Publications/Contributions
2016
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
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
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
2008
2007
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
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
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
2005
2003
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, 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