tongzhang Zheng, Lucille Benedict, Michael D. Mason, Roger Payne and Iain Kerr.  A Global Assessment of Gold, Titanium, Strontium and Barium Pollution Using Sperm Whales (Physeter Macrocephalus) As an Indicator Species. Journal of Ecosystem & Ecography 1, no.1. Click to Download

2011. Southall, Brandon L., Christopher Clark, Kendra Daley, Sue Moore, John Payne, Roger Payne, Kate Stafford et al. Acoustic monitoring of marine life with a fiber‐optic, ocean‐observing network. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 129, no. 4: p 2372. (Abstract) Click to Access

2011. Chen, T., Martino, J., Wise, S.S., LaCerte, C., Shaffiey, F., Xie, H., Holmes, A.L., McPhearson, K., Kerr, I., Payne, R., Kraus, S.D. and Wise, Sr., J.P. The Toxic Effects of Chromium Compounds in North Atlantic Right Whale and Sperm Whale Cells. Toxicological Sciences, 120: 516.

2011. Céline A.J. Godard-Codding, Rebecca Clark, Maria Cristina Fossi, Letizia Marsili, Silvia Maltese, Adam G. West, Luciano Valenzuela, Victoria Rowntree, Ildiko Polyak, John C. Cannon, Kim Pinkerton, Nadia Rubio-Cisneros, Sarah L. Mesnick, Stephen B. Cox, Iain Kerr, Roger Payne, and John J. Stegeman. Pacific Ocean–Wide Profile of CYP1A1 Expression, Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Ratios, and Organic Contaminant Burden in Sperm Whale Skin Biopsies. Environmental Health Perspective March; 119(3): 337–343. Click to Download

2011. RS Payne. Evidence for Awareness in Whales. Lecture, Report of the Whale Welfare and Ethics Workshop 22/23, Eden Project, Cornwall, United Kingdom. IWC/63/WKM&AWI 4, Agenda item 4.2. Click to Download

2011. Rowntree, V., Uhart, M., and Payne, R., Mortalities of right whales at Peninsula Valdes between 1971 and 2010: recent increases and their possible causes. SC/S11/RW2 Buenos Aires, Argentina, 13-16.

2012. R. A. Clark, P. T. Madsen, R. Payne, I. Kerr, C. M. Johnson, G. Johnson, R. C. Anderson and C. A. J. Godard. Cetacean sightings and acoustic detections in the offshore waters of the Maldives during the northeast monsoon seasons of 2003 and 2004. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management.12(2): 227-234. Click to Download

2013. Savery, L.C., Wise, S.S., Falank, C., Wise, J., Gianios, Jr., C., Thompson, W.D., Perkins, C., Mason, M.D., Payne, R. Kerr, I. and Wise, Sr., J.P. A Global Assessment of Silver Pollution using Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus) as an Indicator Species. Journal of Environmental and Analytical Toxicology 3 (2):169-177. Click to Download

2013. Savery, L.C., Holmes, A.L., Braun M.C., Evers, D.C., Kerr I., Payne R., Thompson W.D., Perkins, C., Zheng, T., Zhu, C., and Wise, Sr., J.P. Selenium Protects Against the Toxic Effects of Methylmercury in Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Skin Cells. Toxicological Sciences, 132: 328.

2013. Savery, Laura C., David C. Evers, Sandra S. Wise, Carolyne Falank, James Wise, Christy Gianios Jr, Iain Kerr, Roger Payne, W Douglas Thompson, Christopher Perkins, Tongzhang Zheng, Cairong Zhu, Lucille Benedict, John Pierce Wise. Global mercury and selenium concentrations in skin from free-ranging sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus). Science of the Total Environment 450: 59-71. (Abstract) Click to Download

2016. Johnson CM, Beckley LE, Kobryn H, Johnson GE, Kerr I and Payne R. Crowdsourcing Modern and Historical Data Identifies Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Habitat Offshore of South-Western Australia. Frontiers in Marine Science. 3: 167. Click to Download

2021. Macarena Agrelo, Fábio G. Daura-Jorge, Victoria J. Rowntree, Mariano Sironi, Philip S. Hammond, Simon N. Ingram, Carina F. Marón, Florencia O. Vilches, Jon Seger, Roger Payne, Paulo C. Simōes-Lopes. Ocean warming threatens southern right whale population recovery. Science Advances, vol 7, no. 42, 15 Oct. 2021. https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.abh2823?af=R

2021. Jacob Andreas, Gašper Beguš, Michael M. Bronstein, Roee Diamant, Denley Delaney, Shane Gero, Shafi Goldwasser, David F. Gruber, Sarah de Haas, Peter Malkin, Roger Payne, Giovanni Petri, Daniela Rus, Pratyusha Sharma, Dan Tchernov, Pernille Tønnesen, Antonio Torralba, Daniel Vogt, Robert J. Wood. Cetacean Translation Initiative: a roadmap to deciphering the communication of sperm whaleshttp://arxiv.org/abs/2104.08614