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Augusto, J.F., T.R. Frasier and H.
Whitehead. 2013. Using photography to determine sex in pilot
whales (Globicephala melas) is not
possible: Males and females have similar dorsal fins. Marine Mammal Science 29: 213-220. PDF
Cantor, M., and H. Whitehead. 2013. The interplay between social networks and culture: theoretically
and among whales and dolphins. Philosophical Transactions of
the Royal Society B 368. PDF
Godde, S., L. Humbert, S.D. Côté, D. Réale, and H. Whitehead. 2013. Correcting for the impact of gregariousness in social network
analyses. Animal Behaviour 85: 553-558. PDF
Whitehead, H. and I.D. Jonsen. 2013. Inferring animal densities
from tracking data using Markov chains. PLoS ONE 8(4):
e60901. PDF
Whitehead, H. 2013. Trends in cetacean abundance in
the Gully submarine canyon, 1988–2011, highlight a 21% per year increase in Sowerby’s beaked whales (Mesoplodon bidens). Canadian Journal of Zoology 91: 141-148. PDF
Publications
2012
Gomez-Salazar, C., M. Coll, and H. Whitehead. 2012.
River dolphins as indicators of ecosystem degradation in large tropical rivers.
Ecological Indicators 23: 19-26. PDF
Gomez-Salazar, C., F. Trujillo, M. Portocarrero-Aya and H. Whitehead. 2012. Population, density estimates and conservation of river dolphins
(Inia and Sotalia) in the Amazon and
Orinoco river basins. Marine Mammal
Science 28:124-153. PDF
Gomez-Salazar, C., F. Trujillo, and
H. Whitehead. 2012. Ecological factors
influencing group sizes of river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis and Sotalia fluviatilis). Marine Mammal Science 33: 1142-1164. PDF
Rendell, L., S.L. Mesnick, M.L. Dalebout, J. Burtenshaw and H. Whitehead.
2012. Can genetic differences explain
vocal dialect variation in sperm whales, Physeter
macrocephalus? Behavior Genetics
42: 332-343. PDF
Senigaglia, V. and H. Whitehead. 2012. Synchronous breathing by pilot whales. Marine Mammal Science 28: 213-219. PDF
Whitehead, H., R. Antunes, S. Gero, S.N.P. Wong, D.
Engelhaupt and L. Rendell. 2012. Multilevel societies of female sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Atlantic and Pacific: why are they
so different? International Journal of Primatology 33: 1142-1164. PDF
Whitehead, H. and S.K. Hooker. 2012. Uncertain status of the northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus):
population fragmentation, legacy of whaling, and current threats. Endangered Species Research 19: 47-61. PDF
Whitehead, H., and D. Lusseau. 2012. Animal social networks as
substrate for cultural behavioural diversity. Journal of Theoretical Biology 294:
19-28. PDF
Antunes, R., T. Schulz, S. Gero, H.
Whitehead, J. Gordon and L. Rendell.
2011. Individually distinctive acoustic features in sperm whale codas. Animal Behaviour
81: 723-730. PDF
Auger-Méthé,
M., M. Marcoux, H. Whitehead. 2011. Computer-assisted photo-identification of narwhals. Arctic 64: 342-352. PDF
Caro, T., K. Beeman,
T. Stankowich and H. Whitehead. 2011. The functional significance of colouration
in cetaceans. Evolutionary Ecology
25: 1231-1245. PDF
Gomez-Salazar, C., F. Trujillo, and
H. Whitehead. 2011. Photo-identification: a promising
and noninvasive tool to study pink river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis). Aquatic Mammals 37: 473-485. PDF
Horrocks, J., D.C. Hamilton and H. Whitehead. 2011. A likelihood approach to estimating animal density from binary
acoustic transects. Biometrics 67:
681-690. PDF
Schulz, T.M., H. Whitehead, S. Gero and L. Rendell.
2011. Individual vocal production in a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) social unit. Marine Mammal Science 27: 149-166. PDF
Whitehead, H. 2011. The cultures of whales and dolphins. In: Whales and dolphins: cognition, culture,
conservation and human perceptions. Edited by P. Brakes and M. P. Simmonds. Earthscan, London,
U.K. Info
Auger‑Méthé, M., Marcoux, M. and H. Whitehead. 2010. Nicks and notches of the dorsal ridge: Promising mark types for the photo-identification of narwhals. Marine Mammal Science 26: 663-678. PDF
Wade, L., H. Whitehead and L. Weilgart.
2010. Conflict of interest in
research on anthropogenic noise and marine mammals: does funding bias
conclusions? Marine Policy 34:
320-327. PDF
Whitehead, H. 2010.
Conserving and managing animals that learn socially and share cultures. Learning and Behavior 38: 329-336. PDF
Whitehead, H., O’Brien, K. and B. Worm. 2010. Diversity of deep-water cetaceans and primary
productivity. Marine Ecology Progress Series 408: 1-5. PDF
Whitehead, H. and S. Van Parijs.
2010. Studying marine mammal
social systems. In: Marine mammal ecology and conservation: a handbook of
techniques. Edited by
I. Boyd, D. Bowen and S. Iverson.
Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K. PDF
Info
Bejder, L., A. Samuels, H. Whitehead, H. Finn and S. Allen. In press. Use and misuse of
habituation, sensitisation and tolerance to describe
wildlife responses to anthropogenic stimuli in impact assessment research.
Marine Ecology Progress Series 395:
177-185. PDF
Engelhaupt,D., A.R. Hoelzel, C. Nicholson, A. Frantzis, S. Mesnick, S. Gero, H. Whitehead, L. Rendell, P. Miller, R. De Stefanis, A. Cañadas, S. Airoldi and A.A. Mignucci-Giannoni.
2009. Female philopatry in coastal basins and male
dispersion across the North Atlantic in a highly mobile marine species, the
sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus).
Molecular Ecology 18: 4193–4205. PDF
Gero, S., D. Engelhaupt, L. Rendell and H. Whitehead. 2009.
Who Cares? Between-group variation in alloparental care-giving in sperm whales. Behavioral
Ecology 20: 838-843. PDF
Nemiroff, L., and H. Whitehead. 2009. Structural characteristics of pulsed calls of long-finned pilot whales Globicephala melas. Bioacoustics 19: 67-92. PDF
Schulz, T., H. Whitehead, and L. Rendell. 2009. Off-axis
effects on the multi-pulse structure of sperm whale coda clicks. Journal
of the Acoustical Society of America 125: 1768-1773. PDF
Whitehead, H., and P.J. Richerson. 2009. The evolution of conformist social learning can cause population collapse in realistically variable environments. Evolution and Human Behavior 30: 261-273. PDF
Whitehead, H. 2009. Estimating abundance from one‑dimensional passive acoustic surveys. Journal of Wildlife Management 73: 1000-1009. PDF
Whitehead, H. 2009. SOCPROG programs: analyzing animal
social structures. Behavioral Ecology and
Sociobiology 63:765-778. PDF
Whitehead, H. 2009. How might we study culture? A perspective from the ocean. In: The question of animal culture.
Edited by R. N. Laland, and
B. Galef. Harvard University Press, Cambridge,
MA.: 125-152.
Gero, S., D. Engelhaupt, and H.
Whitehead. 2008. Heterogeneous social associations within a
sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, unit reflect pairwise relatedness.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
63: 143-151. PDF
Higham, J.E.S. and D. Lusseau. 2008. Slaughtering the goose that lays the golden
egg. Are whaling and whalewatching mutually
exclusive? Current Issues in Tourism 11: 63-74.
Hooker, S. K., T. L. Metcalfe, C. D. Metcalfe, C. M.
Angell, J. Y. Wilson, M. J. Moore and H. Whitehead. 2008.
Changes in persistent contaminant concentration and CYP1A1 protein
expression in biopsy samples from northern bottlenose whales, Hyperoodon ampullatus,
following the onset of nearby oil and gas development. Environmental
Pollution 152: 205-216. PDF
Lusseau, D., H. Whitehead and S. Gero. 2008. Incorporating uncertainty into the study of
animal social networks. Animal Behaviour 75:
1809-1815. PDF
Marino, L., C. Butti, R. C.
Connor, R. E. Fordyce, L. M. Herman, P. R. Hof, L. Lefebvre, D. Lusseau, B. McCowan, E. A. Nimchinsky, A. A. Pack, J. S. Reidenberg,
D. Reiss, L. Rendell, M. D. Uhen, E. Van der Gucht and H. Whitehead. 2008.
A claim in search of evidence: Reply to Manger's thermogenesis
hypothesis of cetacean brain structure. Biological Reviews 83: 417-440. PDF
Schulz, T., H. Whitehead, S. Gero, and L. Rendell.
2008. Overlapping and matching of codas in vocal interactions between sperm
whales: insights into communication function. Animal Behaviour 76:1977-1988. PDF
Smith, T.D.,
R.R. Reeves, E.A. Josephson, J.N. Lund and H. Whitehead.
2008. Sperm whale catches and encounter rates during the 19th and 20th centuries: an
apparent paradox. In: Oceans past: management insights from the
history of marine animal populations.
Edited by D.J. Starkey, P. Holm, and M. Barnard. James & James / Earthscan,
London, U.K.: 149-173.
Whitehead, H. 2008. Precision and power in the analysis of social
structure using associations. Animal Behaviour
75: 1093-1099. PDF
Whitehead, H.
2008. Analyzing animal societies: quantitative methods for
vertebrate social analysis. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Info
Whitehead, H. 2008.
Social and cultural evolution in the ocean.
Convergences and contrasts with terrestrial systems. In: The
Deep Structure of Biology. Edited by S. Conway-Morris.
Templeton Foundation Press, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.:
143-160.
Whitehead, H., B. McGill and B.
Worm. 2008. Diversity of deep-water cetaceans in relation
to temperature: implications for ocean warming.
Ecology Letters 11:
1198-1207. PDF
Whitehead, H., A. Coakes, N. Jaquet and S. Lusseau.
2008. Movements of sperm whales
in the tropical Pacific. Marine Ecology Progress Series 361:
291-300. PDF
Publications 2007
Auger-Méthé, M. and H. Whitehead. 2007. The use of
natural markings in studies of long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala
melas). Marine Mammal Science 23: 77-93. PDF
Gero, S. and H. Whitehead. 2007. Suckling behavior
in sperm whales calves: observations and hypotheses. Marine Mammal Science
23: 398-413. PDF
Gero, S., J. Gordon, C. Carlson, P. Evans and H.
Whitehead. 2007.
Population estimate and inter-island movement of sperm whales, Physeter macrocephalus, in the Eastern
Caribbean sea.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management
9: 143-150.
PDF
Higham, J.E.S. and Lusseau D. 2007. Urgent need for
empirical research into whaling and whalewatching.
Conservation Biology 21: 554-558. PDF
Higham, J.E.S. and Lusseau D. 2007. Defining
critical habitats: the spatio-ecological approach to
managing tourist-wildlife interactions. In: Critical Issues in
Ecotourism: Understanding a complex tourism phenomenon. Edited
by J.E.S. Higham. Elsevier
Butterworth-Heinemann Publications, Oxford, UK: 256-269.
Higham, J.E.S. and D. Lusseau. 2007. The spatio-ecological
approach to managing wildlife-tourist interactions. In: Marine Wildlife and
Tourism Management Edited by J.E.S. Higham, and
M. Lück. CAB International
Publishing, Oxford, UK.
Lusseau, D. 2007. Understanding the impacts of noise on
marine mammals. In: Marine Wildlife and Tourism Management Edited
by J.E.S. Higham, and M. Lück.
CAB International Publishing, Oxford, UK.
Lusseau, D. 2007. Why are male social relationships complex in the Doubtful
Sound bottlenose dolphin population? PLoS
ONE 2(4): e348. doi10.1371/journal.pone.0000348 PDF
Lusseau, D. 2007. Evidence for social role in a dolphin
social network. Evolutionary Ecology 21(3).
PDF
Marcoux, M., L. Rendell, and H. Whitehead. 2007. Indications of fitness differences among
vocal clans of sperm whales. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 61: 1093-1098. PDF
Marcoux, M., H. Whitehead, and
L. Rendell. 2007. Sperm whale feeding variation by location, year, social group and
clan: Evidence from stable isotopes. Marine Ecology Progress Series
333:309-314. PDF
Marino, L., R.
C. Connor, R. E. Fordyce, L. M. Herman, P. R. Hof, L. Lefebvre, D. Lusseau, B. McCowan, E. A. Nimchinsky, A. A. Pack, L. Rendell, J. S. Reidenberg, D. Reiss, M. D. Uhen,
E. Van der Gucht and H.
Whitehead. 2007. Cetaceans have complex brains for complex
cognition. PLoS Biology 5(5): e139.
Weilgart, L. 2007. The impacts of
anthropogenic ocean noise on cetaceans and implications for management. Canadian
Journal of Zoology 85(11):1091–1116. PDF
Whitehead, H.
2007. Learning, climate and the evolution of cultural
capacity. Journal of Theoretical Biology 245: 341-350. PDF
Whitehead, H. 2007.
Selection of models of lagged identification rates and lagged association rates
using AIC and QAIC. Communications in
Statistics–Simulation and Computation 36:1233-1246.
PDF
Publications 2006
Bejder, L., A. Samuels, H.
Whitehead, and N. Gales. 2006. Interpreting short-term behavioural
responses to disturbance within a longitudinal perspective. Animal Behaviour 72:1149-1158. PDF
Bejder, L., A. Samuels, H. Whitehead, N. Gales, J. Mann, R. Connor, M. Heithaus, J. Watson-Capps, and C. Flaherty. 2006. Decline
in relative abundance of bottlenose dolphins exposed to long-term disturbance. Conservation
Biology 20: 1791-1798. PDF
Dalebout, M. L., D. E. Ruzzante, H. Whitehead, and N. I. Øien. 2006. Nuclear and
mitochondrial markers reveal distinctiveness of a small population of
bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) in the western North Atlantic. Molecular
Ecology 15:3115-3129. PDF
Ferrer i
Cancho, R., and D. Lusseau. 2006. Long-range
correlation in the surface behaviour of dolphins. Europhysics Letters 74(6): 1095-1101. PDF
Lusseau, D. 2006. The short-term behavioral reactions of
bottlenose dolphins to interactions with boats in doubtful sound, New Zealand.
Marine Mammal Science 22:802-818. PDF
Lusseau, D., E. Slooten, and R.J. Currey. 2006. Unsustainable
dolphin watching activities in Fiordland, New
Zealand. Tourism in Marine Environments 3(2) PDF
Lusseau, D. 2006. Why do dolphins jump? Interpreting the behavioural repertoire of bottlenose dolphins in Doubtful
Sound, New Zealand. Behavioural
Processes PDF
Marcoux, M., H. Whitehead, and
L. Rendell. 2006. Coda vocalizations recorded in breeding areas are almost entirely
produced by mature female sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus). Canadian
Journal of Zoology 84: 609-614. PDF
Schulz,
T., L. Rendell, H. Whitehead. 2006. A remotely-piloted acoustic array for studying sperm whale vocal behaviour. Canadian
Acoustics 34: 54-55.
Weinrich, M. T., H. Rosenbaum,
C. S. Baker, A. L. Blackmer, and H. Whitehead. 2006. The influence of
maternal lineages on social affiliations among humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)
on their feeding grounds in the Southern Gulf of Maine. Journal of Heredity
97: 226-234. PDF
Whitehead, H.
2006. Sperm whales in ocean ecosystems. In: Whales,
whaling and ocean ecosystems. Edited by J. A. Estes, D. P. DeMaster, D. F. Doak, T. M.
Williams, and R. L. Brownell. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA:
324-334.
Williams, R., and D. Lusseau. 2006. A killer whale
social network is vulnerable to targeted removals. Biology Letters PDF
Williams, R., D. Lusseau and P.S. Hammond P.S.
2006.
Potential energetic cost to killer whales of disturbance by
vessels and the role of a marine protected area. Biological
Conservation PDF
Publications 2005
Beekmans, B. W. P. M., H.
Whitehead, R. Huele, L. Steiner, and A. G. Steenbeek. 2005. Comparison of two computer-assisted
photo-identification methods applied to sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus).
Aquatic Mammals 31: 243-247. PDF
Connor, R., and H. Whitehead. 2005. Alliances II. rates of encounter during resource utilization: a general
model of intrasexual alliance formation in
fission-fusion societies. Animal Behaviour 69:
127-132. PDF
Dalebout, M. L., K. M. Robertson, A. Frantzis, D. Engelhaupt, A. A. Mignucci-Giannoni,
R.J. Rosario-Delestre, and C. S. Baker. 2005.
Worldwide structure of mtDNA diversity among Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris);
implications for threatened populations. Molecular Ecology PDF
Endo, T., K. Haraguchi, Y. Hotta, Y. Hisamichi, S. Lavery, M. L. Dalebout, and C. S. Baker. 2005. Total mercury, methyl
mercury, and selenium levels in the red meat of small cetaceans sold for human
consumption in Japan. Environmental Science and Technology 39:
5703-5708. PDF
Gero, S., L. Bejder, H. Whitehead, J. Mann and R. C. Connor. 2005. Behaviourally specific preferred associations in bottlenose
dolphins, Tursiops sp. Canadian Journal of Zoology
83:1566-1573 PDF
McAuliffe, K. and H. Whitehead. 2005. Eusociality,
menopause and information in matrilineal whales. Trends in Ecology and
Evolution 20: 650. PDF
Rendell, L. and H. Whitehead. 2005. Coda playbacks to sperm
whales in Chilean waters. Marine Mammal Science 21: 106-115.
Rendell, L. E., and H. Whitehead. 2005. Spatial and temporal
variation in sperm whale coda vocalisations: Stable
usage and local dialects. Animal Behaviour 70:
191-198. PDF
Rendell, L., H. Whitehead and A. Coakes. 2005. Do breeding male
sperm whales show preferences among vocal clans of females? Marine Mammal
Science 21: 116-120.
Weilgart, L, H. Whitehead, L.
Rendell and J. Calambokidis. 2005. Signal-to-noise:
funding structure versus ethics as a solution to conflict-of-interest. Marine
Mammal Science 20: 898-899.PDF
Email exchange between
representative of operational US Navy and official of Office of Naval Research (Notarized
authentication of email exchange)
Whitehead, H.
2005. Genetic diversity in the matrilineal whales: models of cultural
hitchhiking and group-specific non-heritable demographic variation. Marine
Mammal Science 21: 58-79.PDF
Whitehead, H., L. Bejder, and A. C. Ottensmeyer. 2005. Testing association
patterns: issues arising and extensions. Animal Behaviour
69: e1-e6. PDF
Whitehead, H., and R. Connor. 2005. Alliances I: how large
should alliances be? Animal Behaviour 69:
117-126. PDF
Whitehead, H.,
and R. Reeves. 2005. Killer whales and whaling: the scavenging hypothesis.
Biology Letters PDF Appendix
Whitehead, H., and T. Wimmer. 2005. Heterogeneity and
the mark-recapture assessment of the Scotian Shelf population of northern
bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and
Aquatic Sciences 63:2573-2585. PDF
Wimmer, T., and H. Whitehead. 2005. Movements and
distribution of northern bottlenose whales,Hyperoodon
ampullatus, on the Scotian Slope and in adjacent
waters. Canadian Journal of Zoology 82: 1782-1794. PDF
Publications 2004
Coakes, A.K, and H. Whitehead. 2004. Social structure
and mating system of sperm whales off northern Chile. Canadian Journal of
Zoology 82: 1360-1369. PDF
Dalebout, M.L., C.S. Baker, J.
G. Mead, V. G. Cockcroft and T. K. Yamada. 2004. A comprehensive and
validated molecular taxonomy of beaked whales, family Ziphiidae. Journal of
Heredity 95: 459-473. PDF
Dalebout, M.L., K. G. Russell,
M. J. Little and P. Ensor. 2004. Observations of live Gray’s beaked whales (Mesoplodon grayi)
in Mahurangi Harbour, North
Island, New Zealand, with a summary of at-sea sightings. Journal of the
Royal Society of New Zealand 34: 347-356. PDF
Durrell, J. L., I. A. Sneddon, N. E.
O’Connell, and H. Whitehead. 2004. Do pigs form preferential associations? Applied Animal Behaviour Science
89: 41-52. PDF
Rendell, L. E., and H. Whitehead. 2004. Do sperm whales share coda
vocalizations? Insights into coda usage from acoustic size
measurement. Animal Behaviour 67:
865-874. PDF
Rendell, L., H. Whitehead, and R. Escribano. 2004. Sperm whale
habitat use and foraging success off northern Chile: evidence of ecological
links between coastal and pelagic systems. Marine Ecology Progress Series
275: 289-295. PDF
Samuels, A. and L. Bejder. 2004. Chronic
interactions between humans and wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops
truncatus) near Panama City Beach, Florida. Journal
of Cetacean Research and Management 6: 69-77.
Vonhof, M. J., H. Whitehead,
and M. B. Fenton. 2004. Analysis of Spix's disk-winged bat
association patterns and roosting home ranges reveal a novel social structure
among bats. Animal Behaviour 68: 507-521. PDF
Whitehead, H.
2004. The group strikes back: follow protocols for behavioral research on
cetaceans. Marine Mammal Science 20: 304-310. PDF
Whitehead, H.
2004. Whale culture and conservation. In: Encyclopedia
of animal behavior, Vol. 1. Edited by M. Bekoff.
Greenwood Press, Wesport, Connecticut: 466-468.
Whitehead, H., and L. Rendell. 2004. Movements, habitat use and
feeding success of cultural clans of South Pacific sperm whales. Journal of
Animal Ecology 73:190-196. PDF
Whitehead, H., L. Rendell, R. W. Osborne, and B. Würsig. 2004. Culture and
conservation of non-humans with reference to whales and dolphins: review and
new directions. Biological Conservation 120: 431–441. PDF
Publications 2003
Allen, S. and L. Bejder. 2003. Southern Right
Whale (Eubalaena australis)
sightings on the Australian coast and the increasing potential for
entanglement. Pacific Conservation Biology 9: 228-233.
Bejder, L. and A. Samuels. 2003. Evaluating
impacts of nature-based tourism on cetaceans. In: N. Gales, M. Hindell, R. Kirkwood (eds.) Marine Mammals: Fisheries,
Tourism and Management Issues. CSIRO Publishing. 480 pp.
Ottensmeyer, C. A., and H.
Whitehead. 2003. Behavioural evidence for social units
in long-finned pilot whales. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81:1327-1338. PDF
Rendell, L. E., and H. Whitehead. 2003. Comparing repertoires of
sperm whale codas: a multiple methods approach. Bioacoustics 14:59-79.
Rendell, L. & Whitehead, H. 2003. Vocal clans in sperm whales (Physeter
macrocephalus).Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences.
270:225-231. Abstract PDF
Samuels A., Bejder, L., Constantine R., and Heinrich, S. 2003. A review of swimming with wild cetaceans with a specific focus on
the Southern Hemisphere. In: N. Gales, M. Hindell,
R. Kirkwood (eds.) Marine Mammals: Fisheries, Tourism and Management Issues. CSIRO Publishing. 480 pp.
Weilgart, L. 2003. Acoustic smog. In: Between species;
celebrating the dolphin-human bond. Edited by T. Frohoff and B. Peterson. Sierra Club Books, San
Francisco:230-238.
Whitehead, H., C. D. Macleod, and P. Rodhouse. 2003. Differences in
niche breadth among some teuthivorous mesopelagic marine mammals. Marine Mammal Science
19: 400-406.PDF
Whitehead, H.
2003. Sperm whale societies; social evolution in the
ocean. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 431pp.Info
Whitehead, H.
2003. Society and culture in the deep and open ocean: the sperm whale. In:Animal social complexity.
Intelligence, culture and individualized societies, ed. F. B. M. de Waal, and P. L. Tyack.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 444-464.
Publications 2002
Baird, R. W.
2002. Killer whales of the world: natural history and conservation.
Voyageur Press, Stillwater, MN
Baird, R. W.
2002. False killer whale Pseudorca
crassidens. In Encyclopedia Of Marine Mammals. Edited by W.F. Perrin,
B. Wursig and J.G.M. Thewissen.
Academic Press, San Diego
Baird, R. W.
2002. Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
In Encyclopedia Of Marine Mammals. Edited
by W.F. Perrin, B. Wursig and J.G.M. Thewissen. Academic Press, San Diego
Baird, R. W., P. J. Stacey, D. A. Duffus and
K. M. Langelier. 2002. An evaluation of gray whale
(Eschrichtius robustus)
mortality incidental to fishing operations in British Columbia, Canada. Journal
of Cetacean Research and Management 4: 289-296. PDF
Baird, R. W., J. F. Borsani, M. B. Hanson, and
P. L. Tyack. 2002. Diving and night-time behaviour of
long-finned pilot whales in the Ligurian Sea. Marine
Ecology Progress Series 237: 301-305. PDF
Bejder, L. & B. K. Hall. 2002. Limbs in whales and limblessness
in other vertebrates: mechanisms of evolutionary and developmental
transformation and loss. Evolution and Development 4(6)
: 445-458.
Berrow, S.D., B. McHugh, D.
Glynn, E. McGovern, K.M. Parsons, R.W. Baird and S.K. Hooker. 2002. Organochlorine concentrations in resident bottlenose
dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
in the Shannon estuary, Ireland. Marine Pollution Bulletin 44:
1296-1313. PDF
Dillon, M.C., K.R. Richard, H. Whitehead and J.M. Wright. 2002. Social and
population genetic structure of sperm whales assessed by molecular genetic
analyses. In: Molecular and cell biology of marine mammals Edited by C. Pfeiffer.
Krieger, Malabar, Florida: 43-52.
Goold, J., H. Whitehead, and
J. Reid. 2002. North Atlantic sperm whale strandings
on the coastlines of the British Isles and eastern Canada. Canadian
Field Naturalist. 116:371-388.
Hooker, S.K., H. Whitehead, and S. Gowans. 2002. Ecosystem
consideration in conservation planning: energy demand of foraging bottlenose
whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus)
in a marine protected area. Biological Conservation 104: 51-58. Abstract
Hooker, S.K., and H. Whitehead. 2002. Click characteristics of
northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus). Marine Mammal Science 18: 69-80. Abstract
Hooker, S.K., H. Whitehead, S. Gowans, and
R.W. Baird. 2002. Fluctuations in distribution and patterns of individual range use
of northern bottlenose whales. Marine Ecology Progress Series225:
287-297. Abstract
Letteval, E., C. Richter, N. Jaquet, E. Slooten, S. Dawson, H. Whitehead, J. Christal,
and P. McCall Howard. 2002. Social structure and residency in aggregations of
male sperm whales.Canadian Journal of
Zoology 80: 1189-1196. PDF
Whitehead, H.
2002. Culture in whales and dolphins. In: Encyclopedia
of marine mammals Edited by W.F. Perrin, B. WÜrsig
and H.G.M. Thewissen. Academic Press, San Diego
Whitehead, H.
2002. Breaching. In: Encyclopedia of marine mammals
Edited by W.F. Perrin, B. WÜrsig and H.G.M. Thewissen. Academic Press, San Diego
Whitehead, H.
2002. The sperm whale. In: Encyclopedia of marine
mammals Edited by W.F. Perrin, B. WÜrsig and H.G.M. Thewissen. Academic Press, San Diego
Whitehead, H.
2002. Culture in whales and dolphins. In: Encyclopedia
of marine mammals Edited by W.F. Perrin, B. WÜrsig
and H.G.M. Thewissen. Academic Press, San Diego
Whitehead, H.
2002. Estimates of the current global population size and historical
trajectory for sperm whales. Marine Ecology Progress Series 242:
295-304. PDF
Whitehead, H., P. J. Richerson, and R. Boyd. 2002. Cultural selection
and genetic diversity in humans. Selection 3: 115-125. PDF
Publications 2001
Baird, R.W.
2001. Status of killer whales, Orcinus
orca, in Canada. Canadian Field-Naturalist115:676-701.
Baird, R.W.
2001. Status of harbour seals, Phoca
vitulina, in Canada. Canadian Field-Naturalist115:
663-675.
Baird, R.W., A.D. Ligon, S.K. Hooker, and A.M.
Gorgone. 2001. Sub-surface and night-time behaviour of pantropical spotted
dolphins in Hawaii. Canadian Journal of Zoology 79: 988-996.Abstract
Bejder, L. and Dawson, S. 2001 Abundance, residency, and habitat utilisation of Hector's dolphins(Cephalorhynchus hectori)
in Porpoise Bay, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater
Research: 35: 277-287. Abstract
Christal, J., and H. Whitehead. 2001. Social
affiliations within sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) groups. Ethology 107: 323-340. PDF
Dalebout, M.L., S.K. Hooker, and
I. Christensen. 2001. Genetic diversity and population structure among northern
bottlenose whales, Hyperoodon ampullatus, in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Canadian
Journal of Zoology 79: 478-484. Abstract
Gowans, S., H. Whitehead, and S.K. Hooker. 2001. Social organization in
northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus): not driven by deep water foraging? Animal
Behaviour 62: 369-377. Abstract
Gowans, S. and H. Whitehead. 2001. Photographic identification of northern
bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus): sources of heterogeneity from natural
marks. Marine Mammal Science 17: 76-93.
Hooker, S.K., and R.W. Baird. 2001. Diving and ranging behaviour of odontocetes: a methodological review and
critique. Mammal Review 31: 81-105. Abstract
Hooker, S.K., R.W. Baird, S. Al-Omari, S. Gowans and H. Whitehead. 2001. Behavioral reactions of northern
bottlenose whales to biopsy darting and tag attachment procedures. Fishery
Bulletin, U.S. 99: 303-308. Abstract
Hooker, S.K., S.J. Iverson, P. Ostrom, and
S.C. Smith. 2001. Diet of northern bottlenose whales inferred from fatty-acid and
stable-isotope analyses of biopsy samples.Canadian
Journal of Zoology 79:1442-1454. Abstract
Rendell, L. and
Whitehead, H. 2001. Culture in whales and dolphins. Behavioral
and Brain Sciences, 24(2): 309-382 Abstract PDF
Smith, S.C. and H. Whitehead. 2001. Reply to R. Clarke and Paliza's comment: "The food of sperm whales in the
Southeast Pacific". Marine Mammal Science 17: 430-431.
Whitehead, H.
2001. Analysis of animal movement using opportunistic individual
identifications: application to sperm whales. Ecology 82: 1417-1432. PDF
Whitehead, H.
2001. Direct estimation of within-group heterogeneity in
photoidentification of sperm whales. Marine Mammal Science
17:718-728.
Publications 2000
Baird, R.W., and H. Whitehead. 2000. Social organization of
mammal-eating killer whales: group stability and dispersal patterns. Canadian
Journal of Zoology 78:2096-2105. PDF
Baird, R.W., and S.K. Hooker. 2000. Ingestion of plastic and
unusual prey by a juvenile harbour porpoise. Marine
Pollution Bulletin 40:719-720. PDF
Gowans, S., H. Whitehead, J. Arch, and S.K. Hooker. 2000. Population size and
residency patterns of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon
ampullatus) using the Gully. Journal of
Cetacean Research and Management 2: 201-210. Abstract
Gowans, S., M.L. Dalebout, S.K. Hooker, and H.
Whitehead. 2000. Reliability of photographic and molecular techniques for
sexing northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon
ampullatus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 78:
1224-1229. Abstract
Lucas, Z.N., and S.K. Hooker. 2000. Cetacean strandings
on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, 1970-1998. Canadian Field-Naturalist 114:
45-61 Abstract
Mann, J., R.C. Connor, P.L. Tyack, and H. Whitehead (Editors). 2000. Cetacean
Societies. Field studies of dolphins and whales. Chicago
University Press. 432 pp More
information
∙ Baird, R.W. The killer whale - foraging specializations and group
hunting. Introduction
∙ Connor, R.C., J. Mann, P. Tyack and H. Whitehead. Introduction: the
social lives of whales and dolphins.
∙ Tyack, P., Connor, R.C., J. Mann, and H. Whitehead. The
future of behavioral research on wild cetaceans.
∙ Whitehead, H. and L. Weilgart. The sperm whale: social
females and roving males.
∙ Whitehead, H. and J. Mann. Female
reproductive strategies of cetaceans.
∙ Whitehead, H., J. Christal and P. Tyack. Studying
cetacean social structure in space and time: innovative techniques.
∙ Whitehead, H., R.R. Reeves and P. Tyack. Science
and the conservation, protection and management of wild cetaceans.
Smith, S.C., and H. Whitehead. 2000. The diet of Galapagos sperm
whales Physeter macrocephalus as indicated by fecal sample analysis. Marine
Mammal Science 16: 315-325. PDF
Whitehead, H.
2000. Density-dependent habitat selection and the modeling of sperm whale (Physeter
macrocephalus) exploitation. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic
Sciences 57: 223-230. PDF
Publications 1999
Bejder, L., Dawson, S. and Harraway, J. 1999. Responses by Hector's dolphins to boats and swimmers in Porpoise
Bay, New Zealand. Marine Mammal Science:15(3):
738-750. Abstract
Dufault S, H. Whitehead, and M.
Dillon. 1999. An examination of the current knowledge on the stock structure of
sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) worldwide. Journal of Cetacean
Research and Management 1: 1-10. PDF
Gowans, S., and L. Rendell. 1999. Head-butting in northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus):
a possible function for big heads? Marine Mammal Science 15: 1342-1350. Abstract
Hooker, S.K., H. Whitehead and S. Gowans. 1999. Marine protected
area design and the spatial and temporal distribution of cetaceans in a
submarine canyon. Conservation Biology 13: 592-602.Abstract
Hooker, S.K., and R.W. Baird. 1999. Deep-diving behaviour of the northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus
(Cetacea: Ziphiidae). Proceedings of the Royal
Society, London B. 266: 671-676. Abstract
Hooker, S.K., and R.W. Baird. 1999. Observations of Sowerby's beaked whales (Mesoplodon
bidens) in The Gully, Nova Scotia. Canadian
Field-Naturalist 113: 273-277. Abstract
Jaquet N., and H. Whitehead. 1999. Movements,
distribution and feeding success of sperm whales in the Pacific Ocean, over
scales of days and tens of kilometers. Aquatic Mammals 25: 1-13.
Rendell, L.E., J. Matthews, A. Gill, J. Gordon and D.W. Macdonald. 1999. Quantitative analysis
of the tonal calls of five odontocete species. Journal of Zoology. 249: 403-410
Smith, S.D., and H. Whitehead. 1999. Distribution of dolphins in
Galapagos waters. Marine Mammal Science 15: 550-555.
Whitehead, H.
1999. Testing association patterns of social animals. Animal
Behaviour 57: F26-29Article
Whitehead, H.
1999. Variation in the visually observable behavior of groups
of Galapagos sperm whales. Marine Mammal Science 15: 1181-1197.
Whitehead, H. 1999. Culture and genetic evolution in
whales. Science 284: 2055a Article
Whitehead, H., and S. Dufault. 1999. Techniques for analyzing
vertebrate social structure using identified individuals: review and
recommendations. Advances in the Study of Behavior 28: 33-74. PDF
Publications 1998
Baird, R.W.
1998. An interaction between Pacific white-sided dolphins and
a neonatal harbour porpoise. Mammalia 62: 129-134. Abstract
Baird, R.W., P.M. Willis, T.J. Guenther, P.J. Wilson and B.N. White. 1998. An intergeneric hybrid in the family Phocoenidae.
Canadian Journal of Zoology 76: 198-204. Abstract
Bejder, L., Fletcher, D. and Brager, S. 1998. A
method for testing association patterns of social mammals. Animal Behaviour 56:719-725. Abstract
Christal, J., H. Whitehead and
E. Lettevall. 1998. Sperm whale social units:
variation and change. Canadian Journal of Zoology 76: 1431-1440 Abstract PDF
Connor,R.C., J. Mann, P.L. Tyack, and H.
Whitehead. 1998. Social evolution in toothed whales. Trends in Ecology and
Evolution 13: 228-232. PDF
Dufault, S., and H. Whitehead. 1998. Regional and
group-level differences in fluke markings and notches of sperm whales. Journal
of Mammalogy 79: 514-520. PDF
Hanson, M.B. and R.W. Baird. 1998. Dall's
porpoise reactions to tagging attempts using a remotely-deployed suction-cup
tag. Marine Technology Society Journal 32(2): 18-23. Abstract
Hooker, S.K.
1998. Extensive scarring observed on female or juvenile male sperm whales off
the Galápagos Islands. Mammalia 62: 134-139. Abstract
Schneider, K., R.W. Baird, S. Dawson, I. Visser
and S. Childerhouse. 1998. Reactions of bottlenose
dolphins to tagging attempts using a remotely-deployed suction-cup tag. Marine
Mammal Science 14: 316-324. Abstract
Whitehead, H.
1998. Cultural selection and genetic diversity in matrilineal
whales. Science 282: 1708-1711. PDF
Whitehead, H.
1998. Male mating strategies: models of roving and residence. Ecological Modelling 111: 297-298. PDF
Whitehead, H. 1998. Cultures of whales and dolphins.
WDCS Magazine 20: 4-5.
Whitehead, H., M. Dillon, S. Dufault, L. Weilgart and J. Wright. 1998. Non-geographically based population
structure of South Pacific sperm whales: dialects, fluke-markings and genetics.
Journal of Animal Ecology 67: 253-262. PDF
Whitehead, H., W.D. Bowen, S.K. Hooker, and S. Gowans. 1998. Marine mammals.
pp 186 -221 In: The Gully: a scientific review of its environment and
ecosystem. (Eds: Harrison, W.G. and Fenton, D.G.) Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Ottawa. Canadian Stock Assessment Secretariat Research Document 98/83.
Willis, P.M., and R.W. Baird. 1998. Status of the dwarf sperm
whale (Kogia simus)
with special reference to Canada. Canadian Field-Naturalist 112:
114-125. Abstract
Willis, P.M., and R.W. Baird. 1998. Sightings and strandings of beaked whales on the west coast of Canada. Aquatic
Mammals 24: 21-25. Abstract
Publications 1997
Baird, R.W., and M.B. Hanson. 1997. Status of the northern fur
seal, Callorhinus ursinus,
in Canada. Canadian Field-Naturalist 111: 263-269.
Christal, J., and H. Whitehead. 1997. Aggregations of
mature male sperm whales on the Galapagos Islands breeding ground. Marine
Mammal Science 13: 59-69. Abstract PDF
Hooker, S.K., and R.W. Baird. 1997. A Fea's
petrel off Nova Scotia: the first record for Canada.Birders
Journal 6: 245-248. Abstract
Paquet, D., C. Haycock and H.
Whitehead. 1997. Numbers and seasonal occurrence of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae,
off Brier Island, Nova Scotia. Canadian Field-Naturalist 111: 548-552.
Reeves, R. R., and H. Whitehead. 1997. Current status of the sperm
whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in Canada. Canadian Field-Naturalist
111: 293-307
Stacey, P.J., and R.W. Baird. 1997. Birth of a
"resident" killer whale off Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Marine
Mammal Science 13: 504-508. Abstract
Stacey, P.J., D.A. Duffus and R.W. Baird. 1997. A preliminary
evaluation of incidental mortality of small cetaceans in coastal fisheries in
British Columbia, Canada. Marine Mammal Science 13: 321-326.
Weilgart, L., and H. Whitehead. 1997. Group-specific
dialects and geographical variation in coda repertoire in South Pacific sperm
whales. Behavioural Ecology and
Sociobiology 40: 277-285.PDF
Whitehead, H. 1997. Analyzing animal social structure.
Animal Behaviour 53: 1053-1067. PDF
Whitehead, H.
1997. Sea surface temperature and the abundance of sperm whale calves off the
Galapagos Islands: implications for the effects of global warming. Reports
of the international Whaling Commission 47: 941-944.
Whitehead, H., J. Christal, and S. Dufault. 1997. Past and distant whaling and the rapid decline
of sperm whales off the Galapagos Islands. Conservation Biology 11:
1387-1396. Abstract PDF
Whitehead, H., A. Faucher, S. Gowans, and S. McCarrey. 1997. Status of the
northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus, in the Gully, Nova Scotia. Canadian
Field-Naturalist 111: 287-292 Abstract PDF
Whitehead, H., S. Gowans, A. Faucher, and S. McCarrey. 1997. Population
analysis of northern bottlenose whales in the Gully, Nova Scotia. Marine
Mammal Science 13: 173-185. Abstract PDF
Publications 1996
Baird, R.W., and L.M. Dill. 1996. Ecological and social
determinants of group size in transient killer whales. Behavioral
Ecology 7: 408-416. Abstract
Jaquet, N., H. Whitehead and
M. Lewis. 1996. Coherence between 19th century sperm whale
distributions and satellite-derived pigments in the tropical Pacific. Marine
Ecology Progress Series 145: 1-10. PDF
Jaquet, N., and H. Whitehead. 1996. Scale-dependent
correlation of sperm whale distribution with environmental features and
productivity in the South Pacific. Marine Ecology Progress Series135:
1-9. PDF
Richard, K. R., H. Whitehead, and J. M. Wright. 1996. Polymorphic
microsatellites from sperm whales and their use in the genetic identification
of individuals from naturally sloughed pieces of skin. Molecular Ecology
5: 313-315.
Richard, K. R., M. C. Dillon, H. Whitehead, and J. M. Wright. 1996. Patterns of
kinship in groups of free-living sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus)
revealed by multiple molecular genetic analyses. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Science (U.S.) 93: 8792-8795. PDF
Weilgart, L., H. Whitehead, and
K. Payne. 1996. A colossal convergence. American Scientist 84: 278-287. PDF
Weller, D.W.,
B. Würsig, H. Whitehead, J.C. Norris, S.K. Lynn, R.W.
Davis, N. Clauss, and P. Brown. 1996. Observations of
an interaction between sperm whales and short-finned pilot whales in the Gulf
of Mexico. Marine Mammal Science 12: 588-594. PDF
Whitehead, H.
1996. Babysitting, dive synchrony, and indications of alloparental
care in sperm whales. Behavioural Ecology
and Sociobiology 38: 237-244. PDF
Whitehead, H.
1996. Variation in the feeding success of sperm whales: temporal scale, spatial
scale and relationship to migrations. Journal of Animal Ecology 65:
429-438. PDF
Whitehead, H., and N. Jaquet. 1996. Are the charts of
Maury and Townsend good indicators of sperm whale distribution and seasonality?
Reports of the international Whaling Commission 46: 643-647.
Publications 1995
Dufault, S., and H. Whitehead. 1995. The geographic
stock structure of female and immature sperm whales in the South Pacific. Reports
of the international Whaling Commission 45: 401-405.
Dufault, S., and H. Whitehead. 1995. An assessment of
changes with time in the marking patterns used for photo-identification of
individual sperm whales, Physeter macrocephalus. Marine Mammal
Science 11: 335-343. PDF
Dufault, S., and H. Whitehead. 1995. An encounter with
recently wounded sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus). Marine Mammal
Science 11: 560-563.
Faucher, A., and H. Whitehead. 1995. Importance of
habitat protection for the northern bottlenose whale in the Gully, Nova Scotia.
In Marine protected areas and sustainable fisheries, ed. N.
L. Shackell, and J. H. M. Willison.
Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada: Science and
Management of Marine Protected Areas Association.
Gowans, S., and H. Whitehead. 1995. Distribution and habitat partitioning by
small odontocetes in the Gully, a submarine canyon on the Scotian Shelf. Canadian
Journal of Zoology 73: 1599-1608. PDF
Whitehead, H.
1995. Status of Pacific sperm whale stocks before modern
whaling. Reports of the international Whaling Commission 45:
407-412.
Whitehead, H.
1995. Investigating structure and temporal scale in social organizations using
identified individuals. Behavioral Ecology 6: 199-208. PDF
Whitehead, H., and L. Weilgart. 1995. Marine mammal
science, the U.S. Navy and academic freedom. Marine Mammal Science 11:
260-263.
Publications 1994
Dufault, S., and H. Whitehead. 1994. Floating marine
pollution in 'the Gully' on the continental slope, Nova Scotia, Canada. Marine
Pollution Bulletin 28: 489-493.
Whitehead, H.
1994. Delayed competitive breeding in roving males. Journal
of Theoretical Biology 166: 127-133.
Publications 1993
Baird, R. W., P. J. Stacey, and H. Whitehead. 1993. Status of the striped
dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba
in Canada. Canadian Field-Naturalist 107: 455-465.
Dillon, M.C. and J.M. Wright. 1993. Nucleotide sequence of the
D-loop region of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) mitochondrial
genome. Molecular Biology and Evolution 10: 296-305.
Dufault, S., and H. Whitehead. 1993. Assessing the
stock identity of sperm whales in the eastern equatorial Pacific. Reports of
the international Whaling Commission 43: 469-475.
Kahn, B., H. Whitehead, and M. Dillon. 1993. Indications of
density-dependent effects from comparisons of sperm whale populations. Marine
Ecology Progress Series 93: 1-7.
Reeves, R. R., E. Mitchell, and H. Whitehead. 1993. Status of the
northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus. Canadian Field-Naturalist 107:
490-508.
Slooten, E., S. M. Dawson, and
H. Whitehead. 1993. Associations among photographically identified Hector's dolphins.
Canadian Journal of Zoology 71: 2311-2318.
Smith, S. C., and H. Whitehead. 1993. Variations in the feeding
success and behaviour of Galápagos sperm whales (Physeter
macrocephalus) as they relate to oceanographic conditions. Canadian
Journal of Zoology 71: 1991-1996. PDF
Weilgart, L., and H. Whitehead. 1993. Coda
vocalizations in sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) off the Galapagos
Islands. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71: 744-752.
Whitehead, H. 1993. The behaviour of mature
male sperm whales on the Galapagos breeding grounds. Canadian Journal of
Zoology 71: 689-699.
PDF
Publications 1977-1992
Whitehead, H. and B. Kahn. 1992. Temporal and geographical
variation in the social structure of female sperm whales. Canadian Journal of Zoology
70: 2145-2149.
Whitehead, H., S. Brennan and D.
Grover. 1992.
Distribution and behaviour of male sperm whales on
the Scotian Shelf, Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology 70:
912-918.
Whitehead, H., S. Waters and T. Lyrholm. 1992. Population structure of female and immature sperm whales off the
Galápagos Islands. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic
Sciences 49: 78-84.
Whitehead, H. and S. Walde. 1992. Habitat dimensionality and mean search distance of top predators:
implications for ecosystem structure. Theoretical Population Biology 42:
1-9.
Amos, W., H. Whitehead, M.J.
Ferrari, D.A. Glockner-Ferrari, R. Payne and J.
Gordon. 1992. Restrictable DNA from sloughed cetacean skin; its potential
for use in population analysis. Marine Mammal Science 8: 275-283.
Hope, P.L. and H. Whitehead. 1991. Sperm whales off the
Galápagos Islands during the period 1830-1850 and comparisons with modern
studies. Reports of the International Whaling Commission 41: 273-283.
Whitehead, H. and L.S. Weilgart. 1991. Patterns of visually observable behaviour
and vocalizations in groups of female sperm whales. Behaviour
118: 275-296. PDF
Whitehead, H., S. Waters and T. Lyrholm. 1991. Social organization in female sperm whales and their offspring:
constant companions and casual acquaintances. Behavioral Ecology and
Sociobiology 29: 385-389.
Whitehead, H. and P.L. Hope. 1991. Sperm whalers off the
Galápagos Islands and in the northwest Pacific, 1830-1850: ideal free whalers? Sociobiology
and Ethology 12: 146-161.
Whitehead, H. 1990. Rules for
roving males. Journal of Theoretical Biology
145: 355-368.
Whitehead, H. and L. Weilgart. 1990. Click rates from sperm whales. Journal of the Acoustical
Society of America 87: 1798-1806.
Whitehead, H. 1990. Mark-recapture estimates
with emigration and re-immigration. Biometrics 46: 473-479.
Weilgart, L.S. and H. Whitehead. 1990. Vocalizations of the North
Atlantic pilot whale (Globicephala melas) as related to behavioral contexts. Behavioral
Ecology and Sociobiology 26: 399-402.
Whitehead, H., J. Gordon, E.A.
Mathews, and K.R. Richard. 1990. Obtaining skin samples from living sperm whales. Marine
Mammal Science 6: 316-326. PDF
Whitehead, H. 1990. Assessing
sperm whale populations using natural markings: a progress report. Reports
of the International Whaling Commission (Special Issue 12): 377-382. PDF
Waters, S. and H. Whitehead. 1990. Aerial behaviour
in sperm whales, Physeter macrocephalus. Canadian Journal of Zoology
68: 2076-2082.
Whitehead, H. and S. Waters. 1990. Social organization and
population structure of sperm whales off the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (1985
and 1987). Reports of the International Whaling Commission (Special Issue 12): 249-257. PDF
Carlson, C., C. Mayo and H.
Whitehead. 1990.
Changes in the ventral fluke patterns of individually identified humpback
whales. Reports of the International Whaling Commission (Special Issue 12):
105-111.
Whitehead, H. 1990. Computer-assisted
individual identification of sperm whale flukes. Reports of the International
Whaling Commission (Special Issue 12): 71-77.
Waters, S. and H. Whitehead. 1990. Population and growth parameters
of Galápagos sperm whales estimated from length distributions. Reports
of the International Whaling Commission 40: 225-235.
Whitehead, H., L. Weilgart and S. Waters. 1989. Seasonality of sperm whales off the
Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Reports of the International Whaling
Commission 39: 207-210.
Whitehead, H. 1989. Foraging
formations of Galápagos sperm whales. Canadian Journal of Zoology
67: 2131-2139. PDF
Papastavrou, V., S.C. Smith and H.
Whitehead. 1989. Diving behaviour
of the sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, off the Galápagos Islands. Canadian
Journal of Zoology 67: 839-846.
PDF
Arnbom, T. and H.
Whitehead. 1989.
Observations on the composition and behaviour of
groups of female sperm whales near the Galápagos Islands. Canadian Journal of Zoology
67: 1-7. PDF
Whitehead, H., V. Papastavrou and S.
Smith. 1989.
Feeding success of sperm whales and sea-surface temperatures off the Galápagos
Islands. Marine Ecology Progress Series
53: 201-3.
Whitehead, H. 1989. Voyage to the whales.
Stoddart, Toronto
Katona, S.K. and H.
Whitehead. 1988.
Are cetaceans ecologically important? Oceanography
and Marine Biology Annual Review 26: 553-568.
Mullins, J., H. Whitehead and L.S. Weilgart. 1988. Behaviour and vocalizations of two
single sperm whales, Physeter macrocephalus, off Nova Scotia. Canadian
Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 45: 1736-43.
Weilgart, L.S. and H.
Whitehead. 1988.
Distinctive vocalizations from mature male sperm whales (Physeter
macrocephalus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 66:
1931-7.
Whitehead, H. and C. Carlson. 1988. Social behaviour
of feeding finback whales off Newfoundland: comparisons with the sympatric
humpback whale. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66: 217-221. PDF
Alling, A. and H.
Whitehead. 1987.
A preliminary study of the status of the whitebeaked
dolphin and other small cetaceans off the coast of Labrador. Canadian
Field-Naturalist 101: 131-135.
Arnbom, T., V. Papastavrou, L.S. Weilgart and H. Whitehead. 1987. Sperm whales react to an
attack by killer whales. Journal of Mammalogy 68: 450-453. PDF
Whitehead, H. 1987. Updated
status of the humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, in Canada. Canadian Field-Naturalist
101: 284-294.
Whitehead, H. and T. Arnbom. 1987. Social organization of sperm whales off the Galápagos Islands,
February-April 1985. Canadian Journal of Zoology 65(4):
913-919. PDF
Rice, M., C. Carlson, K. Chu, W.
Dolphin and H. Whitehead. 1987. Are humpback whale population estimates being biased by sexual
differences in fluking behavior? Reports
of the International Whaling Commission 37: 333-335.
Whitehead, H. 1987. Social organization of
sperm whales off the Galápagos: implications for management and conservation. Reports
of the International Whaling Commission 37: 195-199.
Whitehead, H. 1987. Sperm whale behavior on the
Galápagos Grounds. Oceanus 30: 49-53.
Whitehead, H., R. Payne and M. Payne. 1986. Population estimate for the
right whales off Peninsula Valdes, Argentina, 1971-1976. Reports of the International
Whaling Commission (Special
Issue 10): 169-171.
Whitehead, H. and J. Gordon. 1986. Methods of obtaining data for
assessing and modelling sperm whale populations which
do not depend on catches. Reports
of the International Whaling Commission (Special Issue 8): 149-166.
Weilgart, L.S. and H.
Whitehead. 1986.
Observations of a sperm
whale (Physeter catodon) birth. Journal
of Mammalogy 67: 399-401.
Whitehead, H. and C. Glass. 1985. The significance of the
Southeast Shoal of the Grand Bank to humpback whales and other cetacean
species. Canadian Journal of Zoology 63: 2617-2625.
Whitehead, H. and C. Glass. 1985. Orcas (killer whales) attack humpback
whales. Journal of Mammalogy
66: 183-185.
Whitehead, H. 1985. Why whales leap. Scientific
American 252: 84-93.
Whitehead, H. and J.E. Carscadden. 1985. Predicting inshore whale abundance - whales and capelin off the
Newfoundland coast. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic
Sciences 42: 976-981. PDF
Whitehead, H. 1985. Humpback
whale songs from the northern Indian Ocean. Investigations on Cetacea (Berne,
Switzerland) 17: 157-162.
Whitehead, H. 1985. Humpback
whale breaching. Investigations on
Cetacea (Berne, Switzerland) 17: 117-155.
Whitehead, H. 1985. Benign
research on sperm whales in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary. Journal
of the American Cetacean Society 19: 3-7.
Whitehead, H. 1985. Studying
sperm whales on the Galápagos Grounds. Noticias de Galápagos 42: 18-21.
Whitehead, H., K. Chu, J. Perkins,
P. Bryant and G. Nichols. 1983. Population size, stock identity, and distribution of the humpback
whales off West Greenland - Summer 1981. Reports
of the International Whaling Commission 33: 497-501.
Whitehead, H. 1983. Structure
and stability of humpback whale groups off Newfoundland. Canadian
Journal of Zoology 61: 1391-97.
PDF
Tyack, P. and H. Whitehead. 1983. Male competition in large
groups of wintering humpback whales. Behaviour 83:
132-154.
Whitehead, H. 1983. Baleen
whales off Sri Lanka. Loris
16: 176-181.
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