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reports and publications

These are some of the reports and publications on cetaceans and dugongs in the Philippines. This is in no way a comprehensive list. Please email the principal authors directly for pdf copies.

Acebes, JMV. 2014. A History of whaling in the Philippines: A glimpse of the past and current distribution of whales. In: J. Christensen and M. Tull (Eds), Unsettled Seas: Historical Perspectives of Fisheries Exploitation in the Indo-Pacific. MARE Publication Series, Vol. 12.

Silberg, JN., Acebes, JMV, Burdin AM, Mamaev EG, Dolan, KC, Layusa, CA, and Aca, EQ. 2013. New Insight Into Migration Patterns Of Western North Pacific Humpback Whales Between The Babuyan Islands, Philippines And The Commander Islands, Russia. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. 13(1):53-57.

Acebes, J.M.V. and Layusa, C.A. Science and Community-based Conservation of Humpback whales and other cetaceans in the Babuyan Islands, Philippines – Phase 2. Final Report. 2008 to 2009. Submitted to Ocean Park Conservation Foundation – Hong Kong. Unpublished [Available from j.acebes@st-hildas.oxon.org].

Acebes, JMV, Darling, JD, and Aca, EQ. 2008. Dynamite blasts in a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaenagliae) breeding ground, Babuyan Islands, Philippines. Bioacoustics. Special Issue: The International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life. 17(1-3): 153-155.

Acebes, JMV, Darling, JD and Yamaguchi, M. 2007. Status and Distribution of Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Northern Luzon, Philippines. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. 9(1):37-43

Acebes, JMV. Whaling in the Philippines: ‘indigenous’ coastal whaling and foreign whaling from the 17th century to recent times. In: Proceedings of the 17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Cape Town, South Africa. Nov 29-Dec 3, 2007.

Darling, JD, Acebes, JMV, Yamaguchi, M. In Press. Similarity Yet A Range Of Differences Between Humpback Whale Songs Recorded In The Philippines, Japan and Hawaii in 2006. Aquatic Biology.

Acebes, JMV, Bautista, AL, Yamada, TK, Dolar, ML, and Perrin, WF. Stranding of Indopacetus pacificus in Davao, Philippines. In: Proceedings of the 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego, CA. Dec 12-16, 2005. P. 8.

Acebes, JMV. Historical whaling in the Philippines: origins of ‘indigenous subsistence whaling’, mapping whaling grounds and comparison with current known distribution. MSc Dissertation. University of Oxford, UK. September 2005.

Acebes, JMV and Lesaca, LAR. 2003. Research and conservation of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) and other cetacean species in the Babuyan Islands, Cagayan Province, Northern Luzon, Philippines. In: Proceedings of the Regional conference on Environment and Development, The Sierra Madre Mountain Range: Global Relevance, Local realities, Cabagan, Isabela, Philippines. Cagayan Valley Program on Environment and Development. Golden Press, Tuguegarao City.

Acebes, JMV. Occurrence of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) and other cetaceans in the Babuyan Islands, Northern Luzon, Philippines. In: Proceedings of the Second International conference on the Marine Mammals of Southeast Asia, Dumaguete City, Philippines. July 22-23, 2002. Document 33. Unpublished.

Acebes, JMV. Photographic identification of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Babuyan Islands, Northern Luzon, Philippines. In: Proceedings of the 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Nov 28-Dec 3,2001. P. 1.

Acebes, JMV, Andoy, C, Davies J, Feliciano A. 2000. Northern Sierra Madre National Park Cetacean Survey: Initial Report. A Report submitted to WWF-Philippines and PLAN International-Philippines. Unpublished.

Alava, M.N.R. and A.A. Yaptinchay. 1997. Marine Mammals. In: The Philippine Red Data Book: Red List of Threatened Animals. Wildlife Conservation Society of the Philippines, Inc. Makati City: Bookmark, pp. 169-246.

Alava, M. N.R. and Dolar, M.L.L. Resource utilization of marine mammals in Visayas and Mindanao, Philippines. Poster presented at the 11th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 14-18 December, 1995. Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.

Alava, M. N. R., M. L. L. Dolar, S. Leatherwood, and C. J. Wood. 1993. Marine mammals of the Philippines. Asia Life Sciences, 2: 227-234.

Barut, N.C. 1994. ‘Policy and Management of Dolphins and Whales in the Philippines.’ In: Philippine Marine Mammals, Proceedings of a Symposium-Workshop on Marine Mammal Conservation, Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. Manila: Bookmark Inc.

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