Smithsonian Research Bibliography

Steinman, K. J., O'Brien, J. K., Monfort, Steven L. and Robeck, T. R. 2012. Characterization of the estrous cycle in female beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) using urinary endocrine monitoring and transabdominal ultrasound: Evidence of facultative induced ovulation. General and comparative endocrinology, 175(3): 389-397. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.11.008

Robeck, T. R., Steinman, K. J., Greenwell, M., Ramirez, K., Van Bonn, W., Yoshioka, M., Katsumata, E., Dalton, L., Osborn, S. and O'Brien, J. K. 2009. Seasonality, estrous cycle characterization, estrus synchronization, semen cryopreservation, and artificial insemination in the Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens). Reproduction, 138(2): 391-405. doi:10.1530/REP-08-0528

Steinman, K. J., Monfort, Steven L., McGeehan, L., Kersey, David C., Gual-Sil, F., Snyder, R. J., Wang, P., Nakao, T. and Czekala, N. 2006. Endocrinology of the giant panda and application of hormone technology to species management. In: Wildt, David E., Zhang, A., Zhang, H., Janssen, D. L. and Ellis, S., Giant Pandas: Biology, Veterinary Medicine and Management. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.198-230.

Robeck, T. R., Steinman, K. J., Yoshioka, M., Jensen, E., O'Brien, J. K., Katsumata, E., Gili, C., McBain, J. F., Sweeney, J. and Monfort, Steven L. 2005. Estrous cycle characterisation and artificial insemination using frozen-thawed spermatozoa in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Reproduction, 129: 659-674.

Owen, M., Swaisgood, R., Czekala, N., Steinman, K. and Lindburg, D. 2004. Monitoring stress in captive giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca): behavioral and hormonal responses to ambient noise. Zoo biology, 23: 147-164.

Robeck, T. R., Steinman, K., Gearhart, S., Reidarson, T. R., McBain, J. F. and Monfort, Steven L. 2004. Reproductive physiology and development of artificial insemination technology in killer whales (Orcinus orca). Biology of Reproduction, 71: 650-660.

Czekala, N. M., MacDonald, E. A., Steinman, K., Walker, S., Garrigues II, N. W., Olson, D. and Brown, Janine L. 2003. Estrogen and LH dynamics during the follicular phase of the estrous cycle in the Asian elephant. Zoo biology, 22: 443-454.