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Huveneers C, Otway NM, Gibbs SE, Harcourt RG, In Press. Quantitative Diet Assessment of Wobbegong Sharks (genus Orectolobus) in New South Wales, Australia. ICES Journal of Marine Science.

 

2007

Bilgmann K, Griffiths OJ, Allen SJ, Möller LM, 2007. A biopsy pole system for bow-riding dolphins: sampling success, behavioral responses, and test for sampling bias. Marine Mammal Science 23:218-225.

Bilgmann K, Lynch T, Lemon M, 2007. Sighting rates of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in Jervis Bay, NSW. Report to the Jervis Bay Marine Park (unpublished) Available from Jervis Bay Marine Park, PO Box 89, Huskisson, NSW 2540, Australia.

Bilgmann K, Möller LM, Harcourt RG, Beheregaray LB, 2007. Genetic differentiation in bottlenose dolphins from South Australia: an association with local oceanography and coastal geography. Marine Ecology Progress Series 341:265-276.

Harcourt RG, Kingston JJ, Cameron MF, Waas JR, Hindell MA, 2007. Paternity analysis shows experience, not age, enhances mating success in an aquatically mating pinniped, the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61:643-652.

Huveneers C, Otway NM, Harcourt RG, 2007. Morphometric relationships and catch composition of wobbegong sharks (Chondrichthyes: Orectolobus) commercially fished in New South Wales, Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 128:243-249.

Möller LM, Wiszniewski J, Allen SJ, Beheregaray LB, 2007. Habitat type promotes rapid and localized genetic differentiation in dolphins. Marine and Freshwater Research 58:640-648.

Ribeiro S, Viddi FA, Cordeiro JL, Freitas TRO, 2007. Fine-scale habitat selection of Chilean dolphins (Cephalorhynchus eutropia): interactions with aquaculture activities in southern Chiloé Island, Chile. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 87:119-128.

 

2006

Charrier I, Harcourt RG, 2006. Individual vocal identity in mother and pup Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea). Journal of Mammalogy 87:929-938.

Collins KT, Terhune JM, Rogers TL, Wheatley KE, Harcourt RG, 2006. Vocal individuality of in-air weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) pup "primary" calls. Marine Mammal Science 22:933-951.

Huveneers C, 2006. Redescription of two species of wobbegongs (Chondrichthyes : Orectolobidae) with elevation of Orectolobus halei Whitley 1940 to species level. Zootaxa:29-51.

Huveneers C, Harcourt RG, Otway NM, 2006. Observation of localised movements and residence times of the wobbegong shark Orectolobus halei at Fish Rock, NSW, Australia. Cybium 30:103-111.

Lemon M, Cato DH, Harcourt RG, 2006. Differences in whistles of bottlenose dolphins between two populations in Southeastern Australia. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 119:3374.

Lemon M, Cato DH, Harcourt RG, 2006. Variation in sound production in relation to behaviour of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in Southeastern Australia. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 120:3014.

Lemon M, Lynch TP, Cato DH, Harcourt RG, 2006. Response of travelling bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) to experimental approaches by a powerboat in Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Biological Conservation 127:363-372.

Möller LM, Beheregaray LB, Allen SJ, Harcourt RG, 2006. Association patterns and kinship in female Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) of southeastern Australia. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61:109-117.

Old JM, Huveneers C, 2006. Morphology of the blood cells from three species of wobbegong sharks (Orectolobus species) on the east coast of New South Wales. Zoo Biology 25:73-82.

Stow A, Zenger K, Briscoe D, Gillings M, Peddemors V, Otway N, Harcourt R, 2006. Isolation and genetic diversity of endangered grey nurse shark (Carcharias taurus) populations. Biology Letters 2:308-311.

Wheatley KE, Bradshaw CJA, Davis LS, Harcourt RG, Hindell MA, 2006. Influence of maternal mass and condition on energy transfer in Weddell seals. Journal of Animal Ecology 75:724-733.

Zenger KR, Stow AJ, Peddemors V, Briscoe DA, Harcourt RG, 2006. Widespread utility of highly informative AFLP molecular markers across divergent shark species. Journal of Heredity 97:607-611.

 

2005

Allen S, Huveneers C, 2005. First record of an Australian fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus) feeding on a wobbegong shark (Orectolobus ornatus). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 126:95-97.

Collins KT, Rogers TL, Terhune JM, McGreevy PD, Wheatley KE, Harcourt RG, 2005. Individual variation of in-air female 'pup contact' calls in Weddell seals, Leptonychotes weddellii. Behaviour 142:167-189.

Kaliszewska ZA, Seger J, Rowntree VJ, Barco SG, Benegas R, Best PB, Brown MW, Brownell RL, Carribero A, Harcourt R, Knowlton AR, Marshall-Tilas K, Patenaude NJ, Rivarola M, Schaeff CM, Sironi M, Smith WA, Yamada TK, 2005. Population histories of right whales (Cetacea : Eubalaena) inferred from mitochondrial sequence diversities and divergences of their whale lice (Amphipoda : Cyamus). Molecular Ecology 14:3439-3456.

Möller LM, Harcourt RG, Bannister J, 2005. Genetic diversity and stock identification of sperm whales in Australian waters. Report to the Department of Environment and Heritage (unpublished) 19pp. Available from DEH, Canberra, Australia.

 

2004

Beheregaray LB, Möller LM, Schwartz TS, Chao NL, Caccone G, 2004. Microsatellite markers for the cardinal tetra Paracheirodon axelrodi, a commercially important fish from central Amazonia. Molecular Ecology Notes 4:330-332.

Beheregaray LB, Schwartz TS, Moller LM, Call D, Chao NL, Caccone A, 2004. A set of microsatellite DNA markers for the one-lined pencilfish Nannostomus unifasciatus, an Amazonian flooded forest fish. Molecular Ecology Notes 4:333-335.

Möller LM, Beheregaray LB, 2004. Genetic evidence of sex-biased dispersal in resident bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus). Molecular Ecology 13:1607-1612.

Otway NM, Bradshaw CJA, Harcourt RG, 2004. Estimating the rate of quasi-extinction of the Australian grey nurse shark (Carcharias taurus) population using deterministic age- and stage-classified models. Biological Conservation 119:341-350.

 

2003

Blumstein DT, Anthony LL, Harcourt R, Ross G, 2003. Testing a key assumption of wildlife buffer zones: is flight initiation distance a species-specific trait? Biological Conservation 110:97-100.

Bradshaw CJA, Barker RJ, Harcourt RG, Davis LS, 2003. Estimating survival and capture probability of fur seal pups using multistate mark-recapture models. Journal of Mammalogy 84:65-80.

Bradshaw CJA, Harcourt RG, Davis LS, 2003. Male-biased sex ratios in New Zealand fur seal pups relative to environmental variation. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 53:297-307.

Möller LM, 2003. Usage patterns of bottlenose dolphins in Central Port Stephens (Summers 1999-2002). Report to Umwelt (unpublished) 39pp. Available from Umwelt, Toronto, NSW, Australia.

 

2002

Harcourt RG, Bradshaw CJA, Dickson K, Davis LS, 2002. Foraging ecology of a generalist predator, the female New Zealand fur seal. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 227:11-24.

Hindell MA, Harcourt R, Waas JR, Thompson D, 2002. Fine-scale three-dimensional spatial use by diving, lactating female Weddell seals Leptonychotes weddellii. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 242:275-284.

Krützen M, Barre LM, Möller LM, Heithaus MR, Simms C, Sherwin WB, 2002. A biopsy system for small cetaceans: darting success and wound healing in Tursiops spp. Marine Mammal Science 18:863-878.

Little SJ, Harcourt RG, Clevenger AP, 2002. Do wildlife passages act as prey-traps? Biological Conservation 107:135-145.

Möller LM, Allen SJ, Harcourt RG, 2002. Group characteristics, site fidelity and abundance of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in Jervis Bay and Port Stephens, southeastern Australia. Australian Mammalogy 24:11-21.

 

2001

Davis LS, Harcourt RG, Bradshaw CJA, 2001. The winter migration of Adelie penguins breeding in the Ross Sea sector of Antarctica. Polar Biology 24:593-597.

Harcourt RG, 2001. Advances in New Zealand mammalogy 1990-2000: Pinnipeds. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 31:135-160.

Harcourt RG, Bradshaw CJA, Davis LS, 2001. Summer foraging behaviour of a generalist predator, the New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri). Wildlife Research 28:599-606.

Möller LM, Beheregaray LB, 2001. Coastal bottlenose dolphins from southeastern Australia are Tursiops aduncus according to sequences of the mitochondrial DNA control region. Marine Mammal Science 17:249-263.

Möller LM, Beheregaray LB, Harcourt RG, Krützen M, 2001. Alliance membership and kinship in wild male bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) of southeastern Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 268:1941-1947.

 

2000

Allen SJ, Möller LM, Harcourt RG, 2000. Port Stephens Bottlenose Dolphin Population Survey II. Report to the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service (unpublished) 32pp. Available from NPWS Hunter Region, P. O. Box 270, Raymond Terrace, NSW 2324, Australia.

Harcourt RG, Hindell MA, Bell DG, Waas JR, 2000. Three-dimensional dive profiles of free-ranging Weddell seals. Polar Biology 23:479-487.

 

1999

Allen SJ, Möller LM, 1999. Port Stephens Bottlenose Dolphin Population Survey. Report to the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service (unpublished) 40pp. Available from NPWS Hunter Region, P. O. Box 270, Raymond Terrace, NSW 2324, Australia.

Bradshaw CJA, Lalas C, Perriman L, Harcourt RG, Best H, Davis LS, 1999. Seasonal oscillation in shore attendance and transience of New Zealand fur seals. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie 77:814-823.

Fea NI, Harcourt R, Lalas C, 1999. Seasonal variation in the diet of New Zealand fur seals (Arctocephalus forsteri) at Otago peninsula, New Zealand. Wildlife Research 26:147-160.

 

1998

Davis LS, Hunter FM, Harcourt RG, Heath SM, 1998. Reciprocal homosexual mounting in Adelie Penguins Pygoscelis adeliae. Emu 98:136-137.

Möller LM, Harcourt RG, 1998. Social dynamics and activity patterns of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in Jervis Bay, southeastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 120:181-189.

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