Selected Publications

Jensen, F., P. Wolters, L. van Zeeland, E. Morrison, G. Ermi, S. Smith, P. Tyack, R. Wells, S. McKennoch, V. Janik, and L. Sayigh. 2024. Automatic deep-learning-based classification of bottlenose dolphin signature whistles. In: Popper, A., Sisneros, J., Hawkins, A., Thomsen, F. (eds) The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life. Springer, Cham; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-03110417-6_143-1.

Sayigh, L.S., N. El Haddad, P. L. Tyack, V. M. Janik, R. S. Wells, and F. H. Jensen. 2023. Bottlenose dolphin mothers modify signature whistles in the presence of their own calves. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(27); p.e2300262120.

Cones, S., M. Dent, S. Walkes, A. Bocconcelli, C. DeWind, K. Arjasbi, K. Rose, T. Silva, and L. Sayigh. 2022. Probable signature whistle production in Atlantic white-sided (Lagenorhynchus acutus) and short-beaked common (Delphinus delphis) dolphins near Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Marine Mammal Science, 1– 7; https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12976.

Sayigh, L., V. Janik, F. Jensen, M. Scott, P. Tyack, and R. Wells. 2022. The Sarasota Dolphin Whistle Database: a unique long-term resource for understanding dolphin communication. Frontiers in Marine Science, Marine Conservation and Sustainability, Special Topic: The dolphins of Sarasota Bay: Lessons from 50 years of research and conservation. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9:023046; doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.923046.

Parsons, M., T. Lin, T. Mooney, C. Erbe, F. Juanes, M. Lammers, S. Li, S. Linke, A. Looby, S. Nedelec, I. Van Opzeeland, C. Radford, A. Rice, L. Sayigh, J. Stanley, E. Urban, and L. Di Iorio. 2022. Sounding the call for a global library of underwater biological sounds. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10:810156; doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.810156.

Silva, T., T. Mooney, L. Sayigh, and M. Baumgartner. 2019. Temporal and spatial distributions of delphinid species in Massachusetts Bay (USA) using passive acoustics from ocean gliders. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 631:1–17; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13180.

Kragh, I.M., K. McHugh, R. S. Wells, L.S. Sayigh, V.M. Janik, P.L. Tyack, and F. H. Jensen. 2019. Signal-specific amplitude adjustment to noise in common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Journal of Experimental Biology, 222(23); https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.216606.

Sayigh, L. and V. Janik. 2019. Individual signatures in animal groups: cetaceans. In: J. Choe (ed) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, vol 2. Elsevier, pp. 539-549; https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012-809633-8.90737-4.

Sayigh, L., R. Wells and V. Janik. 2017. What’s in a voice? Dolphins do not use voice cues for individual recognition. Animal Cognition, 20:1067-1079; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-0171123-5.

Sayigh, L. and V. Janik. 2017. Signature whistles. In: Encyclopedia of marine mammals, 3^rd edition. ed. B. Wursig, J. Thewissen, and K. Kovacs. Academic Press: San Diego, pp. 854-856.

Silva, T. , T. A. Mooney, L. Sayigh, R. Baird, and P. Tyack. 2016. Successful suction-cup tagging of a small delphinid species, Stenella attenuata: insights into whistle characteristics. Marine Mammal Science 33:653-668; https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12376.

 Silva, T.L., T. A. Mooney, L. S. Sayigh, P. L. Tyack, R. W. Baird, and J. N. Oswald. 2016. Whistle characteristics and daytime dive behavior in pantropical spotted dolphins (Stenella attenuata) in Hawai‘i measured using digital acoustic recording tags (DTAGs). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140(1):421-429; https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4955081.

Kershenbaum A., L. S. Sayigh, and V. M. Janik. 2013. The encoding of individual identity in dolphin signature whistles: how much information is needed? PLoS One 8(10):e77671, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077671

Sayigh, L. Cetacean Acoustic Communication. 2013. In: Biocommunication of Animals, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, pp. 275-297; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-74148_16.

Janik, V. and L. Sayigh. 2013. Communication in bottlenose dolphins: 50 years of signature whistle research.  Special Issue "Sensory Biology of Aquatic Mammals" for the Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 199:479-489; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-013-0817-7.

King, S., L. Sayigh, R. Wells, H. Harley, V. Janik. 2013. Vocal copying of individually distinctive signature whistles in bottlenose dolphins. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280:20130053; https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0053.

Janik, V. M., S. L. King, L. S. Sayigh, and R. S. Wells. 2013. Identifying signature whistles from recordings of groups of unrestrained bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Marine Mammal Science, 29:109-122; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00549.x.

Sayigh, L. and V. Janik. 2010. Dolphin signature whistles. In: M. Breed and J. Moore (eds) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, vol 1. Oxford: Academic Press, pp. 553-561, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-045337-8.00016-4.

Esch, C., L. Sayigh, J. Blum and R. Wells. 2009. Whistles are potential indicators of stress in bottlenose dolphins. Journal of Mammalogy 90(3):638–650; https://doi.org/10.1644/08-MAMM-A-069R.1.

Esch, C., L. Sayigh and R. Wells. 2009. Quantification of parameters of signature whistles of bottlenose dolphins. Marine Mammal Science 25(4):976-986; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.17487692.2009.00289.x

Sayigh, L. S. and V. Janik. 2008. Signature whistles. In: Encyclopedia of marine mammals, ed. W. Perrin, J. Thewissen, and B. Wursig. Academic Press: San Diego, pp. 1014-1016. Sayigh, L., C. Esch, R. Wells and V. Janik. 2007. Facts about bottlenose dolphin signature whistles. Animal Behaviour 74:1631-1642; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.02.018.

Janik, V., L. Sayigh and R. Wells. 2006. Signature whistle shape conveys identity information to bottlenose dolphins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103: 8293-8297; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0509918103

Cook, M.H., L. Sayigh, J. Blum and R. Wells. 2004. Signature whistle production in undisturbed, freeranging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Proc. Roy. Soc. 271:1043-1049;  https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2003.2610.

Jones, G., and L. Sayigh. 2002. Geographic variation in rates of vocal production of free-ranging bottlenose dolphins. Marine Mammal Science. 18:374-393; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.17487692.2002.tb01044.x.

Sayigh, L. S. 2002. Signature whistles. In Encyclopedia of marine mammals, ed. B. Wursig and W. Perrin. Academic Press: San Diego, pp. 1081-1083.

Sayigh, L. S., P. L. Tyack, R. S. Wells, A. Solow, M. Scott, and A. B. Irvine. 1999. Individual recognition in wild bottlenose dolphins: a field test using playback experiments. Animal Behavior 57:41-50; https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1998.0961.

Tyack, P. L. and L. S. Sayigh. 1997.  Vocal learning in cetaceans.  In Social Influences on Vocal Development, ed. C. Snowdon and M. Hausberger, pp. 208-233. Cambridge Univ. Press; https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1017/CBO9780511758843.011.

Sayigh, L. S., P. L. Tyack, R. S. Wells, M. D. Scott, and A. B. Irvine. 1995. Sex difference in whistle production in free-ranging bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus.  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 36:171-177; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00177793.

Sayigh, L. S., P. L. Tyack and R. S. Wells.  1993.  Recording underwater sounds of free- ranging dolphins while underway in a small boat. Marine Mammal Science 9:209-213; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1993.tb00447.x.

Sayigh, L. S., P. L. Tyack, R. S. Wells and M. D. Scott. 1990. Signature whistles of free-ranging bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus:  stability and mother-offspring comparisons. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 26:247-260; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00178318.