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Kim M. Parsons
Researcher at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Publications - 52
Citations - 2863
Kim M. Parsons is an academic researcher from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Whale. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 43 publications receiving 2404 citations. Previous affiliations of Kim M. Parsons include National Marine Fisheries Service & University of Aberdeen.
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Complete mitochondrial genome phylogeographic analysis of killer whales (Orcinus orca) indicates multiple species
Phillip A. Morin,Frederick I. Archer,Andrew D. Foote,Julia T. Vilstrup,Eric E. Allen,Paul R. Wade,John W. Durban,Kim M. Parsons,Robert L. Pitman,Lewyn Li,Pascal Bouffard,Sandra C. A. Nielsen,Morten Rasmussen,Eske Willerslev,M. Thomas P. Gilbert,Timothy T. Harkins +15 more
TL;DR: Phylogenetic analysis indicated that each of the known ecotypes represents a strongly supported clade with divergence times ranging from approximately 150,000 to 700,000 yr ago, and it is predicted that phylogeographic mitogenomics will become an important tool for improved statistical phyloGeography and more precise estimates of divergence times.
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Quantifying the influence of sociality on population structure in bottlenose dolphins.
David Lusseau,Ben Wilson,Philip S. Hammond,Kate Grellier,Kate Grellier,John W. Durban,Kim M. Parsons,Tim R. Barton,Paul M. Thompson +8 more
TL;DR: This work applies recently developed analytical techniques to the population of bottlenose dolphins residing along the Scottish east coast, to detect the presence of communities within this population and infer its social structure from the temporal variation in association patterns between individuals.
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Functional mechanisms underlying cetacean distribution patterns: hotspots for bottlenose dolphins are linked to foraging
TL;DR: The results quantitatively support the hypothesis that the distinctive patterns of distribution shown by these dolphins are related to foraging behaviour or opportunities, and that submarine habitat characteristics may be a significant factor in the foraging efficiency of dolphins.
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Social network correlates of food availability in an endangered population of killer whales, Orcinus orca
Emma A. Foster,Daniel W. Franks,Lesley J. Morrell,Kenneth C. Balcomb,Kim M. Parsons,Astrid van Ginneken,Darren P. Croft +6 more
TL;DR: A long-term data set is used to examine the relationship between food availability and social network structure in the endangered southern resident killer whales and finds a significant relationship between the connectivity of the social network and salmon abundance, with a more interconnected social network in years of high salmon abundance.
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Kinship as a basis for alliance formation between male bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in the Bahamas
Kim M. Parsons,John W. Durban,Diane E. Claridge,Kenneth C. Balcomb,L. R. Noble,Paul M. Thompson +5 more
TL;DR: Stable alliances between pairs of males were identified and molecular genetic analyses of tissue samples revealed highly significant correlations between patterns of association and both mitochondrial DNA haplotype identity and microsatellite relatedness, indicating that males within long-term alliances are more closely related than expected by chance.