Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

Patin, N. V., E. K. Jacobson, Z. Gold, A. M. Van Cise, J. Dinasquet, B. Ellman, R. H. Lampe, A. Schulberg, N. Bowlin, R. Freedman, E. Satterthwaite, A. E. Allen, and B. X. Semmens. 2026. Maximizing eDNA detections of rare marine organisms: a case study of a delphinid species. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.70370 PDF.

Goldman, M. R., K. T. Shoemaker, E. K. Jacobson, L. Thomas, C. D. Morris, S. A. Waitland, C. D. Duck, and D. J. F. Russell. 2026. A Bayesian state-space model for estimating pup production in an asynchronous breeder: the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus). Royal Society Open Science, 13: 260676. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.260676 PDF.

Jacobson, E. K., M. V. Bravington, D. L. Miller, I. S. Trukhanova, R. L. Taylor, and W. S. Beatty. 2026. Combining close-kin and self-mark-recapture to design an effective wildlife population survey. Ecology, 107(6): e70377. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70377 PDF.

Jacobson, E. K., M. R. Goldman, L. Thomas, and D. J. F. Russell. 2025. A state-space model for estimating pinniped pup production from serial counts at breeding colonies. Ecological Modelling, 510: 111333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2025.111333 PDF.

Brasseale, E., N. Adams, E. E. Allan, E. K. Jacobson, R. P. Kelly, O. R. Liu, S. Moore, M. Shaffer, J. Xiong, and K. Parsons. 2025. Marine eDNA production and loss mechanisms. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130(4): e2024JC021643. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021643 PDF.

Schaub, M., M. N. Maunder, M. Kéry, J. T. Thorson, E. K. Jacobson, and A. E. Punt. 2024. Lessons to be learned by comparing fisheries stock assessment models (SAMs) with integrated population models (IPMs). Fisheries Research, 272: 106925. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106925 PDF.

Warlick, A. J., G. K. Himes Boor, T. L. McGuire, K. E. W. Shelden, E. K. Jacobson, C. Boyd, P. R. Wade, A. E. Punt, and S. J. Converse. 2024. Demographic and environmental drivers of population dynamics and viability in an endangered top predator using an integrated model. Animal Conservation, 27(2): 240–252. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12905 PDF.

Hin, V., A. M. de Roos, K. J. Benoit-Bird, D. E. Claridge, N. DiMarzio, J. W. Durban, E. A. Falcone, E. K. Jacobson, C. M. Jones-Todd, E. Pirotta, G. S. Schorr, L. Thomas, S. Watwood, and J. Harwood. 2023. Using individual-based bioenergetic models to predict the aggregate effects of disturbance on populations: a case study with beaked whales and navy sonar. PLoS One, 18(8): e0290819. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290819 PDF.

Jacobson, E. K., E. E. Henderson, D. L. Miller, C. S. Oedekoven, D. J. Moretti, and L. Thomas. 2022. Quantifying the response of Blainville’s beaked whales to U.S. Naval sonar exercises in Hawaii. Marine Mammal Science, 38(4): 1549–1565. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12944 PDF.

Jacobson, E. K., C. Boyd, T. L. McGuire, K. E. W. Shelden, G. K. Himes Boor, and A. E. Punt. 2020. Assessing cetacean populations using integrated population models: an example with Cook Inlet beluga whales. Ecological Applications, 30(5): e02114. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2114 PDF.

Jacobson, E. K., K. A. Forney, and J. Barlow. 2017. Using visual survey data to estimate passive acoustic detection parameters for harbor porpoise abundance estimates. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141(1): 219–230. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4973415 PDF.

Jacobson, E. K., K. A. Forney, and J. T. Harvey. 2015. Acoustic evidence that harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) avoid bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Marine Mammal Science, 31(1): 386–397. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12154 PDF.

Reports

Jacobson, E. K., K. P. B. Merkens, K. A. Forney, and J. Barlow. 2017. Comparison of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) echolocation clicks recorded simultaneously on two passive acoustic monitoring instruments. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA, NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-583. https://doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-SWFSC-583 PDF.

Jacobson, E. K., K. A. Forney, and J. T. Harvey. 2016. Evaluation of a passive acoustic monitoring network for harbor porpoise in California. California Energy Commission, Publication Number CEC-500-2016-008. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.2282.9680 PDF.

Jacobson, E. K., T. M. Yack, and J. Barlow. 2013. Evaluation of an automated acoustic beaked whale detection algorithm using multiple validation and assessment methods. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA, NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-509, 26 pp PDF.