Publications
 
     
 
   
(Student names in bold)
 
   

1977    Würsig, B. and M. Würsig.  The photographic determination of group size, composition and stability of coastal porpoises, Tursiops truncatus.  Science 198:755‑756.

1977    Würsig, M., B. Würsig and J.E. Mermoz.  Desplazamientos, comportamiento general, y un varamiento de la marsopa espinoza, Phocoena spinipinnis, en el Golfo San José (Chubut, Argentina).  Physis 36:71‑79.

1978    Würsig, B.  Occurrence and group organization of Atlantic bottlenose porpoises (Tursiops truncatus)  in an Argentine Bay.  Biol. Bull. 154:348‑359.

1979    Würsig, B. and M. Würsig.  Behavior and ecology of the bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, in the South Atlantic.  U.S. Fish Bull. 77(2):399‑412.

1980    Würsig, B. and M. Würsig.  Behavior and ecology of the dusky dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus,  in the South Atlantic.  U.S. Fish Bull. 77(4):871‑890.

1982    Würsig, B.  Radio tracking dusky porpoise in the South Atlantic.  Mammals in the Seas Vol. 4.  FAO Fisheries Series No. 5:145‑160.

1983    Norris, K.S., B. Villa‑Ramirez, G. Nichols, B. Würsig and K. Miller.  Lagoon entrance and other aggregations of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus).  pp. 259‑293.  In:  Communication and Behavior of Whales, R. Payne (ed).  Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado.

1983    Würsig, B.  The question of dolphin awareness approached through studies in nature.  Cetus 5(1):4‑7.

1984    Würsig, B.  Aspects of the natural history of bottlenose and dusky dolphins.  Nat. Geog. Soc. Res. Repts. 16(1975):759‑769.

1984    Würsig, 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. 62:1910‑1921.

1985    Le Boeuf, B.J. and B. Würsig.  Beyond bean counting and whale tales.  Mar. Mamm. Science 1:128‑148.

1985    Richardson, W.J., M.A. Fraker, B. Würsig, and R.S. Wells.  Behavior of bowhead whales Balaena mysticetus  summering in the Beaufort Sea: Reactions to industrial activities.  Biol. Conserv. 32:195‑230.

1985    Würsig, 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 description.  U.S. Fish. Bull. 83:357‑377.

1986    Shane, S.H., R.S. Wells and B. Würsig.  Ecology, behavior and social organization of the bottlenose dolphin:  A review.  Mar. Mamm. Science 2:34‑63.

1986    Würsig, B., R.S. Wells and D.A. Croll.  Behavior of gray whales summering near St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea.  Can. J. Zool. 64:611‑621.

1986    Würsig, B.  Delphinid foraging strategies.  pp. 347‑359 In:  Dolphin Cognition and Behavior: A Comparative Approach,  R.J. Schusterman, J.A. Thomas, and F.G. Wood (eds.).  Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers, Hillsdale, N.J.

1986    Richardson, W.J., B. Würsig and C.R. Greene, Jr..  Reactions of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, to seismic exploration in the Canadian Beaufort Sea.  J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 79:1117‑1128.

1986    Croll, D.A., L.T. Ballance, B.G. Würsig and W.B. Tyler.  Movements and daily activity patterns of a brown pelican in central California.  The Condor 88:258‑260.

1986    Würsig, 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.  In:  Behavior of Whales in Relation to Management, G.P. Donovan (ed).  Reports of the International Whaling Commission; Special Issue 8:167‑175.

1986    Würsig, B. and R. Bastida.  Long‑range movement and individual associations of two dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) off Argentina.  J. Mamm. 67:773‑774.

1986    Würsig, B. and G. Silber.  The perils of cryptozoology and a new classification.  Cryptozoology 5:117‑120.

1988    Ljungblad, D.K., B. Würsig, S.L. Swartz and J.M. Keene.  Observations on the behavioral responses of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) to active geophysical vessels in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea.  Arctic 41:183‑194.

1988    Malme, C.E., B. Würsig, J.E. Bird, and P. Tyack.  Observations of feeding gray whale responses to controlled industrial noise exposure.  pp. 55‑73.  In:  Port and Ocean Engineering Under Arctic Conditions, Vol. II, W.M. Sackinger and M.O. Jeffries, (eds.).  The Geophysical Institute, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks.

1989    Würsig, B., E.M. Dorsey, W.J. Richardson and R.S. Wells.  Feeding, aerial, and play behavior of the bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, summering in the Beaufort Sea.  Aquatic Mammals 15:27‑37.

1989    Würsig, B.  Cetaceans.  Am. Assoc. for the Adv. of Science, Science, 244:1550‑1557.

1989    Dorsey, E.M., W.J. Richardson and B. Würsig.  Factors affecting surfacing, respiration, and dive behavior of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, summering in the Beaufort Sea.  Can. J. Zool.  67:1801‑1815.

1990    Würsig, B. and G. Harris.  Site and association fidelity in bottlenose dolphins off Argentina.  pp. 361‑365.  In:  The Bottlenose Dolphin, S. Leatherwood and R. R. Reeves (eds).  Academic Press.

1990    Richardson, W.J., B. Würsig and C.R. Greene, Jr.  Reactions of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, to drilling and dredging noise in the Canadian Beaufort Sea.  Marine Environ. Res.  29:135‑160.

1990    Würsig, B. and T.A. Jefferson.  Methods of photo‑identification for small cetaceans.  In: Individual Recognition of Cetaceans: Use of Photo‑Identification and Other Techniques to Estimate Population Parameters, P.S. Hammond, S.A. Mizroch, and G.P. Donovan (eds).  Reports of the International Whaling Commission; Special Issue 12:43‑52.

1990    Würsig, B.  Cetaceans and oil: ecologic perspectives.  pp. 129‑165.  In:  Sea mammals and Oil: Confronting the Risks.  J.R. Geraci and D.J. St. Aubin (eds).  Academic Press, N.Y.

1990    Würsig, B., T.R. Kieckhefer and T.A. Jefferson.  Visual displays for communication in cetaceans. pp. 545‑559.  In:  Sensory Abilities of Cetaceans, J. Thomas and R. Kastelein (eds).  Plenum Press, N.Y.

1991    Würsig, B., F. Cipriano and M. Würsig.  Dolphin movement patterns:  Information from radio and theodolite‑tracking studies.  In:  Dolphin Societies: Discoveries and Puzzles, K. Pryor and K.S. Norris (eds).  Univ. of Calif. Press, Berkeley, CA.

1991    Acevedo, A. and B. Würsig.  Preliminary observations on bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, at Isla del Coco, Costa Rica.  Aquatic Mammals 17:148‑151.

1991    Würsig, B.  Advice to dolphins: Avoid the nets and PCB's underwater, and don't breathe the air.  Proceedings of the 1991 European Society Conference.  Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, England.  pp. 7‑11.

1991    Henningsen, T. and B. Würsig.  Bottlenose dolphins in Galveston Bay, Texas: Numbers and activities.  Proceedings of the 1991 European Cetacean Society Conference.  Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, England. pp. 36‑38.

1992    Henningsen, T. and B. Würsig.  Interactions between humans and dolphins in Galveston Bay, Texas.  Proceedings of the symposium Whales:  Biology, Threats and Conservation, Brussels, 5‑7 June 1991.  Ed. by J.J. Symoens, Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences, Brussels.  pp. 135‑140.

1992    Jefferson, T. A, B. Würsig, and D. Fertl.  Cetacean detection and responses to fishing gear.  Marine Mammal Sensory Systems.  Ed. by J.A. Thomas, R.A. Kastelein, and A. Y. Supin.  Plenum Press, N.Y.

1993    Würsig, B. and C.W. Clark.  Behavior of bowhead whales.  In:  The Bowhead Whale, J. Burns, J. Montague and C. Cowles (eds).  Allen Press, Lawrence, Kansas.

1993    Würsig, B., J. Guerrero and G. Silber.  Social and sexual behavior of bowhead whales in fall in the western arctic:  A re‑examination of seasonal trends.  Marine Mammal Science 9:103-110.

1994    Norris, K.S., B. Würsig, R. Wells, and M. Würsig, eds.  The Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.  408 pp. [Book]

1994    Norris, K.S., B. Würsig, and R.S. Wells.  The spinner dolphin. In:  The Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin, K.S. Norris et al. (eds).  University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

1994    Würsig, B., R.S. Wells, K.S. Norris and M. Würsig.  A spinner dolphin's day.  In:  The Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin, K.S. Norris et al. (eds).  University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

1994    Norris, K.S., B. Würsig, and R.S. Wells.  Aerial Behavior. In:  The Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin, K.S. Norris et al. (eds).  University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

1994    Würsig, B., R.S. Wells, M. Würsig and K.S. Norris.  Population structure.  In:  The Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin, K.S. Norris et al. (eds).  University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

1994    Bowles, A.E., M. Smultea, B. Würsig, D.P. De Master, and D. Palka.  Relative abundance and behavior of marine mammals exposed to transmissions from the Heard Island Feasibility Test. J. of Acoust. Soc. Amer. (JASA) 96:2469-2484.

1994    Bräger, S., B. Würsig, A. Acevedo, and T. Henningsen.  Association patterns of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Galveston Bay, Texas.  J. Mammal.  75:431-437.

1995    Würsig, B.  Small cetaceans and humans:  A perspective of world problems.  Reviewed proceedings of the symposium Delfines Y Otras Mamiferos Aquaticas de Venezuela: Una Politica Para Su Conservacíon.  FUDECI, Caracas, Venezuela.

1995    Fertl, D. and B. Würsig.  Coordinated feeding by Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) in the Gulf of Mexico.  Aquatic Mammals 21:3-5.

1995    Wang Ding, B. Würsig, and W. Evans.  Comparisons of whistles among seven odontocete species.  In:  Sensory Systems of Aquatic Mammals, R.A. Kastelein, J.A. Thomas and P.E. Nachtigall (eds).  De Spil Press, Woerden, The Netherlands.

1995    Wang Ding, B. Würsig, and W.E. Evans.  Whistles of bottlenose dolphins:  comparisons among populations.  Aquatic Mammals 21:65-77.

1995    Smultea, M. and B. Würsig.  Bottlenose dolphin reactions to the Mega Borg oil spill.  Aquatic Mammals 21: 171-181.

1995    Richardson, W.J. and B. Würsig.  Significance of responses and noise impacts.  In: Marine Mammals and Noise, ed. by W.J. Richardson, C.R. Greene, Jr., C.I. Malme, and D.H. Thomson.  Academic Press.

1995    Dudzinski, K.M., B. Würsig, and C.W. Clark.  A mobile video/acoustic system for synchronous recording of dolphin vocal and behavioral activities.  Aquatic Mammals 21:187-193.

1995    Goodall, R.N.P., B. Würsig, G. Harris, and K.S. Norris.  Sightings of Burmeister’s porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis, off southern South America.  In: Biology of the Phocoenids, A. Bjørge and G.P. Donovan (eds).  Int’l Whal. Commn. Press, Special Issue #16.

1996    Weller, D., B. Würsig, H. Whitehead, J. Norris, S. Lynn, R. Davis, N. Clauss, P. Brown.  Observations of an interaction between sperm whales and short-finned pilot whales in the Gulf of Mexico.  Marine Mammal Science 12:588-593.

1996    Davis, R.W., G. Worthy, B. Würsig, S.K. Lynn, A. Bull, F.L. Townsend, and F.L. Deckert.  Diving behavior and at-sea movements of an Atlantic spotted dolphin in the Gulf of Mexico.  Marine Mammal Science 12:569-581.

1996    Zhang Xianfeng, Wang Ding, Yang Jian, Wei Zhuo, Wang Kexiong, and B. Würsig.     Study on radio-tracking finless porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides, on the                  Yangtze River.  Acta Ecologica Sinica 16:490-496.

1997    Weller, D., V. Cockcroft, B. Würsig, S. Lynn, and D. Fertl.  Behavioral  responses of bottlenose dolphins to remote biopsy sampling and observations of surgical biopsy wound healing.  Aquatic Mammals 23:49-58.

1997    Würsig, B., F. Cipriano, E. Slooten, R. Constantine, K. Barr and S. Yin. Dusky dolphins     (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) off New Zealand: Status of present knowledge.  Intl. Whal. Comm. Sci. Reports, 1996.

1997    Richardson, W.J. and B. Würsig.  Influences of man-made noise and other human actions          on cetacean behavior.  Mar. and Freshwater Beh. and Physiol. 29:183-209.
1997    Kreho, A., N. Kehtarnavaz, G. Hillman, B. Würsig, and D. Weller.  Computer assisted           extraction of dolphin identification. Edited Proceedings of the International     Conference on Imaging Science, Systems, and Technology., Las Vegas, NV.           1997:440-445.

1998    Würsig, B., S.K. Lynn, T.A. Jefferson, and K. D. Mullin.  Behavior of cetaceans in the northern Gulf of Mexico relative to survey ships and aircraft.  Aquatic Mammals 24:41-50.

1998    Zhou, K., J. Sun, G. Anli, and B. Würsig.  Baiji (Lipotes vexillifer)  in the lower Yangtze River: Movements, numbers, threats, and conservation needs. Aquatic Mammals 24:123-132.

1999    Würsig, B., W.R. Koski, and W.J. Richardson.  Whale riding behavior:  Assisted transport for bowhead whale calves during spring migration in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea.  Marine Mammal Science 15:204-210.

1999    Harlin, A.D., B. Würsig, C.S. Baker, and T.M. Markowitz. Skin swabbing for genetic analysis:  Application on dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus). Marine Mammal Science 15:409-425.

1999    Maze, K.S. and B. Würsig.  Bottlenose dolphins of San Luis Pass, Texas: Occurrence patterns, site-fidelity, and habitat use.  Aquatic Mammals 25:91-103.

Weller, D.W., B. Würsig, A.M. Burdin, A.L. Bradford, S.A. Blokhin, H. Minakuchi, R.L. Brownell, Jr.  Gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) off Sakhalin           Island, Russia: Seasonal and annual patterns of occurrence. Marine Mammal Science 15:1208-1227.

1999      Kreho, A., N. Kehtarnavaz, B.N. Araabi, G. Hillman, B. Würsig, and D. Weller.  Assisting manual dolphin identification by computer extraction of dorsal ratio. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 27:830-838.

1999    Bräger, S, A. Chong, S .Dawson, E. Slooten, and B. Würsig.  A combined stereo photogrammetry and underwater-video system to study group composition of dolphins.  Helgoland Marine Research 53:122-128.

1999    Würsig, B. and J.G. Ortega-Ortiz.  Global climate change and marine mammals.  In: European Research on Cetaceans, Vol. 13, ed. by P.G.H. Evans, J. Cruz, and J.A. Raga.  Artes Gráficas Soler, Valencia, Spain.

Würsig, B., T.A. Jefferson, and D. Schmidly.  Marine Mammals of the Gulf of Mexico.  Texas A&M Univ. Press, College Station, TX.  232 pp. [Book]

2000    Würsig, B., C.R. Greene, and T.A. Jefferson.  Development of an air bubble curtain to reduce underwater noise of percussive piling.  Marine Environmental Research 49:79-93.

2000    Würsig, B.  Radio tracking finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides): Preliminary evaluation of a potential technique.  In:  Biology and Conservation of Freshwater Cetaceans in Asia, ed. by R.R. Reeves, B.D. Smith, and T. Kasuya.  IUCN Species Survival Commission, Occasional Paper No. 23. IUCN Publ., Cambridge, UK.

2000    Würsig, B., D. Breese, P. Chen, A. Gao, B. Tershy, R. Liu, D. Wang, M. Würsig, X. Zhang, and K. Zhou.   Baiji (Lipotes vexillifer): Travel and respiration behavior in the Yangtze River. In:  Biology and Conservation of Freshwater Cetaceans in Asia, ed. by R.R. Reeves, B.D. Smith, and T. Kasuya.  IUCN Species Survival Commission, Occasional Paper No. 23. IUCN Publ., Cambridge, UK.

2000    Leatherwood, S., R.R. Reeves, B. Würsig, and D. Shearn.  Habitat preferences of river dolphins in the Peruvian Amazon. In:  Biology and Conservation of Freshwater Cetaceans in Asia, ed. by R.R. Reeves, B.D. Smith, and T. Kasuya.  IUCN Species Survival Commission, Occasional Paper No. 23. IUCN Publ., Cambridge, UK.

2000    Weller, D.W., B. Würsig, S.K. Lynn, and A.J. Schiro.  Preliminary findings on the occurrence and site fidelity of photo-identified sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the northern Gulf of Mexico.  Gulf of Mexico Science 2000:35-39.

2000    Araabi, B.N., N. Kehtarnavaz, T. McKinney, G. Hillman, and B. Würsig.  A string matching computer-assisted system for dolphin photoidentification. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 28:1269-1279.

2001    Wang Ding, B. Würsig, and S. Leatherwood.  Whistles of boto, Inia geoffrensis, and tucuxi, Sotalia fluviatilis.  J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 109:407-411.

2001    Araabi, B.N., N. Kehtarnavaz, G. Hillman, and B. Würsig,
Evaluation of invariant models for dolphin photo-identification, Published Proceedings of 14th IEEE Computer-Based Medical Systems Symposium, Bethesda, MD, July 2001.

2001    Würsig, B. and P.G.H. Evans.  Cetaceans and humans:  Influence of noise.  pp. 565-587.  In:  Marine Mammals: Biology and Conservation, ed. by P.G.H. Evans and J.A.Raga.  Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, N.Y.

2001    Würsig, B., R.R. Reeves and J.G. Ortega-Ortiz. Global climate change and marine mammals.  pp. 589-608.  In:  Marine Mammals: Biology and Conservation, ed. by P.G.H. Evans and J.A.Raga.  Plenum Press, N.Y.

2002    Perrin, W.F., B. Würsig, and H. Thewissen (Eds.).  The Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals.  Academic Press. 1414 pp. [Book].

2002    Araabi B.N., N. Kehtarnavaz, M. Yeary, G. Hillman, B. Würsig,
Locating an affine/projective invariant identifier patch on an image, Published Proceedings of the IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation, Santa Fe, April 2002.

2002    Würsig, B. and G.A. Gailey.  Marine mammals and aquaculture: Conflicts and potential
resolutions.  pp. 45-59. IN: Responsible Marine Aquaculture, ed. by R.R. Stickney and J.P. McVey, CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK.

2002    LeDuc, R.G., D.W. Weller, J. Hyde, A.M. Burdin, P.E. Rosel, R.L. Brownell, Jr., B. Würsig, and A.E. Dizon. Genetic differences between western and eastern gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus). Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 4:1-5.

2002    Weller, D.W., A.M. Burdin, B. Würsig, Barbara L. Taylor and R.L. Brownell, Jr.  The western North Pacific gray whale: Past exploitation, current status, and potential threats. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 4:7-12.

2002    Weller, D.W., S.H. Reeve, A.M. Burdin, B. Würsig, and R.L. Brownell, Jr. A note on the distribution of western gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) off Sakhalin Island, Russia in 1998.  Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 4:13-17.

2002    Patenaude, N.J., W.J. Richardson, M.A. Smultea, W.R. Koski, G.W. Miller, B. Würsig and C.R. Greene, Jr.  Aircraft sound and disturbance to bowhead and beluga whales during spring migration in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea. Marine Mammal Science 18:309-335.

2002      Würsig, B. and C.R. Greene Jr.  Underwater sounds near a fuel receiving facility in western Hong Kong: Relevance to dolphins. Marine Environmental Research 54:129-145.

2002      Lynn, S.K. and B. Würsig. Summer movement patterns of bottlenose dolphins in a Texas bay. Gulf of Mexico Science 2002:25-37.

2002      Van Waerebeek, K. and B. Würsig.  Pacific white-sided dolphin and dusky dolphin.  pp. 859-861. IN: The Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, ed. by W.F. Perrin, B. Würsig, and H. Thewissen.  Academic Press, San Diego, 1414 pp.

2002      Würsig, B.  Bow-riding.  pp. 131-133. IN: The Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, ed. by W.F. Perrin, B. Würsig, and H. Thewissen.  Academic Press, San Diego, 1414 pp.

2002      Würsig, B. Courtship behavior.  pp. 299-302. IN: The Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, ed. by W.F. Perrin, B. Würsig, and H. Thewissen.  Academic Press, San Diego, 1414 pp.

2002      Würsig, B.  Ecology, Overview. pp. 367-370. IN: The Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, ed. by W.F. Perrin, B. Würsig, and H. Thewissen.  Academic Press, San Diego, 1414 pp.

2002      Würsig, B.  Fluking.  pp. 446-448. IN: The Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, ed. by W.F. Perrin, B. Würsig, and H. Thewissen.  Academic Press, San Diego, 1414 pp.

2002      Würsig, B.  History of marine mammal research.  pp. 576-580. IN: The Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, ed. by W.F. Perrin, B. Würsig, and H. Thewissen.  Academic Press, San Diego, 1414 pp.

2002      Würsig, B.  Intelligence and cognition.  pp. 628-637.  IN: The Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, ed. by W.F. Perrin, B. Würsig, and H. Thewissen.  Academic Press, San Diego, 1414 pp.

2002      Würsig, B.  Leaping behavior. pp. 689-692.  IN: The Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, ed. by W.F. Perrin, B. Würsig, and H. Thewissen.  Academic Press, San Diego, 1414 pp.

2002      Würsig, B.  Playful behavior.  pp. 942-945. IN: The Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, ed. by W.F. Perrin, B. Würsig, and H. Thewissen.  Academic Press, San Diego, 1414 pp.

2002      Würsig, B. and W.J. Richardson. Noise, Effects of.  pp. 794-802.  IN: The Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, ed. by W.F. Perrin, B. Würsig, and H. Thewissen.  Academic Press, San Diego, 1414 pp.

2002      Maze-Foley, K. and B. Würsig.  Patterns of social affiliation and group composition for bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in San Luis Pass, Texas.  Gulf of Mexico Science 2002: 122-134.

2003      Markowitz, T.M., A.D. Harlin and B. Würsig.  Digital photography improves efficiency of individual dolphin identification.  Marine Mammal Science 19:217-223.

2003      Hillman, G.R., B. Würsig, G.A. Gailey, N. Kehtarnavaz, A. Drobyshevsky, B.N. Araabi,  H.D. Tagare, and D. Weller.  Computer-assisted photo-identification of individual marine vertebrates: A multispecies approach.  Aquatic Mammals 29:117-123.

2003      Markowitz, T.M., A.D. Harlin and B. Würsig.  Digital photography improves efficiency of individual dolphin identification: A reply to Mizroch.  Marine Mammal Science 19:608-612.

2003      Harlin, A.D., T. Markowitz, C.S. Baker, B. Würsig, and R.L. Honeycutt.  Genetic structure, diversity, and historical demography of New Zealand’s dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus).  J. of Mammalogy  84:702-717.

2003      Kehtarnavaz, N., V. Peddigari, W. Syed, G. Hillman, and B. Würsig.  Photo-identification of humpback and gray whales using affine moment invariants. Proceedings of the SCIA Image Analysis Conference, Göteborg, Sweden. Springer Verlag.

2003      Kemper, C.M., D. Pemberton, M. Cawthorn, S. Heinrich, J. Mann, B. Würsig, P. Shaughnessy, and R. Gales. Aquaculture and marine mammals: Co-existence or conflict?  In: Marine Mammals: Fisheries, Tourism, and Management Issues, ed. by N. Gales, M. Hindell, and R. Kirkwood. CSIRO Publ., Melbourne, Australia.

2004      Markowitz, T.M., A.D. Harlin, B. Würsig, and C.J. McFadden.  Dusky dolphin foraging habitat: Overlap with aquaculture in New Zealand.  Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 14:133-149.

2004      Irwin, L.J. and B. Würsig.  A small resident community of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in Texas: Monitoring recommendations.  Gulf of Mexico Science. 2004:13-21.

2004      Whitehead, H., L. Rendell, R.W. Osborne, and B. Würsig.  Culture and conservation of non-humans with reference to whales and dolphins: Review and new directions.  Biological Conservation 120:431-441.

2004      Benoit-Bird, K.J., B. Würsig, and C.J. McFadden.  Dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) foraging in two different habitats:Active acoustic detection of dolphins and their prey. Marine Mammal Science 20:215-231.

2004      Au, W.W.L. and B. Würsig.  Echolocation signals of dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) in Kaikoura, New Zealand.  J. of the Acoustical Society of America. 115:2307-2313.

2005      Gope, C., N. Kehtarnavaz, G. Hillman, and B. Würsig. An affine invariant curve matching method for photo-identification of marine mammals. Pattern Recognition 38:125-132.

2005      Karczmarski, L., B. Würsig, G. A. Gailey, K.W. Larson, and C. Vanderlip. 2005.  Spinner dolphins in a remote Hawaiian atoll: social grouping and population structure.  Behav. Ecol.16:675-685.

2006      Schmidly, D. and B. Würsig. 2006.  Marine mammals of the Gulf of Mexico.  Chapter in The Gulf of Mexico – Its Origin, Waters, Biota, and Human Impacts, Vol. III, ed. by D.L Felder and D. Camp.  Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX.

2006       Ding Wang, Xianfeng Zhang, Kexiong Wang, Zhuo Wei, Bernd Würsig, Gillian T. Braulik, and Susie Ellis.  Conservation Biology 20:623-625.

2007      Gowans, S., B. Würsig, and L. Karczmarski. The social structure and strategies of delphinids: Predictions based on an ecological framework.  Advances in Marine Biology 53:195-293.

2007      Johnson,, S.R., W.J. Richardson, S.B. Yazvenko, S.A. Blokhin, G. Gailey, M.R. Jenkerson, S.K. Meier, H.R. Melton, M.W. Newcomer, A.S. Perlov, S.A. Rutenko, B. Würsig, C.R. Martin, and D.E. Egging. A western gray whale mitigation and monitoring program for a 3-D seismic survey, Sakhalin Island, Russia.J. of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 134:1-19.

2007      Vaughn, R.L., L.A. Watson, and B. Würsig. Dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) feeding tactics and multi-species associations.  New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 41:391-400.

2007       Harlin-Cognato, A.D., T. Markowitz, B. Würsig, and R.L. Honeycutt.  Multi-locus phylogeography of the dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus): Passive dispersal via the west-wind drift or response to prey species and climate change? BMC Evolutionary Biology7:131-148.

2007       Würsig, B., N. Duprey, and J. Weir.  Dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) in New Zealand waters: Present knowledge and research goals.  DOC Research and Development Series 270:1-28, Department of Conservation Press, Wellington, New Zealand.

2007       Gailey, G., B. Würsig, and T.L. McDonald.  Abundance, behavior, and movement patterns of western gray whales in relation to a 3-D seismic survey, Northeast Sakhalin Island, Russia.J. of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 134:75-91.

 
 
Refereed in press or submitted
 

Vaughn, R., B. Würsig, D. E. Shelton, L.L. Timm, L.A. Watson. In press.  Dusky dolphins influence prey accessibility for seabirds in Admiralty Bay, New Zealand. Journal of Mammalogy.

Perrin, W.F., B. Würsig, and J.G.M. Thewissen (In prep; contract signed Dec. 2005).  Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, Ed. 2.  Academic Press/Elsevier.  San Diego, CA.[Book].

Würsig, B. and M. Würsig, Eds. (In prep). Master Acrobats: Dusky Dolphins off Different Shores.  Academic Press/Elsevier.  San Diego, CA [Book].

Books:

1994            Norris, K.S., B. Würsig, R. Wells, and M. Würsig, eds.  The Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.  408 pp.
1995            W.J. Richardson, C.R. Greene, Jr., C.I. Malme, D.H. Thomson, S. Moore and B. Würsig. Marine Mammals and Noise. Academic Press. San Diego, CA. 576 pp.
1995            Darling, J., C. Nicklin, K.S. Norris, H. Whitehead, and B. Würsig.  Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises, Nat. Geog. Soc. Press, Washington, D.C.  232 pp.
2000            Würsig, B., T.A. Jefferson and D.J. Schmidly.  The Marine Mammals of the Gulf of Mexico, Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX. 232 pp.
2002            Perrin, W.F., B. Würsig, and J.G.M. Thewissen.  The Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, Academic Press, San Diego, CA. 1414 pp.