Peer-reviewed Publications:
2024 and in review
Brawn, C., Hamilton, B.M., Savoca, M.S., Mallory, M.L. and J.F. Provencher. In review. Examining ingested microplastics in fish: considerations on filter pore size, analysis time, and material costs to design cost-effective projects.
Beltran, R.S., Kilpatrick, A.M., Picardi, S., Abrahms, B., Barrile, G.M., Oestreich, W.K., Smith, J.A., Czapanskiy, M.F., Favilla, A.B., Reisinger, R.R., Kendall-Bar, J.M., Payne, A.R., Savoca, M.S., Palance, D.G., Andrzejaczek, S., Shen, D.M., Adachi, T., Costa, D.P., Storm, N.A., Hale, C.M. and P.W. Robinson. Biologging for the future: how biologgers can help solve fundamental questions, from individuals to ecosystems. [preprint]
Savoca, M.S., Robuck, A.R., Cashman, M.A., Cantwell, M.G., Agvent, L.A., Wiley, D.N., Rice, R., Todd, S., Hunter, N.E., Robbins, J., Goldbogen, J.A. and R. Lohmann. In review. Baleen as a biomonitor for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in marine food webs.
Gough, W.T., Czapanskiy, M.F. Palacios, D.M., Savoca, M.S., Fahlbusch, J., Oestreich, W.K., Hazen, E.L., Bejder, L., Calambokidis, J. and J.A. Goldbogen. In review. Longer Migrations Require Higher Speeds to Maintain Optimal Year-round Energetics.
Collins, J.R., Boenish, R.E., Cape, M.R., Benitez-Nelson, C.R., Doney, S.C., Fujita, R., Gaines, S.D., Gruby, R.L., Jin, D., Kim, H.H., Kleisner, K.M., Mariani, G., Moore, L.A., Pershing, A.J., Rader, D.N., Roman, J., Saba, G.K., Sanchirico, J.N., Saul, S., Savoca, M.S., Waller, A. In review. The potential of marine biota to sequester blue carbon: current evidence and research needs.
Dodson, S., Oestreich, W.K., Savoca, M.S., Hazen, E.L., Bograd, S.J., Ryan, J.P., Fiechter, J. and B.A. Abrahms. In review. Long-distance communication enables collective migration in a dynamic seascape. [preprint]
Hazen, E.L., Savoca, M.S., Clark-Wolf, T.J., Czapanskiy, M.F. Rabinowitz, P. and B.A. Abrahms. In revision. Ecosystem sentinels as early warning indicators in the Anthropocene.
Savoca, M.S., Kumar, M., Sylvester, Z., Czapanskiy, M.F., Meyer, B., Goldbogen, J.A. and C.M. Brooks. In revision. Whales, krill, and people: Recovering the Southern Ocean ecosystem.
Werth, A.J., Kahane-Rapport, S., Potvin, J., Goldbogen, J.A. and M.S. Savoca. 2024. Baleen-plastic interactions reveal high risk to all filter-feeding whales from filter clogging, ingestion, and entanglement. Oceans 5(1): 48-70
Price, S.E., Savoca, M.S., Kumar, M., Czapanskiy, M.F., McDermott, D., Cade, D.E., Litvin, S.Y. and J.A. Goldbogen. 2024. Energy densities of key prey species in the California Current Ecosystem. Frontiers in Marine Science 10: 1345525
2023
Brawn, C., Hamilton, B.M., Savoca, M.S., Bardarsson, B., Vermaire, J. and J. Provencher. 2023. Suspected anthropogenic microparticle ingestion by Icelandic capelin. Marine Pollution Bulletin 196: 115551
Welch, H., Savoca, M.S., Brodie, S., Jacox, M.G., Muhling, B.A., Clay, T.A., Cimino, M., Benson, S.R., Block, B.A., Conners, M.G., Costa, D.P, Jordan, F.D., Leising, A.W., Mikles, C.S., Palacios, D.M., Shaffer, S.A., Thorne, L.H., Watson, J.T., Bograd, S.J. and E.L. Hazen. 2023. Impacts of marine heatwaves on top predator distributions are variable but predictable. Nature Communications 14: 5188
Conor, R., Santangelo, Stephenson, B.M., Wilson, E.A. and M.S. Savoca. 2023. Commercial krill fishing within a foraging supergroup of fin whales in the Southern Ocean. Ecology 104: e4002
Pearson, H.C., Savoca, M.S., Costa, D.P., Lomas, M.W., Molina, R., Pershing, A.J., Smith, C.R., Villaseñor-Derbez, J.C., Wing, S.R. and J. Roman. 2023. Whales in the carbon cycle: Can recovery remove carbon dioxide? Trends in Ecology & Evolution 38(3): 238-249 [Cover Image]
Press coverage: [Cell Press] [Washington Post] [CNN] [Business Insider] [The Hill] [Bloomberg]
2022
Kahane-Rapport S.R., Czapanskiy, M.F., Fahlbusch J.A, Friedlaender, A.S., Calambokidis, J., Goldbogen, J.A. and M.S. Savoca. 2022. Field measurements reveal exposure risk to microplastic ingestion by marine megafauna. Nature Communications 13: 6327
Press coverage: [Stanford News] [The Guardian] [Reuters] [New Scientist] [ABC] [CBS] [The Mercury News] [IFL Science]
Durfort, A., Mariani, G., Tulloch, V., Savoca, M.S., Troussellier, M., and D. Mouillot. 2022. Recovery of carbon benefits by overharvested baleen whale populations is threatened by climate change. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289: 2022375
Gough, W.T., Cade, D.E., Czapanskiy, M.F., Potvin, J., Fish, F.E, Kahane-Rapport, S.R., Savoca, M.S., Bierlich, K.C., Johnston, D.W. Friedlaender, A.S., Szabo, A., Bejder, L. and J.A. Goldbogen. 2022. Fast and Furious: Energetic tradeoffs and scaling of high-speed foraging in rorqual whales. Integrative Organismal Biology 4(2): obac038
Savoca, M.S., Kühn, S., Sun, C., Avery-Gomm, S., Choy, C.A., Dudas, S., Hong, S., David Hyrenbach, D., Li, T., Ng, C.K., Provencher, J.F. and J. Lynch. 2022. Towards a North Pacific Ocean long-term monitoring program for plastic pollution: A review and recommendation for plastic ingestion bioindicators. Environmental Pollution 310: 119861
Press coverage: [NIST news]
Savoca, M.S., Machovsky-Capuska, G.E., Andrades, R. and R.G. Santos. 2022. Plastic ingestion: Understanding causes and impacts. Frontiers in Marine Science 9: 905336
Pollack, L., Munson, A., Savoca, M.S., Trimmer, P.C., Ehlman, S.M., Gil, M.A., and A. Sih. 2022. Enhancing the ecological realism of evolutionary mismatch theory. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 37(3): 233-245.
2021
Savoca, M.S., Czapanskiy, M.F., Kahane-Rapport, S.R., Gough, W.T., Fahlbusch, J.A., Bierlich, K.C., Segre, P.S., Di Clemente, J., Penry, G.S., Wiley, D.N., Calambokidis, J., Nowacek, D.P., Johnston, D.W., Pyenson, N.D., Friedlaender, A.S., Hazen, E.L. and J.A. Goldbogen. 2021. Baleen whale prey consumption based on high-resolution foraging measurements. Nature 599: 85-90. [Nature News and Views] [Cover Image]
Press coverage: [The Atlantic] [Reuters] [NPR] [National Geographic] [Smithsonian] [Newsweek] [Slate] [Business Insider] [Popular Science] [BBC Inside Science] [USA Today]
Smith, H., Gough, W.T., Savoca, M.S., Czapanskiy, M.F., Fish, F., Potvin, J., Bierlich, K.C., Cade D.E., Di Clemente, J., Kennedy, J., Segre, P., Stanworth, A., Weir, C., and J.A. Goldbogen. 2021. Scaling of oscillatory kinematics and Froude efficiency in baleen whales. Journal of Experimental Biology 224: jeb237586
Czapanskiy, M.F., Savoca, M.S., Gough, W.T., Segre, P., Wisniewska, D., Cade, D.E. and J.A. Goldbogen. 2021. Modeling short-term energetic costs of sonar disturbance to cetaceans using high resolution foraging data. Journal of Applied Ecology 58(8): 1643-1657.
Kashiwabara, L., Kahane-Rapport, S.R., King, C., DeVogelaere, M., Goldbogen, J.A., and Savoca, M.S. 2021. Microplastics and microfibers in surface waters of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, California. Marine Pollution Bulletin 165: 112148.
Savoca, M.S., McInturf, A.G. and E.L. Hazen. 2021. Plastic ingestion by marine fish is widespread and increasing. Global Change Biology 27(10): 2188-2199.
Press coverage: [Stanford News]
2020
Kahane-Rapport, S.R., Savoca, M.S., Cade, D.E., Segre, P.S., Bierlich, K.C., Calambokidis, J.A., Dale, J., Friedlaender, A.S., Johnston, D.W., Werth, A.J. and J.A. Goldbogen. 2020. Lunge filter feeding biomechanics constrain rorqual foraging ecology across scale. Journal of Experimental Biology 223: jeb224196.
Savoca, M.S., Brodie, S., Welch, H., Hoover, A., Benaka, L.R., Bograd, S.J., and E.L. Hazen. 2020. Comprehensive bycatch assessment in U.S. fisheries for prioritizing management. Nature Sustainability 3(4): 472-480.
Press coverage: [Hakai Magazine]
Pfaller, J.B. Goforth, K., Gil, M.A, Savoca, M.S. and K.J. Lohmann. 2020. Odors from marine plastic debris elicit foraging behaviors in sea turtles. Current Biology 30(5): R213-R214.
Press coverage: [Newsweek] [CNN] [Gizmodo] [Telegraph] [Smithsonian] [CNBC] [The Economist] [BBC]
2019
Goldbogen, J.A., Cade, D.E., Wisniewska, D.M., Potvin, J., Segre, P.S., Savoca, M.S., Hazen, E.L., Czapanskiy, M.F., DeRuiter, S.D., Gero, S., Tønnesen, P., Gough, W.T., Hanson, M.B., Holt, M., Kahane-Rapport, S.R., Jensen, F.H., Simon, M., Stimpert, A.K., Arranz, P. Nowacek, D.P., Parks, S., Visser, F., Friedlaender, A.S., Tyack, P L., Madsen, P.T., and N.D. Pyenson. 2019. Why whales are big but not bigger: Physiological drivers and ecological limits in the age of ocean giants. Science 366(6471): 1367-1372. [Perspective] [Cover Image]
Press coverage: [Science Friday] [The Economist] [Smithsonian] [LA Times]
Goldbogen, J.A., Cade, D.E., Calambokidis, J., Czapanskiy, M.F., Fahlbusch, J., Friedlaender, A.S., Gough, W.T., Kahane-Rapport, S.R., Savoca, M.S., Ponganis, K.V., Ponganis, P.J. 2019. Extreme bradycardia and tachycardia in the world’s largest animal. PNAS 116(50): 25329-25332.
Press coverage: [CNN] [New York Times] [The Atlantic] [Newsweek] [Reuters] [New Scientist] [Vice] [IFL Science]
Hazen, E.L., Abrahms, B., Brodie, S., Carroll, G., Jacox, M., Savoca, M.S., Scales, K.L., Sydeman, W.J. and S.J. Bograd. 2019. Marine top predators as climate and ecosystem sentinels. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 17(10): 545-574.
Gough, W.T., Segre, P.S., Bierlich, KC., Cade, D. E., Potvin, J., Fish, F.E., Dale, J., di Clemente, J., Friedlaender A.S., Johnston D.W., Kahane-Rapport, S., Kennedy, J., Long J.H., Oudejans, M., Penry, G., Savoca, M.S., Simon, M., Videsen, S.K.A., Visser, F., Wiley, D.N. and J.A. Goldbogen. 2019. Scaling of swimming performance in baleen whales. Journal of Experimental Biology 222: jeb204172. [Inside JEB]
Abrahms, B., Hazen, E.L., Aikens, E.O., Savoca, M.S., Goldbogen, J.A., Bograd, S.J., Jacox, M. Irvine, L.M., Palacios, D.M., and B.R. Mate. 2019. Memory and resource tracking drive blue whale migrations. PNAS 116(12): 5582-5587. [PNAS Commentary]
Press coverage: [Yahoo News] [MongaBay] [The Atlantic]
Weber, A.K., Weber, M.W. and M.S. Savoca. 2019. Quantifying marine debris associated with coastal golf courses. Marine Pollution Bulletin 140: 1-8.
Press coverage: [NPR] [ABC News] [Hakai Magazine] [HBO's Vice News Tonight] [Medium] [USA Today] [Smithsonian]
2018
Savoca, M.S. 2018. The ecology of an olfactory trap. Science 362(6417): 904-A
Press coverage: [Stanford News]
Savoca, M.S., Gardiner, J., Colbourne, R. and A.J.D. Tennyson. 2018. Vertebrate prey in the diets of free-ranging kiwi (Apteryx spp.). Notornis 65(4): 242-244.
Savoca, M.S. 2018. Chemoattraction to dimethyl sulfide links the sulfur, iron, and carbon cycles in high-latitude oceans. Biogeochemistry 138(1): 1-21. [Cover Image]
2011-2017
Savoca, M.S., Tyson, C.W., McGill, M., and C.J. Slager. 2017. Odours from marine plastic debris induce food search behaviours in a forage fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20171000.
Press coverage: [New Scientist] [National Geographic] [The Guardian] [Vice] [WIRED] [LA Times] [KQED] [Popular Science] [Nature]
Savoca, M.S., Wohlfeil, M.E., Ebeler, S.E. and G.A. Nevitt. 2016. Marine plastic debris emits a keystone infochemical for olfactory foraging seabirds. Science Advances 2(11): e1600395.
Press coverage: [NPR] [New York Times] [Washington Post] [New Scientist] [The Atlantic] [BBC] [LA Times] [National Geographic]
Meek, M.H., Wells, C., Tomalty, K.M., Ashlander, J. Cole, E.M., Gille, D.A., Putman, B.J., Rose, J.P., Savoca, M.S., Yamane, L., Hull, J.M., Rodgers, D.L., Rosenblum, E.B., Shogren, J.F., Swaisgood, R.R. and B. May. 2016. We should not be afraid to talk about fear of failure in conservation. Biological Conservation 194: 218-219.
Meek, M.H., Wells, C., Tomalty, K.M., Ashlander, J. Cole, E.M., Gille, D.A., Putman, B.J., Rose, J.P., Savoca, M.S., Yamane, L., Hull, J.M., Rodgers, D.L., Rosenblum, E.B., Shogren, J.F., Swaisgood, R.R. and B. May. 2015. Fear of failure in conservation: the problem and potential solutions to aid conservation of extremely small populations. Biological Conservation 184: 209-217.
Savoca, M.S. and G.A. Nevitt. 2014. Evidence that dimethyl sulfide facilitates a tritrophic mutualism between primary producers and top predators. PNAS 111(11): 4157-4161.
Press coverage: [Science Daily] [UC Davis News] [Epoch Times] [The Guardian]
Cooper, C.B., Loyd, K.A., Murante, T., Savoca, M.S. and J.L. Dickinson. 2012. Natural history traits associated with detecting mortality within residential bird communities: can citizen science provide insights? Environmental Management 50(1): 11-20.
Savoca, M.S., Bonter, D.N., Zuckerberg, B., Dickinson, J.L. and J.C. Ellis. 2011. Nesting density is an important factor affecting chick growth and survival in the Herring Gull. The Condor 113(3): 565-571.
2024 and in review
Brawn, C., Hamilton, B.M., Savoca, M.S., Mallory, M.L. and J.F. Provencher. In review. Examining ingested microplastics in fish: considerations on filter pore size, analysis time, and material costs to design cost-effective projects.
Beltran, R.S., Kilpatrick, A.M., Picardi, S., Abrahms, B., Barrile, G.M., Oestreich, W.K., Smith, J.A., Czapanskiy, M.F., Favilla, A.B., Reisinger, R.R., Kendall-Bar, J.M., Payne, A.R., Savoca, M.S., Palance, D.G., Andrzejaczek, S., Shen, D.M., Adachi, T., Costa, D.P., Storm, N.A., Hale, C.M. and P.W. Robinson. Biologging for the future: how biologgers can help solve fundamental questions, from individuals to ecosystems. [preprint]
Savoca, M.S., Robuck, A.R., Cashman, M.A., Cantwell, M.G., Agvent, L.A., Wiley, D.N., Rice, R., Todd, S., Hunter, N.E., Robbins, J., Goldbogen, J.A. and R. Lohmann. In review. Baleen as a biomonitor for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in marine food webs.
Gough, W.T., Czapanskiy, M.F. Palacios, D.M., Savoca, M.S., Fahlbusch, J., Oestreich, W.K., Hazen, E.L., Bejder, L., Calambokidis, J. and J.A. Goldbogen. In review. Longer Migrations Require Higher Speeds to Maintain Optimal Year-round Energetics.
Collins, J.R., Boenish, R.E., Cape, M.R., Benitez-Nelson, C.R., Doney, S.C., Fujita, R., Gaines, S.D., Gruby, R.L., Jin, D., Kim, H.H., Kleisner, K.M., Mariani, G., Moore, L.A., Pershing, A.J., Rader, D.N., Roman, J., Saba, G.K., Sanchirico, J.N., Saul, S., Savoca, M.S., Waller, A. In review. The potential of marine biota to sequester blue carbon: current evidence and research needs.
Dodson, S., Oestreich, W.K., Savoca, M.S., Hazen, E.L., Bograd, S.J., Ryan, J.P., Fiechter, J. and B.A. Abrahms. In review. Long-distance communication enables collective migration in a dynamic seascape. [preprint]
Hazen, E.L., Savoca, M.S., Clark-Wolf, T.J., Czapanskiy, M.F. Rabinowitz, P. and B.A. Abrahms. In revision. Ecosystem sentinels as early warning indicators in the Anthropocene.
Savoca, M.S., Kumar, M., Sylvester, Z., Czapanskiy, M.F., Meyer, B., Goldbogen, J.A. and C.M. Brooks. In revision. Whales, krill, and people: Recovering the Southern Ocean ecosystem.
Werth, A.J., Kahane-Rapport, S., Potvin, J., Goldbogen, J.A. and M.S. Savoca. 2024. Baleen-plastic interactions reveal high risk to all filter-feeding whales from filter clogging, ingestion, and entanglement. Oceans 5(1): 48-70
Price, S.E., Savoca, M.S., Kumar, M., Czapanskiy, M.F., McDermott, D., Cade, D.E., Litvin, S.Y. and J.A. Goldbogen. 2024. Energy densities of key prey species in the California Current Ecosystem. Frontiers in Marine Science 10: 1345525
2023
Brawn, C., Hamilton, B.M., Savoca, M.S., Bardarsson, B., Vermaire, J. and J. Provencher. 2023. Suspected anthropogenic microparticle ingestion by Icelandic capelin. Marine Pollution Bulletin 196: 115551
Welch, H., Savoca, M.S., Brodie, S., Jacox, M.G., Muhling, B.A., Clay, T.A., Cimino, M., Benson, S.R., Block, B.A., Conners, M.G., Costa, D.P, Jordan, F.D., Leising, A.W., Mikles, C.S., Palacios, D.M., Shaffer, S.A., Thorne, L.H., Watson, J.T., Bograd, S.J. and E.L. Hazen. 2023. Impacts of marine heatwaves on top predator distributions are variable but predictable. Nature Communications 14: 5188
Conor, R., Santangelo, Stephenson, B.M., Wilson, E.A. and M.S. Savoca. 2023. Commercial krill fishing within a foraging supergroup of fin whales in the Southern Ocean. Ecology 104: e4002
Pearson, H.C., Savoca, M.S., Costa, D.P., Lomas, M.W., Molina, R., Pershing, A.J., Smith, C.R., Villaseñor-Derbez, J.C., Wing, S.R. and J. Roman. 2023. Whales in the carbon cycle: Can recovery remove carbon dioxide? Trends in Ecology & Evolution 38(3): 238-249 [Cover Image]
Press coverage: [Cell Press] [Washington Post] [CNN] [Business Insider] [The Hill] [Bloomberg]
2022
Kahane-Rapport S.R., Czapanskiy, M.F., Fahlbusch J.A, Friedlaender, A.S., Calambokidis, J., Goldbogen, J.A. and M.S. Savoca. 2022. Field measurements reveal exposure risk to microplastic ingestion by marine megafauna. Nature Communications 13: 6327
Press coverage: [Stanford News] [The Guardian] [Reuters] [New Scientist] [ABC] [CBS] [The Mercury News] [IFL Science]
Durfort, A., Mariani, G., Tulloch, V., Savoca, M.S., Troussellier, M., and D. Mouillot. 2022. Recovery of carbon benefits by overharvested baleen whale populations is threatened by climate change. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289: 2022375
Gough, W.T., Cade, D.E., Czapanskiy, M.F., Potvin, J., Fish, F.E, Kahane-Rapport, S.R., Savoca, M.S., Bierlich, K.C., Johnston, D.W. Friedlaender, A.S., Szabo, A., Bejder, L. and J.A. Goldbogen. 2022. Fast and Furious: Energetic tradeoffs and scaling of high-speed foraging in rorqual whales. Integrative Organismal Biology 4(2): obac038
Savoca, M.S., Kühn, S., Sun, C., Avery-Gomm, S., Choy, C.A., Dudas, S., Hong, S., David Hyrenbach, D., Li, T., Ng, C.K., Provencher, J.F. and J. Lynch. 2022. Towards a North Pacific Ocean long-term monitoring program for plastic pollution: A review and recommendation for plastic ingestion bioindicators. Environmental Pollution 310: 119861
Press coverage: [NIST news]
Savoca, M.S., Machovsky-Capuska, G.E., Andrades, R. and R.G. Santos. 2022. Plastic ingestion: Understanding causes and impacts. Frontiers in Marine Science 9: 905336
Pollack, L., Munson, A., Savoca, M.S., Trimmer, P.C., Ehlman, S.M., Gil, M.A., and A. Sih. 2022. Enhancing the ecological realism of evolutionary mismatch theory. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 37(3): 233-245.
2021
Savoca, M.S., Czapanskiy, M.F., Kahane-Rapport, S.R., Gough, W.T., Fahlbusch, J.A., Bierlich, K.C., Segre, P.S., Di Clemente, J., Penry, G.S., Wiley, D.N., Calambokidis, J., Nowacek, D.P., Johnston, D.W., Pyenson, N.D., Friedlaender, A.S., Hazen, E.L. and J.A. Goldbogen. 2021. Baleen whale prey consumption based on high-resolution foraging measurements. Nature 599: 85-90. [Nature News and Views] [Cover Image]
Press coverage: [The Atlantic] [Reuters] [NPR] [National Geographic] [Smithsonian] [Newsweek] [Slate] [Business Insider] [Popular Science] [BBC Inside Science] [USA Today]
Smith, H., Gough, W.T., Savoca, M.S., Czapanskiy, M.F., Fish, F., Potvin, J., Bierlich, K.C., Cade D.E., Di Clemente, J., Kennedy, J., Segre, P., Stanworth, A., Weir, C., and J.A. Goldbogen. 2021. Scaling of oscillatory kinematics and Froude efficiency in baleen whales. Journal of Experimental Biology 224: jeb237586
Czapanskiy, M.F., Savoca, M.S., Gough, W.T., Segre, P., Wisniewska, D., Cade, D.E. and J.A. Goldbogen. 2021. Modeling short-term energetic costs of sonar disturbance to cetaceans using high resolution foraging data. Journal of Applied Ecology 58(8): 1643-1657.
Kashiwabara, L., Kahane-Rapport, S.R., King, C., DeVogelaere, M., Goldbogen, J.A., and Savoca, M.S. 2021. Microplastics and microfibers in surface waters of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, California. Marine Pollution Bulletin 165: 112148.
Savoca, M.S., McInturf, A.G. and E.L. Hazen. 2021. Plastic ingestion by marine fish is widespread and increasing. Global Change Biology 27(10): 2188-2199.
Press coverage: [Stanford News]
2020
Kahane-Rapport, S.R., Savoca, M.S., Cade, D.E., Segre, P.S., Bierlich, K.C., Calambokidis, J.A., Dale, J., Friedlaender, A.S., Johnston, D.W., Werth, A.J. and J.A. Goldbogen. 2020. Lunge filter feeding biomechanics constrain rorqual foraging ecology across scale. Journal of Experimental Biology 223: jeb224196.
Savoca, M.S., Brodie, S., Welch, H., Hoover, A., Benaka, L.R., Bograd, S.J., and E.L. Hazen. 2020. Comprehensive bycatch assessment in U.S. fisheries for prioritizing management. Nature Sustainability 3(4): 472-480.
Press coverage: [Hakai Magazine]
Pfaller, J.B. Goforth, K., Gil, M.A, Savoca, M.S. and K.J. Lohmann. 2020. Odors from marine plastic debris elicit foraging behaviors in sea turtles. Current Biology 30(5): R213-R214.
Press coverage: [Newsweek] [CNN] [Gizmodo] [Telegraph] [Smithsonian] [CNBC] [The Economist] [BBC]
2019
Goldbogen, J.A., Cade, D.E., Wisniewska, D.M., Potvin, J., Segre, P.S., Savoca, M.S., Hazen, E.L., Czapanskiy, M.F., DeRuiter, S.D., Gero, S., Tønnesen, P., Gough, W.T., Hanson, M.B., Holt, M., Kahane-Rapport, S.R., Jensen, F.H., Simon, M., Stimpert, A.K., Arranz, P. Nowacek, D.P., Parks, S., Visser, F., Friedlaender, A.S., Tyack, P L., Madsen, P.T., and N.D. Pyenson. 2019. Why whales are big but not bigger: Physiological drivers and ecological limits in the age of ocean giants. Science 366(6471): 1367-1372. [Perspective] [Cover Image]
Press coverage: [Science Friday] [The Economist] [Smithsonian] [LA Times]
Goldbogen, J.A., Cade, D.E., Calambokidis, J., Czapanskiy, M.F., Fahlbusch, J., Friedlaender, A.S., Gough, W.T., Kahane-Rapport, S.R., Savoca, M.S., Ponganis, K.V., Ponganis, P.J. 2019. Extreme bradycardia and tachycardia in the world’s largest animal. PNAS 116(50): 25329-25332.
Press coverage: [CNN] [New York Times] [The Atlantic] [Newsweek] [Reuters] [New Scientist] [Vice] [IFL Science]
Hazen, E.L., Abrahms, B., Brodie, S., Carroll, G., Jacox, M., Savoca, M.S., Scales, K.L., Sydeman, W.J. and S.J. Bograd. 2019. Marine top predators as climate and ecosystem sentinels. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 17(10): 545-574.
Gough, W.T., Segre, P.S., Bierlich, KC., Cade, D. E., Potvin, J., Fish, F.E., Dale, J., di Clemente, J., Friedlaender A.S., Johnston D.W., Kahane-Rapport, S., Kennedy, J., Long J.H., Oudejans, M., Penry, G., Savoca, M.S., Simon, M., Videsen, S.K.A., Visser, F., Wiley, D.N. and J.A. Goldbogen. 2019. Scaling of swimming performance in baleen whales. Journal of Experimental Biology 222: jeb204172. [Inside JEB]
Abrahms, B., Hazen, E.L., Aikens, E.O., Savoca, M.S., Goldbogen, J.A., Bograd, S.J., Jacox, M. Irvine, L.M., Palacios, D.M., and B.R. Mate. 2019. Memory and resource tracking drive blue whale migrations. PNAS 116(12): 5582-5587. [PNAS Commentary]
Press coverage: [Yahoo News] [MongaBay] [The Atlantic]
Weber, A.K., Weber, M.W. and M.S. Savoca. 2019. Quantifying marine debris associated with coastal golf courses. Marine Pollution Bulletin 140: 1-8.
Press coverage: [NPR] [ABC News] [Hakai Magazine] [HBO's Vice News Tonight] [Medium] [USA Today] [Smithsonian]
2018
Savoca, M.S. 2018. The ecology of an olfactory trap. Science 362(6417): 904-A
Press coverage: [Stanford News]
Savoca, M.S., Gardiner, J., Colbourne, R. and A.J.D. Tennyson. 2018. Vertebrate prey in the diets of free-ranging kiwi (Apteryx spp.). Notornis 65(4): 242-244.
Savoca, M.S. 2018. Chemoattraction to dimethyl sulfide links the sulfur, iron, and carbon cycles in high-latitude oceans. Biogeochemistry 138(1): 1-21. [Cover Image]
2011-2017
Savoca, M.S., Tyson, C.W., McGill, M., and C.J. Slager. 2017. Odours from marine plastic debris induce food search behaviours in a forage fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20171000.
Press coverage: [New Scientist] [National Geographic] [The Guardian] [Vice] [WIRED] [LA Times] [KQED] [Popular Science] [Nature]
Savoca, M.S., Wohlfeil, M.E., Ebeler, S.E. and G.A. Nevitt. 2016. Marine plastic debris emits a keystone infochemical for olfactory foraging seabirds. Science Advances 2(11): e1600395.
Press coverage: [NPR] [New York Times] [Washington Post] [New Scientist] [The Atlantic] [BBC] [LA Times] [National Geographic]
Meek, M.H., Wells, C., Tomalty, K.M., Ashlander, J. Cole, E.M., Gille, D.A., Putman, B.J., Rose, J.P., Savoca, M.S., Yamane, L., Hull, J.M., Rodgers, D.L., Rosenblum, E.B., Shogren, J.F., Swaisgood, R.R. and B. May. 2016. We should not be afraid to talk about fear of failure in conservation. Biological Conservation 194: 218-219.
Meek, M.H., Wells, C., Tomalty, K.M., Ashlander, J. Cole, E.M., Gille, D.A., Putman, B.J., Rose, J.P., Savoca, M.S., Yamane, L., Hull, J.M., Rodgers, D.L., Rosenblum, E.B., Shogren, J.F., Swaisgood, R.R. and B. May. 2015. Fear of failure in conservation: the problem and potential solutions to aid conservation of extremely small populations. Biological Conservation 184: 209-217.
Savoca, M.S. and G.A. Nevitt. 2014. Evidence that dimethyl sulfide facilitates a tritrophic mutualism between primary producers and top predators. PNAS 111(11): 4157-4161.
Press coverage: [Science Daily] [UC Davis News] [Epoch Times] [The Guardian]
Cooper, C.B., Loyd, K.A., Murante, T., Savoca, M.S. and J.L. Dickinson. 2012. Natural history traits associated with detecting mortality within residential bird communities: can citizen science provide insights? Environmental Management 50(1): 11-20.
Savoca, M.S., Bonter, D.N., Zuckerberg, B., Dickinson, J.L. and J.C. Ellis. 2011. Nesting density is an important factor affecting chick growth and survival in the Herring Gull. The Condor 113(3): 565-571.
Theses:
Savoca, M.S. 2017. Chemoattraction to Dimethyl Sulfide Predicts Diet Composition and Plastic Ingestion By Procellariiform Seabirds and Forage Fish. Ph.D. Dissertation. Graduate Group in Ecology, University of California, Davis.
Savoca, M.S. 2010. Nesting density is an important factor affecting chick growth and survival in the Herring Gull. Senior Honors Thesis. Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University.
Popular Publications:
Savoca, M.S. Seabirds that swallow ocean plastic waste have scarring in their stomachs – scientists have named this disease ‘plasticosis’. First published on The Conversation 21 March 2023.
Republished by Scientific American on 22 March 2023.
Savoca, M.S. Plastics are the tip of the iceberg. First published on Think Global Health on 25 July 2022.
Savoca, M.S. Fall of the great ocean farmers. April 2022 Issue. The Marine Biologist 22: 6-9. [Cover article]
Savoca, M.S., Robuck, A.R. and L.M. Kashiwabara. Plastic trash in the ocean is a global problem, and the US the top source - a new report urges action. First published on The Conversation 3 December 2021.
McInturf, A.G. and M.S. Savoca. Hundreds of fish species, including many that humans eat, are consuming plastic. First published on The Conversation 9 February 2021.
Republished by the World Economic Forum on 17 February 2021.
Savoca, M.S. Comprehensive bycatch assessment in U.S. Fisheries. First published on Nature Sustainability Community Forum on 30 March 2020.
Savoca, M.S., Goldbogen, J.A. and N.D. Pyenson. Why are whales big, but not bigger? First published on The Conversation 12 December 2019.
Savoca, M.S. A teen scientist helped me discover tons of golf balls polluting the ocean. First published on The Conversation 18 January 2019.
Republished by The San Francisco Chronicle on 18 January 2019.
Savoca, M.S. Bait and switch: Anchovy eat plastic because it smells like prey. First published on The Conversation 16 August 2017.
Republished by The Washington Post on 4 September 2017.
Savoca, M.S. The oceans are full of plastic, but why do seabirds eat it? First published on The Conversation 9 November 2016.
Republished by Scientific American on 10 November 2016.
Savoca, M.S. Introduced mammals on seabird breeding islands. First published on Wikipedia 11 May 2011.
Savoca, M.S. Seabird breeding behavior. First published on Wikipedia 5 May 2011.
Savoca, M.S. 2017. Chemoattraction to Dimethyl Sulfide Predicts Diet Composition and Plastic Ingestion By Procellariiform Seabirds and Forage Fish. Ph.D. Dissertation. Graduate Group in Ecology, University of California, Davis.
Savoca, M.S. 2010. Nesting density is an important factor affecting chick growth and survival in the Herring Gull. Senior Honors Thesis. Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University.
Popular Publications:
Savoca, M.S. Seabirds that swallow ocean plastic waste have scarring in their stomachs – scientists have named this disease ‘plasticosis’. First published on The Conversation 21 March 2023.
Republished by Scientific American on 22 March 2023.
Savoca, M.S. Plastics are the tip of the iceberg. First published on Think Global Health on 25 July 2022.
Savoca, M.S. Fall of the great ocean farmers. April 2022 Issue. The Marine Biologist 22: 6-9. [Cover article]
Savoca, M.S., Robuck, A.R. and L.M. Kashiwabara. Plastic trash in the ocean is a global problem, and the US the top source - a new report urges action. First published on The Conversation 3 December 2021.
McInturf, A.G. and M.S. Savoca. Hundreds of fish species, including many that humans eat, are consuming plastic. First published on The Conversation 9 February 2021.
Republished by the World Economic Forum on 17 February 2021.
Savoca, M.S. Comprehensive bycatch assessment in U.S. Fisheries. First published on Nature Sustainability Community Forum on 30 March 2020.
Savoca, M.S., Goldbogen, J.A. and N.D. Pyenson. Why are whales big, but not bigger? First published on The Conversation 12 December 2019.
Savoca, M.S. A teen scientist helped me discover tons of golf balls polluting the ocean. First published on The Conversation 18 January 2019.
Republished by The San Francisco Chronicle on 18 January 2019.
Savoca, M.S. Bait and switch: Anchovy eat plastic because it smells like prey. First published on The Conversation 16 August 2017.
Republished by The Washington Post on 4 September 2017.
Savoca, M.S. The oceans are full of plastic, but why do seabirds eat it? First published on The Conversation 9 November 2016.
Republished by Scientific American on 10 November 2016.
Savoca, M.S. Introduced mammals on seabird breeding islands. First published on Wikipedia 11 May 2011.
Savoca, M.S. Seabird breeding behavior. First published on Wikipedia 5 May 2011.