RESEARCH INTERESTS
Population, Community and Ecosystem Dynamics
Anthropogenic Impacts on Marine Ecosystems
Demographic, Spatial, and Statistical Modeling
Quantitative Approaches to Conservation Forecasting and Management

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Sefah-Twerefour, A. A.*; Meyer-Gutbrod, J; Doughton, L. A†; Ohmann, H. L†; Rich, M. G†; Bosch, L. C†; Essex, M. E†; Helms, A. N†; Calhoun, E. C†; DiMeglio, A†; Meyer-Gutbrod, E. L. Shared Escalation, Divergent Focus: U.S. and Canadian News Coverage of the North Atlantic Right Whalebefore and during an Unusual Mortality Event. Ocean and Coastal Management. In press at Endangered Species Research.

Syme, J, Pendleton, D.E., Meyer-Gutbrod, E.L., Tupper, B., Nicholas R Record, N.R. sampley: a Python package for sampling visual survey data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution.  https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.70320

Bishop, A. L.*, Erin Meyer-Gutbrod, Douglas P. Nowacek, Andrew J. Read. Changes in vessel traffic associated with offshore wind development are small, localized, and transitory and pose little risk to large whales. Endangered Species Research, 60, pp.1-23. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01489

Kreuser, A.M.*, Pendleton, D.E., Record, N.R. and Meyer‐Gutbrod, E.L., 2026. Individual movement modeling expands the power of migratory species observations: North Atlantic right whale case study.  Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, p.e70049. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.70049

Thorne, L.H. and Meyer-Gutbrod, E., 2026. Ecology and life history of baleen whales inform climate change vulnerabilities and priorities for future monitoring. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 83(3), p.fsag042.  https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsag042

Doughton, L. †, Sefah-Twerefour, A. A. *, Meyer-Gutbrod, J., Kreuser, A.*, Meyer-Gutbrod, E. 2026. North Atlantic right whale Unusual Mortality Event prompts increased legislation and partisan variation at state and federal levels. Marine Policy, Volume 186, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2026.107033

Telford, K.A.*, John Calambokidis, Kiirsten Flynn, Jasmine Witt†, Alie Perez, John Durban, Holly Fearnbach, Erin L. Meyer-Gutbrod. 2025. How robust is Eschrichtius robustus? A novel photographic index of body condition from boat-based photographs of gray whales. Marine Mammal Science.  https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.70091

Enrico Pirotta, Peter L. Tyack, Jeffrey Adams, Michael Asaro, Phil J. Bouchet, Daniel Crocker, John W. Durban, Ailsa J. Hall, Catriona M. Harris, Amy R. Knowlton, Scott D. Kraus, Caroline Lehoux, Daniel Linden, Caroline P. Good, Erin Meyer-Gutbrod, Alicia S. Miller, Carolyn A. Miller, Patrick J. O. Miller, Michael J. Moore, Chris Orphanides, Eric M. Patterson, Heather M. Pettis, Theoni Photopoulou, Stéphane Plourde, Nicholas R. Record, Jessica V. Redfern, Jason J. Roberts, Robert S. Schick, Burton Shank, Laura Solinger, Brandon L. Southall, Marisa L. Trego, Len Thomas. 2025. The multiple scales of combined stressor effects in an endangered, long-lived species: lessons learnt and ways forward. Ecological Applications. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eap.70144

Hofmann, E.E., J.R. Carpenter, Q.J. Chen, J.T. Kohut, R.L. Merrick, E.L. Meyer-Gutbrod, D.P. Nowacek, K. Raghukumar, N.R. Record, and K. Oskvig. 2025. From wind to whales: Potential hydrodynamic impacts of offshore wind energy on Nantucket Shoals regional ecology. Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2025.304

Middleton, J., Clem, S., Gallagher, K., Meyer-Gutbrod, E., Sefah-Twerefour, A.*, Serres, M., Behl, M. and Pierson, J., 2025. Community Recommendations on Belonging, Accessibility, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Initiatives in Ocean Sciences: A Town Hall Discussion. Oceanography.  https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2025.306

Indeck, K.L., M.F. Baumgartner, L. Lecavalier, F. Whoriskey, D. Durette-Morin, N.R. Pettigrew, J.M. McSweeney, L.H. Thorne, K.L. Gallagher, C.R. Edwards, E. Meyer-Gutbrod, and K.T.A. Davies.  2025. Glider surveillance for near-real-time detection and spatial management of North Atlantic right whales. In Frontiers in Ocean Observing. Oceanography 38 (Supplement 1);
https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2025.306

Meyer-Gutbrod, E.L., Pierson, J.J., Behl, M. 2023. Community Perspectives on Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) in Ocean Sciences. Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2023.106

Meyer-Gutbrod, E.L., Davies, K.T.A.D., Johnson, C.L., Plourde, S., Sorochan, K.A., Kenney, R.D., Christian Ramp, Gosselin, J.F., Lawson, J.W., Greene, C.H. 2022. Redefining North Atlantic right whale habitat-use patterns under climate change. Limnology & Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12242

Bishop, A.L., Crowe, L.M., Hamilton, P.K. and Meyer-Gutbrod, E.L., 2022. Maternal Lineage and Habitat Use Patterns Explain Variation in the Fecundity of a Critically Endangered Baleen Whale. Front. Mar. Sci, 9, p.880910. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.880910

Meyer‐Gutbrod, E., Kui, L., Miller, R., Nishimoto, M., Snook, L. and Love, M., 2021. Moving on up: Vertical distribution shifts in rocky reef fish species during climate‐driven decline in dissolved oxygen from 1995 to 2009. Global Change Biology, 27(23), pp.6280-6293.  https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15821

Meyer-Gutbrod, E.L., C.H. Greene, K.T.A. Davies, and D.G. Johns. 2021. Ocean regime shift is driving collapse of the North Atlantic right whale population. Oceanography 34(3):22–31, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.308. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.308

Meyer-Gutbrod, E.L., Love, M.S., Schroeder, D.M., Claisse, J.T., Kui, L., and Miller, R.J., 2020. Forecasting the legacy of offshore oil and gas platforms on fish community structure and productivity. Ecological Applications. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2185  

Meyer-Gutbrod, E.L., C.H. Greene, and K.T.A. Davies. (2018). Marine species range shifts necessitate advanced policy planning: The case of the North Atlantic right whale. Oceanography 31(2). https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2018.209

Meyer‐Gutbrod, E. L., & Greene, C. H. (2018). Uncertain recovery of the North Atlantic right whale in a changing ocean. Global change biology, 24(1), 455-464. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13929

Meyer-Gutbrod EL, Greene CH, Sullivan PJ, Pershing AJ (2015) Climate-associated changes in prey availability drive reproductive dynamics of the North Atlantic right whale population. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 535:243-258. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11372