| Quantifying the effects of prey abundance on killer whale reproduction EJ Ward, EE Holmes, KC Balcomb Journal of Applied Ecology 46 (3), 632-640, 2009 | 228 | 2009 |
| Adaptive prolonged postreproductive life span in killer whales EA Foster, DW Franks, S Mazzi, SK Darden, KC Balcomb, JKB Ford, ... Science 337 (6100), 1313-1313, 2012 | 217 | 2012 |
| Kinship as a basis for alliance formation between male bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in the Bahamas KM Parsons, JW Durban, DE Claridge, KC Balcomb, LR Noble, ... Animal Behaviour 66 (1), 185-194, 2003 | 191 | 2003 |
| Social network correlates of food availability in an endangered population of killer whales, Orcinus orca EA Foster, DW Franks, LJ Morrell, KC Balcomb, KM Parsons, ... Animal Behaviour 83 (3), 731-736, 2012 | 186 | 2012 |
| The social dynamics of southern resident killer whales and conservation implications for this endangered population KM Parsons, KC Balcomb Iii, JKB Ford, JW Durban Animal Behaviour 77 (4), 963-971, 2009 | 172 | 2009 |
| Size and long-term growth trends of endangered fish-eating killer whales H Fearnbach, JW Durban, DK Ellifrit, KC Balcomb III Endangered Species Research 13 (3), 173-180, 2011 | 106 | 2011 |
| The role of menopause and reproductive senescence in a long-lived social mammal EJ Ward, K Parsons, EE Holmes, KC Balcomb, JKB Ford Frontiers in Zoology 6, 1-10, 2009 | 100 | 2009 |
| Humpback whale censuses in the West Indies KC Balcomb, G Nichols Rep. int. Whal. Commn 32, 401-406, 1982 | 62 | 1982 |
| Rediscovery of Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei WF Perrin, PB Best, WH Dawbin, KC Balcomb, R Gambell, GJB Ross Nature 241 (5388), 345-350, 1973 | 49 | 1973 |
| Quantifying dolphin occupancy patterns JW Durban, KM Parsons, DE Claridge, KC Balcomb Marine Mammal Science 16 (4), 825-828, 2000 | 24 | 2000 |
| Oregon-Washington Marine Mammal & Seabird Surveys: Information Synthesis & Hypothesis Formulation JJ Brueggeman US Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Pacific OCS Region, 1990 | 24 | 1990 |
| Western north Atlantic humpback whales K Balcomb, G Nichols Rep. Int. Whal. Comm 28, 159-164, 1978 | 24 | 1978 |
| Size and body condition of Southern Resident killer whales. Contract report to National Marine Fisheries Service J Durban, H Fearnbach, D Ellifrit, K Balcomb Order No. AB133F08SE4742, 2009 | 17 | 2009 |
| Killer whales (Orcinus orca) of southern Alaska S Leatherwood, KC Balcomb, CO Matkin, E Ellis Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute Technical Report, 54, 1984 | 16 | 1984 |
| Mass whale mortality: US Navy exercises cause strandings KC Balcomb, DE Claridge Bahamas Journal of Science 8 (2), 1-12, 2001 | 15 | 2001 |
| Marine mammals in the Cortez Sea KC Balcomb, B Villa-R, G Nichols Proc. 4th International Conference on Gray Whales, 1979 | 15 | 1979 |
| Effects of multiple levels of social organization on survival and abundance EJ Ward, BX Semmens, EE Holmes, KENC BALCOMB III Conservation Biology 25 (2), 350-355, 2011 | 14 | 2011 |
| Photo-identification of dense beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) in the northeastern Bahamas DE Claridge, KC Balcomb 11th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Orlando, Florida …, 1995 | 14 | 1995 |
| Some information on a Berardius bairdii fishery in Japan KC Balcomb, CA Goebel Rep. Int. whaling Comm 27, 485-486, 1977 | 12 | 1977 |
| The birth of a gray whale KC Balcomb Pacific Discovery 27, 28-31, 1974 | 12 | 1974 |
