Carroll, Emma L., McGowen, Michael R., McCarthy, Morgan L., Marx, Felix G., Aguilar De Soto, Natacha, Dalebout, Merel L., Dreyer, Sascha, Gaggiotti, Oscar E., Hansen, Sabine S., van Helden, Anton, Onoufriou, Aubrie B., Baird, Robin W., Baker, C. Scott, Berrow, Simon, Cholewiak, Danielle, Claridge, Diane, Constantine, Rochelle, Davison, Nicholas J., Eira, Catarina, Fordyce, R. Ewan, Gatesy, John, Hofmeyr, G. J. Greg, Martin, Vidal, Mead, James G., Mignucci-Giannoni, Antonio A. et al. 2021. [Dataset] Speciation in the abyss - genomics and morphology reveal a new species of beaked whale. Distributed by Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.WPZGMSBNQ.
Walker, W. A., Mead, James G., and Brownell, Robert L., Jr. 2002. "Diets of Baird's Beaked Whales, Beradius Bairdii, in the Southern Sea of Okhotsk and off the Pacific Coast of Honshu, Japan." Marine Mammal Science, 18, (4) 902–919.
Dalebout, M. L., Mead, James G., Baker, C. S., Baker, A. N., and van Helden, A. L. 2002. "A new species of beaked whale Mesoplodon perrini sp N. (Cetacea : Ziphiidae) discovered through phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial DNA sequences." Marine Mammal Science, 18, (3) 577–608.
Laist, D. W., Knowlton, A. R., Mead, James G., Collet, A. S., and Podesta, M. 2001. "Collisions between ships and whales." Marine Mammal Science, 17, (1) 35–75.
Curry, B. E., Mead, James G., and Purgue, A. P. 1994. "The Occurrence of Calculi in the Nasal Diverticula of Porpoises (Phocoenidae)." Marine Mammal Science, 10, (1) 81–86.
Mead, James G. 1989. Beaked whales of the genus Mesoplodon. In: Ridgway, S. H. and Harrison, R., Handbook of Marine Mammals, volume 4, River dolphins and the larger toothed whales. London: Academic Press,() pp.349-430.
Mead, James G. and Mitchell, Edward D. 1984. Atlantic Gray Whales. In: Jones, Meredith L., Swartz, S. L. and Leatherwood, S., The Gray Whale. : ,() pp.33-53.
Mead, James G. 1981. First Record of Mesoplodon hectori from the Northern Hemisphere and a Description of the Adult Male. Journal of mammalogy, 62(2): 430-432.
Skinder, C. and Mead, James G. 1979. Marine Mammal Strandings: On Site Problems and Solutions. In: Geraci, J. B. and St. Aubin, D. J., Biology of Marine Mammals: Insights through Strandings. : ,() pp.248-261.
Mead, James G. 1977. Records of Sei and Bryde's Whales from the Atlantic Coast of the United States, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean. Reports of the International Whaling Commission, 1: 113-116.
Mead, James G. 1989. Shepherd's Beaked Whale - Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver, 1937. In: Ridgway, S. H. and Harrison, R., Handbook of Marine Mammals, volume 4. River dolphins and the larger toothed whales. London: Academic Press,() pp.309-320.
Mead, James G. 1989. Bottlenose Whales Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770) and Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882. In: Ridgway, S. H. and Harrison, R., Handbook of Marine Mammals, volume 4, River dolphins and the larger toothed whales. London: Academic Press,() pp.321-348.
Tsai, Cheng-Hsiu and Mead, James G. 2018. Crossing the equator: a northern occurrence of the pygmy right whale. Zoological Letters, 4(1): 30 doi:10.1186/s40851-018-0117-8
Mead, James G. and Potter, Charles W. 1988. Seldom Seen Species. In: The World's Whales -- A Closer Look. Monterey, California: American Cetacean Society, Third Biennial Conference and Symposium,() pp.103-109.
Reeves, R. R., Mead, James G. and Katona, S. 1978. The Right Whale in the Western North Atlantic. In: International Whaling Commission Twenty-eighth Report. : ,() pp.303-312.