Select Publications
Journal articles
2015, 'Temporal Segregation of the Australian and Antarctic Blue Whale Call Types (Balaenoptera musculus spp.)', Journal of Mammalogy, 96, pp. 603 - 610, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv065
,2015, 'The marine mammal microbiome: current knowledge and future directions. Microbiology Australia.', Microbiology Australia, 36, pp. 8 - 13, http://microbiology.publish.csiro.au/paper/MA15004.htm
,2015, 'The marine mammal microbiome: current knowledge and future directions', MICROBIOLOGY AUSTRALIA, 36, pp. 8 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MA15004
,2015, 'Spatial patterns in activity of leopard seals Hydrurga leptonyx in relation to sea ice', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 521, pp. 265 - 275, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11120
,2015, 'Erratum: Estimates of abundance and apparent survival of coastal dolphins in Port Essington harbour, Northern Territory, Australia (Wildlife Research (2014) 41:1 (35-45) DOI: 10.1071/WR14031)', Wildlife Research, 42, pp. 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR14031-CO
,2014, 'Examining predator-prey body size, Trophic level and body mass across marine and terrestrial mammals', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2103
,2014, 'Call characteristics of high-double trill leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) vocalizations from three Antarctic locations', Polarforschung, 83, pp. 63 - 71, hdl:10013/epic.44471.d001
,2014, 'Source levels of the underwater calls of a male leopard seal', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 136, pp. 1495 - 1498, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4895685
,2014, 'Examining the prey mass of terrestrial and aquatic carnivorous mammals: Minimum, maximum and range', PLoS ONE, 9, pp. e106402, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106402
,2014, 'Correction: The gut bacterial community of mammals from marine and terrestrial habitats (PLoS ONE (2013) 8, 12 (e83655) DOI:10.1371/journal.pone. 0083655)', PLoS ONE, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099562
,2014, 'Collation and review of sightings and distribution of three coastal dolphin species in waters of the Northern Territory, Australia', Pacific Conservation Biology, 20, pp. 116 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PC140116
,2014, 'Estimates of abundance and apparent survival of coastal dolphins in Port Essington harbour, Northern Territory, Australia', Wildlife Research, 41, pp. 35 - 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR14031
,2014, 'Evolutionary predictors of mammalian home range size: Body mass, diet and the environment', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23, pp. 1105 - 1114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12194
,2014, 'Virtual reconstruction and prey size preference in the mid Cenozoic thylacinid, Nimbacinus dicksoni (Thylacinidae, Marsupialia)', PLoS ONE, 9, pp. e93088, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093088
,2013, 'The gut bacterial community of mammals from marine and terrestrial habitats', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. e83655, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083655
,2013, 'Density Can Be Misleading for Low-Density Species: Benefits of Passive Acoustic Monitoring', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. Art. No. e52542, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052542
,2012, 'A review of data on abundance, trends in abundance, habitat use and diet of ice-breeding seals in the Southern Ocean', CCAMLR Science, 19, pp. 1 - 26
,2012, 'Diet and phylogeny shape the gut microbiota of Antarctic seals: a comparison of wild and captive animals', Environmental Microbiology, 15, pp. 1132 - 1145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.12022
,2012, 'Responses of Antarctic pack-ice seals to environmental change and increasing krill fishing', Biological Conservation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2012.02.002
,2012, 'Temporal stability and species specificity in bacteria associated with the bottlenose dolphins respiratory system', Environmental Microbiology, 4, pp. 89 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1758-2229.2011.00306.x
,2011, 'Food transit times in captive leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx)', Polar Biology, 34, pp. 95 - 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-010-0862-4
,2011, 'Skull mechanics and implications for feeding behaviour in a large marsupial carnivore guild: the thylacine, Tasmanian devil and spotted-tailed quoll', Journal of Zoology, 285, pp. 292 - 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00844.x
,2011, 'Toneburst-evoked auditory brainstem response in a leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 129, pp. 483 - 487, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.3514370
,2010, 'Determining the spatial distribution of an Antarctic top predator using passive acoustics.', The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 127, pp. 1825 - 1825, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.3384228
,2009, 'Determination of steroid hormones in whale blow: It is possible', Marine Mammal Science, 25, pp. 605 - 618
,2009, 'Faecal testosterone concentrations and the acoustic behaviour of two captive male Australian fur seals', Australian Mammalogy, 31, pp. 117 - 122
,2009, 'Immobilization of adult male southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) during the breeding and molting periods using a tiletamine/zolazepam mixture and ketamine', Polar Biology, 32, pp. 915 - 921, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-009-0592-7
,2009, 'Individual variation of the female attraction call produced by Australian fur seal pups throughout the maternal dependence period', Bioacoustics - the International Journal of Animal Sound and Its Recording, 18, pp. 259 - 276
,, 2009, 'Marine biology: Snotty sampling', Nature, 458, pp. 388 - 388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/458388b
2008, 'Acoustic features involved in the neighbour–stranger vocal recognition process in male Australian fur seals', Behavioural Processes, 79, pp. 74 - 80
,2008, 'Characterization of Australian fur seal vocalizations during the breeding season', Marine Mammal Science, 24, pp. 913 - 928
,2008, 'Research rewards are worth the effort for multitasking mothers', Nature, 456, pp. 29
,2008, 'Trace element analysis in the serum and hair of Antarctic leopard seal `Hydrurga leptonyx` and Weddell seal `Leptonychotes weddellii`', Science of the Total Environment, 399, pp. 202 - 215
,2008, 'Uncommon or cryptic? Challenges in estimating leopard seal abundance using conventional but state-of-the-art methods', Deep - Sea Research Part II - Topical Studies in Oceanography, 55, pp. 519 - 531
,2008, 'Who goes there? Differential responses to neighbor and stranger vocalizations in male Australian fur seals', Marine Mammal Science, 24, pp. 941 - 948
,2007, 'Estimating body mass and condition of leopard seals by allometrics (Journal of Wildlife Management (2005) 69, (1015-1023))', Journal of Wildlife Management, 71, pp. 2446, http://dx.doi.org/10.2193/2007-229
,2007, 'Age-related differences in the acoustic characteristics of male leopard seals, Hydrurga leptonyx', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 122, pp. 596 - 605
,2007, 'Identification of hairs found in leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) scats', Polar Biology, 30, pp. 581 - 585
,2006, 'Burrow and mate fidelity in the little penguin (Eudyptula minor) at Lion Island, New South Wales', IBIS, 148, pp. 801 - 806
,2006, 'Histology of selected tissues of the leopard seal and implications for functional adaptations to an aquatic lifestyle', Journal of Anatomy, 209, pp. 179 - 199
,2006, 'Individual variation in the pup attraction call produced by female Australian fur seals during early lactation', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 120, pp. 502 - 509
,2006, 'Urinary cortisol sampling: A non-invasive technique for examining cortisol concentrations in the Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddellii', Zoo Biology, 25, pp. 137 - 144
,2006, 'Vocal individuality of in-air Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) pup "primary" calls', Marine Mammal Science, 22, pp. 933 - 951
,2005, 'A new approach to the solution of the linear mixing model for a single isotope: application to the case of an opportunistic predator', ACTA Oecologica - International Journal of Ecology, 143, pp. 143 - 147
,2005, 'Determination of testosterone in saliva and blow of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry', Journal of Chromatography B - Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences, 814, pp. 339 - 346
,2005, 'Estimating body mass and condition of leopard seals by allometrics', Journal of Wildlife Management, 69, pp. 1015 - 1023
,2005, 'Individual variation of in-air female 'pup contact' calls in Weddell seals, Leptonychotes weddellii', Behaviour, 142, pp. 167 - 189
,2005, 'Influences of female pupping habitat and maternal care on the vocal repertoire size of male phocid seals', Aquatic Mammals, 31, pp. 96 - 103
,2005, 'Investigation of serum proteins in the leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, in Prydz Bay, Eastern Antarctica and the coast of NSW, Australia', Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 142, pp. 67 - 78
,2005, 'Spatial movement of adult leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) in Prydz Bay, Eastern Antarctica', Polar Biology, 28, pp. 456 - 463
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