| Project number |
Chief Investigator |
Project name |
| 0708/28 |
Bruce Deagle |
Population-level dietary genot.. |
| 0708/28 |
Bruce Deagle |
Population-level dietary genot.. |
| 10/14 |
Catherine Kemper |
Combining genetics and morphology to resolve a longstanding taxonomic and conservation management issue: How many bottlenose dolphin species are there in Australian waters? |
| 10/21 |
Christine Erbe |
Acoustic investigation of new bycatch mitigation pingers |
| 10/13 |
Daniele Cagnazzi |
Anthropogenic contaminants in Queensland’s coastal dolphins: levels and toxicological effects |
| 10/8 |
Helene Marsh |
Developing a decision process based on expert knowledge to inform the management of dugongs and coastal dolphins in Northern Australia: the Yanyuwa sea country in the Northern Territory as a case study: Phase 2 |
| 0708/11 |
Hendrick Kniest |
New Computerised Fluke Matching System for Humpback Whales |
| 10/11 |
Isabel Beasley |
Informing the conservation status of the Australian snubfin dolphin by assessing its distribution and abundance in adjacent waters |
| 09/3 |
Janet M Lanyon |
Determining baseline health and disease parameters for wild dugongs in urban and non-urban waters of northern Australia |
| 2008 |
John Bannister |
Southern Right Whale Aerial Survey, South Australian Coast, August 2008 |
| 10/1 |
John Bannister |
Monitoring Population dynamics of right whales off southern Australia |
| 0708/12 |
John Bannister |
Population status of Western Australian humpback whales, 2008 |
| 0607/25 |
John Bannister |
Population dynamics of right whales off southern Australia |
| 09/43 |
Leigh Torres |
Habitat use and distribution patterns of southern right whales and sperm whales discerned from spatial analyses of 19th century whaling records |
| 0809/13 |
Luciana Möller |
Unravelling the genetic structure and diversity of Balaenoptera musculus in Australia: the genetic identity of Geographe Bay blue whales |
| 10/33 |
Luciana Möller |
Population size, structure and habitat preferences of common dolphins in South Australia: enhancing the assessment, reduction and mitigation of fisheries operational interactions. |
| 09/9 |
Luciana Moller |
Population genetic structure of Australian sperm whales |
| 09/7 |
Luciana Möller |
Population genetic structure of blue whales in Australia and surrounding regions: Genetic assessment of northern Indian Ocean blue whales and connectivity with Australian blue whales |
| 09/8 |
Luciana Moller |
Population size of blue whales in Australian waters |
| 10/30 |
Lyndon Brooks |
Modelling the abundance and habitat preferences of coastal dolphins in the Gold Coast region |
| 09/39 |
Mark Hindell |
Track: A new tool for integration, interpolation and visualisation of animal tracking data |
| 09/42 |
Mark Hindell |
Southern right whales and stable isotopes: Towards defining southern right whale habitat and trophic ecology |
| 0607/40 |
Michael Noad |
Abundance estimates of the east Australian humpback whale population |
| 0708/18 |
Michael Noad |
Humpback whales and the impact of noise: Controlled Exposure Experiments |
| 0809/8 |
Michael Noad |
Review of existing sighting datasets to assess the spatial and temporal distribution of humpback whales within the Great Barrier Reef for identifying potential breeding/calving grounds. |
| 09/17 |
Rachael Gray |
Prevalence and impact of hookworm infection on Australian sea lion populations |
| 10/20 |
Rebecca Dunlop |
Feeding behaviour and feeding ecology of humpback whales in southern New South Wales. |
| 09/23 |
Rebecca Dunlop |
Evaluation of WA Humpback surveys 1999, 2005, 2008: Where to from here? |
| 10/24 |
Rebecca Pirzl |
Australian Southern Right Whale Photo-identification Catalogue: Phase One – Design development |
| 09/19 |
Simon Allen |
Genetic Structure and Abundance of fishery-impacted dolphin populations of the Pilbara region, North-Western Australia |
| 0708/14 |
Amanda Hodgson |
Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for surveys of marine mammals in Australia: test of concept |
| 0809/9 |
Chandra Salgado Kent |
A Comparison of Group IV Humpback Whale Population Estimates from Two Key Locations Along the Western Australian Coast - Implications for Future Survey Location and Methodology |
| 09/27 |
David Blair |
Genetic evidence for distinctiveness and connectivity among Australian dugongs |
| 0809/14 |
David Holley |
Movement behaviours and habitat usage of West Kimberley dugongs: A community based approach |
| 0809/19 |
Guido J. Parra |
Population genetics and phylogeography of Australian snubfin and humpback dolphins: defining appropriate management units for conservation-Stage 1 |
| 0809/7 |
Hendrik Kniest |
Final development of a new computerised fluke matching system and creation of a fluke database for humpback whales photographed off the east coast of Australia from 1999-2005 |
| 0708/03 |
Helene Marsh |
Improving information on dugong movements and habitat use using innovative tracking technology |
| 0607/34 |
Janet Lanyon |
Determining critical reproductive parameters for a subtropical dugong population |
| 0607/35 |
Janet Lanyon |
Gene-tagging the dugongs of southern Queensland to determine population dynamics, relatedness and movements. |
| 09/41 |
John Bannister |
Monitoring population dynamics of right whales off southern Australia |
| 0809/17 |
Kenneth Pollock |
Improving analysis of marine mammal populations using natural marks and capture-recapture analysis |
| 09/46 |
Lars Bejder |
Workshop: Spatial Modelling of Cetacean habitat use and abundance |
| 0607/41 |
Luciana Moller |
Novel genetic markers for stock identification of blue whales and genetic differentiation between the two main Australian feeding aggregations |
| 09/45 |
Margie Morrice |
Blue Whale Workshop 2010 |
| 0809/5 |
Mark Hindell |
Quantifying trophic links in several Antarctic marine predators |
| 0607/12 |
Mark Hindell |
Investigative development of minimally invasive means to gather demographic information in cetacea: A comprehensive comparative approach |
| 09/25 |
Michael Noad |
Abundance estimates of the east Australian humpback whale population: 2010 survey |
| 0607/4 |
Peter Gill |
An ecological approach to determining blue whale abundance, critical habitat and seismic impacts in the Bonney Upwelling |
| 0809/6 |
Rebecca Dunlop |
Further investigation into abundance estimates of migrating humpback whales in Australia: Resolving unmodelled heterogeneity, estimating g(0) and producing new abundance estimates for both populations. |
| 0607/9 |
Richard Campbell |
Interaction between the demersal gillnet fisheries and Australian sea lions in Western Australia |
| 0708/08 |
Roger Kirkwood |
Australian fur seal pup production and population trends |
| 0607/15 |
Scott Baker |
Population genetic structure of long-finned pilot whales in Tasmania and social dynamics of mass strandings |
| 0708/27 |
Simon Goldsworthy |
Developing population monitoring protocols to determine the abundance of Australian sea lions at key subpopulations in South Australia |
| 09/40 |
Stephen Burnell |
Southern right whales - 2009 census and photo identification at Head of Bight, South Australia |
| IPF10/19 |
Vagi Rei |
Increasing knowledge on cetacean diversity, building in-country research capacity, and working towards a national cetacean management plan in Papua New Guinea |
| 0607/13 |
Simon Goldsworthy |
Developing population monitoring protocols for Australian sea lions |
| 0708/26 |
Simon Goldsworthy |
Methods for distinguishing foraging ecotypes within and among Australian sea lion subpopulations: their importance to defining genetic population structure and assisting spatial management of fisheries. |
| 0809/27 |
Simon Goldsworthy |
A stable isotope method to rapidly screen the foraging ecotype profiles of Australian sea lion subpopulations: improving foraging distribution models to assist bycatch mitigation in gillnet fisheries |
| 0607/20 |
Catherine Kemper |
Establishment of an Australian centre for marine mammal age determination using tooth structure: a case study using bottlenose dolphin teeth to investigate the relationships of age, reproductive status and toxic contaminant levels in South Australia. |
| 09/32 |
Douglas H Cato |
Beaked whale habitat modelling part of Coral Sea using environmental data and acoustic detection survey data |
| 0607/31 |
Helene Marsh |
The distribution and abundance of the dugong in Gulf of Carpentaria waters: a basis for cross-jurisdictional conservation planning and management |
| 0607/32 |
Helene Marsh |
A spatially explicit population model to inform negotiations between Traditional Owners and the relevant management agencies about options to manage the dugong fishery in Torres Strait |
| 0809/1 |
Helene Marsh |
Increasing the accuracy of dugong population estimates from aerial surveys by quantifying dugong diving behaviour |
| 0809/2 |
Helene Marsh |
Developing a decision process based on expert knowledge to inform the management of dugongs and coastal dolphins in Northern Australia: the Yanyuwa sea country in the Northern Territory as a case study. |
| 09/29 |
Helene Marsh |
Informing dugong hunting management in Torres Strait by studying dugong movements and habitat usage |
| 10/2 |
Helene Marsh |
Aerial survey of Torres Strait to evaluate the efficacy of an enforced and possibly extended Dugong Sanctuary as one of the tools for managing the dugong fishery |
| 10/37 |
Helene Marsh |
Aerial survey of the urban coast of Queensland to evaluate the response of the Dugong population to the widespread effects of the January 2011 floods and Cyclone Yasi |
| 09/44 |
Mandy Watson |
Status, structure and distribution of Southern-Right Whales in South-East Australia - Phase 1 |
| 0708/20 |
Michael Double |
Population size and distribution of Western Australian pygmy blue whales |
| 0708/21 |
Michael Double |
Population structure and sub-structure of Australian humpback whales |
| 0607/23 |
Nick Gales |
Monitoring medium and large-scale movements of baleen whales using satellite telemetry |
| 2010 |
Rob Harcourt |
Sperm Whale Aerial Survey, WA |
| 0809/12 |
Rob Harcourt |
Microsatellites, mating systeand males influence on management units in the Australian sea lion |
| 0607/42 |
Rob Harcourt |
Genetic stock identification of southern right whales off the south coast of Australia: phase 2 |
| 0809/23 |
Simon Jarman |
(Cetacean Aging)
Identification of gene expression differences among cetacean age classes and their application to cetacean age estimation |
| 09/36 |
Simon Goldsworthy |
Maintaining the monitoring of pup production at key Australian sea lions at colonies in South Australia |
| 09/35 |
Simon Goldsworthy |
Using the foraging behaviour of the threatened Australian sea lion to assess habitat quality and inform the zoning of marine parks in South Australia |
| 09/34 |
Simon Goldsworthy |
Inter-seasonal variation in cohort survival to recruitment in the threatened Australian sea lion: demographic modelling of the Seal Bay population to assist management and recovery of the species |
| 09/38 |
Simon Goldsworthy |
Structure and subdivision of the Australian sea lion - defining species-wide management units using ecological and genetic information |
| 10/26 |
Simon Goldsworthy |
Maintaining the monitoring of pup production at key Australian sea lions at colonies in South Australia |
| IPF10/1-4 |
Ejaz Ahmad |
Conservation of Cetaceans in North Arabian Sea, along the Balochistan Coast, Pakistan |
| IPF10/11 |
Brian Smith |
Abundance, ranging patterns, habitat selection and fisheries interactions of Indo-Pacific humpback and Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in coastal waters of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh |
| IPF10/17 |
Aisake Batisbasanga |
Establishing a long-term dataset for monitoring trends in humpback whale migration through Fijian waters |
| 2010 Post Doc |
Amanda Hodgson |
Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to survey marine mammals: development of methodology and a comparison with manned aerial survey estimates. |
| 2011 Post Doc |
Isabel Beasley |
Improving the understanding of the conservation status of the Australian snubfin and humpback dolphins: Identification of critical habitats in the Gulf of Carpentaria and southern PNG |
