Publications/Contributions

2015


Chan S, Gailey G, Karczmarski L (2015) Discovery-R: A gentle introduction. Wildlife Photo-ID Network, University of Eastern Finland, Koli, Finland, 23-26 Feb. 2015.

Gailey G (2015) The BORG: A computer-based system for processing and analyzing D-Tag and FastLoc GPS tag data. Copyright. Cascadia Research Collective, Olympia, WA

Karczmarski L, Huang SL, OR CKM, Gui D, Chan SCY, Lin W, Porter L, Wong WH, Zheng R, Ho YW, Chui SYS, Tiongson AJC, Mo Y, Chang WL, Kwok JHW, Tang RWK, Lee ATL, Yiu SW, Keith M, Gailey G, Yuping (2015) Humpback dolphins in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta: Status, threats and conservation challenges. In: Jefferson TA, Curry BE (Eds). Advances in Marine Biology. Elsevier Ltd. ISBN 978-0-12-803258-9



Nowacek D, Southall B, Broker K, Donovan G, Reeves R, Gailey G, Vedenev A, Mann D, Rosenbaum H, Clark CW, Jasny M, Kraska J, Golden J (2015) Marine seismic surveys and ocean noise: mitigation, monitoring and a plan for international management. 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Francisco, CA 13-18 Dec. 2015

Southall B, DeRuiter S, Friedlaender A, Hazen E, Goldbogen J, Stimpert A, Langrock R, Harris C, Thomas L, Schorr G, Allen A, Gailey G, Falcone E, Moretti D, Calambokidis J (2015) Complementary analyses of behavioral responses to sonar in blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus). 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Francisco, CA 13-18 Dec. 2015 


Stimpert A, DeRuiter S, Falcone E, Joseph J, Douglas A, Moretti D, Friedlander A, Calambokidis J, Gailey G, Tyack P, Goldbogen J (2015) Sound production and associated behavior of tagged fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the Southern California Bight. 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Francisco, CA 13-18 Dec. 2015

2014

Gailey G, Karczmarski L (2014) KEYNOTE: Discovery: Photo-identification data management system for individually recognizable animals. Wildlife Photo-ID Network, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland, 3-6 Nov. 2014.

Gailey G, Karczmarski L (2011) Discovery Workshop: Photo-identification data management system for individually recognizable animals. 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Tampa, Fl. 27 Nov. 2011

Gailey G, Yiu S, Or C, Chan S, Behrmann C, Karzmarski L (2011) Southeast Asian training workshop in marine mammal research techniques: Tracking of animal movement with the use of surveyor's theodolite and a dedicated software system. The Swire Institute of Marine Science, University of Hong Kong, HK. 10-20 June 2011

2013

Ainsworth L, Muir J, Gailey G, Racca R (2013) A case study in zero-inflation: a space-time model for whale densities in the presence of pulsed sound. TIES (The International Environmetrics Society). Anchorage, AK.

Gailey G (2013) Anthropogenic disturbance of western gray whale behavior off Sakhalin Island, Russia. Ph.D. Dissertation. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 267 pp

Biondi J, Smultea MA, Bacon CE, Gailey G, Sychenko O, Würsig B, Bonizzoni S, Bearzi G (2013) Longitudinal comparisons of digital photography of marine mammals from aircraft and shore. 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Dunedin, New Zealand. 9-13 Dec. 2013

Muir JE, Ainsworth L, Joy R, Racca R, Bychkov Y, Gailey G, Vladimirov V, Starodymov S, Bröker K (2013) Western gray whale distribution and abundance during a 4-D seismic survey off Sakhalin Island, Russia. 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Dunedin, New Zealand. 9-13 Dec. 2013

Gailey G, McDonald TL, Sychenko O (2013) Influence of a pile driving activity on western gray whale behavior on the feeding grounds, 2009. Prepared for LGL ecological research associates Ltd, for Exxon-Neftegas Ltd., Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russian Federation

Gailey G, Sychenko O (2013) Influence of a 4-D seismic survey on western gray whale behavior on the feeding grounds, 2010. Prepared for LGL ecological research associates Ltd, for Sakhalin Energy Investment Company, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russian Federation. 

Nowacek D, Southall B, Racca R, Vedenev A, Gailey G, Weller D, Bröker K, Donovan G, Reeves R (2013) Responsible practices for minimizing and monitoring environmental impacts of marine seismic surveys with an emphasis on marine mammals. Aquatic Mammals 39(4): 356-377

Wong WH, Karczmarski L, Gailey G (2013) Coastal ecotourism and industrial impacts on Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins in Hong Kong. 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Dunedin, New Zealand. 9-13 Dec. 2013

2012

Gailey G, Karczmarski L (2012) DISCOVERY: A photo-Identification data management system for individually recognizable animals. Copyright. The Swire Institute of Marine Science, University of Hong Kong, HK 66 pp 


Racca R, Rutenko A, Bröker K, Gailey G (2012) Model based sound level estimation and in-field adjustment for real-time mitigation of behavioural impacts from a seismic survey and post-event evaluation of sound exposure for individual whales. Proceedings of Acoustics 2012. Fremantle, Australia

2011

Bröker K, Muir JE, Gailey G, Racca R (2011) Development and implementation of a western gray whale monitoring and mitigation plan for a 4-D seismic survey. 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals Tampa, FL, 27 November – 02 December 2011

Gailey G, Sychenko O, Würsig B (2011) Patterns of western gray whale behavior, movement and occurence patterns off Sakhalin Island, 2010. Prepared for LGL ecological research associates Ltd, for Exxon-Neftegas Ltd. and Sakhalin Energy Investment Company, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russian Federation

Muir JE, Bröker K, Gailey G, Racca R (2011) Western gray whale monitoring and mitigation plan for a seismic survey. IMCC2: 2nd International Marine Conservation Congress. 14-18 May 2011. Victoria, B.C., Canada

Tyurneva OY, Yakovlev YM, Vertyankin VV, Gailey G, Sychenko O (2011) Discovery of a new feeding area for western gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) cow-calf  pairs on the south-east shelf of Kamchatka. 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals Tampa, FL, 27 November – 02 December 2011 P 289

Sychenko O (2011) Western gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) mother and calf ecology off Sakhalin Island. Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 124 pp
 
Sychenko O, Gailey G, Würsig B (2011) Movement patterns of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) on feeding grounds off Sakhalin Island, Russia. 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Tampa, Fl

Yakovlev Y, Tyurneva OY, Vertyankin VV, Gailey G, Sychenko O (2011) Discovering a new feeding area for calf-cow pairs of endangered western gray whales Eschrichtius robustus on the south-east shelf of Kamchatka in 2009 and their utilizing different feeding regions within one season. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research 37:95–101

2010

Gailey G, Sychenko O, Würsig B (2010) Western gray whale movement, respiration, and abundance during pipeline construction off Sakhalin Island, 2006. Prepared for LGL ecological research associates Ltd, for Exxon-Neftegas Ltd. and Sakhalin Energy Investment Company, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russian Federation
 
Gailey G, Sychenko O, Würsig B (2010) Patterns of western gray whale behavior, movement and occurrence patterns off Sakhalin Island, 2009. Prepared for LGL ecological research associates Ltd, for Exxon-Neftegas Ltd. and Sakhalin Energy Investment Company, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russian Federation

Tyurneva OY, Yakovlev YM, Vertyankin VV, Gailey G, Sychenko O, Muir JE (2010) Photographic identification of the Korean-Okhotsk gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) offshore northeast Sakhalin Island and southeast Kamchatka peninsula (Russia), 2009. SC/62/BRG submitted to the IWC 62 Scientific Committee Meeting, Agadir, Morocco, June 2010. 12 pp

2007

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

Gailey G, McDonald TL, Racca R, Sychenko O, Rutenko A, Würsig B (2007) Influences of Underwater Sound and Nearshore Vessel Activity on Western Gray Whale Behavior during the Installation of a Concrete Gravity Based Structure off Sakhalin Island, Summer 2005. Prepared for LGL ecological research associates Ltd, for Exxon-Neftegas Ltd. and Sakhalin Energy Investment Company, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russian Federation. 150 pp. 

Gailey G, Sychenko O, Würsig B (2007) Western gray whale behavior, movement, and occurrence patterns off Sakhalin Island, 2006, Prepared for LGL ecological research associates Ltd, for Exxon-Neftegas Ltd. and Sakhalin Energy Investment Company, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russian Federation. 

Gailey G, McDonald TL, Racca R, Sychenko O, Rutenko A, Würsig B (2007) Influences of underwater sound and nearshore vessel activity on western gray whales. 17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Cape Town, South Africa

Johnson SR, Richardson WJ, Yazvenko SB, Blokhin SA, Gailey G, Jenkerson MR, Meier SK, Melton HR, Newcomer MW, Perlov SA, Rutenko A, Würsig B, Martin CR, Egging DE (2007) A western gray whale mitigation and monitoring program for a 3-D seismic survey, Sakhalin Island, Russia. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 134:1-19 

Norris T, Hanson B, Mellinger D, Gailey G, Yack T (2007) Passive acoustic detection, localization and tracking of killer whales along the coastal waters of Washington, Oregon and California: A case study of tracking highly mobile, vocally unpredictable and spatially dispersed marine mammals. 17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Cape Town, South Africa.

Sychenko O, Gailey G, Würsig B (2007) Shore-based photo-identification of western gray whales, 2004-2006. 17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Cape Town, South Africa.

2006

Gailey G, Sychenko O, Würsig B (2006) Western gray whale behavior, movement, and occurrence patterns off Sakhalin Island, 2005, Prepared for LGL ecological research associates Ltd, for Exxon-Neftegas Ltd. and Sakhalin Energy Investment Company, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russian Federation 

Vladimorov V, Blokhin SA, Vladimirov AV, Maminov MK, Rutenko AN, Starodymov EP, Sychenko, O, Tyurneva Y, Fadeev VI, Shvetsov EP, Yakovlev YM, Gailey G, Würsig B (2006) Results of 2005 western gray whale studies in coastal waters off northeastern Sakhalin. SC/58/BRG28 submitted to IWC scientific committee

2002

Gailey G, Ortega-Ortiz JG (2002) A computer-based system for cetacean theodolite tracking. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 4(2): 213-218

Hillman GR, Kehtarnavaz N, Würsig B, Araabi B, Gailey G, Weller D, Mandava S, Tagare H (2002) “Finscan", a computer system for photographic identification of marine animals. Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society] EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002

Würsig B, Gailey G (2002) Marine mammals and aquaculture: conflicts and potential resolutions. In: Stickney RR, McVey JP (Eds.). Responsible Aquaculture. CABI Publishers, London. p 45-59

Würsig B, Gailey G, McDonald TL, Nielson R, Ortega-Ortiz J, Wainwright P, Jenkerson M, Sychenko O, Tarasysn K, Brown N (2002) Western gray whale occurrence patterns and behavior: shore-based observations off Sakhalin Island, August-September 2001. Prepared for LGL ecological research associates Ltd, for Exxon-Neftegas Ltd. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russian Federation

2001

Gailey G (2001) Computer systems for photo-identification and theodolite tracking of cetaceans. M.Sc. thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 125 pp

Gailey G, Würsig B, Hillman G, Kehtarnavaz N (2001) A computer-based approach to photo-identification: effects of image quality and individual distinctiveness.  14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals p 78
 
Hillman GR, Würsig B, Gailey G, Kehtarnavaz N, Araabi BN, Weller D, Mandava S, Tagare HD (2001) Finscan: Computer-assisted photo-identification. 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals p 99
 
Karczmarski L, Würsig B, Rickards R, Gailey G, Vanderlip C, Larson K (2001) Spinner dolphins in a remote atoll habitat: ecological bases of social dynamics. 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals p 111

Würsig B, Gailey G (2001) Aquaculture and marine mammals: potential concerns. World Aquaculture – The Annual International Meeting of WAS, 21-25 January 2001 p 703

2000

Gailey G, Ortega-Ortiz J (2000) User’s manual Pythagoras version 1.0: Theodolite cetacean tracking. Texas A&M University, Galveston, TX 66 pp. Available at http://www.tamug.edu/mmbeg/_download/Pythagoras/Pythagoras_manual.pdf

Gailey G, Ortega-Ortiz JG (2000) A computer-based system for theodolite tracking cetaceans. Resúmenes XXV Reunión Internacional para el Estudio de los Mamíferos Marinos,7-11 May 2000. La Paz, Baja California Sur, México

Gailey G, Ortega-Ortiz J (2000) Pythagoras: A computer based system for theodolite tracking of animals. Copyright. Texas A&M University at Galveston. Galveston, TX. 

Karczmarski, L, Würsig B, Gailey G (2000) Social behaviour of insular delphinid population: the spinner dolphin model.  A presentation at Animal Social Complexity and Intelligence: a multi-disciplinary comparative discussion, Conference held at the Chicago Academy of Sciences, 23 – 26. August 2000, Chicago, Illinois

1999

Gailey G, Würsig B, Hillman G, Kehtarnavaz N, Drobyshevsky A, Weller D (1999) Computer-assisted photo-identification of bottlenose dolphins. 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals p 63
 
Hillman G, Würsig B, Kehtarnavaz N, Weller D, Kreho A, Drobyshevskyy O, Elder K, Araabi B, McKinney T, Gailey G, Tagare H (1999) Individual identification of dolphins in field photographs:  A computer-based system. 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals p 81