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Overview

John W. Durban is a researcher affiliated with the New England Aquarium in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Ecology, Atmospheric Science, and Oceanography. These areas reflect a broad engagement with the environmental and biological sciences as they relate to marine and atmospheric systems.

Durban's research interests include:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Underwater Acoustics Research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research

Their frequent coauthors, indicating collaborative research efforts, include:

  • Holly Fearnbach (19 joint publications)
  • Trevor Joyce (8 joint publications)
  • Michael J. Moore (6 joint publications)
  • John Calambokidis (6 joint publications)
  • Ari S. Friedlaender (6 joint publications)

Durban's work has appeared in a range of scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Marine Mammal Science (6 publications)
  • Royal Society Open Science (5 publications)
  • Ecological Applications (2 publications)
  • Current Biology (1 publication)
  • Molecular Ecology (1 publication)

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Durban reflect diverse topics in marine biology and ecology:

  • Decreasing body lengths in North Atlantic right whales, 2021, published in Current Biology
  • Runs of homozygosity in killer whale genomes provide a global record of demographic histories, 2021, published in Molecular Ecology
  • Survival of the fattest: linking body condition to prey availability and survivorship of killer whales, 2021, published in Ecosphere
  • Boom-bust cycles in gray whales associated with dynamic and changing Arctic conditions, 2023, published in Science
  • Revised taxonomy of eastern North Pacific killer whales ( Orcinus orca ): Bigg's and resident ecotypes deserve species status, 2024, published in Royal Society Open Science

Best Publications

  • Continuous-time correlated random walk model for animal telemetry data.

    Devin S. Johnson;Joshua M. London;Mary-Anne Lea;John W. Durban

  • Complete mitochondrial genome phylogeographic analysis of killer whales (Orcinus orca) indicates multiple species

    Phillip A. Morin;Frederick I. Archer;Andrew D. Foote;Julia Vilstrup

  • Beaked Whales Respond to Simulated and Actual Navy Sonar

    Peter L. Tyack;Walter M. X. Zimmer;David Moretti;Brandon L. Southall

  • Quantifying the influence of sociality on population structure in bottlenose dolphins.

    David Lusseau;Ben Wilson;Philip S. Hammond;Kate Grellier;Kate Grellier

  • Recommendations for photo-identification methods used in capture-recapture models with cetaceans

    Kim Urian;Antoinette Gorgone;Andrew Read;Brian Balmer

  • Genome-culture coevolution promotes rapid divergence of killer whale ecotypes

    Andrew David Foote;Andrew David Foote;Andrew David Foote;Nagarjun Vijay;María C. Ávila-Arcos;Robin W. Baird

  • Feeding ecology of eastern North Pacific killer whales Orcinus orca from fatty acid, stable isotope, and organochlorine analyses of blubber biopsies

    D. P. Herman;D. G. Burrows;P. R. Wade;J. W. Durban

  • Cooperative hunting behavior, prey selectivity and prey handling by pack ice killer whales (Orcinus orca), type B, in Antarctic Peninsula waters

    Robert L. Pitman;John W. Durban

  • Photogrammetry of killer whales using a small hexacopter launched at sea1

    J.W. Durban;H. Fearnbach;L.G. Barrett-Lennard;W.L. Perryman

  • Use of chemical tracers in assessing the diet and foraging regions of eastern North Pacific killer whales

    Margaret M. Krahn;David P. Herman;Craig O. Matkin;John W. Durban

  • Kinship as a basis for alliance formation between male bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in the Bahamas

    Kim M Parsons;John W Durban;Diane E Claridge;Ken C Balcomb

  • Antarctic killer whales make rapid, round-trip movements to subtropical waters: evidence for physiological maintenance migrations?

    J. W. Durban;R. L. Pitman

  • The social dynamics of southern resident killer whales and conservation implications for this endangered population

    K.M. Parsons;K.C. Balcomb;J.K.B. Ford;J.W. Durban

  • Extensive Core Microbiome in Drone-Captured Whale Blow Supports a Framework for Health Monitoring

    Amy Apprill;Carolyn A. Miller;Michael J. Moore;John W. Durban

  • Positive selection on the killer whale mitogenome.

    Andrew D. Foote;Phillip A. Morin;John W. Durban;Robert L. Pitman

  • Integrating multiple data sources to assess the distribution and abundance of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in Scottish waters

    Barbara Jean Cheney;Paul Michael Thompson;Simon Nicholas Ingram;Philip S. Hammond

  • Photogrammetry of blue whales with an unmanned hexacopter

    John W. Durban;Michael J. Moore;Gustavo Chiang;Leigh S. Hickmott

  • Whale killers: Prevalence and ecological implications of killer whale predation on humpback whale calves off Western Australia

    Robert L. Pitman;John A. Totterdell;Holly Fearnbach;Lisa T. Ballance

  • POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE OF COASTAL BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS) IN THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS

    Kim M. Parsons;John W. Durban;Denise E. Claridge;Denise L. Herzing

  • Humpback whales interfering when mammal-eating killer whales attack other species: mobbing behavior and interspecific altruism?

    Robert L. Pitman;Volker B. Deecke;Christine M. Gabriele;Mridula Srinivasan

  • Estimating abundance of killer whales in the nearshore waters of the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands using line-transect sampling

    Alexandre N. Zerbini;Alexandre N. Zerbini;Janice M. Waite;John W. Durban;Rick LeDuc

  • Observations of a distinctive morphotype of killer whale (Orcinus orca), type D, from subantarctic waters

    Robert L. Pitman;John W. Durban;Michael Greenfelder;Christophe Guinet

  • LASER‐METRICS OF FREE‐RANGING KILLER WHALES

    J. W. Durban;K. M. Parsons

  • Geographic Patterns of Genetic Differentiation among Killer Whales in the Northern North Pacific

    Kim M. Parsons;John W. Durban;Alexander M. Burdin;Vladimir N. Burkanov

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert L. Pitman
Robert L. Pitman Oregon State University
Andrew D. Foote
Andrew D. Foote Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Paul R. Wade
Paul R. Wade National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
M. Thomas P. Gilbert
M. Thomas P. Gilbert University of Copenhagen
Phillip A. Morin
Phillip A. Morin National Marine Fisheries Service
Paul M. Thompson
Paul M. Thompson University of Southern California
Lisa T. Ballance
Lisa T. Ballance Oregon State University
Jochen B. W. Wolf
Jochen B. W. Wolf Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Robin W. Baird
Robin W. Baird Cascadia Research Collective
Michael J. Moore
Michael J. Moore Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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