Publications

Scientific Publications

Using Mitochondrial DNA and Mixed Stock Analysis to Estimate Migratory Allocation

The Cook Islands Whale Sanctuary

The Balleny Islands and Ross Sea may be the summer feeding area for Eastern Australian Humpback Whales

Population structure of South Pacific humpback whales and the origin of the eastern Polynesian breeding grounds

Population modeling of humpback whales in East Australia and Oceania

Population differentiation of humpback whales from far Polynesia

Occurrence & Habitat Use of Humpback Whales in the Cook Islands

Movements of satellite monitored humpback whales from New Caledonia and the Cook Islands

Movements of satellite monitored humpbacks from the Cook Islands

Movement of individual humpback whales between wintering grounds of Oceania 1999 to 2004

Interchange of humpback whales in Oceania 1999 to 2004 revised

Migratory destination of a humpback whale satellite tagged in the Cook Islands

First assessment of interchange of humpback whales between Oceania and the east coast of Australia

Eastern Australia E1 breeding grounds may be a wintering destination for some Area V Humpback Whales migrating through New Zealand waters

Diversity, relative density and structure of the cetacean community in summer months east of Great Abaco, Bahamas 

Abundance and interchange of humpback whales in Oceania based on fluke photo ID and DNA profiling

A Bayesian assessment of humpback whales on breeding grounds of Eastern Australia and Oceania

Movements of humpback whales in Oceania, South Pacific

Migratory connections between humpback whales from South Pacific breeding grounds and Antarctic feeding areas demonstrated by genotype matching

Using Mixed-Stock Analysis of Humpback Whales to estimate migratory allocation from Antarctic Feeding Areas to South Pacific Breeding Grounds

Straight as an arrow: humpback whales swim constant course tracks during long-distance migration

Dynamic horizontal cultural transmission of humpback whale song at the ocean basin scale

Multistate measurements of genotype interchange between East Australia and Oceania between 1999 and 2004 

Remote Antarctic feeding ground important for east Australian humpback whales

Doctor Drone: Non-invasive Measurement of Humpback Whale Vital Signs Using Unoccupied Aerial System Infrared Thermography

Photo-identification confirms that humpback whales from Eastern Australia migrate past New Zealand but indicates low levels of interchange with breeding grounds of Oceania

Route Fidelity during Marine Megafauna Migration

Thermal Imaging and Biometrical Thermography of Humpback Whales

First circumglobal assessment of Southern Hemisphere humpback whale mitochondrial genetic variation and implications for management

Initial genotype matching of humpback whales from the 2010 Australia/New Zealand Antarctic Whale Expedition (Area V) to Australia & the South Pacific

Quantifying humpback whale song sequences to understand the dynamics of song exchange at the ocean basin scale

Interchange of humpback whales in Oceania (South Pacific), 1999 to 2004

Progress on a two-stock catch allocation model for reconstructing population histories of east Australia and Oceania

Migratory convergence facilitates cultural transmission of humpback whale song

Population structure of humpback whales in the western and central South Pacific Ocean determined by vocal cultural exchange

Antarctic waters near Balleny Islands are a summer feeding area for some eastern Australian Breeding Stock E(i) Humpback Whales

Migratory movements of humpback whales between Eastern Australia and Balleny Islands, Antarctica, confirmed by photo-ID

Multistate measurements of genotype interchange between East Australia & Oceania between 1999 & 2004

Abundance of humpback whales in Oceania using photo-ID and microsatellite genotyping

Mixed-stock analysis of humpback whales on Antarctic feeding grounds

Assessing the design and power of capture-recapture studies to estimate demographic parameters for the Endangered Oceania humpback whale population

Microsatellite genotype matches of eastern Australian humpback whales to Area V feeding & breeding grounds

Abundance of humpback whales in Oceania (South Pacific), 1999-2004

Migratory interchange of humpback whales among breeding grounds of Oceania and connections to Antarctic feeding areas based on genotype matching

Dynamic shifts in humpback whale song in the South Pacific

Isolation and interchange among humpback whales on breeding grounds and migratory corridors of the South Pacific

Reconstructing the history of exploitation and recovery for humpback whales in the South Pacific

A comparison of mitochondrial and nuclear markers and population sample sizes required for mixed-stock analysis of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) from Australia and Oceania on the Antarctic feeding grounds

Eastern Australia humpback whale genetic diversity and their relationship with Breeding Stocks D, E, F and G

Revised assessment for Oceania humpbacks: survey design considerations and power analysis

Population Genetic Structure of Humpback Whales Throughout Their Range in the Southern Hemisphere and the Arabian Sea

Twilight navigation by migrating humpback whales in the exogenous reference frame

Navigating g-space: gravitational navigation facilitates route fidelity during long-distance marine megafauna migration

Humpback whales in the southern Cook Islands, South Pacific

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