ES Sperou, D Krause, R Borras-Chavez; P Charapata, DP Costa, DE Crocker, K Smith, B Thompson, A Best, J Anderson, ME Goebel, C Bonin, SS Kienle. Individual Specialization in a Generalist Apex Predator: The Leopard Seal. (2025) Ecology and Evolution.
Read MoreJ Canitz, SS Kienle, K van der Linde, R Borras-Chavez, ES Sperou, A Leahy, S Rivera, M Autenrieth, JI Hoffman, CA Bonin. (2025) Reference genome of the leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), a Southern Ocean apex predator. Frontiers in Genetics.
Read MoreDP Costa, RR Holser, TR Keates, … SS Kienle…& DE Crocker [28 authors total]. (2024) Two decades of three-dimensional movement data from adult female northern elephant seals. Scientific Data 11: 1357.
Read MoreR Borras-Chavez, G Gómez, RL Soteres, N Fernandez-Ferrada, F Martinez, C Dougnac, C Arredondo, SS Kienle (2024). Occurrence, distribution, and habitat characterization of leopard seals in Chile. Frontiers in Marine Science 12: 1448098.
Read MoreP Cunningham, M Shankar, B vonHoldt, SS Kienle. (2024) Coyotes can do ‘puppy dog eyes’ too: Comparing intraspecific variation in Canis facial expression muscles. Royal Society Open Science 11: 241046.
Read MoreSS Kienle, CA Bonin, G Gómez, ME Goebel, M Donke, ES Sperou, A Guerrero-Vega, R Borras-Chavez. (2024) First paired observations of sexual behavior and calls in wild leopard seals. Polar Biology 47: 1025-1037.
Read MoreS Pei, X Zhang, V Eguiluz, SS Kienle, PW Robinson, DP Costa, CM Duarte. Coherent movement patterns of female northern elephant seals across the NE Pacific Ocean. (2023) Frontiers in Marine Science 10: 689953.
Read MoreES Sperou, DE Crocker, DP Costa, DJ Krause, ME Goebel, R Borras-Chavez, SB Kanatous, SJ Trumble, SS Kienle. (2023) Large and in charge: High cortisol levels vary with sex, diet, and body size in an Antarctic predator, the leopard seal. Frontiers in Marine Science 10, 1179236. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1179236
Read MoreP Charapata, CT Clark, N Miller, SS Kienle, DP Costa, ME Goebel, H Gunn, ES Sperou, SB Kanatous, DE Crocker, R Borras-Chavez, & SJ Trumble. (2023) Whiskers provide time-series of toxic and essential trace elements, Se:Hg molar ratios, and stable isotope values of an apex Antarctic predator, the leopard seal. Science of the Total Environment. 854, 158651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158651
Read MoreSS Kienle, M Goebel, E LaBrecque, R Borras-Chavez, SJ Trumble, SB Kanatous, DE Crocker, & DP Costa. (2022) Plasticity in the morphometrics and movements of an Antarctic apex predator, the leopard seal. Frontiers in Marine Science 9, 976019. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.976019
Read MoreAW Kirkpatrick, DE Crocker, SB Kanatous, KJ Smith, SS Kienle, & SJ Trumble. (2022) Age group differences in blubber fatty acid profiles in northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris). Frontiers in Marine Science 9, 942711. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.942711
Read MoreConners, M. G., Sisson, N. B., Agamboue, P. D., Atkinson, P. W., Baylis, A. M., Benson, S. R., ... S. S. Kienle… & Maxwell, S. M. (2022). Mismatches in scale between highly mobile marine megafauna and marine protected areas. Frontiers in Marine Science, 1236.
Read MoreBerta, A., Kienle, S. S., & Lanzetti, A. (2022). Evolution: Killer whale bites and appetites. Current Biology, 32, R375-R377.
Read MoreKienle, S.S., Powers, J., Kendall, T., Richter, B., Castle, L., Lentes, G., Costa, D. and Mehta, R.S. 2020. Context matters: Hawaiian monk seals switch between feeding strategies depending on ecological context. Integrative and Comparative Biology 60: 425-439.
Read MoreJonsen, I.D., Patterson, T.A., Costa, D.P., Doherty, P.D., Godley, B.J., Grecian, W.J., Guinet, C., Hoenner, X., Kienle, S.S., Robison, P.W. and Votier, S.C. 2020. A continuous-time state-space model for rapid quality control of argos locations from animal-borne tags. Movement Ecology 8: 31. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-020-00217-7
Read MoreS. S. Kienle, A. Cacanindin* (undergrad), T. Kendall, B. Richter, C. Ribeiro-French, L. Castle, G. Lentes, D. Costa, R. Mehta. (2019) Hawaiian monk seals exhibit behavioral flexibility when targeting prey of different size and shape. Journal of Experimental Biology.
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