Edwards, M. S., and M. T. Tinker. 2009. Monitoring Benthic Algal Communities: A Comparison of Targeted and Coefficient Sampling Methods. Algae 24 :1-10.

Tinker, M. T., M. Mangel, and J. A. Estes. Learning to be different: acquired skills, social learning, frequency dependence and environmental variation can cause behaviorally-mediated foraging specializations.

Newsome, S.D., M.T. Tinker, D.H. Monson, O.T. Oftedal, K. Ralls, M. Staedler, M.L. Fogel, and J.A. Estes. Using stable isotopes to investigate individual diet specialization in California sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis). Ecology.

Johnson, C.K., Tinker, M.T., Estes, J.A., Conrad, P.A., Staedler, M., Miller, M.A., Jessup, D.A. and Mazet, J.A.K. 2009. Prey choice and habitat use drive sea otter pathogen exposure in a resource-limited coastal system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106(Early Edition).

Tinker, M. T., D. F. Doak, and J. A. Estes. 2008. Using demography and movement behavior to predict range expansion of the southern sea otter. Ecological Applications 18(7) 1781-1794.

Peckham, S.H., D. Maldonado Diaz, V. Koch, A. Mancini, A. Gaos, M. T. Tinker, W.J. Nichols. 2008. High mortality of loggerhead turtles due to bycatch, human consumption and strandings at Baja California Sur, Mexico, 2003 to 2007. Endangered Species Research 5(2-3).

Tinker, M.T., Bentall, G.B., and J.A. Estes. 2008 Food limitation leads to behavioral diversification and dietary specialization in sea otters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105: 560-565.

Doak, D.F., J.A. Estes, B.S. Halpern, U. Jacob, D.R. Lindberg, J.R. Lovvorn, D.H. Monson, M.T. Tinker, et al. 2008. Understanding and predicting ecological dynamics: are major surprises inevitable? Ecology 89:952-961.

Jessup, D.A., M.A. Miller, C. Kreuder-Johnson, P. Conrad, M.T. Tinker, J.A. Estes and J.A.K.
Mazet. 2007. One Health, One Medicine: Sea Otters in a Dirty Ocean. Journal of the American
Veterinary Medical Association 231(11): 1648-1652

Tinker, M.T., D.P. Costa, J.A. Estes and N. Wieringa. 2007. Individual dietary specialization and
dive behaviour in the California sea otter: using archival time-depth data to detect alternative
foraging strategies. Deep Sea Research II 54:330-342.

Tinker, M.T., D.F. Doak, J.A. Estes, B.B. Hatfield, M.M. Staedler, and J.L. Bodkin. 2006.
Incorporating diverse data and realistic complexity into demographic estimation procedures: a
case study using the California sea otter, Enhydra lutris nereis. Ecological Applications 16:2293-
2312.

Laidre, K.L., J.A. Estes, M.T. Tinker, J. Bodkin, D. Monson and K. Schneider. 2006. Patterns of
growth and body condition in sea otters from the Aleutian archipelago before and after the recent
population decline. Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 978-989

Estes, J.A., M.T. Tinker, A.M. Doroff and D.M. Burn. 2005. Continuing sea otter population
declines in the Aleutian Archipelego. Marine Mammal Science 21:169–172.

Tinker, M.T. 2004. Sources of variation in the foraging behavior and demography of the sea otter,
Enhydra lutris. Ph.D. dissertation. University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA. Pages xii
+ 180.

Gerber, L.R., M.T. Tinker, J.A. Estes, D.F. Doak and D. Jessup. 2004. Mortality sensitivity in lifestage
simulation analysis: A case study of southern sea otters. Ecological Applications, 14:1554–
1565.

Estes, J.A., E.M. Danner, D.F. Doak, B. Konar, A.M. Springer, P.D. Steinberg, M.T. Tinker, and
T.M. Williams. 2003. Complex trophic interactions in kelp forest ecosystems. Bulletin of Marine
Science,74: 621-638.

Burn, D.M., A.M. Doroff and M.T. Tinker, 2003. Carrying Capacity and pre-decline abundance of
sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in the Aleutian Islands. Northwestern Naturalist 84(3): 145-148

Doroff, A.M., J.A. Estes, M.T. Tinker, D.M. Burn and T.J. Evans. 2003. Sea otter population
declines in theAleutian Archipelago. Journal of Mammalogy, 84(1): 55-64

Estes, J.A., M.L. Riedman, M.M. Staedler M.T. Tinker, B.E. Lyon. 2003. Individual variation in
prey selection by sea otters: patterns, causes, and implications. Journal of Animal Ecology, 72(1):
144-155

Estes, J.A., M.T. Tinker, T.M. Williams, D.F. Doak. 1998. Killer whale predation on sea otters
links oceanic and nearshore ecosystems. Science, 282: 473-476

Hatfield, B.H., D. Marks, M.T. Tinker, K. Nolan, J. Pierce. 1998. Attacks on sea otters by killer
whales. Marine Mammal Science 14(4): 888-894.

Estes, J.A., D.F. Doak, J.R. Bodkin, R.J. Jameson, D. Monson, J. Watt, M.T. Tinker. 1996.
Comparative Demography of Sea Otter Populations. Endangered Species Update 13(12): 11-13

Watt, J.P., B.T. Krausse, M.T. Tinker. 1995. Bald Eagles kleptoparasitizing sea otters at Amchitka
Island, Alaska. Condor 97(2): 588-590

Tinker, M.T., K.M. Kovacs, M.O. Hammill. 1995. Behavior and energetics of male gray seals
(Halichoerus grypus) breeding on landfast ice. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 36:159-170

Professional Technical Reports:

Oftedal, O., K. Ralls, M.T. Tinker and A. Green. 2008. Nutritional constraints on the southern sea otter in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, and a comparison to sea otter populations at San Nicolas Island, California and Glacier Bay, Alaska. Final Report to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and the Marine Mammal Commission.

Tinker, M. T., J. A. Estes, K. Ralls, T. M. Williams, D. Jessup, and D. P. Costa. 2005. Population Dynamics and Biology of the California Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) at the Southern End of its Range. MMS OCS Study DRAFT REPORT. Page 351. MMS Cooperative Agreement Number 14-35-0001-31063. Coastal Research Center, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California.

Tinker, M.T., Estes, J.A., Doak, D.F. 2000.  Development of a spatially explicit population model to assess potential population impacts associated with translocation of sea otters from south of Pt. Conception.  Final Report for Friends of the Sea Otter, October, 2000. Monterey, California.

Estes, J.A., Konar, B., Tinker, M.T. 1998. Sea Otter Population Biology and Subtidal Community Ecology at Shemya Island, Alaska.  Final Report for Department of Defense Legacy Project Number 9401280 & 9510014

Tinker, M.T., Estes, J.A. 1997. Summary Report on Sea Otter Captures for Blood Contaminant Analysis and Collection of Population Data in the Western Aleutian Islands, 1997. Summary Report to the Navy, U.C. Santa Cruz, CA.

Tinker, M.T., Heaven, P.C., Ingham, L. 1997. Columbia Basin, Large Mammal Monitoring: 1994-97 Aerial Surveys, Final Report. Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program, Technical Report

Tinker, M.T., Estes, J.A. 1996. The population ecology of sea otters at Adak Island, Alaska. Final Report to the Navy, Contract # N68711-94-LT-4026, U.C. Santa Cruz, CA.