Douglas P. Nowacek

6.9k citations

98 papers · 4.6k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 34

Co-authors: Peter L. Tyack David W. Johnston Ari S. Friedlaender Lesley H. Thorne Susan E. Parks Mark Johnson Andrew J. Read Scott D. Kraus
Topics: Marine animal studies overview (87 papers)Underwater Acoustics Research (42 papers)Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (33 papers)
Cited by: Developmental Biology Oceanography Ecology
Journals: Nature Science PLoS ONE
Partner nations: United States Australia United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Douglas P. Nowacek

97 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Evidence that ship noise increases stress in right whales

2012 422 citations Susan E. Parks, Douglas P. Nowacek et al. profile →
Marine Mammal Noise Exposure Criteria: Updated Scientific Recommendations for Residual Hearing Effects

2019 267 citations Brandon L. Southall, Douglas P. Nowacek et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Leveraging built marine structures to benefit and minimize impacts on natural habitats 2025 ·BioScience ·Avery B. Paxton,Brendan J. Runde,Carter S. Smith,Sarah E. Lester,Maria L. Vozzo,Megan I. Saunders,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Rachel K. Gittman,Siddharth Narayan,Jacob E. Allgeier,Rebecca L. Morris,Douglas P. Nowacek,(unknown),Patrick N. Halpin,Christine Angelini,Brian R. Silliman	5
2	Multiclass Steroid Profiling in Short‐Finned Pilot Whale Blubber Using Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC‐MS/MS) 2025 ·Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry ·(unknown),Douglas P. Nowacek,Ashley S.P. Boggs	2
3	Hunting cetaceans with sound: a worldwide review 2023 ·The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue ·Robert L. Brownell,Douglas P. Nowacek,Katherine Ralls	1
4	Cyclical prey shortages for a marine polar predator driven by the interaction of climate change and natural climate variability 2023 ·Limnology and Oceanography ·(unknown),(unknown),Oscar Schofield,Douglas P. Nowacek	1
5	Trade-offs in telemetry tag programming for deep-diving cetaceans: data longevity, resolution, and continuity 2023 ·Animal Biotelemetry ·William R. Cioffi,Nicola J. Quick,(unknown),(unknown),Danielle M. Waples,Daniel L. Webster,Robin W. Baird,Brandon L. Southall,Douglas P. Nowacek,Andrew J. Read	5
6	Microplastics in marine mammal blubber, melon, & other tissues: Evidence of translocation 2023 ·Environmental Pollution ·(unknown),Ludovic Hermabessière,Chelsea M. Rochman,Douglas P. Nowacek	49
7	Intra-seasonal variation in feeding rates and diel foraging behaviour in a seasonally fasting mammal, the humpback whale 2022 ·Royal Society Open Science ·(unknown),David E. Cade,Shirel R. Kahane‐Rapport,Jeremy A. Goldbogen,Alison K. Stimpert,Douglas P. Nowacek,Andrew J. Read,David W. Johnston,Ari S. Friedlaender	22
8	Demography of an ice-obligate mysticete in a region of rapid environmental change 2022 ·Royal Society Open Science ·Logan J. Pallin,K. C. Bierlich,John W. Durban,Holly Fearnbach,O. Savenko,C. Scott Baker,Elanor Bell,Mike Double,(unknown),Jeremy A. Goldbogen,David W. Johnston,(unknown),(unknown),Douglas P. Nowacek,Andrew J. Read,Debbie Steel,Ari S. Friedlaender	11
9	Acoustic signalling and behaviour of Antarctic minke whales ( Balaenoptera bonaerensis ) 2022 ·Royal Society Open Science ·Caroline Casey,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),David E. Cade,Jeremy A. Goldbogen,Douglas P. Nowacek,Ari S. Friedlaender	8
10	An integrated comparative physiology and molecular approach pinpoints mediators of breath-hold capacity in dolphins 2021 ·Evolution Medicine and Public Health ·Ashley M. Blawas,Kathryn E. Ware,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Nicolas Devos,David L. Corcoran,Douglas P. Nowacek,William C. Eward,Andreas Fahlman,Jason A. Somarelli	5
11	Adult male Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) engage in prolonged bouts of synchronous diving 2021 ·Marine Mammal Science ·William R. Cioffi,Nicola J. Quick,(unknown),Danielle M. Waples,(unknown),Jeanne M. Shearer,Daniel L. Webster,Ari S. Friedlaender,Brandon L. Southall,Robin W. Baird,Douglas P. Nowacek,Andrew J. Read	8
12	Baleen whale prey consumption based on high-resolution foraging measurements 2021 ·Nature ·Matthew S. Savoca,Max F. Czapanskiy,Shirel R. Kahane‐Rapport,William T. Gough,James A. Fahlbusch,K. C. Bierlich,Paolo S. Segre,Jacopo Di Clemente,Gwenith S. Penry,David N. Wiley,John Calambokidis,Douglas P. Nowacek,David W. Johnston,Nicholas D. Pyenson,Ari S. Friedlaender,Elliott L. Hazen,Jeremy A. Goldbogen	122
13	Foraging rates of ram‐filtering North Atlantic right whales 2019 ·Functional Ecology ·Julie van der Hoop,(unknown),Douglas P. Nowacek,Susan E. Parks,Peter L. Tyack,Peter T. Madsen	34
14	Acoustic crypsis in communication by North Atlantic right whale mother–calf pairs on the calving grounds 2019 ·Biology Letters ·Susan E. Parks,(unknown),Sofie M. Van Parijs,Douglas P. Nowacek	18
15	A lifetime of changing calls: North Atlantic right whales, Eubalaena glacialis, refine call production as they age 2018 ·Animal Behaviour ·Holly Root‐Gutteridge,(unknown),Yu Shiu,Douglas P. Nowacek,Sofie M. Van Parijs,Susan E. Parks	25
16	Hidden Markov models reveal complexity in the diving behaviour of short-finned pilot whales 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Nicola J. Quick,Saana Isojunno,(unknown),(unknown),Douglas P. Nowacek,Andrew J. Read	42
17	Does optimal foraging theory predict the foraging performance of a large air-breathing marine predator? 2016 ·Animal Behaviour ·Reny B. Tyson,Ari S. Friedlaender,Douglas P. Nowacek	22
18	Effective planning strategies for managing environmental risk associated with geophysical and other imaging surveys 2016 ·IUCN eBooks ·Douglas P. Nowacek,Brandon L. Southall	3
19	Spatial distribution of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) inferred from stable isotopes and priority organic pollutants 2012 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Rachel Wilson,John R. Kucklick,Brian C. Balmer,Randall S. Wells,Jeffrey P. Chanton,Douglas P. Nowacek	24
20	The Relationship among Oceanography, Prey Fields, and Beaked Whale Foraging Habitat in the Tongue of the Ocean 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·Elliott L. Hazen,Douglas P. Nowacek,Louis Laurent,Patrick N. Halpin,David Moretti	46

About Douglas P. Nowacek

Douglas P. Nowacek is a scholar working on Developmental Biology, Oceanography and Ecology, having authored 98 papers that have together received 4.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Marine animal studies overview (87 papers), Underwater Acoustics Research (42 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (33 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental Biology (1.4k citations), Oceanography (2.2k citations) and Ecology (3.9k citations). Douglas P. Nowacek has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Peter L. Tyack, David W. Johnston, Ari S. Friedlaender, Lesley H. Thorne, Susan E. Parks, Mark Johnson, Andrew J. Read, Scott D. Kraus, Jeremy A. Goldbogen and Rosalind M. Rolland. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and PLoS ONE.

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