science papers

These are the science papers, book chapters and theses I’ve published.

• Parsing out the vocal behavior of Norwegian killer whales

  2011. Shapiro, A.D., Tyack, P.L. & Seneff, S. Comparing call-based versus subunit-based methods for categorizing Norwegian killer whale, Orcinus orca, vocalizations. Animal Behaviour, 81: 377-386.

• The diving behavior of killer whales that eat marine mammals

  2010. Miller, P.J.O., Shapiro, A.D. & Deecke, V.B. The diving behaviour of mammal-eating killer whales (Orcinus orca): variations with ecological not physiological factors. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 88: 1103-1112.

• Vocalizations that set individual animals apart: A review

  2009. Shapiro, A.D. Recognition of individuals within the social group: Signature vocalizations. In: Stefan M. Brudzynski, ed., Handbook of Mammalian Vocalization. Oxford: Academic Press, pp. 495-504.

• Tracking the pitch of killer whale calls

  2009. Shapiro, A.D. & Wang, C. A versatile pitch tracking algorithm: From human speech to killer whale vocalizations. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 126: 451-459.

• Volume of devices used to deter marine mammals is unpredictable

  2009. Shapiro, A.D., Tougaard, J., Jørgensen, P.B., Kyhn, L.A., Balle, J.D., Bernardez, C., Fjälling, A., Karlsen, J. & Wahlberg, M. Transmission loss patterns from acoustic harassment and deterrent devices do not always follow geometrical spreading predictions. Marine Mammal Science, 25: 53-67.

• My PhD dissertation!

  2008. Shapiro, A.D. Orchestration: The movement and vocal behavior of free-ranging Norwegian killer whales (Orcinus orca). Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

• Wild narwhals swim upside-down

  2007. Dietz, R., Shapiro, A.D., Bakhtiari, M., Orr, J., Tyack, P.L., Richard, P., Eskesen, I.G. & Marshall, G. Upside-down swimming behaviour of free-ranging narwhals. BMC Ecology, 7 (14): 1-10.

• A comparison of swimming in seabirds, seals and whales

  2007. Sato, K., Watanuki, Y., Takahashi, A., Miller, P.J.O., Tanaka, H., Kawabe, R., Ponganis, P.J., Handrich, Y., Akamatsu, T., Watanabe, Y., Mitani, Y., Costa, D.P., Bost, C-A., Aoki, K., Amano, M., Trathan, P., Shapiro, A. & Naito, Y. Stroke frequency, but not swimming speed, is related to body size in free-ranging seabirds, pinnipeds and cetaceans. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, 274: 471-477.

• Individual vocalizations produced by narwhals

  2006. Shapiro, A.D. Preliminary evidence for signature vocalizations among free-ranging narwhals (Monodon monoceros). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 120: 1695-1705.

• How a dolphin calf may learn its whistle

  2005. Fripp, D., Owen, C., Shapiro, A., Quintana, E., Buckstaff, K., Wells, R.S., & Tyack, P.L. Bottlenose dolphin calves model their signature whistles on the whistles of community members they rarely hear. Animal Cognition, 8: 17-26.

• Training gray seal pups to moan and growl

  2004. Shapiro, A.D., Slater, P.J.B. & Janik, V.M. Call usage learning in gray seals (Halichoerus grypus). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 118: 447-454.

• Killer whales reply to each other by matching call type

  2004. Miller, P.J.O., Shapiro, A.D., Tyack, P.L. & Solow, A.R. Call-type matching in vocal exchanges of free-ranging resident killer whales, Orcinus orca. Animal Behaviour, 67: 1099-1107.

• Whether a gray seal pup can follow human pointing cues

  2003. Shapiro, A.D., Janik, V.M. & Slater, P.J.B. A gray seal’s (Halichoerus grypus) responses to experimenter-given pointing and directional cues. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 117: 355-362.

• My master’s thesis

  2003. Shapiro, A.D. Vocal Learning in the Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus): An Experimental Approach. M.Phil., University of St. Andrews.