Buss, I.O., and J.A. Estes. 1971. Functional significance of ear pinnae movements in the African elephant. J. Mammal. 52: 21-27.
Estes, J.A., and J.F. Palmisano. 1974. Sea otters: their role in structuring nearshore communities.
Science 185: 1058-1060.
Sherrod, S., J.A. Estes, and C.M. White. 1975. Depredation of sea otter pups by bald eagles at Amchitka Island, Alaska. J. Mammal. 56: 701-703.
Simenstad, C.A., J.A. Estes, and K.W. Kenyon. 1978. Aleuts, sea otters, and alternate stable state communities. Science 200: 403-411.
Estes, J.A., N.S. Smith, and J.F. Palmisano. 1978. Sea otter predation and community organization in the western Aleutian Island, Alaska. Ecology 59: 822-833.
Estes, J.A. 1980. Enhydra lutris. Mammalian Species No. 137, pp. 108, 3 Figs.
Estes, J.A., R.J. Jameson, and E.B. Rhode. 1982. Activity and prey selection in the sea otter: influence of population status on community structure. Amer. Nat. 120: 242-258.
Estes, J.A. 1986. Otters. Ecology and Conservation, by C.F. Mason and S.M. Macdonald. (Book Review) Science 223: 1333-1334.
Estes, J.A., K.E. Underwood, and M.J. Karmann. 1986. Activity-time budgets of sea otters in California. J. Wildl. Mgmt. 50: 626-636.
Irons, D.B., R.G. Anthony, and J.A. Estes. 1986. Foraging strategies of Glaucous-winged Gulls in rocky intertidal communities. Ecology 67: 1460-1474.
Estes, J.A., and R.J. Jameson. 1988. A double survey estimate for sighting probability of sea otters in California. J. Wildl. Mgmt. 52: 70-76..
Duggins, D.O., C.A. Simenstad, and J.A. Estes. 1989. Magnification of secondary production by kelp detritus in coastal marine ecosystems. Science 245:170-173.
Estes, J.A. and P.D. Steinberg. 1989. Response to Domning. Paleobiology 15:57-60.
Estes, J.A., D.O. Duggins, and G. Rathbun. 1989. The ecology of extinctions in kelp forest communities. Conservation Biology 3:252-264.
Estes, J.A. 1990. Growth and equilibrium in sea otter populations. J. Animal Ecol. 59:385-400.
Estes, J.A. 1990. Assessment of sea otter population status: a reply. J. Wildl. Manage. 54:270-272.
Smith, D.R., S. Niemeyer, J.A. Estes, and A.R. Flegal. 1990. Stable lead isotopes evidence anthropogenic contamination in Alaskan sea otters. Environ. Sci. Tech. 24:1517-1521.
Estes, J.A. 1991. Catastrophes and conservation: Lessons from sea otters and the Exxon Valdez. Science 254:1596.
Winter, F.C., and J.A. Estes. 1992. Experimental evidence for the effects of polyphenolic compounds from Dictyoneurum californicum (Phaeophyta; Laminariales) on feeding rate and growth in the red abalone (Haliotus rufescens). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 155:263-277.
Riedman, M.L., J.A. Estes, M. Staedler, A. Giles, and D. Carlson. 1994. Breeding patterns and reproductive success of sea otters in California. J. Wildl. Manage. 58:391-399.
Estes, J.A. 1994. Conservation of marine otters. Aquatic Mammals 20.3:125-128.
McShane, L.J., J.A. Estes, M.L. Riedman, and M.M. Staedler. 1995. Repertoire, structure, and individual variation of vocalizations in the sea otter. J. Mammal. 76:414-427.
Estes, J.A, and D.O. Duggins. 1995. Sea otters and kelp forests in Alaska: generality and variation in a community ecological paradigm. Ecological Monographs 65:75-100.
Steinberg, P.D., J.A. Estes, and F.C. Winter. 1995. Evolutionary consequences of food chain length in kelp forest communities. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 92:8145-8148.
Power, M.E., D. Tilman, S.E. Carpenter, et al. 1995. The role of experiments in ecology. Science 270:561.
Power, M.E., D. Tilman, J.A. Estes, B.A. Menge, W.J. Bond, L.S. Mills, G. Daily, J.C. Castilla, J. Lubchenco, and R.T. Paine. 1996. Challenges in the quest for keystones. Bioscience 46:609-620
Cronin, M.A., J. Bodkin, B. Bellachey, J.A. Estes, and J.C. Patton. 1996. Mitochondrial-DNA variation among subspecies and populations of sea otters (Enhydra lutris). J. Mammal. 77:546-557.
Stern, J.L., A.E. Hagerman, P.D. Steinberg, F.C. Winter, and J.A. Estes. 1996. A new assay for quantifying brown algal phlorotannins and comparisons to previous methods. J. Chem. Ecol. 22:1273-1293.
Ralls, K., D. DeMaster, and J.A. Estes. 1996. Developing delisting criteria for threatened and endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. Conservation Biology 10(6):1528-1537.
Garshelis, D.L. and J.A. Estes. 1996. Sea otter mortality from the Exxon Valdez spill: evaluation of an estimate from boat-based surveys. Marine Mammal Science 13 (2):341-351.
Estes, J.A. 1996. Predators and ecosystem management. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 24:390-396.
Estes, J.A., C.E. Bacon, W.M. Jarman, R.J. Nordstrom, R.G. Anthony, and A.K. Miles. 1997. Organochlorines in sea otters and bald eagles from the Aleutian Archipelago. Marine Pollution Bulletin 34:486-490.
Estes, J.A. 1997. Wild Otters--Predation and Populations. (Book Review). J. Wildl. Manage. 61:984-987.
Estes, J.A. 1998. Concerns about the rehabilitation of oiled wildlife. Conservation Biology 12:1156-1157.
Estes, J.A., M.T. Tinker, T.M. Williams, and D.F. Doak. 1998. Killer whale predation on sea otters linking coastal with oceanic ecosystems. Science 282:473-476.
Lindberg, D.L., J.A. Estes, and K.A. Warheit. 1998. Human influences on trophic cascades in rocky intertidal communities. Ecological Applications 8(3):880-890.
Golet, G.H., D.B. Irons, and J.A. Estes. 1998. Survival costs of chick rearing in black-legged kittiwakes. J. Animal Ecology 61:827-841.
Estes, J.A. 1999. Reply to Garshelis and Johnson. Science 283:177.
Bacon, C.E., W.M. Jarman, J.A. Estes, M. Simon, and R.J. Norstrom. 1999. Comparison of organochlorine contaminants among sea otter (Enhydra lutris) populations in California and Alaska. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 18:452-458.
Anthony, R.G., A.K. Miles, F. Isaacs, and J.A. Estes. 1999. Diet and contaminant levels in bald eagles in the western Aleutian Islands. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 18:2054-2062.
Miller, B., K. Ralls, R.P. Reading, J.M. Scott, and J.A. Estes. 1999. Biological and technical considerations of carnivore translocation: a review. Animal Conservation 2:59-68.
Williams, T. M., D. Noren, P. Berry, J.A. Estes, C. Allison, and J. Kirtland. 1999. The diving physiology of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). III. Thermoregulation at depth. The Journal of Experimental Biology 202:2763-2769.
Estes. J.A., and C.H. Peterson. 2000. Marine ecological research in seashore and seafloor systems: accomplishments and future directions. Marine Ecology Progress Series 195:281-289.
Paddack, M., and J.A. Estes. 2000. Comparison of kelp forest fish populations inside and outside of marine reserves in central California. Ecological Applications 10:855-870.
Watt, J., D.B. Siniff, and J.A. Estes. 2000. Interdecadal change in diet and population of sea otters at Amchitka Island, Alaska. Oecologia 124:289-298.
Monson, D., J.A. Estes, D.B. Siniff, and J.B. Bodkin. 2000. Life history plasticity and population regulation in sea otters. Oikos 90:457-468.
Estes, J. A., K. Crooks, and R. Holt. 2001. Predators, Ecological Role of. Pp. 857-878 in, S.A. Levin and J. Lubchenco (eds.). Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Volume 4. Academic Press
Schroeder, S.C., D.C. Reed, D.J. Kushner, J.A. Estes, and D.S. Ono. 2001. The use of marine reserves in evaluating the dive fishery for the warty sea cucumber, Parastichopus parvimensis in California, U.S.A. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58:1771-1781.
Jackson, J.B.C., M.X. Kirby, W.H. Berger, K.A.Bjorndal, L.W.Botsford, B.J. Bourque, R. Bradbury, R. Cooke, J.A. Estes, T.P. Hughes, S. Kidwell, C.B. Lange, H.S. Lenihan, J. M. Pandolfi, C.H. Peterson, R. S. Steneck, M.J. Tegner, and R. Warner. 2001. Historical overfishing and the recent collapse of coastal ecosystems. Science 293:629-638.
Gelatt, T.S., D.B. Siniff, and J.A. Estes. 2002. Activity patterns and time budgets of the declining sea otter population at Amchitka Island, Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 66:29-39.
Estes, J.A., and M. J. Paddack. 2002. No-take marine reserves in central California kelp forests: metrics of human take or the tip of the iceberg? Pp. 2-23, in A Review of the Ecological Effectiveness of Subtidal Marine Reserves in Central California. California Sea Grant Publication.
Miller, M. A., I. A. Gardner, A. Packham, J. K. Mazet, K. D. Hanni, D. Jessup, J.A.
Estes, R. Jameson, E. Dodd, B. C. Barr, L. J. Lowenstine, F. M. Gulland and
P. A. Conrad. 2002. Evaluation of an indirect fluorescent antibody test (ifat) for demonstration of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in the sea otter (Enhydra lutris). Journal of Parasitology 88:594-599.
Estes, J.A., M. L. Riedman, M.M. Staedler, M.T. Tinker, and B.E. Lyon. 2003. Individual variation in prey selection by sea otters: patterns, causes, and implications. Journal of Animal Ecology 72:144-155.
Carr, M., J. Neigel, S. Andelman, J. Estes, R. Warner, J. Largier, and J.
Lubchenco. 2003. Comparing marine and terrestrial ecosystems: implications
for principles of reserve design in marine systems. Ecological Applications 13:S90-S106.
Steneck, R. S., M.H. Graham, B.J. Bourque, D. Corbett, J.M. Erlandson, J.A. Estes, and M.J. Tegner. 2003. Kelp forest ecosystem: biodiversity, stability, resilience and future. Environmental Conservation 29:436-459.
Estes, J.A., Brian B. Hatfield, K. Ralls, and J. Ames. 2003. Causes of mortality in California sea otters during periods of population growth and decline. Marine Mammal Science. 19:198-216.
Doroff, A.M., J. A. Estes, M. T. Tinker, D. M. Burn, and T. J. Evans. 2003. Sea otter population declines in the Aleutian archipelago. Journal of Mammalogy 84:55-64.
Soulé, M.E., J.A. Estes, J. Berger, and C. Martinez del Rio. 2003. Recovery goals for
ecologically effective numbers of endangered keystone species. Conservation
Biology 17:1238-1250.
Hanni, K.D., J.A.K. Mazet, F.M.D. Gulland, J.A. Estes, M. Staedler, M.J. Murray, and D.A. Jessup. 2003. Clinical pathological values and assessment of pathogen exposure in southern and Alaskan sea otters. Journal of Wildlife Disease 39:837-850.
Konar, B., and J.A. Estes. 2003. The stability of boundary regions between kelp beds and deforested areas. Ecology 84:174-185.
Springer, A.M., J.A. Estes, G.B. van Vliet, T.M. Williams, D.F. Doak, E.M. Danner, K.A. Forney, and B. Pfister. 2003. Sequential megafaunal collapse in the North Pacific Ocean: an ongoing legacy of industrial whaling? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100:12223-12228.
Estes, J.A., E.M. Danner, D.F. Doak, B. Konar, A.M. Springer, P.D. Steinberg, M.T. Tinker, and T.M. Williams. 2004. Complex trophic interactions in kelp forest ecosystems. Bulletin of Marine Sciences 74:621-638.
Gerber, L.R., M.T. Tinker, D. F. Doak, J.A. Estes, and D.A. Jessup. 2004. Mortality sensitivity in life-stage population analysis: a case study of southern sea otters. Ecological Applications 14:1554-1565.
Golet, G.H., J.A. Schmutz, D.B. Irons, and J.A. Estes. 2004. Mechanistic determinants of reproductive costs in a long-lived seabird: a multiyear experimental study of the blacklegged kittiwake. Ecological Monographs 74:353-372.
Williams, T.M., J.A. Estes, D.F. Doak, and A.M. Springer. 2004. Killer appetites: assessing the role of predators in ecological communities. Ecology 85:3373-3384.
Soulé, M.E., J.A. Estes, B. Miller, and D.A. Honnold. 2004. Strongly interacting species: conservation policy, management, and ethics. BioScience 55:168-176.
Estes, J.A., M.T. Tinker, A.M. Doroff, and D. Burn. 2005. Continuing decline of sea otter populations in the Aleutian archipelago. Marine Mammal Science 21:169-172.
Croll, D.A., J.L. Maron, J.A. Estes, E.M. Danner, and G.V. Byrd. 2005. Introduced predators transform subarctic islands from grassland to tundra. Science 307:1959-1961.
Reisewitz, S.E., J.A. Estes, and S.A. Simenstad. 2005. Indirect food web interactions: sea otters and kelp forest fishes in the Aleutian archipelago. Oecologia 146: 623-631.
Estes, J.A., D.R. Lindberg, and C. Wray. 2005. Evolution of large body size in abalones (Haliotis): patterns and implications. Paleobiology 31:591-606.
Maron, J.L., J.A. Estes, D.A. Croll, E.M. Danner, S.C. Elmendorf, and S.L. Buckelew. 2006. An introduced predator alters Aleutian Island plant communities by thwarting nutrient subsidies. Ecological Monographs 76:3-24.
Laidre, K.L., J.A. Estes, M.T. Tinker, J. Bodkin, D. Monson, and K. Schneider. 2006. Patterns of growth and body condition in sea otters from the Aleutian archipelago before and after the recent population decline. Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 978-989.
Edwards, M.S. and J.A. Estes. 2006. Catastrophe, recovery and range limitation in Northeast Pacific kelp forests: a large-scale perspective. Marine Ecology Progress Series 320:79-87.
Tinker, M.T., D.F. Doak, J.A. Estes, B.B. Hatfield, M.M. Staedler, and J.L. Bodkin. 2006. Incorporating diverse data and realistic complexity into demographic estimation procedures: a case study using the California sea otter, Enhydra lutris nereis. Ecological Applications 16:2293-2312.
Tinker, M.T., D.P. Costa, J.A. Estes, and N. Wieringa. 2007. Individual dietary specialization and dive behavior in the California sea otter: using archival time-depth data to detect alternative foraging strategies. Deep Sea Research 54:330-342.
Donlan, C.J., J. Berger, C.E. Brock, J.H. Brock, D.A. Burney, J.A. Estes, D. Foreman, P.S. Martin, G.W. Roemer, F.A. Smith, M.E. Soulé, and H.W. Greene. 2006. Pleistocene rewilding: an optimistic vision for 21st Century conservation. American Naturalist 168:660-681.
Estes, J.A. 2004. A fitting tribute. Book Review. The importance of species. P. Kareiva and S.A. Levin (eds.), Princeton University Press, Conservation Biology 18:279-280.—PDF not available
Soulé, M.E., J.A. Estes, B. Miller, and D.A. Honnold. 2004. Strongly interacting species: conservation policy, management, and ethics. BioScience 55:168-176.—PDF not available
Edwards, M.S. and J.A. Estes. 2006. Catastrophe, recovery and range limitation in Northeast Pacific kelp forests: a large-scale perspective. Marine Ecology Progress Series 320:79-87.
Donlan, C.J., J. Berger, C.E. Brock, J.H. Brock, D.A. Burney, J.A. Estes, D. Foreman, P.S. Martin, G.W. Roemer, F.A. Smith, M.E. Soulé, and H.W. Greene. 2006. Pleistocene rewilding: an optimistic vision for 21st Century conservation. American Naturalist 168:660-681.
Erlandson, J.M., M.H. Graham, B.J. Borque, D. Corbett, J.A. Estes, and R.S. Steneck. 2007. The kelp highway hypothesis: marine ecology, the coastal migration theory, and the peopling of the Americas. Journal of Coastal and Island Archaeology 2:161-174.
Estes, J.A. 2007. Sea otter. pp. 503-506 In, M.W. Denny and S.D. Gaines (eds.). Encyclopedia of Tidepools. University of California Press, Berkeley. –PDF not available
Halfar, J., R. Steneck, B. Schöne, G.W.K. Moore, M. Joachimski, A. Kronz, J. Fietzke, and J. Estes. 2007. Coralline alga reveals first marine record of subarctic North Pacific climate change. Geophysical Research Letters 34:7702-7707.—PDF not available
Tinker, M.T., G. Bentall, and J.A. Estes. 2008. Food limitation leads to behavioral diversification and dietary specialization in sea otters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105:560-565.
Anthony, R.G., J.A. Estes, M. A. Ricca, A. K. Miles, and E. D. Forsman. 2008. Bald eagles and sea otters in the Aleutian archipelago: indirect effects of trophic cascades. Ecology 89:2725-2735.
Doak, D. F., J. A. Estes, B. S. Halpern, U. Jacob, D. R. Lindberg, J. Lovvorn, D. H. Monson, M. T. Tinker, T. M. Williams, J. T. Wootton, I. Carroll, M. Emmerson, F. Micheli, and M. Novak. 2008. Understanding and Predicting Ecological Dynamics: Are Major Surprises Inevitable? Ecology 89:952-961.
Springer, A.M., J.A. Estes, G.B. van Vliet, T.M. Williams, D.F. Doak, E.M. Danner, and B. Pfister. 2008. Mammal-eating killer whales, industrial whaling, and the sequential megafaunal collapse in the North Pacific: a reply to critics of Springer et al. 2003. Marine Mammal Science 24:414-442.
Estes, J.A. 2008. Oceans of peril and hope. Book Review, The Unnatural History of the Sea, by Callum Roberts, Island Press. BioScience 58:269-270.—PDF not available.
Tinker, M.T., D.F. Doak, and J.A. Estes. 2008. Using demography and movement behavior to predict range expansion of the southern sea otter. Ecological Applications 18:1781-1794.
Estes, J.A. 2008. Kelp forest food webs in the Aleutian archipelago. Pp. 29-49 In, T. R. McClahanan and G.M. Branch (eds.) Food webs and the dynamics of marine reefs. Oxford University Press, New York.—PDF not available
Johnson, C.K., M.T. Tinker, J.A. Estes, P.A. Conrad, M. Staedler, M.A. Miller, D.A. Jessup, and J.A.K. Mazet. 2009. Prey choice and habitat use drive sea otter pathogen exposure in a resource-limited coastal system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106:2242-2247.
Estes, J.A., D.F. Doak, A.M. Springer, and T.M. Williams. 2009. Causes and consequences of marine mammal population declines in southwest Alaska: a food web perspective. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 364:1647-1658.
Estes, J.A., D.F. Doak, A.M. Springer, T.M. Williams, and G.B. van Vliet. 2009. Trend data do support the sequential nature of pinniped and sea otter declines in the North Pacific, but does it really matter? Marine Mammal Science 25:748-754.
Miles, A.K., M.A. Ricca, R.G. Anthony, and J.A. Estes. 2009. Organochlorine contaminants in fishes from coastal waters west of Amukta Pass, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 28:1643-1654.
Estes, J.A., J. L. Bodkin, and M. Ben-David. Marine Otters. 2009. Pp. 807-816 in W.F. Perrin, B. Würsig and J.G.M. Thewissen (eds.). Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. Elsivier, Amsterdam.—PDF not available
Estes, J.A. 2009. Ecological Effects of Marine Mammals. Pp. 357-361 in W.F. Perrin, B. Würsig and J.G.M. Thewissen (eds.). Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. Elsivier, Amsterdam.—PDF not available
Newsome, S.D., M.T. Tinker, D.H. Monson, O.T. Oftedal, K. Ralls, M.M. Staedler, M.L. Fogel, and J.A. Estes. 2009. Using stable isotopes to investigate individual diet specialization in California sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis). Ecology 90:961-974.
Tinker, M. T., M. Mangel, and J. A. Estes. 2009. Learning to be different: acquired skills, social learning, frequency dependence and environmental variation can cause behaviorally-mediated foraging specializations. Evolutionary Ecology Research 11: 841-869.
Estes, J.A., M.T. Tinker, and J.L. Bodkin. 2010. Using ecological function to develop recovery criteria for depleted species: sea otters and kelp forests in the Aleutian archipelago. Conservation Biology 24: 852-860.
Terborgh and J.A. Estes, eds. 2010. Trophic Cascades: Predators, Prey, and the Changing Dynamics of Nature. Island Press, Washington DC 464p.—PDF not available
Estes, J.A., C.H. Peterson, and R. Steneck. 2010. Some effects of apex predators in higher-latitude coastal oceans. Pp. 37-53 in J. Terborgh and J.A. Estes, eds. Trophic Cascades: Predators, Prey, and the Changing Dynamics of Nature. Island Press, Washington DC 464p.—PDF not available
REPORTS ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION
Estes, J.A. The Aleutian archipelago: addressing the functional importance of carnivory through variation in space and time. In. I. Billicks and M. Price (eds). The Ecology of Place. University of Chicago Press (in press).—PDF not available
Haussler, D. (with X others). 2009. Genome 10K: A Proposal to Obtain Whole-Genome Sequence for 10 000 Vertebrate Species. Journal of Heredity (advanced publication copy available at http://jhered.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/esp086v2.--PDF
Newsome, S.D., G.B. Bentall, M.T. Tinker, O.T. Oftedal, K. Ralls, J.A. Estes, and M.L. Fogel. Variation in δ13C and δ15N diet—vibrissae trophic discrimination factors in a wild population of California sea otters. Ecological Applications (in press).
Watson, J. and J.A. Estes. Stability, resilience, and phase shifts in kelp forest communities along the west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada. Ecological Monographs (in press).
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