| Factors affecting stroking patterns and body angle in diving Weddell seals under natural conditions K Sato, Y Mitani, MF Cameron, DB Siniff, Y Naito Journal of experimental Biology 206 (9), 1461-1470, 2003 | 270 | 2003 |
| Stroke frequency, but not swimming speed, is related to body size in free-ranging seabirds, pinnipeds and cetaceans K Sato, Y Watanuki, A Takahashi, PJO Miller, H Tanaka, R Kawabe, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274 (1609), 471-477, 2007 | 221 | 2007 |
| Three-dimensional resting behaviour of northern elephant seals: drifting like a falling leaf Y Mitani, RD Andrews, K Sato, A Kato, Y Naito, DP Costa Biology letters 6 (2), 163-166, 2010 | 134 | 2010 |
| A method for reconstructing three-dimensional dive profiles of marine mammals using geomagnetic intensity data: results from two lactating Weddell seals Y Mitani, K Sato, S Ito, MF Cameron, DB Siniff, Y Naito Polar Biology 26, 311-317, 2003 | 107 | 2003 |
| Scaling of swim speed in breath‐hold divers YY Watanabe, K Sato, Y Watanuki, A Takahashi, Y Mitani, M Amano, ... Journal of Animal Ecology 80 (1), 57-68, 2011 | 99 | 2011 |
| Best practice guidelines for cetacean tagging RD Andrews, RW Baird, J Calambokidis, CEC Goertz, FMD Gulland, ... J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 20, 27-66, 2019 | 94 | 2019 |
| Dive depths of Weddell seals in relation to vertical prey distribution as estimated by image data Y Watanabe, Y Mitani, K Sato, MF Cameron, Y Naito Marine Ecology Progress Series 252, 283-288, 2003 | 90 | 2003 |
| Patterns of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in the baleen of common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata from the western North Pacific Y Mitani, T Bando, N Takai, W Sakamoto Fisheries Science 72, 69-76, 2006 | 70 | 2006 |
| Energy-rich mesopelagic fishes revealed as a critical prey resource for a deep-diving predator using quantitative fatty acid signature analysis C Goetsch, MG Conners, SM Budge, Y Mitani, WA Walker, JF Bromaghin, ... Frontiers in Marine Science 5, 430, 2018 | 58 | 2018 |
| 3D diving behavior of Weddell seals with respect to prey accessibility and abundance Y Mitani, Y Watanabe, K Sato, MF Cameron, Y Naito Marine Ecology Progress Series 281, 275-281, 2004 | 56 | 2004 |
| Deep foraging dives in relation to the energy depletion of Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) mothers during lactation K Sato, Y Mitani, MF Cameron, DB Siniff, Y Watanabe, Y Naito Polar biology 25, 696-702, 2002 | 56 | 2002 |
| Change in singing behavior of humpback whales caused by shipping noise K Tsujii, T Akamatsu, R Okamoto, K Mori, Y Mitani, N Umeda PloS one 13 (10), e0204112, 2018 | 50 | 2018 |
| Synchronous shallow dives by Weddell seal mother‐pup pairs during lactation K Sato, Y Mitani, Y Naito, H Kusagaya Marine Mammal Science 19 (2), 384-395, 2003 | 43 | 2003 |
| A comparison of prey richness estimates for Weddell seals using diving profiles and image data Y Mori, Y Watanabe, Y Mitani, K Sato, MF Cameron, Y Naito Marine Ecology Progress Series 295, 257-263, 2005 | 38 | 2005 |
| Linking mesopelagic prey abundance and distribution to the foraging behavior of a deep-diving predator, the northern elephant seal D Saijo, Y Mitani (co-first & corresponding), T Abe, H Sasaki, C Goetsch, ... Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 2016 | 35 | 2016 |
| Habitat differentiation between sei (Balaenoptera borealis) and Bryde's whales (B. brydei) in the western North Pacific H Sasaki, H Murase, H Kiwada, K Matsuoka, Y Mitani, S Saitoh Fisheries Oceanography 22 (6), 496-508, 2013 | 35 | 2013 |
| Oxygen minimum zone: An important oceanographic habitat for deep‐diving northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris Y Naito, DP Costa, T Adachi, PW Robinson, SH Peterson, Y Mitani, ... Ecology and evolution 7 (16), 6259-6270, 2017 | 33 | 2017 |
| The migration of fin whales into the southern Chukchi Sea as monitored with passive acoustics K Tsujii, M Otsuki, T Akamatsu, I Matsuo, K Amakasu, M Kitamura, ... ICES Journal of Marine Science 73 (8), 2085-2092, 2016 | 33 | 2016 |
| Diets and body condition of polar cod (Boreogadus saida) in the northern Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea T Nakano, K Matsuno, B Nishizawa, Y Iwahara, Y Mitani, J Yamamoto, ... Polar biology 39, 1081-1086, 2016 | 28 | 2016 |
| Uridine diphosphate-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 2B subfamily interspecies differences in carnivores M Kondo, Y Ikenaka, SMM Nakayama, YK Kawai, H Mizukawa, Y Mitani, ... Toxicological Sciences 158 (1), 90-100, 2017 | 26 | 2017 |