| Observations of a distinctive morphotype of killer whale (Orcinus orca), type D, from subantarctic waters RL Pitman, JW Durban, M Greenfelder, C Guinet, M Jorgensen, PA Olson, ... Polar Biology 34, 303-306, 2011 | 115 | 2011 |
| Impacts of climate change on cetacean distribution, habitat and migration C van Weelden, JR Towers, T Bosker Climate Change Ecology 1, 100009, 2021 | 100 | 2021 |
| Photo-identification catalogue and status of the northern resident killer whale population in 2014 JR Towers, GM Ellis, JKB Ford Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2015 | 60* | 2015 |
| Movements and dive behaviour of a toothfish-depredating killer and sperm whale JR Towers, P Tixier, KA Ross, J Bennett, JPY Arnould, RL Pitman, ... ICES Journal of Marine Science 76 (1), 298-311, 2019 | 56 | 2019 |
| Decadal changes in adult size of salmon-eating killer whales in the eastern North Pacific MJ Groskreutz, JW Durban, H Fearnbach, LG Barrett-Lennard, JR Towers, ... Endangered Species Research 40, 183-188, 2019 | 47 | 2019 |
| Photo-identification catalogue, population status, and distribution of Bigg's killer whales known from coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada JR Towers Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Biological Station, 2019 | 44 | 2019 |
| Infanticide in a mammal-eating killer whale population JR Towers, MJ Hallé, HK Symonds, GJ Sutton, AB Morton, P Spong, ... Scientific Reports 8 (1), 4366, 2018 | 42 | 2018 |
| New insights into the northward migration route of gray whales between Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and southeastern Alaska JKB Ford, JW Durban, GM Ellis, JR Towers, JF Pilkington, ... Marine Mammal Science 29 (2), 325-337, 2013 | 40 | 2013 |
| The innovation and diffusion of “trap‐feeding,” a novel humpback whale foraging strategy CJ McMillan, JR Towers, J Hildering Marine Mammal Science 35 (3), 779-796, 2019 | 36 | 2019 |
| Habitats of special importance to resident killer whales (Orcinus orca) off the West Coast of Canada JKB Ford, JF Pilkington, A Reira, M Otsuki, B Gisborne, RM Abernethy, ... Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ecosystems and Oceans Science, 2017 | 36 | 2017 |
| Trends in the abundance and distribution of sea otters (Enhydra lutris) in British Columbia updated with 2013 survey results LM Nichol, JC Watson, R Abernethy, E Rechsteiner, J Towers Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2015 | 36 | 2015 |
| Northern resident killer whales of British Columbia: Photo-identification catalogue and population status to 2010 GM Ellis, JR Towers, JKB Ford Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Branch, Pacific Region, 2011 | 26 | 2011 |
| The incidence of bent dorsal fins in free‐ranging cetaceans F Alves, JR Towers, RW Baird, G Bearzi, S Bonizzoni, R Ferreira, ... Journal of anatomy 232 (2), 263-269, 2018 | 21 | 2018 |
| FIN-PRINT a fully-automated multi-stage deep-learning-based framework for the individual recognition of killer whales C Bergler, A Gebhard, JR Towers, L Butyrev, GJ Sutton, TJH Shaw, ... Scientific reports 11 (1), 23480, 2021 | 18 | 2021 |
| Photo-identification catalogue of Bigg's (transient) Killer Whales from coastal waters of British Columbia, northern Washington, and southeastern Alaska JR Towers, GM Ellis, JKB Ford | 18 | 2012 |
| A long postreproductive life span is a shared trait among genetically distinct killer whale populations MLK Nielsen, S Ellis, JR Towers, T Doniol‐Valcroze, DW Franks, MA Cant, ... Ecology and Evolution 11 (13), 9123-9136, 2021 | 17 | 2021 |
| Distribution, movements and habitat fidelity patterns of Fin Whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in Canadian Pacific Waters LM Nichol Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, 2018 | 16 | 2018 |
| A deep learning approach to photo–identification demonstrates high performance on two dozen cetacean species PT Patton, T Cheeseman, K Abe, T Yamaguchi, W Reade, K Southerland, ... Methods in ecology and evolution 14 (10), 2611-2625, 2023 | 15 | 2023 |
| Seasonal movements and ecological markers as evidence for migration of common minke whales photo-identified in the eastern North Pacific JR Towers, CJ McMillan, M Malleson, J Hildering, JKB Ford, GM Ellis J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 13 (3), 221-229, 2013 | 15 | 2013 |
| Photogrammetry and Body Condition. Availability of Prey for Southern Resident Killer Whales JW Durban, H Fearnbach, L Barrett-Lennard, M Groskreutz, W Perryman, ... Technical Workshop Proceedings, 2017 | 14 | 2017 |
