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Sperm Whale


Whitehead, H. (2003): Sperm whales: social evolution in the ocean. The University of Chicago Press.

Fristrup, K.M.; Harbison, G.R. (2002): How do sperm whales catch squids? Marine Mammal Science 18(1): 42-54.


Blue Whale


Au, W.W.L.; Popper, A.N.; Fay, R.R. (2000): Hearing by whales and dolphins. Springer Handbook of auditory research, Springer-Verlag New York.

Carwardine, M. (1995): Wale und Delphine. Delius, Klasing & Co., Bielefeld.

Sears, R. (2002): Blue Whale. In: Encyclopedia of marine mammals (ed. Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M.): 112-116.

Richardson, W.J.; Greene, C.R., Jr.; Malme, C.I.; Thomson, D.H. (1995): Marine mammals and noise. Academic Press.


Humpback Whale


Bannister, J.L. (2002) Baleen Whales. In: Encyclopedia of marine mammals (ed. Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M.): 62- 72.

Carwardine, M. (1995): Wale und Delphine. Delius, Klasing & Co., Bielefeld.

Darling, J. (2002): Song. In: Encyclopedia of marine mammals (ed. Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M.): 1124-1126.

Richardson, W.J.; Greene, C.R., Jr.; Malme, C.I.; Thomson, D.H. (1995): Marine mammals and noise. Academic Press.

(1995): Buckelwal. In: Handbuch der Säugetiere Europas, Band 6: Meeressäuger, Teil 1B (ed. Robineau, D.; Duguy, R.; Klima, M.). Aula Verlag, Wiesbaden.


Anatomy of Whales


Klima, M. (1994): Anpassungen an die aquatische Lebensweise. In: Handbuch der Säugetiere Europas, Band 6: Meeressäuger, Teil 1A (ed. Robineau, D.; Duguy, R.; Klima, M.). Aula Verlag, Wiesbaden.

Marshall, C.D. (2002): Functional morphology. In: Encyclopedia of marine mammals (ed. Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M.): 759-774.

Robineau, D. (1994): Anatomie. In: Handbuch der Säugetiere Europas, Band 6: Meeressäuger, Teil 1A (ed. Robineau, D.; Duguy, R.; Klima, M.). Aula Verlag, Wiesbaden.


Fishery Interactions


A Wildlife and Countryside Link statement (2001): A bycatch response strategy: The need for a generic response to bycatch.

Brotons, R.M.; Munilla, Z.; Grau, A.M.; Rendell, L. (2008): Do pingers reduce interactions between bottlenose dolphins and nets around the Balearic Islands? Endangered Species Research 5: 1-8.

Barlow, J.; Cameron, G.A. (2003): Field experiments show that acoustic pingers reduce marine mammal bycatch in the California drift gill net fishery. Marine Mammal Science 19(2): 265-283.

Bearzi, G. (2005): Assessing and mitigating the impact of prey depletion on cetaceans: Can we find a way forward? 3rd meeting of the ACCOBAMS Scientific Committee, Cairo, Egypt, 15-17 May 2005.

Bordino, P.; Kraus, S.; Albareda, D.; Fazio, A.; Palmerio, A.; Mendez, M.; Botta, S. (2002): Reducing incidental mortality of franciscana dolphin Pontoporia blainvillei with acoustic warning devices attached to fishing nets. Marine Mammal Science 18(4): 833-842.

Cornax, M.J.; Pastor, X.; Aguilar, R. (2006): The use of driftnets by the Moroccan fleet. OCEANA.

Dawson, S.M. (1991): Modifying gillnets to reduce entanglement of cetaceans. Marine Mammal Science 7(3): 274-282.

Du Fresne, S.P.; Grant, A.R.; Norden, W.S.; Pierre, J.P. (2007): Factors affecting cetacean bycatch in a New Zealand trawl fishery. DOC Research and Development Series 282.

Gerber, L.; Morissette, L.; Kaschner, K. (2008): Examining the impacts of whales on commercial fisheries. Lenfest Ocean Program.

Gerrodette, T. (2002): Tuna-dolphin issue. In: Encyclopedia of marine mammals (ed. Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M.): 1269-1273.

Hufflett, C.C. (2007): Interactionas with seabirds, sharks, turtles and cetaceans. Fourth International Fisheries Forum, 12-14 November, Puntarenas Costa Rica.

Kock, K.-H.; Clark, J.M.; Morena, C.A. (2008): Interactions between cetaceans and fisheries in the Southern Ocean. Progress Report SC/60/09.

Lopez, B.D. (2005): Interactions between bottlenose dolphins with trammel nets in the Sardinia Island. CM 2005/ Session X: 01.

McPherson, G.; McPherson, C.; Turner, P.; Kenny, O.; Madry, A.; Bedwell, I.; Clarke, G.; Kreutz, D.(2007): Approaches to mitigation of toothed whale depredation on the longline fishery in the eastern Australian Fishing Zone. Fourth International Fisheries Forum, 12-14 November, Puntarenas Costa Rica.

Mooney, T.A.; Nachtigall, P.E.; Pacini, A.; Breese, M. (2007): Acoustic deterrents reduce false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) echolocation abilities but only so much. Fourth International Fisheries Forum, 12-14 November, Puntarenas Costa Rica.

Northridge, S. (2002): Effects of fishing industry. In: Encyclopedia of marine mammals (ed. Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M.): 442-446.

Pérez Gimeno, N.; Stephanis, R. de; Fernandez-Casado, M.; Gozalbes, B.; Poncelet, E.; Guinet, C. (2001): Interactions between killer whales (Orcinus orca) and red tuna (Thunnus thynnus) fishery in the Strait of Gibraltar. In European Research on Cetaceans 15, Proceedings of 15th annual meeting of the European Cetacean Society, Roma, Italy, 6-10 May.

Read, A.J.; Drinker, P.; Northridge, S. (2006): Bycatch of marine mammals in U.S. and global fisheries. Conservation Biology 20(1): 163-169.

Rogan, E.; Mackey, M. (2007): Megafauna bycatch in drift nets for albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) in the NE Atlantic. Fisheries Research 86(1): 6-14.

Secchi, E.R. (2007): Global interactions between cetaceans and pelagic longline fisheries: perspectives to minimize bycatch and depredation. Fourth International Fisheries Forum, 12-14 November, Puntarenas Costa Rica.

Tonay, A.M.; Öztürk; B. (2003): Cetacean bycatches in turbot fishery on the western coast of the Turkish Black Sea. International Symposium of Fisheries and Zoology 23-26 October 2003.


Endangered Species


Branch, T.A.; Matsuoka, K.; Miyashita, T. (2004): Evidence for increases in Antarctic blue whales based on bayesian modelling. Marine Mammal Science 20(4): 726-754.

Ainley, D.G.; Dugger, K.M.; Toniolo, V.; Gaffney, I. (2007): Cetacean occurence patterns in the Amundsen and southern Bellingshausen Sea sector, Southern Ocean. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 23(2): 287-305.

Au, W.W.L.; Popper, A.N.; Fay, R.R. (2000): Hearing by whales and dolphins. Springer Handbook of auditory research, Springer-Verlag New York.

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (2008). CITES Appendices.

Marine Mammal Commission (2008): Annual Report to Congress 31/12/2007.

Sears, R. (2002): Blue Whale. In: Encyclopedia of marine mammals (ed. Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M.): 112-116.

World Conservation Union: The IUCN Red List of threatened species 2008.


Bottlenose Dolphin


Connor, R.C.; Wells, R.S., Mann, J.; Read, A.J. (1999): The bottlenose dolphin: Social relationships in a fission-fusion society. In: Cetacean Societies. (ed. Mann, J.; Connor, R.C.; Tyack, P.L.; Whitehead, H.): 91-126.

Gannon, D.P.; Barros, N.B.; Nowacek, D.P.; Read, A.J.; Waples, D.M.; Wells, R.S. (2005): Prey detection by bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus: an experimental test of the passive listening hypothesis. Animal Behaviour, 69(3): 709-720.

Hussenot, E. von; Robineau, D. (1994): Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) – Großer Tümmler. In: Handbuch der Säugetiere Europas, Band 6: Meeressäuger, Teil 1A (ed. Robineau, D.; Duguy, R.; Klima, M.). Aula Verlag, Wiesbaden: 362-394.

Wells, R.S.; Scott, M.D. (2002): Bottlenose Dolphins. In: Encyclopedia of marine mammals (ed. Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M.): 122-128.

Spinner Dolphin

Delfour, F. (2007): Hawaiian spinner dolphins and the growing dolphin watching activity in Oahu. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 87(1): 109-112.

Fish, F.E.; Nicastro, A.J.; Weihs, D. (2006): Dynamics of the aerial maneuvers of spinner dolphins. Journal of Experimental Biology 209: 590-598.

Karczmarski, L.; Würsig, B.; Gailey, G.; Larson, K.W.; Vanderlip, C. (2005): Spinner dolphins in a remote Hawaiian atoll: social grouping and population structure. Behavioral Ecology 16(4): 675-685.

Perrin, W.F. (2002): Spinner Dolphin – Stenella longirostris. In: Encyclopedia of marine mammals (ed. Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M.): 1174-1178.

Vaquita

Carwardine, M. (1995): Wale und Delphine. Delius, Klasing & Co., Bielefeld.

Rojas-Bracho, L.; Jaramillo-Legorreta, A. (2002): Vaquita - Phocoena sinus. In: Encyclopedia of marine mammals (ed. Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M.): 1277-1280.

Rojas-Bracho, L.; Reeves, R.R.; Jaramillo-Legorreta, A. (2006): Conservation of the vaquita Phocoena sinus. Mammal Review 36(3): 179-216.

Dall's porpoise

American Cetacean Society fact sheet. P.O. Box 1391, San Pedro, California, USA.

Carwardine, M. (1995): Wale und Delphine. Delius Klasing, 248-249.

Jefferson, A.T. (2002): Dall's porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli. In: Encyclopedia of marine mammals, ed.: Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M., Academic Press , 308-310.

Jefferson, T.A. (1988): Phocoenoides dalli. Mammalian Species, 139, 1-7.

IFAW factsheet. Dall's porpoise.

Reeves, R.R. (2002): Conservation efforts. In: Encyclopedia of marine mammals, ed.: Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M., Academic Press, 276-297.

Walker, W.A. (1995): Summer feeding habits of Dall's porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli, in the southern Sea of Okhotsk. Marine Mammal Science, 12(2), 167-181.

Walker, W.A.; Hanson, M.B.; Baird, R.W.; Guenther, T.J. (?): Food habits of the harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, and Dall's porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli, in the inlnd waters of British Columbia and Washington. 63-75.


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