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Waples, D.M., L.H. Thorne, L.W. Hodge, E.K. Burke, K.W. Urian & A.J. Read.  2013. A field test of acoustic deterrent devices used to reduce interactions between bottlenose dolphins and a coastal gillnet fishery. Biological Conservation 157: 163–171.

Hodge, L.E.W., J.T. Bell, A. Kumar & A.J. Read.  2012. The influence of habitat and time of day on the occurrence of odontocete vocalizations in Onslow Bay, North Carolina. Marine Mammal Science DOI: 10.1111/mms.12006.

Gilman, E., M. Chaloupka, A.J. Read, P. Dalzell, J. Holetschek & C. Curtice. 2012. Hawaii longline tuna fishery temporal trends in standardized catch rates and length distributions and effects on pelagic and seamount ecosystems. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 22: 446–488.

Johnston, D.W., A.S. Friedlaender, A.J. Read & D.P. Nowacek.  2012. Initial density estimates of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae in the inshore waters of the western Antarctic Peninsula during the late autumn. Endangered Species Research 18: 63-71.

Best, B.D., P.N. Halpin, A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, C.P. Good, E.A. LaBrecque, R.S. Schick, J.J. Roberts, L.J. Hazen, S.S. Qian, D L. Palka, L.P. Garrison & W.A. McClellan. 2012. Online marine mammal habitat modeling system for the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico. Endangered Species Research 18: 1-15.


Dow Piniak, W.E. & K.L. Eckert. 2011. Sea turtle nesting in the Wider Caribbean Region. Endangered Species Research 15: 129-141.

Gerber, L.H., J. Estes, T.G. Crawford, L.E. Peavey & A.J. Read. 2011. Managing for extinction? Conflicting conservation objectives in a large marine reserve. Conservation Letters doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00197.x

Finkbeiner, E.M., B.P. Wallace, J.E. Moore, R.L. Lewison, L.B. Crowder & A.J. Read. 2011. Cumulative estimates of sea turtle bycatch and mortality in USA fisheries between 1990 and 2007. Biological Conservation 144: 2719-2727.

Schick, R.S., P.N. Halpin, A.J. Read, D.L. Urban, B.D. Best, C.P. Good, J.J. Roberts, E.A. LaBrecque, D. Dunn, L. Garrison, K.D. Hyrenbach, W.A. McLellan, D.A. Pabst, D.L. Palka & P. Stevick. 2011. Community structure in pelagic marine mammals at large spatial scales. Marine Ecology Progress Series 434: 165-181.

Gilman, E., D. Dunn, A.J. Read, R. Warner & D. Hyrenbach. 2011. Designing criteria suites to identify sites and networks of high value across manifestations of biodiversity. Biodiversity and Conservation DOI 10.1007/s10531-011-0116-y.

Foley, H.J., R.C. Holt, R.E. Hardee, P.B. Nilsson, K.A. Jackson, A.J. Read, D.A. Pabst & W.A. McLellan. 2011. Observations of the birth of a North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) outside critical habitat in the southeastern United States. Marine Mammal Science 27: E234–E240.

Nowacek, D.P., A.S. Friedlaender, P.N. Halpin, E.L. Hazen, D.W. Johnston, A.J. Read, B. Espinasse, M. Zhou, and Y. Zhu.  2011.  Super-aggregations of krill and humpback whales in Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctic Peninsula. PLoS One 6: e19173.

McClellan, C.M., A.J. Read, W.M. Cluse & M.H. Godfrey. 2011. Conservation in a complex management environment: the by-catch of sea turtles in North Carolina’s commercial fisheries. Marine Policy 35: 241-248.


Cot, C.Y., E. Fujioka, L.J. Hazen, B.D. Best, A.J Read & P.N. Halpin.  2010. Spatio-temporal gap analysis of OBIS-SEAMAP project data: assessment and way forward.  PLoS One 5: e12990.

McClellan, C.M., J. Braun-McNeill, L. Avens, B. Wallace & A.J. Read. 2010. Stable isotopes confirm a foraging dichotomy in juvenile loggerhead sea turtles. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 387: 44-51.

Moore, J.E., T.M. Cox, R.L. Lewison, A.J. Read, R. Bjorkland, S.L. McDonald, L.B. Crowder, E. Aruna, I. Ayissi, P. Espeut, C. Joynson-Hicks, N. Pilcher, C. Poonian, B. Solarin, and J. Kiszka. 2010. An interview-based approach for triaging marine mammal and sea turtle captures in artisanal fisheries. Biological Conservation 143: 795-805.

Friedlaender, A.S., D.P. Nowacek, D.W. Johnston, A.J. Read, R.B. Tyson, L. Peavey, and E.M.S. Revelli.  2010. Multiple sightings of large groups of Arnoux’s beaked whales (Berardius arnouxii) in the Gerlache Strait, Antarctica. Marine Mammal Science. 26: 246-250.

Read, A.J.  2010. Conservation biology.  Pages 340-359 in: I. Boyd, D. Bowen & S. Iverson (editors). Marine Mammal Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques.  Oxford University Press.

McClellan, C.M. & A.J. Read. 2010. Confronting the gauntlet: understanding incidental capture of green turtles through fine-scale movement studies. Endangered Species Research 10: 165-179.


McClellan, C.M., A.J. Read, B.A. Price, W.M. Cluse & M.H. Godfrey.  2009. Using telemetry to mitigate the by-catch of long-lived marine vertebrates. Ecological Applications 19: 1660-1671.

Torres, L.G. & A.J. Read. 2009. How to catch a  fish? Foraging tactic fidelity of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Florida Bay, Florida. Marine Mammal Science 25: 797-815.

Luca, M., A.J. Westgate, E. Rogan, P. Rosel, A.J. Read, J. Coughlan & T. Cross. 2009. Population structure of short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in the North Atlantic Ocean as revealed by mitochondrial and nuclear genetic markers.  Marine Biology 156: 821–834.

Poonian, C.M.S., M.D. Hauzer, A. Ben Allaoui, T.M. Cox, J.E. Moore, A.J. Read, R.L. Lewison & L.B. Crowder.  2009. Rapid assessment of sea turtle and marine mammal bycatch in the Union of the Comoros. Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science 7: 207-216.

Halpin, A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, C. Good, L.B. Crowder & K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird and sea turtle information. Oceanography 22: 104-115.

Schick, R.S., P.N. Halpin, A.J. Read, C.S. Slay S.D. Kraus, B.R. Mate, M.F. Baumgartner, J.J. Roberts, B.D. Best, C.P. Good, S.R. Loarie & J.S. Clark. 2009. Striking the right balance in right whale conservation. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 66: 1399-1403.

Urian, K.W., S. Hofmann, R.S. Wells & A.J. Read. 2009. Fine-scale population structure of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Tampa Bay, Florida. Marine Mammal Science 25: 619-638.


Moore, J.E. & A.J. Read. 2008. An uncertainty analysis of cetacean demography and bycatch mortality using carcass data. Ecological Applications 18: 1914-1931.

Torres, L.G., A.J. Read & P. Halpin. 2008. Fine-scale habitat modeling of a top marine predator: Do prey data improve predictive capacity? Ecological Applications 18: 1702-1717.

Mintzer, V.J., D.P. Gannon, N.B. Barros & A.J. Read.  2008. Stomach contents of mass-stranded short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) from North Carolina. Marine Mammal Science. 24: 290-302.

Read, A.J. 2008. The looming crisis: interactions between marine mammals and fisheries. Journal of Mammalogy. 89:  541-548.


Jaramillo-Legoretta, A., L. Rojas-Bracho, R.L. Brownell, Jr., A.J. Read, R.R. Reeves, K. Ralls & B.L. Taylor. 2007. Saving the vaquita: immediate action, not more data. Conservation Biology 21: 1653-1655.

Best, B.D., P.N Halpin, E. Fujioka, A.J Read, S. Qian, L.J Hazen & R.S Schick. 2007. Geospatial web services within a scientific workflow: Predicting marine mammal habitats in a dynamic environment. Ecological Informatics 2: 210-223.

McClellan, C.M. & A.J. Read. 2007. Complexity and variation in loggerhead sea turtle life history.  Biology Letters (doi 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0355).

Cox, T.M., R.L. Lewison, R. Zydelis, L.B. Crowder, C. Safina & A.J. Read. 2007.  Comparing effectiveness of experimental and implemented bycatch reduction measures: the ideal and the real. Conservation Biology 21: 1155-1164.

Johnston, D.W. & A.J. Read. 2007. Flow-field observations of a tidally-driven island wake used by marine mammals in the Bay of Fundy, Canada.  Fisheries Oceanography 16: 422-435.

Goetz, K.T., D.J. Rugh, A.J. Read & R. Hobbs.  2007. Habitat use in a marine ecosystem: Belgua whales Delphinapterus leucas in Cook Inlet, Alaska.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 330: 247-256.

Read, A.J. 2007. Do circle hooks reduce the mortality of sea turtles in pelagic longlines?  A review of recent experiments.  Biological Conservation 135: 155-169.

Westgate, A.J. & A.J. Read. 2007. Reproduction in short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) from the western North Atlantic.  Marine Biology 150: 1011-1024.


Werner, T., S. Kraus, A.J Read, & E. Zollett.  2006.  Fishing techniques to reduce the bycatch of threatened marine animals.  Marine Technology Society Journal 40: 77-87.

Whitt, A.D. & A.J. Read.  2006. Assessing compliance to guidelines by dolphin watching tours in Clearwater, Florida, USA.  Tourism in Marine Environments 3: 117-130.

Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, B.D. Best, K.D. Hyrenbach, E. Fujioka, M.S. Coyne, L.B. Crowder, S.A. Freeman and C. Spoerri. 2006. OBIS-SEAMAP: Developing a biogeographic research data commons for the conservation of marine mammals, seabirds and sea turtles. Marine Ecology Progress Series 316: 239-246.

Friedlaender, A.S., P.N. Halpin, S. Qian, G.L. Lawson, P.H. Wiebe, D. Thiele & A.J. Read. 2006. Whale distribution in relation to prey and oceanographic processes in the Western Antarctic Peninsula shelf waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series 317: 297-310.

Redfern, J.V., M.C. Ferguson, E.A. Becker, K.D. Hyrenbach, C. Good, J. Barlow, K. Kaschner, M. Baumgartner,  K.A. Forney, L.T. Ballance, P. Fauchald, P. Halpin, T. Hamazaki, A.J. Pershing, S. Qian, A. Read, S. Reilly, L. Torres & C. Werner. 2006. Techniques for cetacean habitat modeling: A review. Marine Ecology Progress Series 310: 271-195.

Read, A.J., P.B. Drinker & S.P. Northridge. 2006. By-catches of marine mammals in U.S. fisheries and a first estimate of global marine mammal by-catch. Conservation Biology 20: 163-169.

Cox, T.M., T.J. Ragen, A.J. Read et al.. 2006. Understanding the impacts of anthropogenic sound on beaked whales. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 7: 177-187.

Zollett, E.A. & A.J. Read. 2006. Depredation by bottlenose dolphins on the king mackerel troll fishery in Florida. Fishery Bulletin 104: 343-349.

Torres, L.G, W.A. McLellan, E.M. Meagher, and D.A. Pabst. 2006. Seasonal distribution and relative abundance of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus , along the US mid-Atlantic Coast. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management.

Torres, L.G, M.R. Heithaus & B. Delius. 2006. Influence of teleost abundance on the distribution of sharks in Florida Bay, USA . Hydrobiologia 569: 449-455.

Johnston , D.W., A.S. Friedlaender, L.G. Torres, and D.M. Lavigne. 2006. Variation in ice cover on the east coast of Canada , 1969-2002: climate variability and implications for harp and hooded seals. Journal of Climate Research 29: 209-222.


Torres, L.G., and D. Urban. 2005. Using spatial analysis to assess bottlenose dolphins as an indicator of healthy fish habitat. pp. 423-436 in: Estuarine Indicators. Ed: Stephen A. Bortone. CRC Press.

Kraus, S.D., M. Brown, H. Caswell, C. Clark, M. Fujiwara, P. Hamilton, R. Kenney, A. Knowlton, S. Landry, C. Mayo, W. McLellan, M. Moore, D. Nowacek, D. Pabst, A.J. Read & R. Rolland. 2005. North Atlantic right whales in crisis. Science 309: 561-562.

Johnston , D.W., A.J. Westgate & A.J. Read. 2005. Effects of fine scale oceanographic features on the distribution and movements of harbour porpoises ( Phocoena phocoena ) in the Bay of Fundy. Marine Ecology Progress Series 295: 279-293.

Heppell, S.S., S.A. Heppell, A.J. Read & L.B. Crowder. 2005. Effects of fishing on long-lived marine organisms. Pp. 211-231 in: E. Norse & L. Crowder (editors), Marine Conservation Biology: The Science of Maintaining the Sea’s Biodiversity. Island Press, Washington , DC .

Gannon, D.P., N.B. Barros, D.P. Nowacek, A.J. Read, D.M. Waples & R.S. Wells. 2005. Prey detection by bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus ): an experimental test of the passive listening hypothesis. Animal Behaviour 69: 709-720.

Tornero, V., A. Borrell, E. Pubill, H.N. Koopman, A.J. Read, P.J.H. Reijnders & A. Aguilar. 2005. Post-mortem stability of blubber retinoids in by-caught harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena): implications for biomarker design studies.  Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 7: 147-152.

Johnston, D.W., L.H. Thorne & A.J. Read. 2005. Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) and minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) exploit a tidally-driven island wake ecosystem in the Bay of Fundy. Marine Ecology Progress Series 305: 287-295.

Read, A.J.  2005.  By-catch and depredation.  Pp. 5-17 in: J.E. Reynolds, W.F. Perrin, R.R. Reeves, S. Montgomery & T.J. Ragen (editors).  Marine Mammal Research: Conservation beyond Crisis.  The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland.


Lewison, R., L. Crowder, A.J. Read & S. Freeman. 2004. Understanding impacts of fisheries bycatch on marine megafauna. Trends in Recent Ecology and Evolution 19: 598-604.

Cox, T.M. & A.J. Read. 2004. Echolocation behavior of harbor porpoises Phocoena phocoena around chemically enhanced gillnets. Marine Ecology Progress Series 279: 275-282.

Neimanis, A.S., H.N. Koopman, A.J. Westgate, L.D. Murison, and A.J. Read. 2004. Entrapment of harbour porpoises ( Phocoena phocoena ) in herring weirs in the Bay of Fundy, Canada. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 6: 7-17.


Marsh, H., P. Arnold, M. Freeman, D. Haynes, D. Laist, A.J. Read, J. Reynolds, and T. Kasuya. 2003. Strategies for conserving marine mammals. Pp. 1-19 in: N. Gales & M. Hindell (editors). Marine Mammals: Fisheries, Tourism and Management Issues. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.

Reeves, R.R. and A.J. Read. 2003. Bottlenose dolphin, harbor porpoise, sperm whale and other toothed cetaceans. Pp. 397-424 in: G.A Feldhammer, B.C. Thompson & J.A. Chapman (editors). Wild Mammals of North America: Biology, Management, and Conservation. Second Edition. The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore.

Thayer, V.G., A.J. Read, A.S. Friedlaender, D.R. Colby, A.A. Hohn, W.A. McLellan, D.A. Pabst, J.L. Dearolf, N.I. Bowles, J.R. Russell & K.A. Rittmaster. 2003. Reproductive seasonality of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in North Carolina. Marine Mammal Science 19: 617-629.

Koopman, H.N., S.J. Iverson & A.J. Read. 2003. High concentrations of isovaleric acid in the fats of odontocetes: variation and patterns of accumulation in blubber vs. stability in the melon. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 173: 247-261.

Read, A.J., D.M. Waples, K.W. Urian & D. Swanner. 2003. Fine-scale behaviour of bottlenose dolphins around gillnets. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biology Letters 270: 90-92.

Cox, T.M., A.J. Read, D. Swanner, K. Urian & D. Waples. 2003. Behavioral responses of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, to gillnets and acoustic alarms. Biological Conservation 115: 203-212.

Börjesson, P. & A.J. Read. 2003. Timing and synchrony of conception in the harbor porpoise. Journal of Mammalogy 84: 948-955.

Torres, L.G., P.E. Rosel, C. D’Agrosa & A.J. Read. 2003. Improving management of overlapping bottlenose dolphin ecotypes through spatial analysis and genetics. Marine Mammal Science 19: 502-514.

Read, A.J. & C.R. Brownstein. 2003. Considering other consumers :fisheries, predators, and Atlantic herring in the Gulf of Maine. Conservation Ecology 7: 2 http://www.consecol.org/vol7/iss1/art2.

Read, A.J., K.W. Urian, B. Wilson & D.M. Waples. 2003. Abundance of bottlenose dolphins in the bays, sounds and estuaries of North Carolina, USA. Marine Mammal Science 19: 59-73.

Read, A.J., C. Brownstein, L. Crowder & C. Safina. 2003. Marine by-catch: response to Scott Norris. Conservation in Practice 4(2): 43.

Clapham, P.J., P. Berggren, S. Childerhouse, N.A. Friday, T. Kasuya, L. Kell, K.-H. Kock, S.Manzanilla, G. Notabartolo di Sciara, W.F. Perrin, A.J. Read, R.R. Reeves, E. Rogan, L. Rojas-Bracho, T.D. Smith, M. Stachowitsch, B.L. Taylor, D. Thiele, P.R. Wade, R.L. Brownell, Jr. 2003. Viewpoint – whaling as science. Bioscience 55: 210-212.


Koopman, H.N., D.A. Pabst, W.A. McLellan, R.M. Dillaman & A.J. Read. 2002. Changes in blubber distribution and morphology associated with starvation in the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena): evidence for regional variation in blubber structure and function. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 75: 498-512.

McLellan, W.A., H.N. Koopman, S.A. Rommel, A.J. Read, C.W. Potter, J.R. Nicolas, A.J. Westgate & D.A. Pabst. 2002. Ontogenetic allometry and body composition of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena, L.) from the western North Atlantic. Journal of Zoology, London 257:457-472.

Bowen, W.D., A.J. Read & J.A. Estes. 2002. Feeding ecology. Pp. 217-246 in: A.R. Hoelzel (editor), Marine Mammal Biology: an Evolutionary Approach. Blackwell Science, Malden, MA.

Berggren, P., P.R. Wade, J. Carlström & A.J. Read. 2002. Potential limits to anthropogenic mortality for harbour porpoises in the Baltic region. Biological Conservation 103: 313-322.

Read, A.J. 2002. Porpoises, Overview. Pp. 982-985 in: W.F. Perrin, B. Wursig & H.G.M. Thewissen (editors), Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, Academic Press, San Diego.

Read, A.J. 2002. Telemetry. Pp. 1232-1235 in: W.F. Perrin, B. Wursig & H.G.M. Thewissen (editors), Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, Academic Press, San Diego.


Allen, M.C., A.J. Read, J. Gaudet & L.S. Sayigh. 2001. Fine-scale habitat selection of foraging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) near Clearwater, Florida. Marine Ecology Progress Series 222: 253-264.

Cox, T.M., A.J. Read, A. Solow & N. Tregenza. 2001. Will harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) habituate to pingers? Journal of Cetacean Research & Management. 3: 81-86.

Read, A.J. 2001. Trends in maternal investment of harbour porpoises are uncoupled from the dynamics of their primary prey. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 268: 573-577.


Allen, M.C. & A.J. Read. 2000. Habitat selection of foraging bottlenose dolphins in relation to boat density near Clearwater, Florida. Marine Mammal Science 16: 815-824.

Connor, R., A. Read & R. Wrangham. 2000. Male social bonds and reproductive strategies. Pp. 247-269 in: J. Mann, R. Connor, P. Tyack & H. Whitehead (editors), Cetacean Societies: Field Studies of Dolphins and Whales. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Connor, R., R. Wells, J. Mann & A. Read. 2000. The bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops spp.: social relationships in a fission-fusion society. Pp. 91-126 in: J. Mann, R. Connor, P. Tyack & H. Whitehead (editors), Cetacean Societies: Field Studies of Dolphins and Whales. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

D’Agrosa, C. , C. E. Lennert-Cody and O. Vidal. 2000. Vaquita bycatch in México’s artisanal gillnet fisheries:  Driving a small population to extinction. Conservation Biology 14:1110-1119.

Murray, K.T., A.J. Read & A.R. Solow. 2000. The use of time/area closures to reduce bycatches of harbour porpoises: lessons from the Gulf of Maine sink gillnet fishery. Journal of Cetacean Research & Management 2: 135-141.

Neimanis, A.S., A.J. Read, R.A. Foster & D.E. Gaskin. 2000. Seasonal regression intesticular size and histology in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena, L.) from the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine. Journal of Zoology, London 250: 221-229.

Read, A.J. & P.R. Wade. 2000. Status of marine mammals in the United States. Conservation Biology 14: 929-940.


Read, A.J. Harbour porpoise – Phocoena phocoena(Linnaeus, 1758). 1999. Pp 323-355 in: S.H. Ridgway and R.J. Harrison (editors), Handbook of Marine Mammals, Volume 6. Academic Press, New York.

Read, A.J. 1999. Porpoises. Worldlife Library. Colin Baxter Photography, Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland.

Koopman, H.N., A.J. Westgate & A.J. Read. 1999. Hematology values from wild harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). Marine Mammal Science 15: 52-64.

Wilson, B., H. Arnold, G. Bearzi, C.M. Fortuna, R. Gaspar, S. Ingram, C. Liret, S. Pribanic, A.J. Read, V. Ridoux, K. Schneider, K.W. Urian, R.S. Wells, C. Wood, P.M. Thompson & P.S. Hammond. 1999. Epidermal diseases in bottlenose dolphins: impacts of oceanographic and anthropogenic factors. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences 266: 1077-1083.


Caswell, H., S. Brault, A.J. Read & T.D. Smith. 1998. Harbor porpoise and fisheries: an uncertainty analysis of incidental mortality. Ecological Applications 8: 1226-1238.

Cox, T.M., A.J. Read, S. Barco, J. Evans, D. Gannon, H.N. Koopman, W.A. McLellan, K. Murray, J. Nicolas, D.A. Pabst, C. Potter, M. Swingle, V.G. Thayer, K.M. Touhey & A.J. Westgate. 1998. Documenting the bycatch of harbor porpoises in coastal gill net fisheries from strandings. Fishery Bulletin 96: 727-734.

Westgate, A.J. & A.J. Read. 1998. The application of new technology to the conservation of porpoises. Marine Technology Society Journal 32: 70-81.

Westgate, A.J., A.J. Read, T.M. Cox, T.D. Schofield, B.R. Whittaker & K.E. Anderson. 1998. Monitoring a rehabilitated harbor porpoise using satellite telemetry. Marine Mammal Science 14: 599-604.

Gannon, D.P., J.E. Craddock & A.J. Read. 1998. Autumn diet of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the Gulf of Maine. Fishery Bulletin 96: 428-437.

Dawson, S.M., A.J. Read & E. Slooten. 1998. Pingers, porpoises and power; uncertainties with using pingers to reduce bycatch of small cetaceans. Biological Conservation 84: 141-146.


Read, A.J., P.R. Wiepkema & P.E. Nachtigall (editors). 1997. Biology of the Harbour Porpoise. De Spil, Woerden, Holland.

Palka, D., A.J. Read & C.W. Potter. 1997. Summary of knowledge of white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus acutus) from US and Canadian North Atlantic waters. Reports of the International Whaling Commission 47: 729-734.

Kraus, S.D., A.J. Read, E. Anderson, K. Baldwin, A. Solow, T. Spradlin & J. Williamson. 1997. Acoustic alarms reduce porpoise mortality. Nature 388: 525.

Read, A.J. & A.J. Westgate. 1997. Monitoring the movements of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) with satellite telemetry. Marine Biology 130: 315-322.

Gannon, D.P., A.J. Read, J.E. Craddock & J.G. Mead. 1997. Stomach contents of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) stranded on the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast. Marine Mammal Science 13: 405-418.

Gannon, D.P., A.J. Read, J.E. Craddock, K.M. Fristrup & J.R. Nicolas. 1997. Feeding ecology of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) in the western North Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series 148: 1-10.

Read, A.J. & K.A. Tolley. 1997. Postnatal growth and allometry of harbour porpoises from the Bay of Fundy. Canadian Journal of Zoology 75: 122-130.


Hohn, A.A., A.J. Read, S. Fernandez, O. Vidal & L.T. Findley. 1996. Life history of the vaquita, Phocoena sinus (Phocoenidae, Cetacea). Journal of Zoology, London 239: 235-251.

Urian, K.W., D.A. Duffield, A.J. Read, R.S. Wells & D.A. Shell. 1996. Seasonality of reproduction in bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus. Journal of Mammalogy 77: 394-403.

Palka, D.L., A.J. Read, A.J. Westgate & D.W. Johnston. 1996. Summary of current knowledge of harbour porpoises in US and Canadian Atlantic waters. Reports of the International Whaling Commission 46: 559-565.

Read, A.J., J.R. Nicolas & J.E. Craddock. 1996. Winter capture of a harbor porpoise in a pelagic drift net off North Carolina. Fishery Bulletin 94: 381-383.

Read, A.J. Incidental catches of small cetaceans. 1996. Pp. 109-128 in: M. Simmonds & J. Hutchinson (editors), The Conservation of Dolphins and Porpoises: Science and Practice. John Wiley & Sons, London.

Read, A.J. 1995. New approaches to studying the foraging ecology of small cetaceans. Pp. 183-191 in: A.S. Blix, L. Walloe & O. Ulltang (editors), Whales, Seals, Fish and Man. Elsevier Press, Amsterdam.


Tolley, K.A., A.J. Read, R.S. Wells, K.W. Urian, M.D. Scott, A.B. Irvine & A.A. Hohn. 1995. Sexual dimorphism in wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from Sarasota, Florida. Journal of Mammalogy 76: 1190-1198.

Read, A.J. & A.A. Hohn. 1995. Life in the fast lane: the life history of harbor porpoises from the Gulf of Maine. Marine Mammal Science 11: 423-440.

Mate, B.R., K.A. Rossbach, S.L. Neukirk, R.S. Wells, A.B. Irvine, M.D. Scott & A.J. Read. 1995. Satellite-monitored movements and dive behavior of a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in Tampa Bay, Florida. Marine Mammal Science 11: 452-463.

Westgate, A.J., A.J. Read, P. Berggren, H.N. Koopman & D.E. Gaskin. 1995. Diving behaviour of harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena. Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences 52: 1064-1073.

Koopman, H.N., A.J. Westgate, A.J. Read & D.E. Gaskin. 1995. Blood chemistry of wild harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). Marine Mammal Science 11: 123-135.

Nachtigall, P.E., W. Au, J. Lien, & A.J. Read (editors). 1995. Interactions between harbour porpoises and fishing nets: laboratory studies to reduce by-catch. De Spil, Woerden, Holland.


Van Waerebeek, K. & A.J. Read. 1994. Reproduction of dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) from coastal Peru. Journal of Mammalogy 75: 1054-1062.

Read, A.J. 1994. Interactions between cetaceans and gill net and trap fisheries in the Northwest Atlantic. Reports of the International Whaling Commission, Special Issue 15: 133-147.

Read, A.J., R.S. Wells, A.A. Hohn & M.D. Scott. 1993 Patterns of growth in wild bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus. Journal of Zoology, London 231: 107-123.

Read, A.J., S.D. Kraus, K.D. Bisack & D. Palka. 1993. Harbor porpoises and gill nets in the Gulf of Maine. Conservation Biology 7: 189-193.


Smith, R.J. & A.J. Read. 1992. Consumption of euphausiids by harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) calves in the Bay of Fundy. Canadian Journal of Zoology 70: 1629-1632.


Woodley, T.H. & A.J. Read. 1991. Potential rates of increase of a harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena population subjected to incidental mortality in commercial fisheries. Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences 48: 2429-2435.


Read, A.J. 1990. Reproductive seasonality of harbour porpoises from the Bay of Fundy. Canadian Journal of Zoology 68: 284-288.

Read, A.J. 1990. Age at sexual maturity and pregnancy rates of harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena from the Bay of Fundy. Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences 47: 561-565.

Read, A.J. 1990. Estimation of body condition of harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena. Canadian Journal of Zoology 68: 1962-1966.

Read, A.J. & D.E. Gaskin. 1990. Changes in growth and reproduction of harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena from the Bay of Fundy. Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences 47: 2158-2163.

Van Waerebeek, K., J.C. Reyes, A.J. Read,& J.S. McKinnon. 1990. Preliminary observations of bottlenose dolphins from the Pacific coast of South America. Pp. 143-154 in: S. Leatherwood & R. Reeves (editors), The Bottlenose Dolphin. Academic Press, New York.


Recchia, C.R. & A.J. Read. 1989. Stomach contents of harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, from the Bay of Fundy. Canadian Journal of Zoology 67: 2140-2146.


Read, A.J. & D.E. Gaskin. 1988. Incidental catch of harbor porpoises by gill nets. Journal of Wildlife Management 52: 517-523.

Read, A.J., K. Van Waerebeek, J.C. Reyes, J.S. McKinnon, & L.C. Lehman. 1988. The exploitation of small cetaceans in coastal Peru. Biological Conservation 46: 53-70.

Reyes, J.C., A.J. Read, & K. Van Waerebeek. 1988. Clave de identifacacion de los pequenos cetaceos mas comunes en la costa peruana. Boletin de Lima 57: 93-95.


Read, A.J. & D.E. Gaskin. 1985. Radio tracking the movements and activities of harbor porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, in the Bay of Fundy. Fishery Bulletin 83: 543-552.


Smith, G.J.D., A.J. Read, & D.E. Gaskin. 1983. Incidental catches of harbor porpoises, Phocoena phocoena(L.), in herring weirs in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada. Fishery Bulletin 81: 660-662.

Read, A.J. & D.E. Gaskin. 1983. The application of radio tracking techniques to the study of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the Bay of Fundy. Pp. 346-352 in: D.G. Pincock (editor), Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Wildlife Biotelemetry. Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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