Publications

Publications arising from the BSWP:

Peer-reviewed papers:

balearic_6Carpinelli, E, Gauffier, P, Verborgh, P, Airoldi, S, David, L, Di-Méglio, N , Cañadas, A , Frantzis, A , Rendell, L , Lewis, T, Mussi, B, Pace, DS & De Stephanis, R 2014, ‘ Assessing sperm whale ( Physeter macrocephalus ) movements within the western Mediterranean Sea through photo-identificationAquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems , vol 24, no. S1, pp. 23-30.

Rendell, L , Simião, S, Brotons, JM, Airoldi, S, Fasano, D & Gannier, A 2014, ‘ Abundance and movements of sperm whales in the western Mediterranean basinAquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems , vol 24, no. S1, pp. 31-40.

Pirotta, E , Matthiopoulos, J , MacKenzie, ML , Scott Hayward, LAS & Rendell, LE 2011, ‘Modelling sperm whale habitat preference: a novel approach combining transect and follow dataMarine Ecology Progress Series , vol 436, pp. 257-272.

MSc theses:

Maeva Accart (2015) Temporal and spatial analyses of the social interactions among the bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) around the Balearic Islands

Enrico Pirotta (2010) Modelling sperm whale habitat preference around the Balearic Islands.

Susana Simao (2009) Population size and movements of sperm whales in the western Mediterranean Sea using photo-identification data,

Susannah Buchan (2006) The relevance and use of oceanographic parameters in sperm whale habitat models and how they explain sperm whale distribution around the Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean.

Hanna Nuuttila (2005) Coda repertoire and group-specific coda variations of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Balearic Sea.

 Honours theses:

Keith Wigley (2015) Acoustic techniques provide insight into the length and growth of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) found in four geographically separated populations.

Tom Sheppard (2014) The social structure of the Mediterranean sperm whale population and the effect of seismic air-gun activity.

Erin Murton (2006) Photo-identification of sperm whales in the western Mediterranean Sea: The effectiveness of using computer-assisted matching for examining population movements.