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1 LIST OF IDENTIFIED AND COMPILED PUBLICATIONS ON MARINE MAMMALS SPECIES IN THE WCR (by alphabetical order) AN INVENTORY OF NATIONAL CAPABILITIES FOR CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH ON SMALL CETACEANS IN VENEZUELA- RECENT AND CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS A new record for the beaked whale, Mesoplodon europaeus, from Jamaica A note on illegal captures of wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the coastal waters of the Dominican Republic A poorly differentiated pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma in a free-ranging Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) 2003 A Quantitative Threats Analysis for the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) 2007 A review of cetacean interactions with longline gear gilman_et_al_2006 A REVIEW OF FISHERIES BY-CATCH OF MARINE MAMMALS IN THE WIDER CARIBBEAN REGION 2005 A REVIEW OF RECORDS OF THE EXTINCT WEST INDIAN MONK SEAL, MONACHUS TROPICALIS (CARNIVORA PHOCIDAE), FOR THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 2000 A review of scientific contributions from comercial whalewatching platforms-robbins A Review of Whale-Watching and Whaling with Applications for the Caribbean 2002 A STAGE-BASED MODEL OF MANATEE POPULATION DYNAMICS 2004 A stranded pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata) in Puerto Rico 1999 A Stranded Sperm Whale, Physeter catodon, at Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico 1988 Abondance et Distribution des mammifères marins GandilhonandGirou,2008_DIREN_Guadeloupe_FWIv5 ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION TRENDS OF THE WEST INDIAN MANATEE IN THE COASTAL ZONE OF BELIZE, IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION 2004A-WFSC-Auil-1 ABUNDANCE OF ATLANTIC SPOTTED & BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS, VENEZUELA 2009 Acoustic and Visual Survey of Cetaceans in the Waters of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands February March 2001 Acoustic and Visual Survey of Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Distribution in the Eastern and Southeastern Caribbean Sea 2003 Acoustic detections of singing humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the eastern North Pacific during their northbound migrationa) ACTION PLAN FOR THE CONSERVATION OF MARINE MAMMALS IN THE WIDER CARIBBEAN REGION 2008 Activities of the Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) of UNEP on the Conservation of Marine Mammals in the Wider Caribbean 2000 ACTUALIZACIÓN DEL ESTADO DE CONSERVACIÓN DEL MANATÍ COSTA RICA- DISTRIBUCIÓN, ABUNDANCIA, AMENAZAS Y ACCIONES DE CONSERVACIÓN ( ) Acute myocarditis in a West Indian Manatee, Trichechus manatus (Sirenia Trichechidae), from Puerto Rico 2007 Additional cetacean records for the Leeward Dutch Antilles 1994 Additional Records and a Review of the Cetacean Fauna of the Leeward Dutch Antilles 1998 AEROBIC MICROORGANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH FREE-RANGING BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS IN COASTAL GULF OF MEXICO AND ATLANTIC OCEAN WATERS 2006 AMPLIACIÓN DE LA DISTRIBUCIÓN DE LA BALLENA PILOTO DE ALETAS CORTAS (GLOBICEPHALA MACRORHYNCHUS) EN VENEZUELA 2007 An assessment of the behaviors of overwintering manatees as influenced by interactions with tourists at two sites in central Florida King_Heinen_2004 Análisis de la Viabilidad Poblacional y del Hábitat del Manatí en la Costa Atlántica de Costa Rica, Informe Final 2004 Assessing abundance trends of deep-diving cetaceans off Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas Dolman_2007 ATLANTIC SPOTTED DOLPHIN (Stenella frontalis) Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock 1995 Automated Categorisation of Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Whistles C_Dunn_MRes_Thesis 2005 Bahamas Marine Mammal Survey 2005 FIELD REPORT to Bahamas Department of Fisheries Bahamas_Naturalist_In_Search Barlow and Gisiner JCRM-06 mitigation Behavioral responses of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, to gillnets and acoustic alarms 2003 behaviour of cetaceans in the northern gulf of mexico relative to survey ships and aircraft 1998 belize manatee recovery plan 1998 BLAINVILLE S BEAKED WHALE (Mesoplodon densirostris) Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock 1995 Body length, swimming speed,dive duration and colouration of the dolphin Sotalia fluviatilis (Tucuxi) in Nicaragua BORRADOR REVISADO PLAN DE ACCIÓN PARA LA CONSERVACIÓN DE LOS MAMÍFEROS MARINOS EN LA REGIÓN DEL GRAN CARIBE 2006 BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (Tursiops truncatus) Gulf of Mexico Bay, Sound, and Estuarine Stocks 2005 BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (Tursiops truncatus) Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Stock 1995 Page 1

2 Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Drowned Cayes, Belize, Group Size, Site Fidelity and Abundance 2005 BRYDE'S WHALE (Balaenoptera edeni) Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock 1995 BUILDING A MARINE PROTECTED AREAS NETWORK TO PROTECT ENDANGERED SPECIES- WHALE CONSERVATION SOUTH AMERICA CAPTURE-RECAPTURE ANALYSIS FOR ESTIMATING MANATEE REPRODUCTIVE RATES 2004 Caribbean monk seal extinct Kenyon, K. W Cetacean habitats in the northern Gulf of Mexico 2000 Cetacean Interactions with Trawls A Preliminary Review Cetacean strandings in Costa Rica ( ) Cetaceans of Martinique Island (Lesser Antilles) occurrence and distribution obtained from a small boat dedicated survey. Cetaceans of Venezuela Their Distribution and Conservation Status 2001 Cetaceans on the Upper Continental Slope in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico 1991 Cetaceans, Sea Turtles ard Seabirds in the Northern GIf of Mexico - Distribution, Abundance and Habitat Associations Cetáceos del noreste de Venezuela Characteristics of Minke Whale Pulse Trains Recorded near Puerto Rico 2000 Characterization of Resting Holes and Their Use by the Antillean Manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) in the Drowned Cayes, Belize 2009 Circumstantial evidence for the presence of monk seals in the West Indies Boyd, I.L. and M.P. Stanfield COLLISIONS BETWEEN SHIPS AND WHALES 2001 Conserving Cetaceans The Convention on Migratory Species and its Relevant Agreements for Cetacean Conservation consumption of aquatic plants by the west indian manatee Cooperative feeding among bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus) near grand bahama island, Aquatic Mamm Rossbach 1999 correlating military sonar use with beaked whale mass strandings-what do the historical data show 2009 CURRENT STATUS OF SMALL CETACEANS IN VENEZUELA Bolanos-Jimenezetal.2006IWCSC-SM-9 CUVIER'S BEAKED WHALE (Ziphius cavirostris) Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock 1995 Deplete Locally, Impact Globally, Environmental History of Shore-Whaling in Barbados, W.I. DEPTH-DEPENDENT BEHAVIORAL AND SPECTRAL FEATURES OF DIVING SPERM WHALES (PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS) IN THE GULF OF MEXICO Detection of free-ranging West Indian manatees Trichechus manatus using side-scan sonar 2009 determinacion del estado actual de los cetaceos de las costas del estado aragua-venezuela 1998 Development of predictive models to explain the distribution of the West Indian manatee in tropical watercourses Ignacio Jimenez 2005 DIET OF FREE-RANGING AND STRANDED SPERM WHALES (Physeter macrocephalus) FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO 2003 DIET OF THE MANATEES (TRICHECHUS MANATUS MANATUS) IN CHETUMAL BAY, MEXICO 2009 Differentiating Serious and Non-Serious Injury of Marine Mammals 2007 Distribution and Abundance of Cetaceans in the North-Central and Western Gulf of Mexico, Final Report 1996 DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF FLORIDA MANATEESAROUND SELECTED POWER PLANTS FOLLOWING WINTER COLD FRONTS distribution and abundance of inia geoffrensis and sotalia fluviatilis in the upper amazon river 1997 Distribution and habitat use by manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) in Belize and Chetumal Bay, Mexico Morales-Vela 2000 Distribution and Relative Abundance of Humpback Whales off Western Puerto Rico during Distribution and status of manatees in Panama 1990 DISTRIBUTION AND STATUS OF MARINE MAMMALS OF THE WIDER CARIBBEAN REGION-AN UPDATE OF UNEP DOCUMENTS 2005 Distribution of common dolphins (Delphinus spp.) in the western Atlantic Ocean - a critical re-examination 2009 Distribution of the Clymene dolphin Fertletal.2003 Distribution, Habitat Partitioning, and Abundance of Atlantic Spotted Dolphins, Bottlenose Dolphins, and Loggerhead Sea Turtles on the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Continental Shelf 2003 Distribution, Habitat Partitioning, and Abundance of Atlantic Spotted Dolphins, Bottlenose Dolphins- Gulf of Mexico Continental Shelf Distribution, habitat, and conservation status of the West Indian Manatee de Thoisy et al. (2003) Distribution, movements and residency of sperm whales of the commonwealth of dominica, eastern caribbean Diving Behaviour and Foraging Ecology of Blainville s and Cuvier s Beaked Whales in the Northern Bahamas L_Hickmott_MRes_Thesis 2005 Dolphin ecology and behaviour in the southeastern waters of the Dominican Republic preliminary observations Page 2

3 DRAFT RECOVERY PLAN FOR THE SPERM WHALE (PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS) NOAA 2006 DRAFT COMPILATION OF CAPACITIES FOR MARINE MAMMALS 2008 DRAFT COMPILATION OF CONSERVATION, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC AWARENESS MATERIALS ON MARINE MAMMALS 2008 DRAFT COMPILATION OF PROTOCOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR RESPONDING TO MARINE MAMMAL STRANDINGS 2008 DRAFT COMPILATION OF RESEARCH PROTOCOLS FOR MARINE MAMMALS 2008 Draft_Antillean_Manatee WEST INDIAN MANATEE (Trichechus manatus) PUERTO RICO STOCK 2009 Eastern Caribbean Cetacean Network (ECCN) Whale and Dolphin Sighting Form echantillonnage visuel et acoustique des cetaces et de l'avifaune marine dans les eaux territoriales de martinique, nov dec 2004 SEPANMAR ECOLOGIA Y CONSERVACIÓN DEL MANATÍ ANTILLANO EN LA ZONA COMPRENDIDA ENTRE PUERTO CARREÑO, COLOMBIA Y PUERTO AYACUCHO 2005 EL SANTUARIO DE MAMÍFEROS DE LA REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA, GARANTÍA DE CONSERVACIÓN PARA LAS BALLENAS JOROBADAS EN EL CARIBE 2005 Elementos para el Desarrollo de un Plan de Acción para los Mamíferos Marinos en el Gran Caribe-Una Revisión de la Distribución de los Mamíferos Marinos 2001 Elements for the Development of a Marine Mammal Action Plan for the Wider Caribbean-A Review of Marine Mammal Distribution 2001 Environmental History of Marine Mammal Exploitation in Trinidad and Tobago, W.I., and its Ecological Impact Epidermal diseases in bottlenose dolphins impacts of natural and anthropogenic factors ESTADO DE CONSERVACION, ECOLOGIA Y CONOCIMIENTO POPULAR DEL MANATI (Trichechus manatus, L.) EN COSTA RICA. estimates of abundance of cetaceans in offshore waters of the northwestern gulf of mexico Jefferson1996 Estimating American 19th century catches of humpback whales in the West Indies and Cape Verde Islands 2003 Estimating Whaling Catch History Etat des lieux du whale watching en Amérique latine 2008 Evaluating impacts of nature-based tourism on cetaceans Bejder, L. and A. Samuels Evaluation and Management of the Noise Impact on Marine Mammals in Venezuela legal and technical aspect Evaluation of Adrenocortical Function in Florida Manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) Tripp_et_al_2010 EVALUATION OF BOATER COMPLIANCE WITH SPEED REGULATIONS IN SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA Evaluation of Human Interactions with a Provisioned Wild Bottlenose Dolphin, Florida, and Efforts to Curtail the Interactions 2006 evidence of a shark attack on a manatee, puerto rico Fatal Pneumonia and Pleuritis Caused by an Agujon Beak Penetration in a Bottlenose Dolphin from Puerto Rico 2002 Lucy_Bunkley Field recordings of Gervais beaked whales Mesoplodon europaeus from the Bahamas Final recovery plan for the humpback whale 1991 NOAA FINE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT SELECTION OF BEAKED WHALES D_Claridge_MSc_Thesis First account of a humpback whale in Texas waters, with a re-evaluation of historical records from the Gulf of Mexico 1996 First record of a humpback whale stranding in Pará State, Northern coast of Brazil 2009 first record of dwarf sperm whale, pygmy sperm whale and pygmy killer whale in veracruz mexico 1998 First record of the melonhead whale (peponocephala electra) for puerto rico First records of humpback whales including calves at golfo dule and isla del coco, costa rica 1995 First Report of a Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) in Cuba 2010 FIRST REPORT OF A HELMINTH INFECTION FOR BRYDE S WHALE, BALAENOPTERA EDENI ANDERSON, Pinto_etal_2004 First sightings of melon-headed whales in the Gulf of Mexico 1994 Florida Manatee Recovery Plan (Trichechus manatus latirostris) Third Revision Florida manatees, Trichechus manatus latirostris, respond to approaching vessels Florida Manatees, Warm-Water Refuges, and an Uncertain Future Laist Reynolds Four-choice sound localization abilities of two Florida manatees, Trichechus manatus latirostris FRANCE PROGRESS REPORT ON CETACEAN RESEARCH, JANUARY TO DECEMBER 2005, WITH STATISTICAL DATA FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR France. Progress report on cetacean research, January 2007 to December 2007, with statistical data for the calendar year Genetic identification of an individual humpback whale betwen the Eastern Caribbean and the Norwegian Sea 2004 Geographic variation in polychorinated biphenyl and organochlorine pesticide concentrations in the blubber of bottlenose dolphins from the US Atlantic coast 2004 Gero and Whitehead (SC-58-SM1) Opportunistic sightings of small cetaceans off the leeward shore of the Commonwealth of Dominica Page 3

4 GERVAIS' BEAKED WHALE (Mesoplodon europaeus) Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock 1995 Global bycatch assessment of long lived species-sint maarten Global Potential For Whale Watching 2010 Guide to the Most Common Whales and Dolphins of Abaco cruising_2007 GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA ASSOCIATED WITH MARINE MAMMAL CAPTIVITY Guidelines for the Development of National Networks of Cetacean Strandings Monitoring 2004 Harvey_et_al_2009_Hematology_Florida_manatee Heavy poaching in prime habitat-the conservation status of thewest Indian manatee in Nicaragua 2002 Helminths from a stranded manatee 1999 Herd stranding of spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) in St. John, United States Virgin Islands. Historical catches of humpback whales in the North Atlantic Ocean an overview of sources-reeves Smith Historical observations of humpback and blue whales in the North Atlantic Ocean - clues to migratory routes and possibly additional feedings grounds. Historical occurrence and distribution of humpback whales in the eastern and southern Caribbean Sea, based on data from American whaling logbooks History of whaling in Trinidad and Tobago Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) occurrence near the Cape Verde Islands, based on American 19th century whaling records Humpback whale sightings in southern waters of the Dominican Republic lead to proactive conservation measures HUMPBACK WHALES AND OTHER MARINE MAMMALS OFF COSTA RICA AND SURROUNDING WATERS, Humpback Whales from Mexico 1986 Identificación de áreas prioritarias para la conservación de cetáceos misticetos en los alrededores de la Isla de Margarita, Venezuela 2007 IFAW WHALE WATCHING report 2001 Incidental predation by a largetooth cookiecutter shark on a Cuvier s beaked whale in Puerto Rico 2002 Influence of power plants and other warm water refuges on florida manatees laist reynolds 2005 INFORME FINAL DE LAS CAMPAÑAS DE CAPTURA Y MARCAJE DE MANATÍES EN EL PARQUE NACIONAL TORTUGUERO (COSTA RICA) Informe final del Proyecto H164 Variación genética del manatí (Trichechus manatus), en el sureste de México y monitoreo con radio-transmisores en Quintana Roo Interaction between killer whales and a leatherback turtle off the north-eastern coast of Venezuela 2007 Interactions between Cetacean and Fisheries in the Southern Ocean 2005 Interspecific interactions between Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) and bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Bahamas, Inventaire et suivi des Cétacés des eaux territoriales à la Martinique par échantillonnages visuel & acoustique - résultats de 2005 Pelagos 2005 Joint Interim Report Bahamas Marine Mammal Stranding Event of March 2000 KILLER WHALE (Orcinus orca) Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock 1995 KILLER WHALE (Orcinus orca) Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock 2007 KILLER WHALE (ORCINUS ORCA) OCCURRENCE IN VENEZUELAN WATERS, Bolano_set_al_KW_Venezuela_2010 killer_whales_occurrence_in_venezuela_waters_ _iwc_2008 Large Whale Ship Strike Database NOAA 2004 Le lamantin en Guyane_Ecologie, distribution, statut, importance traditionnelle_ 2001 Le projet de sanctuaire pour les mammifères marins dans les Antilles Françaises en 2007 Legislation on cetaceans and captivity An overview by Cathy Williamson, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society 2006 Live-captures of common bottlenose dolphins and unassessed bycatch in Cuban waters evidence of sustainability found wanting Lobomycosis in Man and Lobomycosislike Disease in Bottlenose Dolphin, Venezuela 2009 Lobomycosis-like disease in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) from Venezuela 2004 LOS MANATÍES DEL RÍO SAN JUAN Y LOS CANALES DE TORTUGUERO-Ecología y conservación MAJOR THREATS TO MARINE MAMMALS IN THE WIDER CARIBBEAN REGION-A SUMMARY REPORT 2005 mammalian species trichetus manatus Husar 1978 Manatee Habitat and Human-related Threats to Seagrass in Florida, A Review 1993 Manatee Population Ecology and Management Workshop Proceedings April 2002 Marine Birds, Mammals, Turtles, and Endangered Manatee - South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Pilot Study Page 4

5 Marine Major Ecological Disturbances of the Caribbean 2000 Marine Mammal Captivity in the Northeastern Caribbean, with Notes on the Rehabilitation of Stranded Whales, Dolphins, and Manatees 1998 Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program, Program Devellopment Plan 1994 Marine Mammal Sightings in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, Summer 1991 Marine Mammal Strandings in the United States NOAA report 1991 MARINE MAMMALS - BIBLIOGRAPHIC COMPILATION FOR THE WIDER CARIBBEAN REGION 2006 MARINE PROTECTED AREAS IN SOUTH AMERICA -SPATIAL ASSESSMENT OF CETACEAN DISTRIBUTION COVERAGE 2007 MELON-HEADED WHALE (Peponocephala electra) Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock 2003 Mermaids_and_Manatees Metazoan parasites and other symbionts of cetaceans in the Caribbean METAZOAN PARASITES OF MARINE MAMMALS FROM THE CARIBBEAN AND THE WESTERN COAST OF NORTH AMERICA 2005 Migration of a humpback whale between Norway and the West Indies 1998 Migrations of two humpbacks 1988 Migratory destinations of Humpback Whales from the Magellan Strait Feeding Ground, Southeast Pacific 2007 Migratory movements and surfacing rates of humpback whales satellite tagged at Socorro Island, Mexico 2008 morphology of the clymene dolphin (stenella clymene) in the northern gulf of mexico Jefferson1996 New Records of Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon spp.) for the Caribbean 1999 New records of Fraser's dolphin (lagenodelphis hosei) for the caribbean 1999 Non-metric characters in two species of Sotalia (Gray, 1866) (Cetacea, Delphinidae) 2008 Notes on a Gervais' Beaked WHale and a Dwarf Sperm Whale stranded in Curacao 1992 Notes on the confirmation of the Dwarf sperm whale on Venezuelan coasts 2007 Notes on the presence of Risso s Dolphin, Grampus griseus Cuvier 1812 (Cetacea Delphinidae), in Venezuelan waters 2008 NOTES ON THE PYGMY KILLER WHALE IN VENEZUELA, SOUTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN 2006 NWHI Proclamation observations of an interaction between sperm whales and short-finned pilot whales in the gulf of mexico weller_etal_1996 Observations of Peponocephala electra, the Melon-headed Whale, in the Southeastern Caribbean 1997 Observations of small cetaceans in the Eastern Caribbean observations on an unidentified dolphin of family delphinidae in jamaican waters 1959 On the occurrence of sei whales, Balaenoptera borealis, in the south-western Atlantic Iniguez _et_al_ 2010_ballena_sei Opportunistic carnivory by Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) 2003 Courbis and Worthy Pacific Islands regional guidelines for whale and dolphin watching PANTROPICAL SPOTTED DOLPHIN (Stenella attenuata) Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock 2005 parasites and commensals of the west indian manatee from puerto rico 1999 Past and present utilisation of marine mammals in Grenada, West indies 2000 Patterns of prey biomass consumption by small odontocetes in the northeastern coast of Venezuela Photo identification study to assess the population size of atlantic bottlenose dolphins in central abaco Claridge_Bah_J_Sci_1994 phylogeography of the west indian manatee 1998 PHYSICAL HABITAT OF CETACEANS ALONG CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO THE CONTINENTAL SLOPE IN THE NORTH 1998 PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL THERMOREGULATION IN BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS) IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA 2005 Placentation in dolphins from the Amazon River Basin Inia geoffrensis, Sotalia fluviatilis 2007 Plan de accion para la conservacion de los mamiferos marinos en el pacifico sudeste PLAN D ACTION POUR LA CONSERVATION DES MAMMIFERES MARINS DANS LA REGION DES CARAÏBES 2008 Population estimate and inter-island movement of sperm whales, Physeter macrocephalus, in the Eastern Caribbean population viability analysis of the florida manatee (trichechus manatus latirostris) PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE THAT BOAT SPEED RESTRICTIONS REDUCE DEATHS OF FLORIDA MANATEES laist2006 preliminary notes on the existence of a dolphin by-catch off french guiana 1990 Page 5

6 PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON HABITAT USE PATTERNS OF THE MARINE TUCUXI, SOTALIA FLUVIATILIS, IN CISPATÁ BAY, COLOMBIA2004 Preliminary observations on the spatial distribution of humpback whales off the north coast of Margarita Island, Venezuela south east Caribbean PRIMER REGISTRO DEL DELFÍN COMÚN (Delphinus capensis) VENEZUELA 2002 PRIMER REGISTRO PEPONOCEPHALA ELECTRA, VENEZUELA 2009 Progress Report on Relevant Activities Undertaken within the Framework of CMS, ASCOBANS and ACCOBAMS to the 62nd Meeting of the IWC Agadir 2010 project global Brazil project global Guyana project global Suriname project global Trinidad and Tobago 2007 PROTOCOLO DE MONITOREO PARA EL MANATÍ (TRICHECHUS MANATUS, L) guatemala 2002 Proyecto de conservación, recuperación y manejo del manatí Trichechus manatus en México Pygmy and Dwarf Sperm Whales in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, with a Review of Kogia in the Caribbean 1999 PYGMY KILLER WHALE (Feresa attenuata) Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock 2005 PYGMY SPERM WHALE (Kogia breviceps) Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock 2009 Rapport sur la Répartition des Mammifères Marins Recent advances in whalewatching research Parsons Recommendations for Whale Watching Guidelines in the Blue Whale Feeding Area of Southern Chile REDUCING UNDERWATER NOISE POLLUTION FROM LARGE COMMERCIAL VESSELS REGIONAL MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE WEST INDIAN MANATEE 2008 REGIONAL MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE WEST INDIAN MANATEE Quintana Rizzo-Reynolds III CEP Technical Report Registro de varamientos en las costa sureste del golfo de Mexico (estados de Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche y Qunitanaa Roo) 1997 Reintroduction of Manatees Trichechus manatus into Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles - Issues, Questions and Possible Answers 2008 Report of surveys conducted on small cetaceans off Guadeloupe 1998 to 2005 Rinaldi Report of the Workshop on the Science for Sustainable Whalewatching 2004 IFAW REPORT ON THE 61ST MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION 2009 REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACTION PLAN FOR THE CONSERVATION OF MARINE MAMMALS IN THE WIDER CARIBBEAN REGION Reproductive Parameters of Dolphins and Small Whales of the Family Deiphinidae Rescue of a premature sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in Puerto Rico Research report Lateralization of visuospatial processing in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) 2000 Review of Small Cetaceans Distribution, Behaviour, Migration and Threats RISSO'S DOLPHIN (Grampus griseus) Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock 2005 ROUGH-TOOTHED DOLPHIN (Steno bredanensis) Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock 1995 ROUGH-TOOTHED DOLPHIN (Steno bredanensis) Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock 2008 Rufford Small Grant for Nature Conservation Final Report The manatees of the Panama 2009 santuario de mamiferos marinos de republica dominicana garantia de conservacion en el caribe 2005 SEASONAL MOVEMENTS, MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR, AND SITE FIDELITY OF WEST INDIAN MANATEES ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF THE UNITED STATES deutsch_et_al_2003 SHORT-FINNED PILOT WHALE (Globicephala macrorhynchus) Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock 1995 Sightings of Cetaceans in the Northern Caribbean Sea and Adjacent Waters, Winter 1995 SIGHTINGS OF THE CLYMENE DOLPHIN (STEnELLA CLYMENE) IN THE GULF OF MEXICO Mullinetal.1994 Sirenians status and conservation efforts marsh-and-lefebvre-1994 sobre la occurencia de la ballena barbada balaenoptera physalus en venezuela 1993 SOCIAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TUCUXIS AND BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS IN GANDOCA-MANZANILLO, COSTA RICA 2005 Spatial and temporal variation in counts of the Antillean manatee (Trichechus m. manatus) during distribution surveys at Bahia de Chetumal, Mexico SPERM WHALE (Physeter macrocephalus) Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock 1995 Sperm Whale Seismic Study in the Gulf of Mexico-Synthesis Report Spiegelberger and Ganslosser (2005) Habitat analysis and exclusice bank feeding of the Antillean Page 6

7 SPINNER DOLPHIN (Stenella longirostris) Northern Gulf of Mexico Stock 1995 status of semi-captive manatees in jamaica 2003 Status of the Manatee (Trichechus manatus) along the Northern and Western Coasts of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico 2003 Stock identity of a humpback whale taken in a southeastern Caribbean hunt Robbins et al STRANDINGS OF ANTILLEAN MANATEES, TRICHECHUS MANATUS MANATUS, IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL 2004 SURVIVAL ESTIMATES FOR FLORIDA MANATEES FROM THE PHOTO-IDENTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS 2004 swim_or_dive_with_cetacean_in_latin_america_sc_55_ww9 SYNOVIAL JOINT DISEASE IN WILD CETACEANS 1999 SYNTHESIS OF CETACEANS OFF THE ISLAND OF MARTINIQUE, FRENCH WEST INDIES 2005 Taller Cetáceos ETP y Adaptación Informe 4 junio 09 The blackfish and porpoise fisheries Howard Clark the distribution of risso's dolphin (grampus griseus) with respect to the physiography of the northern gulf of mexico 1997 The Florida Manatee 1989 The Global Trade in Live Cetaceans Implications for Conservation Fisher and Reeves 2005 The NOAA Guide to Marine Mammals of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean The origins and character of aboriginal subsistence whaling - a global review RANDALL R. REEVES 2002 The Potential of Whale Watching in the Caribbean by Erich Hoyt The Project for a Marine Mammal Sanctuary in the French West Indies in 2007 THE STATUS OF THE BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS) POPULATION OF BOCAS DEL TORO, PANAMA - PRELIMINARY RESULTS BASED ON A THREE YEAR ONGOING STUDY the_case_against_marine_mammals_in_captivity_english_2009_tcm Three New Records of Cetacean Species for Venezuelan Waters 2003 THYROID HORMONE CONCENTRATIONS IN CAPTIVE AND FREE-RANGING WEST INDIAN MANATEES (TRICHECHUS MANATUS) 2000 TOOTHLESS THE ENDANGERED MANATEE AND THE FLORIDA MANATEE SANCTUARY ACT KEITH RIZZARDI Trends in counts of manatees Trichechus manatus latirostris from 1987 to 2006 in waters of Sarasota County, Florida, USA Trichechus_manatus 1978 Turismo_de_Observacion_de_Cetaceos Two Morbilliviruses Implicated in Bottlenose Dolphin Epizootics U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Stock Assessments 1995 USA Progress Report on Cetacean Research - May 2000 to April 2001 With Statistical Data for Calendar Year 1998 NOAA VALORACIÓN SOCIO-ECONÓMICA DE UTILIZACIÓN DE MAMÍFEROS MARINOS EN LA REGIÓN DEL GRAN CARIBE CAUTIVERIO, OBSERVACIÓN Y CACERÍA 2005 Vascular adaptations for heat conservation in the tail of Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) Visual and acoustic surveys for beaked whales in the Great Bahama Canyon, determining their distribution, abundance and population structure Claridge_D_ASAC WDCS.Whaling News March 06 WEST INDIAN MANATEE ((Trichechus manatus manatus) ANTILLEAN STOCK WEST INDIAN MANATEE (Trichechus manatus) FLORIDA STOCK 2009 WESTERN RANGE EXTENSION OF THE LONG-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN Whale watching and Caribbean island tourism Green peace Whale Watching vs. Whaling in the Caribbean Whale Watching Worldwide Tourism numbers, expenditures and expanding economic benefits IFAW Whales eat fish Demystifying the myth in the Caribbean marine ecosystem 2010 WHALES-MORE VALUABLE ALIVE THAN DEAD A QUESTION FOR DECISION MAKERS IN EASTERN CARIBBEAN WHALE-WATCHING DESTINATIONS KELVIN ALIE WORLDWIDE BYCATCH OF CETACEANS 2007 Zoogeography of Cetaceans off Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands 1998 Page 7

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