This is a peer-reviewed publication containing original scientific papers on the conservation and management of whales, dolphins and porpoises. The Journal is accompanied by an annual Supplement which contains the report of the IWC Scientific Committee meeting and intersessional workshops held during the relevant period. There are also a number of topic-based Special Issues.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47536/jcrm.v14i1

Published: 2014-01-01

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Articles

Beaked whale strandings on the coast of Australia in comparison to those of other cetaceans

L. J. Hamilton, K. Lindsay

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Age classification of bowhead whales using recursive partitioning

June G. Morita, J. C. George

15-21

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Occurrence, distribution and abundance of cetaceans in Onslow Bay, North Carolina, USA

Andrew J. Read, Susan Barco, Joel Bell, David L. Borchers, M. Louise Burt, Erin W. Cummings, Jennifer Dunn, Erin Meagher Fougeres, Lucie Hazen, Lynne E. Williams Hodge, Anne-Marie Laura, Ryan J. Mcalarney, Peter Nilsson, D. Ann Pabst, Charles G. M. Paxton, Suzanne Z. Schneider, Kim W. Urian, Danielle M. Waples, William A. Mclellan

23-35

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Abundance and site fidelity of bottlenose dolphins in coastal waters near Panama City, Florida

T. Bouveroux, R. B. Tyson, D. P. Nowacek

37-42

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Review of the Sri Lanka blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) with observations on its distribution in the shipping lane

Sameera Madusanka Randage, Abigail Alling, Kitty Currier, Eleanor Heywood

43-49

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How may an annual removal of humpback whales from Godthaabsfjord, West Greenland, affect the within-fjord sighting rate?

Tenna Kragh Boye, Malene Simon, Lars Witting

51-56

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Upwellings, canyons and whales: An important winter habitat for balaenopterid whales off Mauritania, northwest Africa

Mick E. Baines, Maren Reichelt

57-67

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A characterisation of common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) interactions with the commercial shrimp trawl fishery of South Carolina, USA

Justin T. Greenman, Wayne E. Mcfee

69-79

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A summary history of the application of statistical catch-at-age analysis (SCAA) to Antarctic minke whales

Andre E. Punt

81-92

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Assessment of Antarctic minke whales using statistical catch-at-age analysis (SCAA)

Andre E. Punt, Takashi Hakamada, Takeharu Bando

93-116

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Validation of the use of firearms for euthanising stranded cetaceans

J. O. Hampton, P. R. Mawson, D. K. Coughran, S. D. Vitali

117-123

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Evaluating critical dispersal rates for whale management under the IWCs Revised Management Procedure: An application for North Atlantic common minke whales

Andre E. Punt, Jurjan P. Van Der Zee

125-132

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Photo-identification confirms that humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) from eastern Australia migrate past New Zealand but indicates low levels of interchange with breeding grounds of Oceania

Wally Franklin, Trish Franklin, Nadine Gibbs, Simon Childerhouse, Claire Garrigue, Rochelle Constantine, Lyndon Brooks, Daniel Burns, David Paton, Michael Poole, Nan Hauser, Michael Donoghue, Kirsty Russell, David K. Mattila, Jooke Robbins, Megan Anderson, Carlos Olavarria, Jennifer Jackson, Michael Noad, Peter Harrison, Peter Baverstock, Russell Leaper, Scott Baker, Phil Clapham

133-140

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Mixed-stock analysis of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on Antarctic feeding grounds

Natalie T. Schmitt, Michael C. Double , Scott Baker , Nick Gales , Simon Childerhouse , Andrea M. Polanowski , Debbie Steel , Renee Albertson, Carlos Olavarria , Claire Garrigue , Michael Poole , Nan Hauser , Rochelle Constantine , David Paton , Curt S. Jenner , Simon N. Jarman , Rod Peakall

141-157

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Method for estimating sperm whale abundance from an acoustic strip transect survey with a two-element towed hydrophone

J. Matthews

159-170

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The relation of coastal geomorphology to larger mass strandings of odontocetes around Australia

L. J. Hamilton, K. Lindsay

171-184

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