Bierlich, K.C., Wengrove, D., Bird, C. N., Davidson, R., Chandler, T., Torres, L. G., Cantor, M. (in review). LidarBoX: a 3D-printed, open-source altimeter system to improve photogrammetric accuracy for off-the-shelf drones. Drone Systems and Applications
Sumich, J., Albertson G., Torres, L.G., Bird, C.N., Bierlich, K.C., Harris, C. (in review). Using audio and UAS-based video for estimating tidal lung volumes of active adult gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus). Marine Mammal Science
Pirotta, E., Fernandez, A., Bierlich, K.C., Bird, C.N., Buck, C.L., Haver, S., Haxel, J.H., Hildebrand, L., Hunt, K.E., Lemos, L.S., New, L., Torres, L.G. (in review). Developing physiological dose-response functions for gray whales exposed to anthropogenic stressors. Conservation Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230452
Barlow, Dawn; Bierlich, K.C.; Oestreich, William; Chiang, Gustavo; Durban, John; Goldbogen, Jeremy; Johnston, David; Leslie, Matthew; Moore, Michael; Ryan, John; Torres, Leigh (in review). Shaped by their environment: variation in blue whale morphology across three productive coastal ecosystems. Integrative Organismal Biology.
Bierlich, K.C., Kane, A.*, Hildebrand, L., Bird, C. N., Fernandez Ajo, A., Stewart, J. D., Hewitt, J., Hildebrand, I., Sumich, J., & Torres, L. G. (2023). Downsized: gray whales using an alternative foraging ground have smaller morphology. Biology Letters, 19(8). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0043
Fernandez Ajo, A, Pirotta, E., Bierlich, K.C., Hildebrand, L., Bird, C.N., Hunt, K.E., Buck, C.L., New, L., Dillon, D., Torres, L.G. (2023). Assessment of a noninvasive approach to pregnancy diagnosis in gray whales though drone-based photogrammetry and faecal hormone analysis. Royal Society Open Science
Cade, D.E., Kahane-Rapport, S.R., Gough, W.T., Bierlich, K.C., Linksy, J.M.J., Johnston, D.W., Goldbogen, J.A., Friedlaender, A.S. (2023). Ultra-high feeding rates of Antarctic minke whales imply a lower limit for body size in engulfment filtration feeders. Nature Ecology and Evolution. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-01993-2
Bierlich, K.C., Hewitt, J., Schick R.S., Pallin, L., Dale, J., Friedlaender, A.S., Christiansen, F., Sprogis K.R., Dawn, A.H., Bird, C.N., Larsen, G., Nichols, R., Shero, M., Goldbogen, J.A., Read, A., Johnston, D.W. (2022). Seasonal gain in body condition of foraging humpback whales along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Frontiers in Marine Science. 9, 1–16. doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.1036860 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.1036860/full
Pallin, L., Bierlich, KC, Durban, J. Fearnbach, H., Savenko, O., C.S. Baker, E. Bell, Double, M.C., de la Mare, W. , Goldbogen, J. , Johnston, D., Kellar, N., Nichols, R., Nowacek, D., Read, A.J., Steel, D., Friedlaender, A. (2022) Demography of an ice-obligate mysticete in a region of rapid environmental change. Royal Society of Open Science. 9(11). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220724
Gough, W.T., Cade, D.E., Czapanskiy, M.F., Potvin, J., Fish, F.E, Kahane-Rapport, S.R., Savoca, M.S., Bierlich, K.C.,Johnston, D.W., Friedlaender, A.S., Szabo, A., Bejder, L., Goldbogen, J.A., (2022). Fast and Furious: Energetictradeoffs and scaling of high-speed foraging in rorqual whales. Integrative Organismal Biology. 4(1), obac038, https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obac038
Nazario EC, Cade DE, Bierlich KC, Czapanskiy MF, Goldbogen JA, Kahane-Rapport SR, van der Hoop JM, San Luis MT, Friedlaender AS. (2022). Baleen whale inhalation variability revealed using animal-borne video tags. PeerJ10:e13724 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13724
Torres, L.G., Bird, C., Rodrigues-Gonzáles, F., Christiansen F., Bejder, L., Lemos, L., Urbán Ramírez, J., Swartz, S., Willoughby, A., Hewitt., J., Bierlich, K.C. (2022). Range-wide comparison of gray whale body condition reveals contrasting sub-population health characteristics and vulnerability to environmental change. Frontiers in Marine Science. 9:867258. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.867258
Segre P.S., Gough, W.T., Roualdes, E.A., Cade, D.E., Czapanskiy, M.F., Fahlbush, J., Kahane-Rapport, S.R., Oestreich, W.K., Bejder, L., Bierlich, K.C., Burrows, J.A., …Goldbogen, JA. (2022). Scaling of maneuvering performance in baleen whales: larger whales outperform expectations. Journal of Experimental Biology. 225 (5): jeb243224. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.243224
Bierlich, K.C., Hewitt, J., Bird, C.N., Schick R.S., Friedlaender, A.S., Torres, L.G., Dale, J., Goldbogen, J.A., Read, A., Calambokidis J., Johnston, D.W., (accepted). Comparing uncertainty associated with 1-, 2-, and 3D aerial photogrammetry-based body condition measurements of baleen whales. Frontiers in Marine Science.
Savoca, M.S. Czapanskiy, M.F., Kahane-Rapport, S.R., Gough, W.T., Falhbusch, J.A., Bierlich, K.C., Segre, P.S., Di Clemente, J., Penry G.S., Wiley, D.N., Calambokids, J., Nowacek, D.P., Johnston, D.W., Pyenson, N.D., Friedlaender, A.S., Hazen, E.L., Goldbogen, J.A. (2021). Baleen whale prey consumption based on high resolution foraging measurements. Nature. 599, 85-90 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03991-5
Bierlich, K.C., Schick, R.S., Hewitt, J., Dale, J., Goldbogen, J.A., Friedlaender, A.S., Johnston D.J. (2021). A Bayesian approach for predicting photogrammetric uncertainty in morphometric measurements derived from UAS. Marine Ecology Progress Series.673:193-210. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13814
Gough, W. T., Smith, H. J., Savoca, M. S., Czapanskiy M. F., Fish, F. E., Potvin, J., Bierlich, K.C., Cade, D. E., Di Clemente, J., Kennedy, J., Segre, P., Stanworth, A., Weir, C., & Goldbogen, J. A. (In press). Scaling of oscillatory kinematics and Froude efficiency in baleen whales. Journal of Experimental Biology 224 (13): jeb237586. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.237586
Kahane-Rapport, S.R., Savoca, M.S., Cade, D.E., Segre, P.S., Bierlich, K.C., Calambokidis, J.A., Dale, J., Friedlaender, A.S., Johnston, D.W., Werth, A.J. and J.A. Goldbogen. (2020). Lunge filter feeding biomechanics constrain rorqual foraging ecology across scale. Journal of Experimental Biology. 223(20). https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.224196
Bird, C.N., and Bierlich, K.C. (2020). CollatriX: A GUI to collate MorphoMetriX outputs. Journal of Open Source Software, 5(51), 2328. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.02328
Torres, W.I., & Bierlich, K.C. (2020). MorphoMetriX: a photogrammetric measurement GUI for morphometric analysis of megafauna. Journal of Open Source Software, 5(45), 1825. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.01825
Segre, P.S., Potvin, J., Cade, D.E., Calambokidis, J., Di Clemente, J., Fish, F.E., Friedlaender, A.S., Gough, W.T., Kahane-Rapport, S.R., Oliveira, C., Parks, S.E., Penry, G.S., Simon, M., Stimpert, A.K., Wiley, D.N., Bierlich, K.C., Madesen, P.T., Goldbogen, J.A. (2020). Energetic and physical limitations on the breaching performance of large whales. eLife, 9, p.e51760. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.51760
Gough, W.T., Segre, P.S., Bierlich, K.C., Cade, D.E., Potvin, J., Fish, F. E., Dale, J., di Clemente, J., Friedlaender, A.S., Johnston, D.W., Kahane-Rapport, S.R., Kennedy, J., Long, J.H., Oudejans, M., Penry, G., Savoca, M.S., Simon, M., Videsen, S.K.A., Visser, F., Wiley, D.N., Goldbogen, J.A. (2019). Scaling of swimming performance in baleen whales. Journal of Experimental Biology, 222(20). https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.204172
Gray, P. C., Bierlich, K.C., Mantell, S. A., Friedlaender, A. S., Goldbogen, J. A., & Johnston, D. W. (2019). Drones and convolutional neural networks facilitate automated and accurate cetacean species identification and photogrammetry. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10(9), 1490-1500. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.13246
Bierlich, K.C., Miller, C., DeForce, E., Friedlaender, A. S., Johnston, D. W., & Apprill, A. (2018). Temporal and regional variability in the skin microbiome of humpback whales along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Applied and environmental microbiology, 84(5), e02574-17. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02574-17