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Our Research/Publications |
last updated 18 May 2002 |
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Below is a list of Trust associated publications and reports about
the general ecology of marine mammals. The information in these
often underpins the research we undertake into specific impacts
on marine mammals. See 'Tourism Effects',
'Habitat Change', and 'Fishing
Impacts' for reports and publications about specific impacts
on marine mammals.
General Information
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- Dawson, S.M. and Slooten, E. Down-under Dolphins:
The Story of Hectors Dolphin. Christchurch, Canterbury University
Press (1996) 60p [ISBN 0-908812-50-7].
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Ecological studies |
- Bejder, L. and Dawson, S.M. 2001. Abundance,
residency and habitat utilisation of Hector's dolphins in Porpoise
Bay, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater
Research 35: 277-287.
- Bräger, S., Chong, A., Dawson, S.M.,
Slooten, E. and Würsig, B. A combined stereo-photogrammetry
and underwater-video system to study group composition of dolphins.
Helgoland Marine Research 53: 122-128 (2000).
- Bräger, S., Dawson, S.M., Slooten, E.,
Smith, S., Stone, G.S. and Yoshinaga, A. Site fidelity and along-shore
range in Hectors dolphin, an endangered marine dolphin from
New Zealand. Biological Conservation (In press).
- Childerhouse, S.J., Dawson, S.M. and Slooten,
E. Abundance and seasonal residence of sperm whales at Kaikoura,
New Zealand. Canadian Journal of Zoology 73: 723-731 (1995).
- Childerhouse, S.J., Dawson, S.M. and Slooten,
E. Stability of fluke marks used in individual photo-identification
of sperm whales at Kaikoura, New Zealand. Marine Mammal Science
12: 447-451 (1996).
- Dawson, S.M. and Slooten, E. Stranding of
a dwarf minke whale at Banks Peninsula, New Zealand. New Zealand
Natural Sciences 17: 89-93 (1990).
- Dawson, S.M., Chessum, C.J., Hunt, P. and
Slooten, E. An inexpensive, stereo-photographic technique to measure
sperm whales from small boats. Reports of the International Whaling
Commission 45: 431-436 (1995).
- Jacquet, N., Dawson, S.M., and Douglas, L.
2001. Vocal behaviour of male sperm whales: why do they click?
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 109 (5):2254-2259.
- Jaquet, N., Dawson, S.M. and Slooten, E.
Seasonal distribution and diving behaviour of male sperm whales
off Kaikoura: Foraging implications. Canadian Journal of Zoology
78: 407-419 (2000).
- Jaeke, O. & Dawson, S.M. Acoustic censusing
of sperm whales at Kaikoura, New Zealand. J. Acoustical Soc. of
America, Vol.105, No.2, Pt.2. 1999.
- Schneider, K., Baird, R.B., Dawson, S.M.,
Visser, I. and Childerhouse, S.J. Reactions of bottlenose dolphins
to tagging attempts using a remotely-deployed suction-cup tag.
Marine Mammal Science. 14(2): 316-324. 1998.
- Slooten, E. Age, growth and reproduction
in Hector's dolphins. Canadian Journal of Zoology 69: 1689-1700
(1991).
- Slooten, E. and Dawson, S.M. Hector's Dolphin.
In Handbook of Marine Mammals Vol V, (Delphinidae and Phocoenidae)
S.H Ridgway and R. Harrison, eds. Academic Press. New York. (1994)
311-333. [ISBN 0-12-588505-9].
- Slooten, E. Behavior of Hectors dolphin:
Classifying behavior by sequence analysis. Journal of Mammalogy
75: 956-964 (1994).
- Slooten, E. Risk Analysis at the International
Whaling Commission. In: Statistics in Ecology and Environmental
Monitoring II: Risk Assessment and Decision Making in Biology.
Otago University Press 173-180 (1998).
- Slooten, E., Dawson, S.M. and Whitehead,
H. Associations among photographically identified Hector's dolphins.
Canadian Journal of Zoology 71: 2311-2318 (1993).
- Thorpe, C.W. and Dawson, S.M. Automatic measurement
of descriptive features of Hector's dolphin vocalizations. Journal
of the Acoustical Society of America 89(1): 435-443. 1991.
- Williams, J.A., Dawson, S.M. and Slooten,
E. Abundance and distribution of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops
truncatus) in Doubtful Sound, New Zealand. Canadian Journal of
Zoology 71: 2080-2088 (1993).
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