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Papers
In
progress Robinson K.P., Tetley M.J. & Mitchelson-Jacob E.G.
(under review) The distribution and habitat preference of coastally-occurring
minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in north-east Scotland. Journal
of Coastal Conservation: Planning and Management (Download
abstract)_(92 Kb).. Robinson K.P., Cheney B., Mandleberg L., Eisfeld
S.M., Costa M. & Stevick P.T. (submitted) Coast to coast: First evidence
for translocational movements by Scottish bottlenose dolphins. 23rd Annual Conference
of the European Cetacean Society, Istanbul, Turkey, 2-4 March 2009. Tetley
M.J., Robinson K.P., Tscherter U., Wald E. & Mitchelson-Jacob E.G. (submitted)
Predictive habitat suitability modelling for North Atlantic minke whales (Balaenoptera
acutorostrata): a comparative non-contiguous approach. 23rd Annual Conference
of the European Cetacean Society, Istanbul, Turkey, 2-4 March 2009.
Eisfeld
S.M., Robinson K.P. & De Masi G. (in progress) The group characteristics
and social fidelity of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) using the
outer southern Moray Firth. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology. Baumgartner
N., Robinson K.P., Mitcheson H. & Pierce G.J. (in progress). Interannual
minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) occurrence and the effect of tidal
current velocity in northeast Scotland (UK). Journal of the Marine Biological
Association of the United Kingdom. Robinson K.P., Clark N.,
Eisfeld S.M., Whaley A.R. & Tetley, M.J. (in progress) Spatio-temporal
trends in the fine-scale distribution of harbour porpoises in the outer southern
Moray Firth, NE Scotland. Journal of Cetacean Research & Management. Zapponi
L. & Robinson K.P. (in progress) Social attitudes to cetacean conservation
in northeast Scotland. Biodiversity and Conservation.
Published
Robinson
K.P. & MacLeod C.D. (2008) First stranding record of a Cuvier's beaked
whale (Ziphius cavirostris) in the Moray Firth in northeast Scotland. JMBA
Biodiversity Records (published online) 3 pp (Download
as a pdf)_(511 Kb). Dolman S.J., Reid R.J., Barley J.P., Deaville
R., O'Connell M., Berrow S., Penrose R.S., Jepson P.D., Pinn E., Stevick P.T.,
Calderan S., Robinson K.P., Doyle T.K., Browning R.L. & Simmonds M.P. (2008)
A preliminary note on the unprecedented strandings of 45 deep-diving odontocetes
along the UK and Irish coast between January and April 2008. Paper presented
to the International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee, SC/60/E5
(Download as a pdf)_(596
Kb). Tetley M.J., Mitchelson-Jacob E.G. & Robinson K.P. (2008)
The summer distribution of coastal minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
in the southern Moray Firth, northeast Scotland, in relation to co-occurring mesoscale
oceanographic features. Remote Sensing of Environment 112(8): 3449-3454
(Download as a pdf)_(596
Kb). Culloch R.M. & Robinson K.P. (2008) Bottlenose dolphins
using coastal regions adjacent to a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) in north-east
Scotland. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 88(6):
1237-1243 (Download
as a pdf)_(220 Kb). Robinson K.P., Baumgartner N., Eisfeld S.M.,
Clark N.M., Culloch R.M., Haskins G.N., Zapponi L., Whaley A.R., Weare J.S. &
Tetley M.J. (2007) The summer distribution and occurrence of cetaceans in
the coastal waters of the outer southern Moray Firth in northeast Scotland (UK).
Lutra 50(1): 19-30 (Download
as a pdf)_(712 Kb). Robinson K.P., Baumgartner N. & Tetley M.J.
(2007) Fine-scale studies of coastal minke whales in northeast Scotland. In Robinson
K.P. et al.(eds.) Proceedings of a workshop held at the 21st Annual
Meeting of the European Cetacean Society in Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain,
22 April 2007. An integrated approach to non-lethal research on minke whales
in European waters. European Cetacean Society, Special Publication
Series no 47, pp. 23-31 (Download
as a pdf)_(1,860 Kb). Robinson K.P., Stevick P.T. & MacLeod
C.D. (2007) An integrated approach to non-lethal research on minke whales
in European waters. Proceedings of a workshop held at the 21st Annual Meeting
of the European Cetacean Society in Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, 22 April
2007. European Cetacean Society, Special Publication Series no 47, 49 pp (Download
as a pdf)_(1,860 Kb). Tetley M.J. (2007) Understanding minke
whale habitat ecology: Implementation of meta-analysis. In Robinson K.P.
et al.(eds.) Proceedings of a workshop held at the 21st Annual Meeting
of the European Cetacean Society in Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, 22 April
2007. An integrated approach to non-lethal research on minke whales in
European waters. European Cetacean Society, Special Publication Series
no 47, pp. 38-41 (Download
preprint)_(3,306 Kb). Robinson K.P. & Tetley M.J. (2007)
Behavioural observations of foraging minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
in the outer Moray Firth, north-east Scotland. Journal of the Marine Biological
Association of the UK 87(1): 85-86 (Download
as a pdf)_(1,425 Kb).
Conference
presentations
Baumgartner N., Robinson K.P.,
MacLeod C.D. & Pierce G.J. (2008) Variations in coastal minke whale occurrence
with respect to food availability in northeast Scottish waters. 22nd Annual Conference
of the European Cetacean Society, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, 10-12 March
2008 (Download as
a pdf)_(88 Kb). Eisfeld S.M. & Robinson K.P. (2008)
Management options for coastal harbour porpoises in the Moray Firth, NE Scotland.
Poster presentation. 22nd Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society,
Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, 10-12 March 2008 (Download
as a pdf)_(1,280 Kb). Hall K., MacLeod C.D. & Robinson K.P.
(2008) Variations in cetacean community composition and structure within the northern
North Sea, UK. Poster presentation. 22nd Annual Conference of the European Cetacean
Society, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, 10-12 March 2008 (Download
as a pdf)_(1,000 Kb).
Mitcheson H., Weare J.S., Haskins
G.N. & Robinson K.P. (2008) The influence of tidal cycle on the fine-scale
behaviour and group size of bottlenose dolphins using the outer southern Moray
Firth coastline. Poster presentation. 22nd Annual Conference of the European Cetacean
Society, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, 10-12 March 2008. (Download
as a pdf)_(1,320 Kb) Weir C.R., Calderan S., Unwin M., Pitman R.L.,
Booth C., Photopoulos T. & Robinson K.P. (2008) White-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus
albirostris) occurrence in the Minch (Scotland, UK) during August 2007. Poster
presentation. 22nd Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Egmond
aan Zee, The Netherlands, 10-12 March 2008 (Download
as a pdf)_(905 Kb). Wylie L.G., Eisfeld S.M. & Robinson K.P.
(2008) Calf survivability and female reproductive success in a North Sea coastal
bottlenose community. Poster presentation. 22nd Annual Conference of the European
Cetacean Society, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, 10-12 March 2008 (Download
as a pdf)_(1,260 Kb). Baumgartner N., Pierce G.J. & Robinson
K.P. (2007) Preliminary photo-identification analysis of individual minke
whales on the east coast of Scotland. European Research on Cetaceans 21
(distributed on CD-ROM) (Download
as a PDF)_(1,176 Kb).
Haskins G.N. & Robinson K.P.
(2007) Visually detectable attributes of spinal malformations in free-ranging
bottlenose dolphin calves in northeast Scotland. European Research on Cetaceans
21 (distributed on CD-ROM) (Download
as a PDF)_(1,447 Kb). Tetley M.J., Baumgartner N., Björgvinsson
Á., Robinson K.P. & Wald E. (2007) A study comparing the position
and morphology of minke whale dorsal fin edge marks between Scotland and Iceland.
17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Cape Town, Africa,
29 Nov-3 Dec 2007 (Download
as a pdf)_(585 Kb). Zapponi L. & Robinson K.P.
(2007) Social attitudes to marine conservation in NE Scotland: Public perceptions
and cetaceans in the Moray Firth. European Research on Cetaceans 21
(distributed on CD-ROM) (Download
as a pdf)_(1,323 Kb). Baumgartner N., Goold J.C., Reid R.J.
& Robinson K.P. (2006) Patterns of cetacean strandings
in NE Scotland (1992 to 2005): How do strandings data compare to live animal surveys?
European Research on Cetaceans 20 (distributed on CD-ROM) (Download
as a pdf)_(1,884 Kb). Clark N., Tetley M.J., Culloch R.M.,
Mitchelson-Jacob E.G. & Robinson K.P. (2006) Harbour porpoise (Phocoena
phocoena) have declined in the southern outer Moray Firth, NE Scotland - a
spatial and temporal view. European Research on Cetaceans 20 (distributed
on CD-ROM) (Download as
a pdf)_(1,948 Kb). Ribaric D. & Robinson K.P.
(2006) The habitat use and site fidelity of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
in the Slovenian Sea and Bay of Trieste: A first estimation. European Research
on Cetaceans 20 (distributed on CD-ROM) (Download
as a pdf)_(215 Kb). Robinson K.P., Clark N.M., Culloch R.M.
& Tetley M.J. (2006) Preliminary observations of the foraging behaviour
of coastal minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in NE Scotland. European
Research on Cetaceans 20 (distributed on CD-ROM). Culloch
R.M., Tetley M.J. & Robinson K.P. (2005) The use of computer-assisted
matching software in the re-evaluation of an established bottlenose dolphin archive.
European Research on Cetaceans 19 (distributed on CD-ROM) (Download
as a pdf)_(1,960 Kb). Robinson K.P., Culloch R.M., Duthie
N.J., Eisfeld S.M., Tetley M.J., Weare J.S., Whaley A.R. & White D.J.
(2005) The distribution of coastal cetaceans in the outer southern Moray Firth,
NE Scotland. European Research on Cetaceans 19 (distributed on CD-ROM). Robinson
K.P. & Tetley M.J. (2005) Environmental factors affecting
the fine-scale distribution of minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
in a dynamic coastal ecosystem. ICES Annual Science Conference, CM 2005, Aberdeen,
Scotland, 20-24 September 2005 (Download
as a pdf)_(1,900 Kb). Tetley M.J., Culloch R.M., Mitchelson-Jacob
E.G. & Robinson K.P. (2005) Implementation of a multi-discipline
approach to investigate minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) interactions
with environmental variables in the southern outer Moray Firth, NE Scotland.
European Research on Cetaceans 19 (distributed on CD-ROM) (Download
as a pdf)_(463 Kb).
Eisfeld S.M. & Robinson
K.P. (2004). The sociality of bottlenose dolphins in the outer southern
Moray Firth, NE Scotland: implications for current management proposals? European
Research on Cetaceans 18 (distributed on CD-ROM) (Download
as a pdf)_(1,030 Kb). Whaley A.R. & Robinson K.P.
(2004) The southern outer Moray Firth in NE Scotland as a potential "safe
area" candidate for the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena L.).
European Research on Cetaceans 18 (distributed on CD-ROM). (Download
as a pdf)_(227 Kb).
Internal Publications
Robinson K.P. (2007) CRRU Research
& Conservation Action Plan - 2007 to 2010. Unpublished report, Cetacean Research
& Rescue Unit, Banff, 12 pp. Robinson K.P., Eisfeld S.M., Culloch
R.M., Gimenez-Reguera B. & Margaris K. (2006) A catalogue of individually-recognisable
bottlenose dolphins using the southern coastline of the outer Moray Firth. Unpublished
report, Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit, Banff, 42 pp (link). Robinson
K.P. (2003) CRRU Research & Conservation Action Plan - 2003 to 2006. Unpublished
report, Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit, Banff, 11 pp.
Selected
Theses
Tetley M.J. (in progress) Site
fidelity, habitat preferences and coastal ecology of Atlantic minke whales (Balaenoptera
acutorostrata). PhD study, University of Wales, Bangor. Baumgartner
N. (2008) Distribution, diving behaviour and identification of the North Atlantic
minke whale in northeast Scotland. MPhil thesis, University of Aberdeen, 101 pp. Mitcheson
H. (2008) Inter-birth interval estimation for a population of bottlenose dolphins
(Tursiops truncatus): accounting for the effects of individual variation
and
changes over time. MRes thesis, University of St Andrews, 66 pp. Rake
M. (2007) Patterns of cetacean strandings in NE Scotland (1992 to 2006): How
do incidental strandings relate to live animal surveys? BSc thesis, University
of Southampton, 78 pp. Wylie L.G. (2007) Reproductive success
in a northeast Scottish bottlenose dolphin community. Royal Veterinary College,
University of London, 40 pp. Underhill K. (2006) Boat traffic effects
on the diving behaviour of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus Montagu)
in Sardinia, Italy. MSc thesis, University of Wales, Bangor, 60 pp (Download
as a pdf)_(583 Kb). Zapponi L. (2006) Human and wildlife co-existence
in the marine environment - A case study in the Moray Firth. MSc thesis, University
of Nottingham, 70 pp (Download
as a pdf)_(1,002 Kb).
Clark N.M. (2005) The spatial
and temporal distribution of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena L.)
in the southern outer Moray Firth. MSc thesis, University of Wales, Bangor,
102 pp. Culloch R.M. (2004) Mark recapture abundance estimates and
distribution of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) using the southern
coastline of the outer Moray Firth, NE Scotland. MSc thesis, University of Wales,
Bangor, 85 pp (Download as
a pdf)_(3,854 Kb). Tetley M.J. (2004) The distribution and habitat
preference of the North Atlantic minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata)
in the southern outer Moray Firth, NE Scotland. MSc thesis, University of Wales,
Bangor, 110 pp (Download as
a pdf)_(5,957 Kb). Whaley A.R. (2004) The distribution and relative
abundance of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena L.) in the outer southern
Moray Firth. BSc dissertation, University of London, 36 pp (Download
as a pdf)_(1,359 Kb). Dick K. (2003) A preliminary study of the
minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in the outer Moray Firth,
NE Scotland. MSc thesis, University of Strathclyde. Eisfeld S.M.
(2003) The social affiliation and group composition of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops
truncatus) using the Southern Moray Firth, NE Scotland. MSc thesis. University
of Wales, Bangor, 85 pp (Download
as a pdf)_(1,638 Kb). Duthie N.J. (2001) The distribution and
site fidelity of bottlenose dolphins inhabiting the outer southern Moray Firth
coastline. MSc thesis, University of Aberdeen. Gimenez-Reguera
B. (2000) Seasonal and regional variations in the diet of harbour seals (Phoca
vitulina) in the Orkney and Shetland Islands, Scotland. MSc thesis, University
of Aberdeen, 72 pp.
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reports and papers are the product and copyright of their respective authors.
Conclusions and opinions contained therein
do not necessarily
reflect the opinions or policies of the CRRU charity.
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