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Book cover for Marine Mammals of Australasia: Field Biology and Captive Management
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 0001
10.7882/RZSNSW.1988.013
EISBN: 0959995145
... Twenty-three cetacean species have stranded around Tasmania, the Long-finned Pilot Whale being by far the most numerous strander. Five species (the Pygmy Right Whale, Long-finned Pilot Whale, Sperm Whale, Common Dolphin and Bottle-nosed Dolphin) are considered as common members of the fauna...
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Book cover for Marine Mammals of Australasia: Field Biology and Captive Management
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 0001
10.7882/RZSNSW.1988.011
EISBN: 0959995145
... In June 1985 approximately 62 False Killer Whales stranded at Crowdy Head, New South Wales, at least 33 of which were refloated in a three-day rescue operation. The successful operation involved overland transport of the whales and use of a still-water holding area. The cohesion...
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Book cover for Marine Mammals of Australasia: Field Biology and Captive Management
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 0001
10.7882/RZSNSW.1988.012
EISBN: 0959995145
... On July 30, 1986, 114 False Killer Whales ( Pseudorca crassidens ) , stranded on Dukes Head Beach, Augusta (34°19′30″S, 115°10′E) in the extreme south-west of Western Australia. Over the ensuing three days 96 whales were returned to the sea, but the remaining 18 died. The rescue employed...
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Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (3): 738–751.
Published: 01 March 2022
... a recently dead H. czeblukovi specimen. This extends the species geographical range by approximately 300 kilometres southwest (minimum seaward distance). The stranding likely arose from the persistent onshore winds observed prior to the discovery or from self-stranding due to illness. This discovery brings...
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Australian Zoologist (2015) 37 (4): 492–500.
Published: 01 September 2015
...Hannah B. Lloyd; Geoffrey A. Ross This study provides an account of cetacean incidents in New South Wales, Australia. Incidents comprise reports of carcasses, injured and debilitated animals found stranded onshore, entrapped in shallow water, entangled or floating offshore. Marine mammal incidents...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 30 (3): 261–271.
Published: 17 March 2014
... remained in the river for 100 days, during which time observations were made of its movements, diving habits, feeding behaviour and body condition. Apart from the risk of stranding, the entrapped whale also faced the potential threats of starvation, entanglement in fishing nets, collision with boat traffic...
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Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1993
10.7882/RZSNSW.1993.015
EISBN: 0-9599951-8-8
... these more obtrusive element s of the herpetofauna, and attempt instead to assemble and consider the diverse strands of research dealing with the less conspicuous majority of species. The composition and diversity of the Northern Territory herpetofauna is strongly linked to a pronounced rainfall gradient...
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Australian Zoologist (2023) 43 (2): 244–254.
Published: 07 September 2023
... Eppendorf tubes, loosely filled with 1.1 g (1.08 1.12 g) of clipped fur (2 × dorsal, 2 × flank and 2 × ventral). Glass microscope slides of fur strands both dry and with mounting medium (Entellan new) and a 0.17 mm glass coverslip, sealed with clear nail polish (4 × dorsal, 4 × flank and 4 × ventral...
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Book cover for Marine Mammals of Australasia: Field Biology and Captive Management
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 0001
10.7882/MMA.1998
EISBN: 0959995145
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 30 (3): 259–260.
Published: 17 March 2014
... and other forms of "development". Whale strandings are great media events in the prevailing climate of concern for these large marine mammals. They are also a serious subject for zoologists. One of the recerees for the paper by David Priddel and Robert Wheeler pointed out that this paper is exactly what...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 32 (1): 49–55.
Published: 17 March 2014
... cuniculus) in Australia, Pp.654-669 in Worldwide Furbearer Conference Proceedings edited by Chapman, J.A., Pursley, D., University of Maryland: Maryland Worldwide Furbearer Conference Proceedings 654 669 Higuchi, R.G. and Ochman, H. 1989. Production of single-stranded DNA templates by exonuclease...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 32 (2): 207–213.
Published: 17 March 2014
.... Reed Books, Melbourne. Treekangaroos. A Curious Natural History Girman, D.J. 1996. The use of PCR-based single-stranded conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) in conservation genetics. Pp. 167-182. in Molecular Genetic Approaches in Conservation, edited by T.B. Smith, and R.K. Wayne. Oxford...
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Australian Zoologist (2021) 41 (3): 521–533.
Published: 02 February 2021
... seasonally by large amounts of stranded marine fauna and marine turtle eggs (Strydom 2004; Behrendorff et al. 2018b). Understanding local dingo pack territory boundaries and dingo movements assists with determining appropriate scales for particular management interventions. Understanding dingo diet...
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Australian Zoologist (2019) 40 (1): 170–180.
Published: 01 January 2019
... control (Littin et al. 2000; 2004; 2014; Littin and Mellor 2005; Fisher and O Connor 2007; O Connor et al. 2007; Hampton et al. 2016), ungulate herd management (Bradshaw and Bateson 2000; Aebischer et al. 2014), whaling (Gales et al. 2008), cetacean stranding (Hampton et al. 2014; NOAA 2016), reptile...
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Australian Zoologist (2011) 34 (2): 190–202.
Published: 10 October 2011
... et al. 2006). These links are important because beaches, being unstable, have no large attached plants to provide food or habitat for animals. Instead, much primary production is imported via surf-zone phytoplankton and stranded macrophytes (Koop et al. 1982; Dugan et al. 2003). The former...
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Australian Zoologist (2020) 41 (3): 550–567.
Published: 27 October 2020
... conflicts between humans and bears APPENDIX 1 Socialecological system Key biophysical and social factors of the model Foothills Three coexistence strands of the identified (landscape- Carpathian bear; landscape-human; Mountains, management). Transylvania, Romania Tigers Nam Et-Phou Louey National...