Schramm, Y., S.L. Mesnick, J. de la Rosa, D.M. Palacios, M.S. Lowry, D. Aurioles-Gamboa, H.M. Snell, and S. Escorza-Treviño. 2009. Phylogeography of California and Galápagos sea lions and population structure within the California sea lion. Marine Biology 156(7):1375-1387, doi: 10.1007/s00227-009-1178-1.

Shillinger, G.L., D.M. Palacios, H. Bailey, S.J. Bograd, A.M. Swithenbank, P. Gaspar, B.P. Wallace, J.R. Spotila, F.V. Paladino, R. Piedra, S.A. Eckert, and B.A. Block. 2008. Persistent leatherback turtle migrations present opportunities for conservation. PLoS Biology 6(7), e171, doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060171.

Bograd, S.J., C.G. Castro, E. Di Lorenzo, D.M. Palacios, H. Bailey, W. Gilly, and F.P. Chavez. 2008. Oxygen declines and the shoaling of the hypoxic boundary in the California Current. Geophysical Research Letters 35, L12607, doi:10.1029/2008GL034185.

Bailey, H., G. Shillinger, D. Palacios, S. Bograd, J. Spotila, F. Paladino, and B. Block. 2008. Identifying and comparing phases of movement by leatherback turtles using state-space models. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 356:128-135, doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.12.020.

Branch, T.A., K.M. Stafford, D.M. Palacios, C. Allison, J.L. Bannister, C.L.K. Burton, E. Cabrera, C.A. Carlson, B. Galletti-Vernazzani, P.C. Gill, R. Hucke-Gaete, K.C.S. Jenner, M-N.M. Jenner, K. Matsuoka, Y.A. Mikhalev, T. Miyashita, M.G. Morrice, S. Nishiwaki, V.J. Sturrock, D. Tomorosov, R.C. Anderson, A.N. Baker, P.B. Best, P. Borsa, R.L. Brownell, Jr., S. Childerhouse, K.P. Findlay, T. Gerrodette, A.D. Ilangakoon, M. Joergensen, B. Kahn, D.K. Ljungblad, B. Maughan, R.D. McCauley, S. Mckay, T.F. Norris, Oman Whale And Dolphin Research Group, S. Rankin, F. Samaran, D. Thiele, K. Van Waerebeek and R.M. Warneke. 2007. Past and present distribution, densities and movements of blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the Southern Hemisphere and northern Indian Ocean. Mammal Review 37:116-175, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2007.00106.x.

Rasmussen, K., D.M. Palacios, J. Calambokidis, M. Saborio, L. Dalla-Rosa, E. Secchi, G. Steiger, J. Allen, and G. Stone. 2007. Southern Hemisphere humpback whales wintering off Central America: insights from water temperature into the longest mammalian migration. Biology Letters 3(3):302-305, doi:10.1098/rsbl.2007.0067.

Pardo, M.A., and D.M. Palacios. 2006. Cetacean occurrence in the Santa Marta region, Colombian Caribbean, 2004-2005. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 5(2):129-134.

Palacios, D.M., S.J. Bograd, D.G. Foley, and F.B. Schwing. 2006. Oceanographic characteristics of biological hot spots in the North Pacific: A remote sensing perspective. Deep-Sea Research II 53(3-4):250-269, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.03.004.

Stegmann, P.M., D.G. Foley, C. King, F.B. Schwing, H. Price, S.J. Bograd, and D.M. Palacios. 2006. Integrating enhanced satellite data maps into coastal management. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 87(14):137, 142.

Palacios, D.M., and S.J. Bograd. 2005. A census of Tehuantepec and Papagayo eddies in the northeastern tropical Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters 32, L23606, doi:10.1029/2005GL024324.

Schwing, F.B., D.M. Palacios, and S.J. Bograd. 2005. El Niño impacts on the California Current ecosystem. U.S. CLIVAR Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 2, 5-8.

Mendelssohn, R., S.J. Bograd, F.B. Schwing, and D.M. Palacios. 2005. Teaching old indices new tricks: A state-space analysis of El Niño related climate indices. Geophysical Research Letters 32, L07709, doi:10.1029/2005GL022350.

Palacios, D.M., S.K. Salazar, and D. Day. 2004. Cetacean remains and strandings in the Galápagos Islands, 1923-2003. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 3(2):127-150.

Palacios, D.M., S.J. Bograd, R. Mendelssohn, and F.B. Schwing. 2004. Long-term and seasonal trends in stratification in the California Current, 1950-1993. Journal of Geophysical Research 109, C10016, doi:10.1029/2004JC002380.

Palacios, D.M. 2004. Seasonal patterns of sea-surface temperature and ocean color around the Galápagos: regional and local influences. Deep-Sea Research II 51(1-3):43-57, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2003.08.001.

Palacios, D.M. and S. Salazar. 2002. Cetáceos. Pages 291-304 in Danulat, E., and G.J. Edgar, eds. Reserva Marina de Galápagos, Línea Base de la Biodiversidad. Fundación Charles Darwin/Servicio Parque Nacional Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador.

Palacios, D.M. 2002. Factors influencing the island-mass effect of the Galápagos Islands. Geophysical Research Letters 29(23), 2134, doi: 10.1029/2002GL016232.

Palacios, D.M., K.A. Forney, and G.C. Feldman. 2001. Featured contribution in "The Ocean Color Spectrum". Backscatter (Alliance for Marine Remote Sensing), 12(1):31-33.

Capella, J.J., L. Flórez-González, P. Falk-Fernández and D.M. Palacios. 2002. Regular appearance of otariid pinnipeds along the Colombian Pacific coast. Aquatic Mammals 28(1):67-72.

Palacios, D.M. 1999. Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) occurrence off the Galápagos Islands, 1978-1995. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 1(1):41-51.

Pitman, R.L., D.M. Palacios, P.L.R. Brennan, B.J. Brennan, K.C. Balcomb, III, and T. Miyashita. 1999. Sightings and possible identity of a bottlenose whale in the tropical Indo-Pacific: Indopacetus pacificus? Marine Mammal Science 15(2):513-518.

Muñoz-Hincapié, M.F., D.M. Mora-Pinto, D.M. Palacios, E.R. Secchi and A.A. Mignucci-Giannoni. 1998. First osteological record of the dwarf sperm whale in Colombia, with notes on the zoogeography of Kogia in South America. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 22(84):433-444.

Van Waerebeek, K., F. Felix, B. Haase, D.M. Palacios, D.M. Mora-Pinto and M.F. Muñoz-Hincapié. 1998. Inshore records of the striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba from the Pacific coast of South America. Report of the International Whaling Commission 48:525-532.

Palacios, D.M., F. Félix, L. Flórez-González, J.J. Capella, D. Chiluiza and B.J.M. Haase. 1997. Sightings of Galápagos sea lions (Zalophus californianus wollebaeki) on the coasts of Colombia and Ecuador. Mammalia 61(1):114-116.

Gerrodette, T. and D.M. Palacios. 1996. Estimates of cetacean abundance in EEZ waters of the eastern tropical Pacific. Southwest Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report LJ-96-10. 28pp. (with Spanish translation).

Palacios, D.M. and T. Gerrodette. 1996. Potential impact of artisanal gillnet fisheries on small cetacean populations in the eastern tropical Pacific. Southwest Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report LJ-96-11. 16pp. (with Spanish translation).

Palacios, D.M. and B.R. Mate. 1996. Attack by false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) on sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Galápagos Islands. Marine Mammal Science 12(4):582-587.

Palacios, D.M. 1996. On the specimen of the ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodens, from the Galápagos Islands. Marine Mammal Science 12(3):444-446.

Palacios, D.M. 1996. Earlier observations of presumed Galápagos sea lions, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki, from coastal Ecuador. Marine Mammal Science 12(3):497.

Palacios, D.M. and D. Day. 1995. A Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) carrying a dead calf. Marine Mammal Science 11(4):593-594.

Palacios, D.M. 1995. Re-identification of three dolphin skulls in the Museum of the Charles Darwin Research Station. Noticias de Galápagos 55:6-8.

Palacios, D.M., P. Rodriguez, B. Brennan, and K. Marshall. 1994. Notes on the Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) with observations of a dead specimen. Noticias de Galápagos 54:29-31.

Palacios, D.M. 2003. Oceanographic Conditions Around the Galápagos Archipelago and their Influence on Cetacean Community Structure. Ph.D. Thesis, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. 178 pp.

Palacios, D.M. 1994. Population Status and Notes on the Breeding Ecology of the Pelecaniform Seabirds of the "Corales del Rosario" National Park, Colombian Caribbean. B.Sc. Thesis, Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá, Colombia. 68 pp.

Palacios, D.M. 2009. The influence of oceanographic processes on top predator distribution and community structure. Workshop on "Climate Change and Adaptation Options for Cetaceans and Other Marine Biodiversity of the Eastern Pacific", Heredia, Costa Rica, 9-11 February 2009.

Palacios, D.M. 2008. Children of the tropics: Cetacean community response to an El Ni–o-La Ni–a transition off the Gal‡pagos Islands. In Program, 11th International Conference of the American Cetacean Society, Monterey, California, 14-16 November 2008.

Shillinger, G.L., D.M. Palacios, H. Bailey, S.J. Bograd, A.M. Swithenbank, P. Gaspar, B.P. Wallace, J.R. Spotila, F.V. Paladino, R. Piedra, S.A. Eckert, and B.A. Block. 2008. Biologging and remote sensing describe leatherback movements and distribution within the equatorial and south Eastern Pacific. Page 69 in Program and Abstracts, 3rd International Biologging Science Symposium, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, California, 1-5 September 2008.

Kappes, M.A., S.A. Shaffer, Y. Tremblay, D.G. Foley, D.M. Palacios, P.W. Robinson, S.J. Bograd, and D.P. Costa. 2008. Hawaiian albatrosses track interannual variability of marine habitats in the North Pacific. Page 40 in Program and Abstracts, 3rd International Biologging Science Symposium, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, California, 1-5 September 2008.

Bailey, H., G. Shillinger, D. Palacios, S. Bograd, J. Spotila, F. Paladino, S. Eckert, G. Hays, and B. Block. 2008. Comparing Pacific and Atlantic leatherback turtle movements and oceanography using state-space modeling. Page 13 in Program and Abstracts, 3rd International Biologging Science Symposium, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, California, 1-5 September 2008.

Bailey, H., G. Shillinger, D. Palacios, S. Bograd, J. Spotila, F. Paladino, S. Eckert, G. Hays, and B. Block. 2008. Comparing Pacific and Atlantic leatherback turtle movements and oceanography using state-space modeling. International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the WorldÕs Oceans. Gijon, Spain, 19-23 May 2008.

Hernandez, J.L., S. Lonin, and D.M. Palacios. 2008. Oceanic and atmospheric modeling in the western Caribbean sea: A case study of Guajira coastal upwelling region (Abstract ID:2402). Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Florida, 2-7 March 2008.

Palacios, D.M., S.A. Shaffer, Y. Tremblay, M.A. Kappes, D.G. Foley, S.J. Bograd, and D.P. Costa. 2008. A tale of two hot spots: At-sea segregation in Hawaiian albatrosses (Abstract ID:2826). Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Florida, 2-7 March 2008.

Shillinger, G.L., D.M. Palacios, H. Bailey, S.J. Bograd, A.L. Swithenbank, J.R. Spotila, B.P. Wallace, F.V. Paladino, S.A. Eckert, and B.A. Block. 2008. Hot spots for eastern Pacific leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) (Abstract ID:3198). Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Florida, 2-7 March 2008.

Tremblay, Y, S.A. Shaffer, D.M. Palacios, S.J. Bograd, S.A. Eckert, B.R. Mate, H. Dewar, B.A. Block, and D.P. Costa. 2008. Multi-species patterns of habitat utilization and species diversity in the California current as revealed by the Tagging of Pacific Pelagics (TOPP) program (Abstract ID:3083). Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Florida, 2-7 March 2008.

Bailey, H., G.L. Shillinger, D.M. Palacios, S.J. Bograd, J.R. Spotila, B. Wallace, F.V. Paladino, R. Piedra, S.A. Eckert, and B.A. Block. 2008. State-space modeling of leatherback turtle movements and habitat associations in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Page 75 in Book of abstracts, 28th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Loreto, Mexico, 18-26 January 2008.

Palacios, D.M., G.L. Shillinger, S.J. Bograd, H. Bailey, J.R. Spotila, F.V. Paladino, B. Wallace, R. Piedra, S.A. Eckert, B.A. Block. 2008. Oceanographic influences on the post-nesting migration of female eastern Pacific leatherback sea turtles. Page 67 in Book of abstracts, 28th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Loreto, Mexico, 18-26 January 2008.

Shillinger, G.L., D.M. Palacios, H. Bailey, S.J. Bograd, A.M. Swithenbank, J.R. Spotila, B. Wallace, F.V. Paladino, S.A. Eckert, R. Piedra, and B.A. Block. 2008. Four years and forty-six turtles: Tracking the movements and behaviors of leatherback sea turtles in the eastern Pacific. Page 71 in Book of abstracts, 28th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Loreto, Mexico, 18-26 January 2008.

Bailey, H.R., G.L. Shillinger, D.M. Palacios, S.J. Bograd, J.R. Spotila, B. Wallace, F.V. Paladino, S.A. Eckert, and B.A. Block. 2007. State-space modeling of leatherback turtle movements and habitat associations in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Page 40 in Abstracts Book, Climate Impacts on Oceanic Top Predators, 1st CLIOTOP Symposium, La Paz, Mexico, 3-7 December 2007.

Benson, S.R., T. Eguchi, K.A. Forney, and D.M. Palacios. 2007. Responses of leatherback turtles to environmental variability in the North Pacific. Page 40 in Abstracts Book, Climate Impacts on Oceanic Top Predators, 1st CLIOTOP Symposium, La Paz, Mexico, 3-7 December 2007.

Kappes, M.A., S.A. Shaffer, Y. Tremblay, P.W. Robinson, D.J. Anderson, J.A. Awekerman, S.J. Bograd, D.G. Foley, D.M. Palacios, and D.P. Costa. 2007. Interannual variability in oceanographic habitat use by Hawaiian albatrosses. Page 95 in Abstracts Book, Climate Impacts on Oceanic Top Predators, 1st CLIOTOP Symposium, La Paz, Mexico, 3-7 December 2007.

Palacios, D.M., G.L. Shillinger, S.J. Bograd, H. Bailey, J.R. Spotila, B. Wallace, F.V. Paladino, S.A. Eckert, and B.A. Block. 2007. Oceanographic influences on the post-nesting migration of female eastern Pacific leatherback sea turtles. Page 98 in Abstracts Book, Climate Impacts on Oceanic Top Predators, 1st CLIOTOP Symposium, La Paz, Mexico, 3-7 December 2007.

Pardo, M.A., N.C. Jiménez-Pinedo, C. Domínguez, D.M. Palacios, and F. Trujillo. 2007. Annual occurrence of the ordinary Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei) in a seasonal upwelling system of the Colombian Caribbean. Page 53 in Abstracts Book, Climate Impacts on Oceanic Top Predators, 1st CLIOTOP Symposium, La Paz, Mexico, 3-7 December 2007.

Shillinger, G.L., D.M. Palacios, H.R. Bailey, S.J. Bograd, A.M. Swithenbank, B. Wallace, J.R. Spotila, F.V. Paladino, S.A. Eckert, and B.A. Block. 2007. Sand, surf, and sea: environmental influences on the conservation of leatherback sea turtles off Playa Grande, Costa Rica, during the internesting period. Page 99 in Abstracts Book, Climate Impacts on Oceanic Top Predators, 1st CLIOTOP Symposium, La Paz, Mexico, 3-7 December 2007.

Shillinger, G., A. Swithenbank, D. Palacios, S. Bograd, A. Walli, J. Spotila, F. Paladino, A. Eckert, and B. Block. 2007. Leatherback sea turtles as ocean sentinels: Application of satellite tagging data for management of transboundary species. Workshop "The Challenge of Change: Managing for Sustainability of Oceanic Top Predator Species", GLOBEC-CLIOTOP Working Group 5, University of California at Santa Barbara, 14-16 April 2007.

Foley, D.G., S.J. Bograd, D.M. Palacios, S.A. Shaffer, M. Kappes, Y. Tremblay, and D.P. Costa. 2007. Characterizing oceanic habitat use by seabirds using remote sensing data. 34th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Seabird Group, Asilomar, California, 7-11 February 2007.

Shaffer, S.A., M. Kappes, Y. Tremblay, D.P. Costa, R. Weber, H. Weimerskirch, D.G. Foley, S.J. Bograd, and D.M. Palacios. 2007. Albatrosses as ocean samplers of sea-surface temperature. 34th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Seabird Group, Asilomar, California, 7-11 February 2007.

Rasmussen, K. and D.M. Palacios. 2006. La distribución de las áreas de reproducción de la ballena jorobada con respecto a la temperatura superficial del mar en el contexto global. Page 1 in Programa y Resúmenes, 1a Reunión Internacional sobre el Estudio de los Mamíferos Acuáticos SOMEMMA-SOLAMAC, Mérida, Mexico, 5-9 November 2006.

Palacios, D.M., S.J. Bograd, F.B. Schwing, and R. Mendelssohn. 2006. Modeling the temperature-nitrate relationship in the California Current. NOAA/NMFS FATE 2006 Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 27-28 July 2006.

Palacios, D.M., S.J. Bograd, F.B. Schwing, and R. Mendelssohn. 2006. Modeling the temperature-nitrate relationship in the California Current. Time Series of the N.E. Pacific, a PICES Symposium to Mark the 50th Anniversary of Line-P, Victoria, Canada, 5-8 July 2006.

Hyrenbach, K.D., D.J. Anderson, Y. Tremblay, S.A. Shaffer, M. Antolos, D.P. Costa, S.J. Bograd, D. Foley, D.M. Palacios, E.N. Flint, and M.B. Naughton. 2006. North Pacific albatross response to a dynamic ocean habitat: Interannual variability in the Transition Zone Chlorophyll Front. PICES/GLOBEC Symposium on Climate Variability and Ecosystem Impacts on the North Pacific: A Basin-scale Synthesis, Honolulu, Hawaii, 19-21 April 2006.

Bograd, S.J., D.M. Palacios, D.G. Foley, F.B. Schwing, B.A. Block, and D.P. Costa. 2006. Characterizing oceanic hot spots in the North Pacific from electronic tagging and remote sensing data. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 87(36), Ocean Sciences Meeting Supplement, Abstract OS13D-03. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 20-24 February 2006.

Palacios, D.M., and S.J. Bograd. 2006. A census of Tehuantepec and Papagayo eddies in the northeastern tropical Pacific. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 87(36), Ocean Sciences Meeting Supplement, Abstract OS54D-04. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 20-24 February 2006.

Palacios, D.M. 2005. Ordination as a tool for unraveling species-environment relationships. Workshop "Application of GIS and Spatial-Temporal Modeling for Marine Mammal Science and Management", 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego, California, 11 December 2005.

Palacios, D.M., K.M. Stafford, and F.B. Schwing. 2005. Temporal variations in blue whale acoustic detections in relation to environmental conditions in the northeastern tropical Pacific, 1996-2002. Page 216 in Abstracts, 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego, California, 12-16 December 2005.

Palacios, D.M. 2005. The role of long-term satellite-derived time series in characterizing oceanographic hot spots. TOPP-OBIS-FMAP Workshop on Biological Hot Spots, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California, 7-8 December 2005.

Palacios, D.M. 2005. The role of long-term satellite-derived time series in characterizing oceanographic hot spots. CoastWatch 2005 Node Managers Meeting, NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC/Environmental Research Division, Pacific Grove, California, 11-13 October 2005.

Palacios, D.M., S.J. Bograd, F.B. Schwing, and R. Mendelssohn. 2005. Temperature-nitrate relationships in the California Current: Old data for young models. 52nd Eastern Pacific Ocean Conference, Stanford Sierra Camp, Fallen Leaf Lake, California, 27-30 September 2005.

Bograd, S.J., D.M. Palacios, F.B. Schwing, and R. Mendelssohn. 2005. Developing biologically-relevant indices of water-column structure in the California Current. NOAA/NMFS FATE 2005 Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 8-9 June 2005.

Palacios, D.M. 2004. Mamíferos marinos de las Islas Galápagos: Ciencia, conservación, y manejo (invited plenary presentation). Page 6 in Libro de Resúmenes, 11a Reunión de Trabajo de Especialistas en Mamíferos Acuáticos de América del Sur y 5o Congreso de la Sociedad Latinoamericana de Especialistas en Mamíferos Acuáticos, Quito, Ecuador, 11-17 September.

Taylor, B., J. Barlow, R. Pitman, L. Ballance, T. Klinger, D. DeMaster, J. Hildebrand, J. Urban, D. Palacios, and J. Mead. 2004. A call for research to assess risk of acoustic impact on beaked whale populations. Paper SC/56/E36 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, July 2004, Sorrento, Italy, 4pp. [Available from the Office of the International Whaling Commission, The Red House, 135 Station Road, Impington, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB4 9NP, UK].

Palacios, D.M., and S.J. Bograd. 2004. Marine mammal response to an ENSO transition in the Galápagos Plume. NASA/Aquarium of the Pacific Galápagos Workshop, Long Beach, California, 7-8 June 2004.

Palacios, D.M., S.J. Bograd, R. Mendelssohn, and F.B. Schwing. 2003. Seasonal and long-term trends in stratification in the California Current, 1950-1993. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 84(52), Ocean Sciences Meeting Supplement, Abstract OS31H-02. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 26-30 January 2004.

Palacios, D.M. 2003. Cetacean community structure around the Galápagos in relation to environmental heterogenenity and seasonal change. Page 126 in Abstracts, 15th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Greensboro, North Carolina, 15-19 December 2003.

Palacios, D.M., S.J. Bograd, R. Mendelssohn, and F.B. Schwing. 2003. Seasonal and long-term trends in stratification in the California Current, 1950-1993. 50th Eastern Pacific Ocean Conference, Wrigley Marine Science Center, Catalina Island, California, 24-27 September 2003.

Palacios, D.M. 2002. Oceanographic conditions and cetacean habitats around the Galápagos Islands (invited plenary presentation). Page 130 in Libro de Resúmenes, 10a Reunión de Trabajo de Especialistas en Mamíferos Acuáticos de América del Sur y 4o Congreso de la Sociedad Latinoamericana de Especialistas en Mamíferos Acuáticos, Valdivia, Chile, 14-29 October 2002.

Palacios, D.M. 2002. Factors contributing to the island mass effect of the Galápagos Archipelago. 49th Eastern Pacific Ocean Conference, Timberline Lodge, Oregon, 25-28 September 2002.

Palacios, D.M. 2002. Oceanic habitats around the Galápagos Islands. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 83(4), Ocean Sciences Meeting Supplement, Abstract OS21C-44. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 11-15 February 2002.

Schramm, Y., S.L. Mesnick, J. de la Rosa, J. Hyde, D. Palacios, H.M. Snell, and A.E. Dizon. 2001. Genetic structure of California and Galápagos sea lions. Page 190 in Abstracts, 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 28 November - 3 December 2001.

Palacios, D.M. 2001. Cetacean abundance off the Galápagos Islands for the line-transect survey GalCet2K, 5-19 April 2000. Page 167 in Abstracts, 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 28 November - 3 December 2001.

Palacios, D.M. 2001. Oceanic Habitats around the Galápagos Islands. 48th Eastern Pacific Ocean Conference, Stanford Sierra Camp, Fallen Leaf Lake, California, 23-26 September 2001.

Palacios, D.M. 1999. Mesoscale oceanographic variability and cetacean occurrence around the Galápagos Islands in 1993-94. Page 143 in Abstracts, 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Wailea, Maui, Hawaii, 28 November - 3 December 1999.

Palacios, D.M. 1999. Habitats and distribution patterns of Galápagos marine mammals. Proceedings, 80th Annual Meeting, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division 18(1):74-75. Symposium "Galápagos: Ecology, Evolution and Conservation in Darwin's Islands", San Francisco, California, 22-23 June 1999.

Palacios, D.M. 1998. Bottlenose dolphins of the Galápagos Islands: An offshore ecotype with an inshore component? Page 47 in Programa y Resúmenes, XXIII Reunión Internacional para el Estudio de los Mamíferos Marinos, Xcaret, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 20-24 April 1998.

Palacios, D.M., P.L. Rodriguez, B.J. Brennan, and D. Day. 1998. The cetacean community around the Galápagos Islands: A preliminary look. Page 102 in Abstracts, World Marine Mammal Conference, Monaco, 20-24 January 1998.

Pitman, R.L., D.M. Palacios, P.L. Rodriguez, B.J. Brennan, K.C. Balcomb, and T. Miyashita. 1998. Probable sightings of Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus [Mesoplodon] pacificus) from the equatorial Indian and Pacific Oceans. Page 107 in Abstracts, the World Marine Mammal Conference, Monaco, 20-24 January 1998.

Palacios, D.M., T. Gerrodette, and D. Day 1996. Marine mammal diversity off the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Page 72 in Resúmenes 7a Reunión de Especialistas en Mamíferos Acuáticos de America del Sur y 1er Congreso de la Sociedad Latinoamericana de Especialistas en Mamíferos Acuáticos, Viña del Mar, Chile, 22-25 October 1996.

Palacios, D.M., P. Rodriguez, B.J. Brennan, S. Beltrán, and F. Trujillo. 1996. Cetacean sighting cruises in the southwestern Caribbean Sea. Page 76 in Resúmenes 7a Reunión de Especialistas en Mamíferos Acuáticos de America del Sur y 1er Congreso de la Sociedad Latinoamericana de Especialistas en Mamíferos Acuáticos, Viña del Mar, Chile, 22-25 October 1996.

Gerrodette, T., and D.M. Palacios. 1996. Estimation of cetacean population sizes in the territorial waters of countries in the eastern tropical Pacific. Page 45 in Programa y Resúmenes, XXI Reunión Internacional para el Estudio de los Mamíferos Marinos, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 8-12 April 1996.

Chiluiza, D., D.M. Palacios, F. Félix, L. Flórez-González, J.J. Capella, and B.J.M. Haase. 1995. Extralimital records of Zalophus californianus on the coasts of Ecuador and Colombia. Page 22 in Abstracts, 11th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Orlando, Florida, 14-18 December 1995.

Palacios, D.M., T. Gerrodette, S. Beltrán, P. Rodriguez, and B. Brennan. 1995. Cetacean sighting cruises off the Colombian Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. Page 88 in Abstracts, 11th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Orlando, Florida, 14-18 December 1995.

Day, D., and D.M. Palacios. 1995. A Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) carrying a dead calf. Page 59 in Programa y Resúmenes, XX Reunión Internacional para el Estudio de los Mamíferos Marinos, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 18-22 April 1995.

Palacios, D.M. 1995. A specimen of Mesoplodon ginkgodens from the Galápagos Islands. Page 60 in Programa y Resúmenes, XX Reunión Internacional para el Estudio de los Mamíferos Marinos, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 18-22 April 1995.

Palacios, D.M. 1995. Cetacean remains and strandings in the Galápagos Islands. Pages 27-29 in A.H. Kopelman and S.S. Sadove, eds. Proceedings of the 1995 Northeastern Regional Stranding Network Conference, Riverhead, New York, 28-30 April 1995.

Palacios, D.M. 1994. Restos y varamientos de mamíferos marinos en las islas Galápagos, Ecuador. Page 82 in A. Ximenez and P.C. Simoes-Lopes, eds. Anais da 6a Reuniao de Trabalho de Especialistas em Mamíferos Aquáticos da America do Sul, Florianóplis, Brazil, 24-28 October 1994.

Palacios, D.M., and B.R. Mate. 1994. Ataque de falsas orcas a cachalotes en las islas Galápagos, Ecuador. Page 82 in A. Ximenez and P.C. Simoes-Lopes, eds. Anais da 6a Reuniao de Trabalho de Especialistas em Mamíferos Aquáticos da America do Sul, Florianóplis, Brazil, 24-28 October 1994.

Palacios, D.M., and L.G. Naranjo. 1994. Observaciones sobre una colonia de aves marinas en el Parque Nacional Natural "Los Corales del Rosario" durante 1992. In Memorias (electronic file), IX Seminario Nacional de Ciencias y Tecnologías del Mar y Congreso Latinoamericano en Ciencias del Mar, Medellín, Colombia, 21-25 November 1994.

Palacios, D.M., G. Díaz, and P. Rodriguez. 1993. Producción primaria de Thalassia testudinum y relación de su biomasa con el peso de epífitos en Isla Grande (PNNCR), Caribe Colombiano. Pages 607-618 in Memorias, VIII Seminario Nacional de Ciencias y Tecnologías del Mar y Congreso Centroamericano y del Caribe de Ciencias del Mar, Santa Marta, Colombia, 26-30 October 1992.

Palacios, D. P. Rodriguez, and J. Reynolds. 1992. Registro electrocardiográfico en dos manatís (Trichechus manatus) en cautiverio. Page 48 in Resúmenes, 5ta Reunión de Especialistas en Mamíferos Acuáticos de America del Sur, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 28 September - 2 October 1992.

Rodriguez, P., D. Palacios, and J. Reynolds. 1992. Registro electrocardiográfico en una orca (Orcinus orca) en cautiverio. Page 58 in Resúmenes, 5ta Reunión de Especialistas en Mamíferos Acuáticos de America del Sur, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 28 September - 2 October 1992.

Trujillo, F., and D. Palacios. 1992. Comportamiento en superficie de Inia geoffrensis y Sotalia fluviatilis en la Amazonia colombiana. Page 68 in Resúmenes, 5ta Reunión de Especialistas en Mamíferos Acuáticos de America del Sur, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 28 September - 2 October 1992.

Palacios, D.M. 2008. Top Predator ecology in the North Pacific: scales, processes and patterns. Graduate School of the Environment, Macquarie University, Australia, 16 May 2008.

Palacios, D.M., S.J. Bograd, F.B. Schwing, and R. Mendelssohn. 2006. Modeling the temperature-nitrate relationship in the California Current. "John and Mary Louise Riley" seminar series, Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California Davis, Bodega Bay, California, 8 March 2006.

Palacios, D.M. 2005. Marine mammals of the Galápagos: Science, conservation, and management. American Cetacean Society Monterey Bay Chapter monthly meeting, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California, 28 April 2005.

Palacios, D.M. 2003. Cetacean community structure around the Galápagos in relation to environmental heterogeneity and seasonal change. NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC/Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory, Pacific Grove, California, 25 November 2003.