Dwarf Minke Whale Biology

LIST OF REFERENCES

General books

Baker A. 1999. Whales and dolphins of Australia and New Zealand, 3rd edition. Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW. 133 pp.
(a good field guide; has photographs of dwarf and Antarctic minke whales, both stranded animals)

Bannister JL, Kemper CM, Warneke RM. 1996. The Action Plan for Australian Cetaceans. Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Canberra. vii+242pp.
(summarises biological information on whales, dolphins and porpoises found in Australian waters and discusses conservation issues)

Bryden M, Marsh H, Shaughnessy P. 1998. Dugongs, whales, dolphins and seals. A guide to sea mammals of Australia. Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW. 176 pp.
(a good, non-technical account, however be warned that the illustration of a supposed dwarf minke is actually a northern hemisphere minke whale)

Martin AR. et al. 1990. Whales and dolphins. Bedford Editions, London. 192 pp.
(a well-illustrated account, packed with information presented in a non-technical way; perhaps the best, concise account of minke whales although it was written before the Antarctic minke whale was recognised as a distinct species.

Nicklin C (Flip) et al. 1995. Whales, dolphins and porpoises. National Geographic Society,Washington. 232 pp.
(a beautifully illustrated book which highlights modern techniques used to study living whales)

Dwarf minke whales

Arnold P. 1998. Occurrence of dwarf minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) on the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Rep. int. whal. Commn 47: 419-424.

Arnold P, Birtles A. 1999. Towards sustainable management of the developing dwarf minke whale tourism industry in northern Queensland. CRC Reef Tech. Rep 27. Townsville, Australia. 30pp.

Arnold P, Marsh H, Heinsohn G. 1987. The occurrence of two forms of minke whales in east Australian waters with a description of the external characters and skeleton of the diminutive or dwarf form. Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. 38: 1-46.

Best PB. 1985. External characters of southern minke whales and the existence of a diminutive form. Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. 36: 1-33.

Zerbini AN, Secchi E, Siciliano S, Simoes-Lopes PC. 1996. The dwarf form of minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacepede, 1804, in Brazil. Rep. Int. Whal. Commn 46: 333-340.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We have received extensive support throughout this project from Undersea Explorer. The map and layout were provided by Adella Edwards (Tropical Environmental Science and Geography, James Cook University). Our project, Developing Ecologically Sustainable Dwarf Minke Whale Tourism, has been supported under the Marine Species Protection Program of the Coast and Clean Seas Program, provided by the Commonwealth Dept of Environment (Environment Australia), from June 1999 until June 2001.