artículos científicos

Pacheco, A.S., C. Castro, R. Carnero-Huaman, D. Villagra, S. Pinilla, J. Denkinger, J.D. Palacios-Alfaro, C. Sánchez-Godinez, R. González-Ruelas, S. Silva, B. Alcorta y J. Urbán R. 2019. Sightings of an Adult Male Killer Whale Match Humpback Whale Breeding Seasons in Both Hemispheres in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Aquatic Mammals 2019, 45(3), 320-326, https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.45.3.2019.320

Darling, J.D., J.M.V. Acebes, O. Frey, J. Urbán R. y M. Yamaguchi. 2019. Convergence and divergence of songs suggests ongoing, but annually variable, mixing of humpback whale populations throughout the North Pacific. Scientific Reports, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42233-7.

Rojas-Bracho, L., R.C. Brusca, S. Alvarez-Borrego, R.L. Brownell, V. Camacho-Ibar, G. Ceballos, H. de la Cueva, J. García-Hernández, P.A. Hastings, G. Cárdenas-Hinojosa, A. Jaramillo-Legorreta, R. Medellín, S. mesnick, E. Nieto-García, J. Urbán, E. Velarde, O. Vidal, L.T. Findley y B. Taylor. 2019. Unsubstantiated Claims Can Lead to Tragic Conservation Outcomes. BioScience, 69 (1):12-14 https://doi:10.1093/biosci/biy138

Jiménez-López, M.E., D.M. Palacios, A. Jaramillo-Legorreta, J. Urbán R. y B.R. Mate. 2019. Fin whale movements in the Gulf of California, Mexico, from satellite telemetry. PLoS ONE 14(1):e0209324. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209324

Cabrera, A., J.P.A Hoekendijka, A. Aguilar, A.G. Barcoc, S. Berrowd, D. Blochf, B. Borrellb, H.A. Cunhag, L. Dalla Rosah, C.P. Dias, P. Gauffieri, W. Haoa, S. Landryj, F. Larsen, V. Martín, S. Mizroch, T. Oostinga, N. Øieno, C. , S. Panigada, R. Prietor, C. Ramp, V. Rivera-Léona,J. Robbins, C. Ryan, E. Schalla, R. Sears, M. Silva, J. Urbán R., W. Frederick, W. Wenzelw, P.J. Palsbøll y M. Bérubé. 2019. Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) mitogenomics: A cautionary tale of defining sub-species from mitochondrial sequence monophyly. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 135: 86-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.003

Cholewiak, D.M., S. Cerchio, J.K. Jacobsen, J. Urbán R. y C.W. Clark. 2018. Songbirds dynamics under the sea: acoustic interactions between humpback whales suggest song mediates male interactions. Royal Society Open Science 5:171298. dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171298

Villegas-Zurita, F., F. Castillejos-Moguel, F. Benítez-Villalobos y J. Urbán R. 2018. Alpha diversity of marine mammals of the Mexican South Pacific. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 89 (2018): 898 – 909. https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2018.3.2409

Troyo-Vega, B., G. Arnaud-Franco, P. Galina-Tessaro, J. Urbán R., S. Swartz, y A. Ortega- Rubio. 2018. Evaluación del servicio turístico en el avistamiento de la ballena gris: Baja California Sur, México. Economía, Sociedad y Territorio, vol. xviii, núm. 58, 2018, 853-880. http://dx.doi.org/10.22136/est01246

Bruniche-Olsen A, J. Urban R., V.V. Vertyankin, C.A.J. Godard-Codding, J.W. Bickham, and J.A., DeWoody. 2018 Genetic data reveal mixed-stock aggregations of gray whales in the North Pacific Ocean. Biol. Lett. 14: 20180399. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0399

Irvine, L., D.M. Palacios, J. Urbán R., y B. Mate. 2017. Sperm whale dive behavior characteristics derived from intermediate-duration archival tag data. Ecology and Evolution DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3322

López-Urbán, A., A. Thode, C. Bazúa-Durán, J. Urbán y S. Swartz. 2016. Two new grey whale call types detected on bioacoustic tags. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: 1-7. doi:10.1017/S0025315416001697

Seger, K., A.M. Thode, S.L., J. Urbán R., P. Martínez L., E. Jiménez L. y D. López A. 2016. Humpback whale-generated ambient noise levels provide insight into singers’ spatial densities. Journal of Acoustical Society of America 140(3): 1581-1597

Fossi, M.C., L. Marsili, M. Baini, M. Giannetti, D. Coppola, C. Guerranti, I. Catiani, R. Minutoli, G. Lauriano, M.G. Finoia, F. Rubegni, S. Panigada, M. Berube, J. Urbán R. and C. Panti. 2016. Fin whales and microplastics: The Mediterranean Sea and the Sea of Cortez scenarios. Environmental Pollution 209:68-78

Elorriaga-Verplancken, F., H. Rosales-Nanduca, A. Paniagua-Mendoza, S. Martínez-Aguilar, A.N. Nader-Valencia, R. Robles Hernández, F. Gómez-Díaz and Jorge Urbán R. 2016. First record of pigmy killer whales (Feresa attenuata) in the Gulf of California, México: Diet inferences and probable relation with warm conditions during 2014. Aquatic Mammals 42(1): 20-26

Salvadeo, C.J., A. Gómez-Gallardo U., M. Nájera-Caballero, J. Urbán R. and D. Lluch-Belda. 2015. The effect of climate variability on gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) within their wintering áreas. PLoS ONE 10(8): e0134655. Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.013465

Elorriaga-Verplancken F., S. Tobar-Hurtado, M. Medina-López, D. Bárcenas de la Cruz y J. Urbán R. 2015. Potential morphological contributions to a live stranding: abnormal snout and Conchoderma auritum infestation in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Aquatic Mammals 41(2): 198-202

Viloria-Gómora, L., E. Romero-Vivas and J. Urbán R. 2015. Calls of Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera edeni) recorded in the Gulf of California (L). Journal of Acoustical Society of America 138(5): 2722-2725

Seger, K., A.M. Thode, S.L. Swartz and J. Urbán R. 2015. The ambient acoustic environment in Laguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur, México. Journal of Acoustical Society of America 138(5): 3397-3410

Fossi, M.C., C. Panti, L. Marsili, S. Maltese, D. Coppola, B. Jimenez, J. Muñoz-Arnaz, M.G. Finoia, L. Rojas-Bracho and J. Urbán R., 2014. Could feeding habit and migratory behaviour be the causes of different toxicological hazard to cetaceans of the Gulf of California (Mexico)?. Environment Sciences Pollution Research: DOI 10.1007/s11356-014-2574-8

Swartz, S., Rosales N., H., Urbán R., J., y Martinez, S. 2013. Wintertime Aggregations Of Gray Whales In Laguna San Ignacio. Journal of the American Cetacean Society. 42(1): 42-46

Niño-Torres, C.A., Urbán, J., Olavarrierta, T., Blanco-Parra, P., Hobson, K.A. 2013. Dietary references of Bryde’s whales (Balaenoptera edeni) from the Gulf of California: A d13C, d15N analysis. DOI: Marine Mammal Sciences 10.1111/mms.12081

D’intino, D.M., 1, Darling, J.D., Urbán, J., y Frasier, T.R. 2013. Lack of nuclear differentiation suggests reproductive connectivity between the ‘southern feeding group’ and the larger population of eastern North Pacific gray whales, despite previous detection of mitochondrial differences. Journal of Ceatcean Research and Management. 13(2): 97–104

Baker, CS., Steel, D.,Calambokidis, C.Falcone, E., González-Peral, U., Barlow, J., Burdin, A:M:, Clapham, P:J:, Ford, J:K:B:, Gabriele, C:M:, Mattila, D., Rojas-Bracho, L., Straley, J.M., Taylor, B.L., Urbán, J., Wade, P.R., Weller, D., Witteveen, B.H., Yamaguchi, M. 2013. Strong maternal fidelity and natal philopatry shape genetic structure in North Pacific humpback whales. Marine Ecology Progress Series 494: 291–306, doi: 10.3354/meps10508

Weller, D.W., A. Klimex, A.L. Bradford, J. Calambokidis, A.R. Lang, B. Gisborne, A.M. Burdin, W. Szaniszlo, J. Urbán R., A. Gómez-Gallardo U., S. Swartz, R.L. y Brownell Jr. 2012. Movements of gray whales between the western and eastern North Pacific. Endangered Species Research 18:193-199

Ponce, D. A.M. Thode, M. Guerra, J. Urbán R. and S. Swartz. 2012. Relationship between visual counts and call detection rates of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) in Laguna San Ignacio, Mexico. Journal of Acoustic Society of America 131 (4): 2700-2713

Cubero-Pardo, P., C. Donovan y J. Urbán R. 2011. A proposal to define vulnerability of cetacean áreas to human development: variables and analysis procedures applied to the Gulf of California. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 1-28

Rosales-Nanduca, H., T. Gerrodette, J. Urbán R., G. Cárdenas-Hinojosa, y L. Medrano-González. 2011. Macroecology of marine mammal species in the Mexican Pacific Ocean: diversity and distribution. Marine Ecology Progress Series 431: 281-291, doi: 10.3354/meps09120

Salvadeo, C.J., S. Flores-Ramírez, A. Gómez-Gallardo, C.D. MacLeod, D. Lluch-Belda, S. Jaume-Schinjel, y J. Urbán R. 2011. El rorcual de Bryde (Balaenoptera edeni) en el suroeste del Golfo de California: Su relación con la variabilidad de ENOS y disponibilidad de presas. Ciencias Marinas 37(2): 215-225

Barlow, J., J. Calambokidis, E.A. Falcone, C.S. Baker, A.M. Burdin, P.J. Clapham, J.K. Ford, C.M. Gabriele, R. LeDuc, D.K. Mattila, T.J. Quinn II , L. Rojas-Bracho, J.M. Straley, B.L. Taylor, J. Urbán R., P. Wade, D. Weller, B.H. Witteveen, M. Yamaguchi. 2011. Humpback whale abundance in the North Pacific estimated by photographic capture-recapture with bias correction from simulation studies. Marine Mammal Science. DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00444.x

Salvadeo, C.J., D. Lluch-Belda, A. Gómez-Gallardo, J. Urbán R. y C. D. MacLeod. 2010. Climate change and a poleward shift in the distribution of the Pacific white-sided dolphin in the northeastern Pacific. Endangered Species Research 11:13-19

Salvadeo, C.J., A. Gómez-Gallardo, D. Lluch-Belda, Y J. Urbán R. 2009. The odontocete community and its environment in the southwestern Gulf of California. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 7(1-2): 23-32

Fossi, M.C., J. Urbán R., S. Casini, S. Maltese, G. Spinsanti, C. Panti, S. Porcelloni, S. Panigada, G. Lauriano, C. Niño-Torres, L. Rojas-Bracho, B. Jimenez, J. Muñoz-Arnaz y L. Marsili. 2009. A multi-trial diagnostic tool in fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) skin biopsies of the Pelagos Sanctuary (Mediterranean Sea) and the Gulf of California (Mexico). Marine Environmental Research: doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.10.006

Alter, S.E., S. Flores R., S. Nigenda, Jorge Urbán R., L. Rojas B. y S.R. Palumbi. 2009. Mitocondrial and nuclear genetic variation across calving lagoons in Eastern North Pacific gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus). Journal of Heredity 100:34-46

Niño-Torres, C.A., T. Zenteno-Savín, S.C. Gardner y J. Urbán R. 2009. Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenils in fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) from the Gulf of California. Environmental Toxicology

Steiger, G.H., J. Calambokidis, J.M. Straley, L.M. Herman, S. Cerchio, D.R. Salden, J. Urbán-R, J.K. Jacobsen, O. von Ziegesar, K.C. Balcomb, C.M. Gabriele, M.E. Dahlheim, S. Uchida, J.K.B. Ford, P. Ladron de Guevara-P, M. Yamaguchi and J. Barlow. 2008. Geographic variation in killer whale attacks on humpback whales in the North Pacific: implications for predation pressure. Endangered Species Research 4:247-256.

Lagerquist, B.A., Mate, B.R., Ortega-Ortiz, J.G., Winsor, M., and Urbán R., J. 2008. Migratory movements and surfacing rates of humpback whales (Megapetra novaeangliae) satellite tagged at Socorro Island, Mexico. Marine Mammal Science 24(1):

Nigenda-Morales, S., S. Flores-Ramírez, J. Urbán R. y R. Vázquez-Juárez. 2008. MHC DQB-I Polymorphism in the Gulf of California fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) population. Journal of Heredity 99(1): 14-21

Del Toro-Orozco, W., G. Cárdenas H., A. G´mez-Gallardo U., U. González-Peral y J. Urbán R. 2007. Determinación de edad por medio de bandas de crecimiento de dientes de individuos varados de Berardius bairdii (Cetacea:Ziphiidae). Biológicas 9: 25-30

Forestell, P.H. y J. Urbán R. 2007. Movement of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) between the Revillagigedo and Hawaiian Archipelagos within a winter breeding season. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 6(1): 97-102

Urbán R., J., G. Cárdenas H., A. Gómez-Gallardo U., U. González-Peral, W. del Toro-Orozco y R.L. Brownell Jr. 2007. Mass Strandeing of Baird´s beaked whales at San José island, Gulf of California, Mexico. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 6(1): 83-88

-Urbán R., J., A. Gómez-Gallardo U., and L., S. Ludwig. 2003. Abundante and mortality of gray whales at Laguna San Ignacio, México, during the 1997-98 El Niño and the 1998-99 La Niña. Goefísica Internacional 42(3): 439-446

Rubio-Cisneros, N., Mesnick, S.L., Vázquez-Juárez, R., Urbán R., J., Godard, C.A.J., Payne, R., Dizon, A.E.. 2006. Genetic sex determination supports the Gulf of California as an important habitat for male and female sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus). Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 5(2): 125-128

Guerrero-Ruiz, M., H. Pérez-Cortés M., M. Salinas Z. Y J. Urbán R. 2006. First Mass Stranding of Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Aquatic Mammals 2006, 32(3), 265-272

Gulland, F. M. D., H. Pérez-Cortés M., J. Urbán R., L. Rojas-Bracho, G. Ylitalo, J. Weir, S. A. Norman, M. M. Muto, D. J. Rugh, C. Kreuder, and T. Rowles. 2005. Eastern North Pacific gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) unusual mortality event, 1999-2000, 33 p. NOAA-NTIS No. PB2005-105795..

Guerrero-Ruiz, M., I. García-Godos y J.Urbán R. 2005. Match of a killer whale (Orcinus orca) between Peruvian and Mexican waters. Aquatic Mammals 2005, 31(4), 438-441,

-Croll, D., C.W. Clark, A. Acevedo, B. Tershy, S. Flores, J. Gedamke y J. Urban. 2002. Only male fin whales sing loud songs. Nature 417:809

-Pérez-Cortés, H., J. Urbán R. y P. Loreto. 2004. A note on gray whale distribution and abundance in theMagdalena Bay Complex, México during the 1997 winter season. Journal of Ceatcean Research and Management. 6(2): 133-138

-Flores-Ramírez, S., R. D. Miller J. y Urbán R.. 2004. Evidence for functional Mayor Histocompatibility Complex polymorphism in gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus). Marine Mammal Science 20(2) : 262–273

-Urbán R., J., V. Flores de Sahagún, M.L. Jones, S.L. Swartz, B.R. Mate, A. Gómez-Gallardo and M. Guerrero-Ruíz. 2004. GRAY WHALES WITH LOSS FLUKES ADAPT AND SURVIVE. Marine Mammal Science 20(2) : 335-338

-Urbán R., J., L. Rojas-Bracho, H. Pérez-Cortés, A. Gómez-Gallardo, S.L. Swartz, S. Ludwig and R.L. Brownell Jr. 2003. A review of gray whales on their wintering grounds in Mexican waters. Journal of Ceatcean Research and Management. 5(3): 281-295

Mate, B.R. and J. Urbán R. 2003. A note on the route and speed of a gray whale on its northern migration from Mexico to central California, tracked by satellite-monitored radio tag. Journal of Ceatcean Research and Management. 5(2): 155-157

-Bérubé, M., Urbán R., J., Dizon, A., Brownell, R.L., y Palsbøll P.J. 2002. Genetic identification of a small and highly isolated population of fin whales (Balaenopetra physalus) in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico. Conservation Genetics 3(2): 183-190

-Mate, B.R., B.A. Lagerquiest, and J. Urbán R. 2003. A note on using satellite telemetry to document the use of San Ignacio Lagoon by gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) during their reproductive season. Journal of Ceatcean Research and Management. 5(2): 149-154

-Goerlitz, D., J. Urbán R., L. Rojas-Bracho, M. Belson, and C. Schaeff. 2003. Mitochondrial DNA variation among Eastern North Pacific Gray Whales (Eschrichtius robustus) on winter breeding grounds in Baja California. Candian Journal of Zoology 81(12): 1965-1972 (2003)

Medrano-González, Luis, C. Scott Bake, M. Rosalba Robles-Saavedra, Justine Murrell, María J. Vázquez-Cuevas, Bradley C. Congdon, Janice M. Straley, John Calambokidis, Jorge Urbán R., Lilián Flórez-González, Carlos Olavarría-Barrera, Anelio Aguayo-Lobo, Janet Nolasco-Soto, Ricardo A. Juárez-Salas and Karla Villavicencio-Llamosas. 2001. Trans-oceanic population genetic structure of humpback whales in the North and South Pacific. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 47(2): 465-479

-Moore, S.E., J. Urbán R., W.L. Perryman, F. Gulland, H. Perez-Cortes M. P.R. Wade, L. Rojas-Bracho, and T. Rowles. 2001. Are gray whales hitting ‘K’ hard? Marine Mammal Science 17(4): 954-958

-Calambokidis, J., G.H. Steiger, J.M. Straley, L.M. Herman, S. Cerchio, D.R., Salden, J. Urban R., J.K. Jacobsen, O. von Ziegesar, K.C. Balcomb, C.M., Gabriele, M.E. Dahlheim, S. Uchida, G. Ellis, Y. Miyamura, P. Ladron de Guevara P., M. Yamaguchi, F. Sato, S.A. Mizroch, L. Schlender, K. Rasmussen, J. Barlow and T.J. Quinn II. 2001. Movements and population structure of humpback whales in the North Pacific. Marine Mammal Science 17(4):769-794

Croll, D.A., A. Acevedo, B.R. Tershy, y J. Urbán R. 2001. The diving behavior of blue and fin whales: is dive duration shorter than expected based on oxygen stores? Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 129(4): 797-809

-Flores-Ramírez, S., J. Urbán R. y R. D. Miller. 2000. Major histocompatibility complex class I loci from the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus). The Journal of Heredity 91(4) : 279-282

Clark, C. W., Croll, D. A., Acevado, A., and Urban-Ramirez, J. 2000. Multi-modal surveys of fin whales in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico. Journal of Acoustic Society of America. 108 (5): 2539.

-Urbán R., J., A. Jaramillo L., A. Aguayo L., P. Ladrón de Guevara P., M. Salinas Z., C. Alvarez F., L. Medrano G., J.K. Jacobsen, K.C.. Balcomb III,.D.E. Claridge, J, Calambokidis, G.H. Steiger, , J. Straley, O. vonZiegesar, J.M. Wite, S. Miszroch, M.E. Dahlheim, J.D. Darling y C.S. Baker. 2000. Migratory destinations of humpback whales wintering in the Mexican Pacific. Journal of Ceatcean Research and Management 2(2): 101-110

-Urbán R., J., A. Jaramillo L., A. Aguayo L., P. Ladrón de Guevara P., M. Salinas Z., C. Alvarez F., L. Medrano G., J.K. Jacobsen, K.C.. Balcomb III,.D.E. Claridge, J, Calambokidis, G.H. Steiger, , J. Straley, O. vonZiegesar, J.M. Wite, S. Miszroch, M.E. Dahlheim, J.D. Darling y C.S. Baker. 2000. Migratory destinations of humpback whales wintering in the Mexican Pacific. Journal of Ceatcean Research and Management 2(2): 101-110

-Le Bœuf, B.J., H. Pérez-Cortés M., J. Urbán R., B.R. Mate y F. Ollervides U. 2000. High gray whale mortality and low recruitment in 1999 : potential causes and implications. Journal of Ceatcean Research and Management 2(2): 85-99

-Guerrero-Ruíz, M. y J. Urbán R. 2000. First report of remoras on two killer whales in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Aquatic Mammals 26(2): 148-150

Calambokidis, J., G.H. Steiger, K. Rasmussen, J. Urbán R., K.C. Balcomb, P. Ladrón de Guevara P., M. Salinas Z., J.K. Jacobsen, C.S. Baker, L.M. Herman, S. Cerchio y J. Darling. 2000. Migratory destinations of humpback whales that feed off California, Oregon and Washington. Marine Ecology Progress Series 192:295-304

-Urbán R., J., C. Alvarez F., M.Salinas Z., J. Jacobsen, K.C.. Balcomb III, A. Jaramillo L., P. Ladrón de Guevara P. y A. Aguayo L. 1999. Population size of humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, in waters off the Pacific coast of Mexico. Fishery Bulletin 97(4):1017-1024

-Guerrero-Ruíz, M., D. Gendron y J. Urbán R. 1998. Distribution, movements and communities of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the Gulf of California, Mexico. SC/49/SM44. Report of the International Whaling Commission. 48:537-543

-Urbán R., J., A. Gómez-Gallardo U., y M. Palmeros R. 1998. A note on the 1997 Gray whale studies at Laguna San Ignacio, B.C.S., México. SC/49/AS25. Report of the International Whaling Commission. 48:513-516

-Croll, D.A., B.R. Tershy, R.P. Hewitt, D.A. Demer, P.C. Fiedler, S.E. Smith, W. Armstrong, J.M. Popp, T. Kiekhefer, V.R. Lopez, J. Urbán y Diane Gendron. 1998. An Integrated approach to the foraging ecology of marine birds and mammals. Deep-Sea Research II 45: 1353-1371

-Bérubé, M., A. Aguilar, D. Dedanto, F. Larsen, G. Notobartolo-di-Sciara, R. Sears, J. Sigurjonsson, J. Urbán R. y P.J. Palsboll. 1998. Population genetic structure of North Atlantic, Mediterranean and Sea of Cortez fin whales, Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758): analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear loci. Molecular Ecology 7(5): 585-600

-Baker, C.S., L. Medrano-González, J. Calambokidis, A. Perry, F. Pichler, H. Rosembaum, J.M. Straley, J. Urbán R., M. Yamaguchi y O. von Ziegesar. 1998. Population structure of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA variation among humpback whales in the North Pacific. Molecular Ecology 7(6): 695-708

-Urbán R., J., A. Gómez-Gallardo U., V. Flores de sahagún, J. Cifuentes L., S. Ludwig y M. Palmeros R. 1997. Gray whale studies at Laguna San Ignacio, B.C.S., México, 1996. SC/48/AS19. Report of the International Whaling Commission. 47: 625-633

-Flores-Ramírez, Sergio, Jorge Urbán R., Oscar Delgado González y Juan Salinas Vargas. 1997. Avistamientos del rorcual tropical, Balaenoptera edeni (Cetacea:Balaenopteridae) y temperatura del agua, en Baja California Sur, México. Revista de Biología Tropical 45(3):1209-1214

-Urbán R., Jorge y Sergio Flores R. 1996. A note on Bryde’s whales (Balaenoptera edeni) in the Gulf of California, México. Report of the International Whaling Commission. 46: 453-457

-Flores-Ramírez, Sergio, Jorge Urbán R., Guillermo Villareal-Chávez y Rubén Valles-Jiménez. 1996. Cambios espaciales y temporales de la estructura comunitaria de los cetáceos en Bahía de La Paz, B.C.S., México (1988-1991). Ciencias Marinas 22(2): 151-173

-Medrano-González, Luis, Anelio Aguayo-Lobo, Jorge Urbán R. y C. Scott Baker. 1995. Diversity and distribution of mitochondrial DNA lineages among humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, in the Mexican Pacific Ocean. Canadian Journal of Zoology 73: 1735-1743

-Rosembaum, H.C., Clapham, P.J., Allen, J., Nicole-Jenner, M., Flores-González, L., Urbán R., J., Ladrón, P., Mori, K., Yamaguchi, M. and Baker, C.S. 1995. Geographic variation in ventral fluke pigmentation of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) populations worldwide. Marine Ecology Progress Series 124:1-7

-Zavala-González, A., J. Urbán R. y C. Esquivel-Macías. 1994. A note on artisanal fisheries interactions with small cetaceans in Mexico. Report of the International Whaling Commission. Special Issue 15: 235-237

-Urbán R., J., S. Ramírez y J.C. Salinas V. 1994. First record of the bottlenose whale Hyperoodon sp. in the Gulf of California. Marine Mammal Science (10) 471-473.

Baker, C.S., R. Slade, J.L. Bannister, R.B. Abernethy, M.T. Weinrich, J. Lien, J. Urbán, P. Corkeron, J. Calmbokidis, O. Vazquez y S. R. Palumbi. 1994. Hierarchical structure of mitochondrial DNA gene flow among humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae, world-wide. Molecular Ecology (3): 313-327

Baker, C.S., A. Perry, J.L. Bannister, M.T. Weinrich, R.B. Abernethy, J. Calambokidis, J. Lien, R.H. Lambersten, J. Urbán R., O Vasquez, P.J. Clapham, A. Alling, S.J. OBrien, y S.R. Palumbi. 1993. . Abundant mitochondrial DNA variation and world-wide population structure in humpback whales. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA. Evolution. Vol. 90: 8239-8243

-Tershy, B. R., J. Urbán R., D. Breese L., L. Rojas B. y L. T. Findley. 1993. Are the fin whales resident to the Gulf of California?. Rev. Inv. Cient. Vol. 1 (No. Especial SOMEMMA 1): 69-72.

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