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A Call for International Leadership and Coordination to Realize the Potential of Conservation Technology

scientific article published on 08 August 2019

A Southern Indian Ocean database of hydrographic profiles obtained with instrumented elephant seals

scientific article

A Southern Ocean archipelago enhances feeding opportunities for a krill predator

scientific article published in 2019

A continuous-time state-space model for rapid quality control of argos locations from animal-borne tags

scientific article published on 17 July 2020

A standardisation framework for bio‐logging data to advance ecological research and conservation

scientific article

A “Wicked Problem” Reconciling Human-Shark Conflict, Shark Bite Mitigation, and Threatened Species

scientific article published in 2021

Adaptations of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) to urban environments in Sydney, Australia

scientific article published in 2020

Age-specific cost of first reproduction in female southern elephant seals

scientific article (publication date: May 2014)

Alliance membership and kinship in wild male bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) of southeastern Australia

scientific article published in September 2001

An Economical Custom-Built Drone for Assessing Whale Health

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Animal welfare and conservation, the debate we must have: A response to Draper and Bekoff (2012)

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Animal welfare and decision making in wildlife research

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Antarctica: Seals collect more Southern Ocean data

scientific article published in September 2014

Application of the Acoustic Propagation Model to a deep-water cross-shelf curtain

scientific article published in 2017

Association patterns and kinship in female Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) of southeastern Australia

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Australia's continental-scale acoustic tracking database and its automated quality control process.

scientific article

Australian sperm whales from different whaling stocks belong to the same population

article published 11 January 2021

Best Practice Framework and Principles for Monitoring the Effect of Coastal Development on Marine Mammals

article

Big data analyses reveal patterns and drivers of the movements of southern elephant seals

scientific article

Born to be free? Assessing the viability of releasing captive-bred wobbegongs to restock depleted populations

article

Chemical Profiles of Integumentary and Glandular Substrates in Australian Sea Lion Pups (Neophoca cinerea)

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Chemical fingerprints reveal clues to identity, heterozygosity, and relatedness

scientific article

Chemical fingerprints suggest direct familiarisation rather than phenotype matching during olfactory recognition in Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea)

scientific article published on 12 June 2019

Chemical immobilization of adult female Weddell seals with tiletamine and zolazepam: effects of age, condition and stage of lactation

scientific article published on 9 February 2006

Circumpolar habitat use in the southern elephant seal: implications for foraging success and population trajectories

article

Coastal polynyas: Winter oases for subadult southern elephant seals in East Antarctica.

scientific article published on 16 February 2018

Coastal seascape variability in the intensifying East Australian Current Southern Extension

scientific article published in 2022

Colony Location and Captivity Influence the Gut Microbial Community Composition of the Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea)

scientific article published on April 2016

Connectivity in grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) determined using empirical and simulated genetic data

scientific article

Consequences of global shipping traffic for marine giants

scientific article published on 05 December 2018

Conservation of the critically endangered eastern Australian population of the grey nurse shark (Carcharias taurus) through cross-jurisdictional management of a network of marine-protected areas

scientific article

Conservation prioritization can resolve the flagship species conundrum

scientific article published on 24 February 2020

Conserving coral reef organisms that lack larval dispersal: are networks of Marine Protected Areas good enough?

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Continental-scale animal tracking reveals functional movement classes across marine taxa.

scientific article published on 27 February 2018

Convergence of marine megafauna movement patterns in coastal and open oceans.

scientific article published on 26 February 2018

Correction to: Forecasting intraspecific changes in distribution of a wide-ranging marine predator under climate change

scientific article published in March 2022

Correction: Satellite derived offshore migratory movements of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) from Australian and New Zealand wintering grounds

scientific article published on 18 June 2020

Cost-effective mitigation strategies to reduce bycatch threats to cetaceans identified using return-on-investment analysis

scientific article published on 16 October 2019

Cultural traditions across a migratory network shape the genetic structure of southern right whales around Australia and New Zealand.

scientific article

Decadal changes in habitat characteristics influence population trajectories of southern elephant seals

scientific article

Deep Learning Resolves Representative Movement Patterns in a Marine Predator Species

scientific article published in 2019

Delayed onset of vocal recognition in Australian sea lion pups (Neophoca cinerea).

scientific article

Differential mobilization of blubber fatty acids in lactating Weddell seals: evidence for selective use.

scientific article published in September 2008

Dynamics of marine predators off an oceanic island and implications for management of a preventative shark fishing program

scientific article published in 2021

ECOLOGY. Aquatic animal telemetry: A panoramic window into the underwater world

scientific article

Effects of capture stress on free-ranging, reproductively active male Weddell seals.

scientific article published on 5 January 2010

Embryonic Growth and Maternal-embryo Nutritional Relationship of Wobbegong Sharks (genus Orectolobus)

scientific article published on 23 February 2009

Environmental Drivers of Fine-Scale Predator and Prey Spatial Dynamics in Sydney Harbour, Australia, and Adjacent Coastal Waters

scientific article published in 2021

Environmental correlates of temporal variation in the prey species of Australian fur seals inferred from scat analysis

scientific article published in 2022

Envisioning the Future of Aquatic Animal Tracking: Technology, Science, and Application

article

Estimates of the Southern Ocean general circulation improved by animal-borne instruments

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Estimating the rate of quasi-extinction of the Australian grey nurse shark (Carcharias taurus) population using deterministic age- and stage-classified models

scientific article (publication date: October 2004)

Feast or famine: evidence for mixed capital–income breeding strategies in Weddell seals

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Finding mesopelagic prey in a changing Southern Ocean

scientific article published on 12 December 2019

Forecasting intraspecific changes in distribution of a wide-ranging marine predator under climate change

scientific article published in January 2022

Frequency of multiple paternity in gummy shark, Mustelus antarcticus, and rig, Mustelus lenticulatus, and the implications of mate encounter rate, postcopulatory influences, and reproductive mode

scientific article published on 15 March 2013

Genetic divergence, speciation and biogeography of Mustelus (sharks) in the central Indo-Pacific and Australasia

scientific article published in June 2012

Genetic structure and signatures of selection in grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos).

scientific article

Geographic vocal variation and perceptual discrimination abilities in male Australian sea lions

scientific article published on 19 January 2018

Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium occurrence in Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea) exposed to varied levels of human interaction

scientific article

Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

Hierarchical influences of prey distribution on patterns of prey capture by a marine predator

scientific article published in 2017

High sea surface temperatures driven by a strengthening current reduce foraging success by penguins

scientific article

How does Australia's largest dolphin-watching industry affect the behaviour of a small and resident population of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins?

scientific article published on 24 December 2011

INDIVIDUAL VOCAL IDENTITY IN MOTHER AND PUP AUSTRALIAN SEA LIONS (NEOPHOCA CINEREA)

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Incorporating non-equilibrium dynamics into demographic history inferences of a migratory marine species.

scientific article published on 3 May 2018

Increased population density and behavioural flexibility of African clawless otters (Aonyx capensis) in specific anthropogenic environments

scientific article published in 2020

Individual variation in predation on fur seals by southern sea lions (Otaria byronia) in Peru

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Influence of maternal mass and condition on energy transfer in Weddell seals

scientific article published on May 2006

Integrating research using animal-borne telemetry with the needs of conservation management ⬇️

scientific article published in 2016

Inter-Annual Variability in Blue Whale Distribution off Southern Sri Lanka between 2011 and 2012

scientific article published in July 2014

Intrinsic and extrinsic influences on standard metabolic rates of three species of Australian otariid.

scientific article published on 21 February 2017

Isolation and genetic diversity of endangered grey nurse shark (Carcharias taurus) populations

scientific article published on June 2006

Key Questions in Marine Megafauna Movement Ecology.

scientific article published on 12 March 2016

Known unknowns in an imperfect world: incorporating uncertainty in recruitment estimates using multi-event capture-recapture models

scientific article (publication date: November 2013)

Long-term stability in the circumpolar foraging range of a Southern Ocean predator between the eras of whaling and rapid climate change

scientific article published in 2023

MOLECULAR DETECTION OF ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANCE DETERMINANTS IN ESCHERICHIA COLI ISOLATED FROM THE ENDANGERED AUSTRALIAN SEA LION (NEOPHOCA CINEREA).

scientific article published on 28 April 2015

Marine Mammals Exploring the Oceans Pole to Pole: A Review of the MEOP Consortium

scientific article published in 2017

Movement responses to environment: fast inference of variation among southern elephant seals with a mixed effects model

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Movement responses to environment: fast inference of variation among southern elephant seals with a mixed effects model

scientific article published on 24 December 2018

Multi-event modeling of true reproductive states of individual female right whales provides new insights into their decline

scientific article published in 2022

New Zealand southern right whale (Eubalaena australis; Tohorā nō Aotearoa) behavioural phenology, demographic composition, and habitat use in Port Ross, Auckland Islands over three decades: 1998–2021

scientific article published in 2022

Now is the time to protect the Arctic.

scientific article published in December 2016

Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA reveals isolation of imperilled grey nurse shark populations (Carcharias taurus).

scientific article

Optimizing lifetime reproductive output: Intermittent breeding as a tactic for females in a long-lived, multiparous mammal.

scientific article published on 24 October 2017

Overcoming multi-year impacts of maternal isotope signatures using multi-tracers and fast turnover tissues in juvenile sharks

scientific article published on 21 December 2020

Pelagic and benthic ecosystems drive differences in population and individual specializations in marine predators

scientific article published on 26 June 2021

Population histories of right whales (Cetacea: Eubalaena) inferred from mitochondrial sequence diversities and divergences of their whale lice (Amphipoda: Cyamus)

scientific article

Prior exposure to capture heightens the corticosterone and behavioural responses of little penguins (Eudyptula minor) to acute stress

scientific article published on 19 January 2016

Proxies of energy expenditure for marine mammals: an experimental test of "the time trap".

scientific article published on 18 September 2017

Publish or perish: why it?s important to publicise how, and if, research activities affect animals

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Putting the behavior into animal movement modeling: Improved activity budgets from use of ancillary tag information.

scientific article published on 20 October 2016

Quantification of the maternal–embryonal nutritional relationship of elasmobranchs: case study of wobbegong sharks (genus Orectolobus) ⬇️

scientific article published on 06 April 2011

Rapid onset of maternal vocal recognition in a colonially breeding mammal, the Australian sea lion.

scientific article

Recent prey capture experience and dynamic habitat quality mediate short-term foraging site fidelity in a seabird

scientific article published on 25 July 2018

Refining instrument attachment on phocid seals

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Reliance of young sharks on threatened estuarine habitats for nutrition implies susceptibility to climate change

scientific article published in 2022

Response of travelling bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) to experimental approaches by a powerboat in Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia

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Risk factors associated with bruising in red deer at a commercial slaughter plant

scientific article published on 01 November 1996

Satellite derived offshore migratory movements of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) from Australian and New Zealand wintering grounds

scientific article published on 07 May 2020

Seal mothers expend more on offspring under favourable conditions and less when resources are limited

scientific article

Seeing It All: Evaluating Supervised Machine Learning Methods for the Classification of Diverse Otariid Behaviours

scientific article

Shared Reproductive State Enhances Female Associations in Dolphins

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Social olfaction in marine mammals: wild female Australian sea lions can identify their pup's scent

scientific article

Steady as he goes: at-sea movement of adult male Australian sea lions in a dynamic marine environment

scientific article

Strategic allocation of ejaculates by male Adélie penguins

scientific article published in August 2000

Summer foraging behaviour of a generalist predator, the New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri)

scientific article published in 2001

Super machine learning: improving accuracy and reducing variance of behaviour classification from accelerometry

scientific article

Supervised accelerometry analysis can identify prey capture by penguins at sea.

scientific article published on 13 November 2014

Surfacing characteristics and diving behaviour of blue whales in Sri Lankan waters

scientific article published in 2013

Swimming metabolic rates vary by sex and development stage, but not by species, in three species of Australian otariid seals.

scientific article published in November 2016

Swimming with whales in Tonga: Sustainable use or threatening process?

scholarly article by Megan Kessler published in May 2013

Taking animal tracking to new depths: synthesizing horizontal--vertical movement relationships for four marine predators

scientific article

Temporal variation in the vertical stratification of blubber fatty acids alters diet predictions for lactating Weddell seals

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Testing a key assumption of wildlife buffer zones: is flight initiation distance a species-specific trait?

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The Ecology of Human Mobility

scientific article

The R package EchoviewR for automated processing of active acoustic data using Echoview

The canid pest ejector challenge: controlling urban foxes while keeping domestic dogs safe

scientific article published in 2021

The importance of sample size in marine megafauna tagging studies

scientific article published on 16 July 2019

The influence of behavioural context on Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) airborne mother-pup vocalisation

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The influence of environmental parameters on the performance and detection range of acoustic receivers

article published in 2016

The memory remains: long-term vocal recognition in Australian sea lions

scientific article published on 6 May 2010

The modelling and assessment of whale-watching impacts

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The retrospective analysis of Antarctic tracking data project

scientific article published on 18 March 2020

The role of visual cues in mother-pup reunions in a colonially breeding mammal.

scientific article published in November 2017

The suppression of Antarctic bottom water formation by melting ice shelves in Prydz Bay

scientific article published on 23 August 2016

The use of carcasses for the analysis of cetacean population genetic structure: a comparative study in two dolphin species

scientific article

The usefulness of DSM-III axis IV and axis V assessments

scientific article published in July 1986

The utility of accelerometers to predict stroke rate in captive fur seals and sea lions.

scientific article published on 10 August 2017

To share or not to share in the emerging era of big data: perspectives from fish telemetry researchers on data sharing

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Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems

scientific article published on 18 March 2020

Translating Marine Animal Tracking Data into Conservation Policy and Management

scientific article published on 14 March 2019

Under the sea ice: Exploring the relationship between sea ice and the foraging behaviour of southern elephant seals in East Antarctica

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Using accelerometers to develop time-energy budgets of wild fur seals from captive surrogates

scientific article published on 26 October 2018

VOCAL INDIVIDUALITY OF IN-AIR WEDDELL SEAL (LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII) PUP "PRIMARY" CALLS

Variability in prey field structure drives inter-annual differences in prey encounter by a marine predator, the little penguin

scientific article published in 2022

Variability in sea ice cover and climate elicit sex specific responses in an Antarctic predator.

scientific article published on 24 February 2017

Virological Sampling of Inaccessible Wildlife with Drones

article published in 2018

Virological Sampling of Inaccessible Wildlife with Drones

Virological Sampling of Inaccessible Wildlife with Drones

Visual cues do not enhance sea lion pups' response to multimodal maternal cues.

scientific article published on 29 June 2018

Vocal Discrimination in Mate Guarding Male Australian Sea Lions: Familiarity Breeds Contempt

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Vocal identity and species recognition in male Australian sea lions, Neophoca cinerea

scientific article

Warm Modified Circumpolar Deep Water Intrusions Drive Ice Shelf Melt and Inhibit Dense Shelf Water Formation in Vincennes Bay, East Antarctica

scientific article published in 2021

Whale watching regulation compliance trends and the implications for management off Sydney, Australia

scientific article

What makes an Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) male's bark threatening?

scientific article published on 18 July 2011

Widespread utility of highly informative AFLP molecular markers across divergent shark species.

scientific article

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