Kim M. Parsons

This study analyzes 15-year fecal microbiome data from endangered killer whales to show declining diversity and population-specific differences.

This study examines the diet of southern Alaska resident killer whales across three foraging aggregations, revealing spatiotemporal patterns in prey consumption.

The paper uses eDNA metabarcoding and generalized additive models to model cetacean distribution along the Washington coast, finding spatial patterns consistent with historical records.

The paper combines qPCR and metabarcoding to estimate eDNA quantities for multiple fish species, creating spatial maps that align with known ecological niches and identify biodiversity hotspots.

The paper tracks the decay of multiple environmental nucleic acid components from a cetacean in seawater, finding distinct degradation rates and suggesting their use as a molecular clock for eNA age estimation.

The paper examines parasite infections in killer whales, finding widespread Anisakis spp. infections across populations without correlation to body condition.

This study investigates non-detections in metabarcoding data to improve quantitative accuracy by modeling amplification biases and stochastic sampling effects.