David Kastak

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

David Kastak is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Kastak has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Ecology, 17 papers in Oceanography and 15 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in David Kastak's work include Marine animal studies overview (31 papers), Underwater Acoustics Research (17 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (15 papers). David Kastak is often cited by papers focused on Marine animal studies overview (31 papers), Underwater Acoustics Research (17 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (15 papers). David Kastak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Spain. David Kastak's co-authors include Ronald J. Schusterman, Brandon L. Southall, William T. Ellison, James J. Finneran, Peter L. Tyack, Ann E. Bowles, Charles R. Greene, Jeànette A. Thomas, Paul E. Nachtigall and W. John Richardson and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Animal Behaviour and Current Directions in Psychological Science.

In The Last Decade

David Kastak

38 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

MARINE MAMMAL NOISE-EXPOSURE CRITERIA: INITIAL SCIENTIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS

2008 481 citations Brandon L. Southall, Ann E. Bowles et al. profile →
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2007 463 citations Brandon L. Southall, Ann E. Bowles et al. Aquatic Mammals profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Kastak United States	18	1.6k	1.2k	828	377	225	39	2.2k
Ronald J. Schusterman United States	33	1.7k 1.1×	772 0.6×	986 1.2×	853 2.3×	122 0.5×	113	3.2k
Colleen Reichmuth United States	24	1.6k 1.0×	979 0.8×	987 1.2×	46 0.1×	197 0.9×	110	2.3k
Adam A. Pack United States	32	1.7k 1.1×	806 0.6×	882 1.1×	258 0.7×	373 1.7×	79	2.4k
Vincent M. Janik United Kingdom	39	4.5k 2.8×	2.1k 1.7×	4.1k 4.9×	178 0.5×	382 1.7×	101	6.0k
Roger Payne United States	23	2.2k 1.4×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	21 0.1×	516 2.3×	37	2.7k
Michael J. Noad Australia	30	2.5k 1.5×	1.5k 1.2×	1.7k 2.0×	35 0.1×	517 2.3×	117	2.9k
Diana Reiss United States	18	994 0.6×	268 0.2×	722 0.9×	199 0.5×	58 0.3×	50	2.1k
Patrick W. Moore United States	24	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	546 0.7×	11 0.0×	366 1.6×	99	1.8k
Alexander Ya. Supin Russia	28	1.9k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	754 0.9×	9 0.0×	228 1.0×	151	2.6k
Ari Shapiro United States	24	554 0.3×	242 0.2×	352 0.4×	79 0.2×	120 0.5×	69	1.5k

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Southall, Brandon L., Ann E. Bowles, William T. Ellison, et al.. (2009). Marine mammal noise exposure criteria: Initial scientific recommendations.. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 125(4_Supplement). 2517–2517. 55 indexed citations

Miller, James H., Roger L. Gentry, William T. Ellison, et al.. (2005). Strategies for weighting exposure in the development of acoustic criteria for marine mammals. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 118(3_Supplement). 2019–2019. 5 indexed citations

Kastak, David, Brandon L. Southall, Ronald J. Schusterman, & Colleen Reichmuth Kastak. (2005). Underwater temporary threshold shift in pinnipeds: Effects of noise level and duration. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 118(5). 3154–3163. 75 indexed citations

Southall, Brandon L., Ronald J. Schusterman, David Kastak, & Colleen Reichmuth Kastak. (2005). Reliability of underwater hearing thresholds in pinnipeds. 6(4). 243–249. 17 indexed citations

Holt, Marla M., Ronald J. Schusterman, David Kastak, & Brandon L. Southall. (2005). Localization of aerial pure tones by pinnipeds. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 118(6). 3921–3926. 12 indexed citations

Kastak, Colleen Reichmuth, David Kastak, Marla M. Holt, Ronald J. Schusterman, & Brandon L. Southall. (2004). Aerial hearing sensitivity in some pinnipeds is comparable to that of humans. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 115(5_Supplement). 2406–2406. 2 indexed citations

Holt, Marla M., Brandon L. Southall, David Kastak, Ronald J. Schusterman, & Colleen Reichmuth Kastak. (2004). Temporal integration in a California sea lion and a harbor seal: Estimates of aerial auditory sensitivity as a function of signal duration. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 116(4_Supplement). 2531–2531. 7 indexed citations

Holt, Marla M., Ronald J. Schusterman, Brandon L. Southall, & David Kastak. (2004). Localization of airborne pure tones by pinnipeds. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 115(5_Supplement). 2486–2486. 1 indexed citations

Southall, Brandon L., Ronald J. Schusterman, & David Kastak. (2003). Acoustic communication ranges for northern elephant seals (<I>Mirounga angustirostris</I>). Aquatic Mammals. 29(2). 202–213. 18 indexed citations

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Schusterman, Ronald J., Brandon L. Southall, David Kastak, & Colleen Reichmuth Kastak. (2002). Age-related hearing loss in sea lions and their scientists. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 111(5_Supplement). 2342–2343. 18 indexed citations

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Kastak, David & Ronald J. Schusterman. (2002). Changes in auditory sensitivity with depth in a free-diving California sea lion (Zalophus californianus). The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 112(1). 329–333. 9 indexed citations

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Kastak, Colleen Reichmuth, Ronald J. Schusterman, & David Kastak. (2001). EQUIVALENCE CLASSIFICATION BY CALIFORNIA SEA LIONS USING CLASS‐SPECIFIC REINFORCERS. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 76(2). 131–158. 87 indexed citations

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Southall, Brandon L., Ronald J. Schusterman, David Kastak, Colleen Reichmuth Kastak, & Marla M. Holt. (2001). Pinniped hearing and anthropogenic noise. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 110(5_Supplement). 2722–2722. 2 indexed citations

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Schusterman, Ronald J., David Kastak, David Levenson, Colleen Reichmuth, & Brandon L. Southall. (2000). Why pinnipeds don’t echolocate. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 107(4). 2256–2264. 69 indexed citations

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Kastak, David & Ronald J. Schusterman. (1999). In-air and underwater hearing sensitivity of a northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 77(11). 1751–1758. 56 indexed citations

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Kastak, David & Ronald J. Schusterman. (1998). Low-frequency amphibious hearing in pinnipeds: Methods, measurements, noise, and ecology. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 103(4). 2216–2228. 111 indexed citations

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Schusterman, Ronald J., David Kastak, & Colleen Reichmuth. (1997). WHAT'S IN A NAME? EQUIVALENCE BY ANY OTHER NAME WOULD SMELL AS SWEET. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 68(2). 252–258. 6 indexed citations

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Kastak, David & Ronald J. Schusterman. (1996). Sensitization and habituation to underwater sound by captive pinnipeds.. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 99(4_Supplement). 2577–2603. 1 indexed citations

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Schusterman, Ronald J. & David Kastak. (1995). There is no Substitute for an Experimental Analysis of Marine Mammal Cognition. Marine Mammal Science. 11(2). 263–267. 5 indexed citations

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Kastak, David & Ronald J. Schusterman. (1992). COMPARATIVE COGNITION IN MARINE MAMMALS: A CLARIFICATION ON MATCH‐TO‐SAMPLE TESTS. Marine Mammal Science. 8(4). 414–417. 14 indexed citations

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