James L. Sumich

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

16h-index997citations65works1.52yr avg
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Research Topics

Marine animal studies overview(50), Cephalopods and Marine Biology(14), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics(11), Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses(9), Marine and fisheries research(8)

Publications65 total

Size and body condition drive the energetic cost of a baleen whale foraging in shallow habitat
PeerJ·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Ventilatory Patterns, Oxygen Consumption Rates, Oxygen Stores and Calculated Aerobic Dive Limits of Foraging Gray Whales ( <scp> <i>Eschrichtius robustus</i> </scp> )
Marine Mammal Science·2025· 2 cited
Using audio and <scp>UAS</scp>‐based video for estimating tidal lung volumes of resting and active adult gray whales (<i>Eschrichtius robustus</i>)
Marine Mammal Science·2023· 7 cited
Downsized: gray whales using an alternative foraging ground have smaller morphology
Biology Letters·2023· 22 citedOpen Access
The influence of whalewatching on the behaviour of migrating gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) in Todos Santos Bay and surrounding waters, Baja California, Mexico
˜The œjournal of cetacean research and management. Special issue·2023· 22 citedOpen Access
Revised estimates of foetal and post-natal growth in young gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus)
˜The œjournal of cetacean research and management. Special issue·2023· 10 citedOpen Access
Growth in marine mammals: a review of growth patterns, composition and energy investment
Conservation Physiology·2023· 23 citedOpen Access
Peer Review #1 of "Baleen whale inhalation variability revealed using animal-borne video tags (v0.1)"
2022Open Access
Why Baja? A bioenergetic model for comparing metabolic rates and thermoregulatory costs of gray whale calves (<scp><i>Eschrichtius robustus</i></scp>)
Marine Mammal Science·2021· 18 cited
Intra‐ and inter‐annual variation in gray whale body condition on a foraging ground
Ecosphere·2020· 77 citedOpen Access
The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution
2017· 7 citedOpen Access
Appendix A. Duration of calf stages (Ts).
Figshare·2016Open Access
Appendix C. Tidal lung volume (Vt), and supplemental tables and figures.
Figshare·2016Open Access
Appendix D. Mass (M).
Figshare·2016Open Access
Appendix B. Respiration rate (Rs).
Figshare·2016Open Access
Appendix E. Lactation costs (calf metabolic rate and calf growth costs).
Figshare·2016Open Access
A bioenergetics model to evaluate demographic consequences of disturbance in marine mammals applied to gray whales
Ecosphere·2015· 106 citedOpen Access
Evolution and Geography
Elsevier eBooks·2015· 9 cited
Pinniped Evolution and Systematics
Elsevier eBooks·2015· 6 cited
Energetics
Elsevier eBooks·2015· 3 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Annalisa Berta(25), Kit M. Kovacs(24), Pieter A. Folkens(12), Peter Adam(12), Leigh G. Torres(3), Daniel P. Costa(2), James E. McCauley(2), K. C. Bierlich(2), Clara N. Bird(2), Gisela Heckel(2), John F. Morrissey(1), Stella Villegas‐Amtmann(1), Lisa K. Schwarz(1), Leila Soledade Lemos(1), Jonathan D. Burnett(1), Todd E. Chandler(1), Stephanie K. Adamczak(1), Elizabeth A. McHuron(1), Fredrik Christiansen(1), Robin C. Dunkin(1)