Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

2019

• Girola, E., Noad, M. J., Dunlop, R. A., & Cato, D. H. (2019). Source levels of humpback whales decrease with frequency suggesting an air-filled resonator is used in sound production. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 145(2), 869-880. doi: 10.1121/1.5090492

2018

• Allen, J., Garland, E.C, Dunlop, R.A., & Noad, M.J. (2018). Cultural revolutions reduce complexity in the songs of humpback whales.  Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Vol. 285 no. 1891 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2088
• Dunlop, Rebecca A., Noad, Michael J., McCauley, Robert D., Kniest, Eric, Slade, Robert, Paton, David and Cato, Douglas H. 2018. A behavioural dose-response model for migrating humpback whales and seismic air gun noise. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 133 506-516. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.06.009
• Dunlop, Rebecca A. 2018. The communication space of humpback whale social sounds in wind-dominated noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 144 2: 540-551. doi:10.1121/1.5047744
• Murray, Anita, Dunlop, Rebecca A., Noad, Michael J. and Goldizen, Anne W. 2018. Stereotypic and complex phrase types provide structural evidence for a multi-message display in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 143 2: 980-994. doi:10.1121/1.5023680
• Dudgeon, Christine L., Dunlop, Rebecca A. and Noad, Michael J. 2018. Modelling heterogeneity in detection probabilities in land and aerial abundance surveys in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Population Ecology, . doi:10.1007/s10144-018-0631-8

2017

• Allen, J., Garland, E.C., Murray, A., Noad, M.J., & Dunlop, R.A. 2017. Using self-organizing maps to classify humpback whale song units and quantify their similarity.  Journal for the Acoustical Society of America. 142 (4): 1943-1952.  DOI: 10.1121/1.4982040
• Noad, M. J., Dunlop, R. A., & Mack, A. K. 2017. Changes in humpback whale singing behavior with abundance: Implications for the development of acoustic surveys of cetaceans. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 142(3): 1611-1618. DOI: 10.1121/1.5001502
• Dunlop, R. A., Noad, M. J., McCauley, R. D., Scott-Hayward, L., Kniest, E., Slade, R., Paton, D., & Cato, D. H. 2017. Determining the behavioural dose–response relationship of marine mammals to air gun noise and source proximity. Journal of Experimental Biology, 220(16): 2878-2886. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.160192
• Dunlop, R. A. 2017. Potential motivational information encoded within humpback whale non-song vocal sounds. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141(3), 2204-2213. DOI: 10.1121/1.4978615
• Kavanagh, Ailbhe S., Owen, Kylie, Williamson, Michael J., Blomberg, Simon P., Noad, Michael J., Goldizen, Anne W., Kniest, Eric, Cato, Douglas H. and Dunlop, Rebecca A. 2017. Evidence for the functions of surface-active behaviors in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Marine Mammal Science, 33 1: 313-334. doi:10.1111/mms.12374
• Owen, K., Kavanagh, A.S., Warren, J.D., Noad, M.J., Donnelly, D., Goldizen, A.W. and Dunlop, R.A. 2017. Potential energy gain by whales outside of the Antarctic: prey preferences and consumption rates of migrating humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Polar Biology, 40 2, 277–289.

2016

• Mcloughlin, M., Ingram, S., Rendell, L.E., Lamoni, L.U., Kirke, A., Garland, E.C., Noad, M. and Miranda, E. 2016. Adapting a computational multi agent model for humpback whale song research for use as a tool for algorithmic composition. Proceedings SMC 2016.
• Dunlop, Rebecca A., Noad, Michael J. and Cato, Douglas H. 2016. A spatially explicit model of the movement of humpback whales relative to a source. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 27 1: . doi:10.1121/2.0000296
• Dunlop, R. A., & Noad, M. J. 2016. The “risky” business of singing: tactical use of song during joining by male humpback whales. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 1-12.
• Dunlop, R.A. 2016. Changes in vocal parameters with social context in humpback whales: considering the effect of bystanders. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 1-14.
• Dunlop, R.A., Noad, M.J., McCauley, R.D., Kniest, E., Slade, R., Paton, D. and Cato, D.H. 2016.Response of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) to ramp-up of a small experimental air gun array. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 103(1-2), 72-83.
• Williamson, M.J., Kavanagh, A.S., Noad, M.J., Kniest, E. and Dunlop, R.A. 2016. The effect of close approaches for tagging activities by small research vessels on the behavior of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Marine Mammal Science.
• Kavanagh, A.S., Goldizen, A.W., Blomberg, S.P., Noad, M.J. and Dunlop, R.A. 2016. Factors affecting the reliability and validity of behavioural datasets: assessing the impact of observers’ experience and native language on studies of wild animals. Aquatic Mammals, 42(1), 1-11.
• Dunlop, R.A. 2016. The effect of vessel noise on humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, communication behaviour. Animal Behaviour, 111, 13-21.
• Godwin, E.M., Noad, M.J., Kniest, E. and Dunlop, R.A. 2016. Comparing multiple sampling platforms for measuring the behavior of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).Marine Mammal Science, 32(1), 268-286.
• Owen, K., Dunlop, R.A., Monty, J.P., Chung, D., Noad, M.J., Donnelly, D., Goldizen, A.W. and Mackenzie, T. 2016. Detecting surface‐feeding behavior by rorqual whales in accelerometer data. Marine Mammal Science, 32(1), 327-348.

2015

• Garland, E.C., Goldizen, A.W., Lilley, M.S., Rekdahl, M.L., Garrigue, C., Constantine, R., Hauser, N.D., Poole, M.M., Robbins, J. and Noad, M.J. 2015. Population structure of humpback whales in the western and central South Pacific Ocean as determined by vocal exchange among populations. Conservation Biology, 29(4), 1198-1207.
• Rekdahl, M.L., Dunlop, R.A., Goldizen, A.W., Garland, E.C., Biassoni, N., Miller, P. and Noad, M.J. 2015. Non-song social call bouts of migrating humpback whales. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 137(6), 3042-3053.
• Owen, K., Warren, J.D., Noad, M.J., Donnelly, D., Goldizen, A.W. and Dunlop, R.A. 2015. Effect of prey type on the fine-scale feeding behaviour of migrating east Australian humpback whales. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 541, 231-244.
• Dunlop, R. A., Noad, M. J., McCauley, R.D., Kniest, E., Paton, D. and Cato, D.H. 2015. The Behavioural Response of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) to a 20 cubic inch Air Gun. Aquatic Mammals, 41(4), 412–433.

2014

• Dunlop, R.A., Cato, D. H. and Noad, M.J. 2014. Evidence of a Lombard response in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 136(1), 430-437.
• Garland, E.C., Noad, M.J., Goldizen, A.W., Lilley, M.S., Rekdahl, M.L., Garrigue, C., Constantine, R., Hauser, N.D., Poole, M.M. and Robbins, J. 2014. Population structure of humpback whales in the western and central South Pacific Ocean determined by vocal cultural exchange. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 135(4), 2240.

2013

• Garland, E.C., Gedamke, J., Rekdahl, M.L., Noad, M.J., Garrigue, C. and Gales, N. 2013. Humpback whale song on the Southern Ocean feeding grounds: implications for cultural transmission.PloS one, 8(11), 79422.
• Garland, E.C., Noad, M.J., Goldizen, A.W., Lilley, M.S., Rekdahl, M.L., Garrigue, C., Constantine, R., Hauser, N.D., Poole, M.M. and Robbins, J. 2013. Quantifying humpback whale song sequences to understand the dynamics of song exchange at the ocean basin scale. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 133(1), 560-569.
• Dunlop, R., Noad, M. and Cato, D. 2013. Modification of humpback whale social sound repertoire and vocal source levels with increased noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 133(5), 3535.
• Cato, D.H., Noad, M.J., Dunlop, R.A., McCauley, R.D., Kniest, H., Paton, D., Salgado Kent, C.P. and Jenner, K.C.S. 2013. Behavioral responses of humpback whales to seismic air guns. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 133(5), 3495.
• Dunlop, R.A., Cato, D.H., Noad, M.J. and Stokes, D.M. 2013. Source levels of social sounds in migrating humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134(1), 706-714.
• Cato, D.H., Noad, M.J., Dunlop, R.A., McCauley, R.D., Gales, N.J., Salgado Kent, C.P., Kniest, H., Paton, D., Jenner, K.C.S., Noad, J., Maggi, A.L., Parnum, I.M. and Duncan, A.J. 2013. A study of the behavioural response of whales to the noise of seismic air guns: design, methods and progress. Acoustics Australia, 41(1), 88-97.
• Rekdahl, M.L., Dunlop, R.A., Noad, M.J. and Goldzien, A. W. 2013. Temporal stability and change in the social call repertoire of migrating humpback whales. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 133(3), 1785-1795.
• Dunlop, R.A., Noad, M.J., Cato, D.H., Kniest, E., Miller, P.J.O., Smith, J.N. and Stokes, D. 2013.Multivariate analysis of behavioural response experiments in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Journal of Experimental Biology, 216(5), 759-770.

2012

• Garland, E.C., Lilley, M.S., Goldizen, A.W., Rekdahl, M.L., Garrigue, C. and Noad, M.J. 2012.Improved versions of the Levenshtein distance method for comparing sequence information in animals’ vocalisations: tests using humpback whale song. Behaviour, 149(13-14), 1413-1441.
• Dunlop, R. 2012. High resolution data from DTAGS on the response of humpback whales to noise from seismic air guns. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 131(4), 3522.
• Noad, M., Dunlop, R. and Cato, D. 2012. The Lombard effect in humpback whales. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 131(4), 3456.
• Cato, D., McCauley, R., Noad, M., Dunlop, R., Kniest, H., Gales, N., Salgado Kent, C., Paton, D., Noad, J., Jenner, C., Duncan, A. and Maggi, A. 2012. Acoustic issues in studies of behavioral response of humpback whales to seismic ramp-up and hard start. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 131(4), 3457.
• Owen, K., Dunlop, R. and Donnelly, D. 2012. Seaweed Interactions by Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae): A Form of Object Play? Aquatic Mammals, 38(4), 418-422.
• Dunlop, R.A., Noad, M.J. and Cato, D.H. 2012. Behavioral-response studies: problems with statistical power. In: The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life. Series title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Vol 730, eds. A.N. Popper and A. Hawkins, pp. 293-297, Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2012.

2011

• Garland, E.C., Goldizen, A.W., Rekdahl, M.L., Constantine, R., Garrigue, C., Hauser, N.D., Poole, M.M., Robbins, J. and Noad, M.J. 2011. Dynamic horizontal cultural transmission of humpback whale song at the ocean basin scale. Current Biology, 21(8), 687-691.
• Cato, D.H., Noad, M.J., Dunlop, R.A., McCauley, R.D., Salgado Kent, C.P., Gales, N.J., Kniest, H., Noad, J. and Paton, D. 2011. Behavioral response of Australian humpback whales to seismic surveys. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 129(4), 2396.
• Hedley, S.L., Bannister, J.L. and Dunlop, R.A. 2011. Abundance estimates of Southern Hemisphere Breeding Stock ‘D’ Humpback Whales from aerial and land-based surveys off Shark Bay, Western Australia, 2008. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management; Humpback Whale (Special Issue) 3, 209-221.
• Noad, M.J., Dunlop, R.A., Paton, D. and Cato, D.H. 2011. Absolute and relative abundance estimates of Australian east coast humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Special Issue) 3, 243-252.

2010

• Dunlop, R.A, Cato, D.H. and Noad, M.J. 2010. Your attention please: increasing ambient noise levels elicits a change in communication behaviour in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Proc. R. Soc. B, 277, 2521–2529.

2008

• Miksis-Olds, J.L., Buck, J.R., Noad, M.J., Cato, D.H. and Stokes, M.D. 2008. Information theory analysis of Australian humpback whale song. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 124(4), 2385-2393.
• Dudgeon, C.L., Noad, M.J. and Lanyon, J.M. 2008. Abundance and demography of a seasonal aggregation of zebra sharks Stegostoma fasciatum. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 368, 269-281.
• Dunlop. R.A., Cato, D.H. and Noad, M.J. 2008.  Non-song acoustic communication in migrating humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Marine Mammal Science, 24(3), 613-629.
• Smith, J.N., Dunlop, R.A., Goldizen, A.W. and Noad, M.J. 2008. Songs of male humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are involved in intersexual interactions. Animal Behaviour, 76(2), 467-477.
• Dunlop R.A. and Mellor, A. 2008. Acoustic recordings of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) along the North Antrim coast, Northern Ireland. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 108B(3), 135-141.

2007

• Dunlop, R.A., Noad, M.J., Cato, D.H. and Stokes, D. 2007. The social vocalization repertoire of east Australian migrating humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 122(5), 2893-2905.
• Lawler, I.R., Parra, G. and Noad, M. 2007. Chapter 16: Vulnerability of marine mammals in the Great Barrier Reef to climate change. In: “Climate Change and the Great Barrier Reef: A Vulnerability Assessment”. J.E. Johnson and P.A. Marshall (eds), Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and Australian Greenshouse Office, Australia.
• Noad, M.J. and Cato, D.H. 2007. Swimming speeds of singing and non-singing humpback whales during migration. Marine Mammal Science, 23(3), 481-495.

2006

• Cato, D., McCauley, R., Rogers, T. and Noad, M. 2006. Passive acoustics for monitoring marine animals – progress and challenges.  Proceedings of ACOUSTICS 2006, Australian Acoustical Society Conference, Christchurch, NZ, 20-22 November, pp. 453-460.
• Putland, D.A., Nicholls, J.A., Noad, M.J. and Goldizen, A.W. 2006. Imitating the neighbours: vocal dialect matching in a mimic-model system. Biology Letters, 2(3), 367-370.
• Thode, A. M., Gerstoft, P., Burgess, W.C., Sabra, K., Guerra, M., Stokes, M.D., Noad, M. and Cato, D.H. 2006. A portable matched-field processing system using passive acoustic time synchronization. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 31(3), 696-710.

2005

• Cato, D.H., Noad, M.J. and McCauley, R.D. 2005. Passive acoustics as a key to the study of marine animals. In: “Sounds in the Sea: From Ocean Acoustics to Acoustic Oceanography” H. Medwin et al. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
• Chilvers, B.L., Lawler, I.R., Macknight, F., Marsh, H., Noad, M. and Paterson, R. 2005. Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia: an example of the co-existence of significant marine mammal populations and large-scale coastal development. Biological Conservation, 122(4), 559–571.

2004

• Noad, M.J., Cato, D.H. and Stokes, M.D. 2004. Acoustic tracking of humpback whales: measuring interactions with the acoustic environment. Proceedings of Acoustics 2004, Australian Acoustical Society Conference, Gold Coast, 3-5 November. Pp 353-8.
• Cato, D.H., McCauley, R.D. and Noad, M.J. 2004. Potential effects of noise from human activities on marine animals. Proceedings of Acoustics 2004, Australian Acoustical Society Conference, Gold Coast, 3-5 November. Pp 369-74.
• Thode, A.M., Gerstoft, P., Guerra, M., Noad, M., Stokes, D. and Cato, D. 2004. Matched-field processing of humpback whale song off eastern Australia. Proceedings of Acoustics 2004, Australian Acoustical Society Conference, Gold Coast, 3-5 November. Pp 359-61.

2001

• Noad, M.J. and Cato, D.H. 2001a. A combined acoustic and visual survey of humpback whales off southeast Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 47(2), 507-523.
• Macknight, F.L., Cato, D.H., Noad, M.J. and Grigg, G.C. 2001. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of the song of the east Australian population of humpback whales. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 47(2), 525-538.

2000

• Noad, M.J., Cato, D. H., Bryden, M.M., Jenner, M-N. and Jenner, K.C.S. 2000. Cultural revolution in whale songs. Nature, 408(6812), 537.
• Noad, M.J. 2000. A southern right whale Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822) in southern Queensland waters. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 45(2), 556.

Conference Presentations

2016

• Allen, J., Garland, E.C., Murray, A., Noad, M.J., & Dunlop, R.A. (2016). Creation of an acoustic dictionary to classify the vocal repertoire of humpback whale song.  Special Session: The Diversity of Bioacoustic Signals at the 5th Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the Acoustical Society of Japan, 28^th November- 2^nd December, 2016.
• Indeck, K., Dunlop, R. & Noad, M. (2016). The contextual use and effects on production of mother/calf communication signals in humpback whales. 3^rd Student Conference of the Australia/New Zealand Student Chapter for the Society of Marine Mammalogy, Adelaide, South Australia, 23^rd – 25^th November, 2016.
• Cusano, D.A., Noad, M. J., Dunlop, R.A. (2016). Motivational information within vocalisations of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). 3^rd  Meeting of the ANZ Student Chapter of the Society for Marine Mammalogy. Adelaide, Australia, 24^th-25^th November, 2016. (Poster Presentation)
• Cusano, D.A., Noad, M. J., Dunlop, R.A. (2016). Motivational information within vocalisations of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). 2^nd Annual School of Veterinary Science Research Conference. Gatton, Australia, 27^th October, 2016. (Poster Presentation

2015

• Allen, J., Garland, E.C., Noad, M.J., Dunlop, R.A. (2015). Quantifying the rate of song change in the east Australian humpback whale population. 21st Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Francisco, CA, USA, 13th-18th December, 2015. (Poster Presentation)
• Girola E., Noad M., Dunlop R., Cato D. (2015). The acoustical characteristics of humpback whale song units.  21st Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Francisco, US, 13th-18th December, 2015. (Poster Presentation)
• Michael J. Noad, Rebecca A. Dunlop^, Robert D. McCauley and Douglas H. Cato^. (2015). Behavioral responses of migrating humpback whales to a small air gun and the importance of baseline data. Oceanoise 2015, Barcelona, 11 – 15^th May 2015.

2013

• Murray, A., Antunes, R., Dunlop, R.A, Goldizen, A. W., Noad, M. J. (2013). Hidden Markov models reveal the structural differences between simple and complex phrase types in the songs of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). 21st Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Francisco, CA, USA, 13th-18th December, 2015. (Poster Presentation)
• Murray, A., Dunlop, R.A, Goldizen, A. W., Noad, M. J. (2013) Cracking the Code: Simple and complex phrases in humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) song. 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Dunedin, New Zealand. (Poster Presentation)
• Dunlop, R. A., Noad, M. J., McCauley, R., Kniest, E. and Cato, D. (2013) The behavioural response of humpback whales to a 20 cu in air gun. 20th Biennial Conference on Marine Mammals, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand, 9-13 December  (Poster Presentation)
• Noad, M. J., Kniest, H., Dunlop, R. A., McCauley, R. and Cato, D. (2013) Real-time, dynamic mitigation against temporary threshold shifts in humpback whales during a large behavioural response study using air guns. 20th Biennial Conference on Marine Mammals, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand, 9-13 December. (Poster Presentation)
• Murray, A., Dunlop, R., Goldizen, A., Noad, M. (2013) Cracking the code: Simple and complex phrases in humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) song. 20th Biennial Conference on Marine Mammals, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand, 9-13 December. (Poster Presentation)
• Owen, K., Donnelly, D., Goldizen, A., Noad, M., Warren, J., Dunlop, R. (2013) Fast food not so appealing for migrating cetaceans? The impact of prey species and depth on migratory feeding behaviour. 20th Biennial Conference on Marine Mammals, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand, 9-13 December (Poster Presentation).
• James, A., Owen, K., Dunlop, R., Weeks, S., Noad, M. (2013) Identifying key environmental conditions driving opportunistic feeding of migrating humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) off Eden, NSW, Australia. 20th Biennial Conference on Marine Mammals, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand, 9-13 December (Poster Presentation).
• Dunlop, R, Cato, D., Noad, M. and McCauley, R. The behavioural response of humpback whales to a 20 cu in air gun source. Aquatic Noise, Budapest, August 2013.
• Cato, D.H., Noad, M.J., Dunlop, R.A., McCauley, R.D., Kniest, H., Paton, D., Salgado Kent, C. & Jenner, K.C.S. 2013. Behavioral response of humpback whales to seismic air guns. 21st International Congress on Acoustics, Montreal, 2-7 June.
• Dunlop, R.A., Noad, M.J. & Cato, D.H. 2013. Modification of humpback whale social sounds repertoire and vocal source levels with increased noise. 21st International Congress on Acoustics, Montreal, 2-7 June.
• Noad, M.J., Cato, D., Dunlop R. & McCauley, R. 2013. An interdisciplinary approach to measuring impacts of seismic surveys on humpback whales. Twenty-seventh annual meeting of the European Cetacean Society, Setubal, Portugal, 8-10 April.

Reports & Non-peer Reviewed Publications

2016

• Cato, Douglas H., Dunlop, Rebecca A., Noad, Michael J., McCauley, Robert D., Kniest, Eric, Paton, David and Kavanagh, Ailbhe S. (2016). Addressing challenges in studies of behavioral responses of whales to noise. In Arthur N. Popper and Anthony Hawkins (Ed.), The effects of noise on aquatic life II (pp. 145-152) New York, United States: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_17
• Lewandowski, Jill, Luczkovich, Joseph, Cato, Douglas and Dunlop, Rebecca (2016). Summary report panel 3: Gap analysis from the perspective of animal biology: Results of the panel discussion from the third international conference on the effects of noise on aquatic life. In The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II (pp. 1277-1281) New York, United States: Springer New York LLC. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_161

2015

• Harcourt, Robert, Marsh, Helene, Slip, David, Chilvers, Louise, Noad, Mike and Dunlop, Rebecca (2015). Marine mammals, back from the brink? Contemporary conservation issues. In Adam Stow, Norman Maclea and Gregory I. Holwell (Ed.), Austral ark: the state of wildlife in Australia and New Zealand (pp. 322-353) Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

2010

• Noad, M.J. 2010. Humpback Whales: A review of their current conservation status and the threats posed by anthropogenic noise. Proceedings of the 3rd AVA/NZVA Pan Pacific Veterinary Conference, Brisbane.

2008

• Noad, M.J., Dunlop, R.A., Paton, D. and Cato, D.H. 2008. An update of the east Australian humpback whale population (E1) rate of increase. Paper submitted to the International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee, Santiago, 1 – 13 June. SC/60/SH31.

2007

• Noad, M.J. and Dunlop. R.A. 2007. Abundance estimates of the east Australian humpback whale population. Progress report to the Australian Department of the Environment and Water Resources, 31 August.

2006

• Noad, M.J., Paton, D.A. and Cato, D.H. 2006. Absolute and relative abundance estimates of Australian east coast humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Paper submitted to the International Whaling Commission sub-committee for the assessment of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales, Hobart, 4-7 April. SC/A06/HW27.
• Noad, M.J., Paton, D.A., Gibbs, N.J. and Childerhouse, S.J. 2006. A combined visual and acoustic survey of humpback whales and other cetaceans of Samoa. Paper submitted to the International Whaling Commission sub-committee for the assessment of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales, Hobart, 4-7 April. SC/A06/HW28.
• Noad, M.J., Paton, D., Cato, D.H., Dunlop, R., Kniest, E. and Morris, C.W. 2006. Survey of east Australian humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) at Point Lookout, 2004. Report to the Australian Department of the Environment and Heritage.

2005

• Noad, M.J., Cato, D.H. and Paton, D. 2005. Absolute and relative abundance estimates of Australian east coast humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Paper submitted to the International Whaling Commission meeting, Ulsan, South Korea. SC/57/SH12.
• Cato, D.H., Noad, M.J., Stokes, D., Kniest, E., Biassoni, N., Miller, P. and Deane, G.B. 2005. Acoustic and tracking techniques in the humpback whale acoustic collaboration (HARC). Proc. International Conference on Underwater Acoustic Measurements: Technologies & Results, Heraklion,  Crete, Greece, 28 June – 1 July.
• Noad, M.J. 2005. Report on work undertaken under Permit No. E 2002/00030 – a permit to interfere with whales in the course of scientific research. Report to the Department of Environment and Heritage.

2004

• Noad, M.J. 2004. Report on the Humpback whale Acoustic Research collaboration (HARC) 2003 field season. Report to Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, Cal.
• Noad, M.J. 2004. Report on work undertaken under Permit No. E 2002/00030 – a permit to interfere with whales in the course of scientific research. Report to the Department of Environment and Hertiage.
• Higgins, D.P. and Noad, M.J. 2004. Final issues paper: Standard protocols for the collection of biological samples from stranded cetaceans. Report prepared for the Department of Environment and Heritage.
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