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Publications


​2023:
  • Mrusczok, M., Zwamborn E., von Schmalensee, M., Ramallo, S., and Stefansson R. (2023) First account of alloparental care of a long-finned pilot whale calf (Globicephala melas) by a female killer whale (Orcinus orca). Canadian Journal of Zoology.
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2021:
  • McComb‐Turbitt, S., Costa, J., Whitehead, H., and Auger‐Méthé, M. (2021) Small‐scale spatial distributions of long‐finned pilot whales change over time, but foraging hot spots are consistent: Significance for marine wildlife tourism management. Maine Mammal Science. 

2018:
  • Wong, J. B., and Auger-Méthé, M. (2018). Using laser photogrammetry to measure long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas). Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science. 

2017:
  • Augusto, J.F., Frasier, T.R., and Whitehead, H. (2017). Social structure of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) off northern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Behaviour.
  • Zwamborn, E.M.J. and Whitehead, H. (2017). The baroque potheads: modification and embellishment in repeated call sequences of long-finned pilot whales. Behaviour.

2016:
  • Augusto, J.F., Frasier, T.R., and Whitehead, H. (2016). Characterizing alloparental care in the pilot whale (Globicephala melas) population that summers off Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Marine Mammal Science.
  • Zwamborn, E.M.J and Whitehead, H. (2016). Repeated call sequences and behavioural context in long-finned pilot whales off Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Bioacoustics.

2014:
  • Kowarski, K.A, Augusto, J.F., Frasier, T.R., and Whitehead, H. (2014). Effects of remote biopsy sampling on long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) in Nova Scotia. Aquatic Mammals.

​2013:
  • Augusto, J.F., Frasier, T.R., and Whitehead, H. (2013). Using photography to determine sex in pilot whales (Globicephala melas) is not possible: Males and females have similar dorsal fins. Marine Mammal Science.

​2009:
  • Nemiroff, L. and Whitehead, H. (2009). Structural characteristics of pulsed calls of long-finned pilot whales Globicephala melas. Bioacoustics.
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