Research Interests

Population modeling; Applied demographic theory; Mortality estimation; Population abundance estimation; Dynamics of marine mammal populations; Conservation Biology; Cetacean acoustics

Related Experience

1982-87: Operations Research Analyst, National Marine Fisheries Service, SWFSC. 

1987-present: Supervisory Operations Research Analyst, National Marine Fisheries Service;
Head, coastal marine mammal research program, SWFSC.

1987-88: Member, Editorial Board of Fishery Bulletin.

1988-91: Adjunct Professor, Montana State University

1988-Present: Member, I.U.C.N. Cetacean Specialist Group

1989-90,95,99: Member , U.S. Scientific Delegation, International Whaling Commission

1996-Present: Adjunct Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

1997-Present: Member CIRVA, Vaquita International Recovery Team

Relevant Publications

Taylor, B. L., P. R. Wade, D. P. DeMaster, and J. Barlow.  2000.  Models for management: the marine mammal example. Conserv. Biol. 14(5):1243-1252.

Thode, A., T. Norris, and J. Barlow.  2000.  Frequency beamforming of dolphin whistles using a sparse three-element towed array.  J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 107(6):3581-3584.

Norris, T.F., M. McDonald, and J. Barlow.  1999.  Acoustic detections of singing humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the eastern North Pacific during their northbound migration.  J. Acoustics Society of America . 106(1):506-514.

Barlow, J.  1999. Trackline detection probability for long-diving whales.  pp. 209-221 In: G. W. Garner, et al. (eds.),  Marine Mammal Survey and Assessment Methods.  Balkema Press , Netherlands .  287pp.

Dawson, S. M., J. Barlow, and D. Ljungblad.  1998.  Sounds recorded from Baird's beaked whale, Berardius bairdi.  Mar. Mamm. Sci. 14(2):335-344.

Fiedler, P.C., J. Barlow, and T. Gerrodette.  1998.  Dolphin prey abundance determined from acoustic backscatter data in eastern Pacific surveys.  Fish. Bull. 96:237-247.

Forney, K. A. and J. Barlow.  1998.  Seasonal patterns in the abundance and distribution of California cetaceans, 1991-92.  Mar. Mamm. Sci.  14(3):460-489.

Barlow, J. and P. J. Clapham.  1997.  A new birth interval approach to estimating demographic parameters of humpback whales.  Ecology 78(2):535-546.

Barlow, J., K. A. Forney, P.S. Hill, R. L. Brownell, Jr., J. V. Carretta, D. P. DeMaster, F. Julian, M. S. Lowry, T. Ragen,and R. R. Reeves.  1997.  U.S. Pacific marine mammal stock assessments: 1996.  NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-248.  223pp.

Vidal, O, J. Barlow, L. A. Hurtado, J. Torre, P. Cendón, and Z. Ojeda.  1997.  Distribution and abundance of the Amazon River dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) and the tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis) in the upper Amazon River .  Mar. Mamm. Sci. 13(3):427-445.

Barlow, J., T. Gerrodette, and G. Silber.  1997.  First estimates of vaquita abundance.  Mar. Mamm. Sci. 13(1):44-58.

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