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Publications, reports and conference presentations produced by members of the team and collaborators.

2022

Salgado Kent, C., Marques, T.A. and Harris, D., 2022. Fundamental Data Analysis Tools and Concepts for Bioacoustical Research. Exploring Animal Behavior Through Sound: Volume, p.319.

Salgado Kent, C., 2022. Who would win in a fight between a great white shark and a blue whale?. The Conversation.

Charlton, C., McCauley, R.D., Brownell Jr, R.L., Ward, R., Bannister, J.L., Salgado Kent, C., Burnell, S., 2022. Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) population demographics at major calving ground Head of Bight, South Australia, 1991–2016. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.

D’Cruz, A., Salgado Kent, C., Waples, K., Brown, A.M., Marley, S.A., Thiele, D. and Raudino, H.C., 2022. Ranging Patterns and Site Fidelity of Snubfin Dolphins in Yawuru Nagulagun/Roebuck Bay, Western Australia. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, pp.Art-758435.

2021

C. Cvitanovic, M. Mackay, R. Kelly, S.K. Wilson, K. Waples, K.L. Nash, E.I. van Putten, S. Field, T. Botterill-James, B.J. Austin, L.E. Beckley, F. Boschetti, M. Depczynski, R.J. Dobbs, R.D. Evans, M. Feng, R.K. Goater, A.R. Halford, A. Kendrick, G.A. Kendrick, G.D.B. Lincoln, L.J. Ludgerus, R.J. Lowe, K. McMahon, J.K. Munro, S.J. Newman, C. Nutt, L. Pearson, M.J. O'Leary, Z.T. Richards, W.D. Robbins, D.I. Rogers, C.P. Salgado Kent, V. Schoepf, M.J. Travers, M. Thums, A.D. Tucker, J.N. Underwood, S. Whiting, D. Mathews, Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation., 2021. Thirty critical research needs for managing an ecologically and culturally unique remote marine environment: The Kimberley region of Western Australia. Ocean & Coastal Management, 212, p.105771.

Coventry, L.L., Hosking, J., Coral, E., Jenkins, M., Salgado Kent, C.P., Chan, D., Lim, W., Twigg, D.E. and Rickard, C.M., 2021. The development of the Western Australian Haemodialysis Vascular Access Complexity instrument. Journal of Renal Care.

Mason, S., Salgado Kent, C., and Bilgmann, K. (2021). Common dolphins form unexpected strong social bonds: insights into social plasticity of delphinids. Marine Mammal Science n/a(n/a). doi: 10.1111/mms.12815.

2020

Erbe, C., Salgado-Kent, C., De Winter, S., Marley, S. and Ward, R., 2020. Matching signature whistles with photo-identification of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in the Fremantle Inner Harbour, Western Australia. Acoustics Australia, 48(1), pp.23-38.

Recalde-Salas, A., Erbe, C., Salgado Kent, C.P., and Parsons, M., 2020. Non-song vocalizations of humpback whales in Western Australia. Frontiers in Marine Science. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00141.

Salgado Kent, C., Bouchet, P., Wellard, R., Parnum, I., Fouda, L. and Erbe, C., 2020. Seasonal productivity drives aggregations of killer whales and other cetaceans over submarine canyons of the Bremer Sub-Basin, south-western Australia. Australian Mammalogy.

2019

Erbe, C., Salgado-Kent, C., Winter, S., Marley, S. and Ward, R., 2019, November. Signature whistles of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in the Fremantle Inner Harbour, Western Australia. In Proceedings of ACOUSTICS (Vol. 10, No. 13).

Gibbs, S.E., Kent, C.P.S., Slat, B., Morales, D., Fouda, L. and Reisser, J., 2019. Cetacean sightings within the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Marine Biodiversity, 49(4), pp.2021-2027.

Charlton, C., Ward, R., McCauley, R.D., Brownell Jr, R.L., Salgado Kent, C. and Burnell, S., 2019. Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis), seasonal abundance and distribution at Head of Bight, South Australia. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 29(4), pp.576-588.

Salgado Kent, C., 2019. Distribution, abundance and residency of humpback whales in Bateman Bay in Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia. Oceans Blueprint Report: OB-016. Prepared for DBCA. Pp 63.

Burton, C., Salgado Kent, C.P., Elsdon, B., Wiese, I, and Ranford, B., 2019. First evidence supporting the classification of Geographe Bay as a southern right whale aggregation area. Australian Marine Science Association Conference. Fremantle, Australia.

Salgado Kent, C.P., 2019. Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) Quickly Reoccupy Foraging Habitat After Pile Driving in the Perth region of Western Australia. International Congress for Conservation Biology, Kuala Lumpur, Malasia.

Charlton, C., Ward, R., McCauley, R.D., Brownell Jr, R.L., Guggenheimer, S., Salgado Kent, C.P. and Bannister, J.L., 2019. Southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) return to a former wintering calving ground: Fowlers Bay, South Australia. Marine Mammal Science, 35(4), pp.1438-1462.

Salgado Kent, C.P., 2019. Whales and dolphins found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch for the first time. The Conversation.

2018

Marley, S.A., Erbe, C., Salgado Kent, C.P., Parsons, M. and Parnum, I.M., 2018. Spatio-temporal patterns in underwater sound within an urban estuarine river. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 143(3), pp.1712-1712.

Salgado Kent, C.P., & Irvine, L., 2018. Distribution of humpback whales off North West Cape in relation to swim-with-whale tourism interactions in Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia. CMST Report prepared for DBCA. Pp 62

Salgado Kent, C.P., Recalde-Salas, Parsons, M. and McCauley, R., 2018. Are male breeding Stock “D” humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) off Port Hedland, Western Australia singing when and where they are expected to? Report prepared for BHP. Pp 17.

Salgado Kent, C.P. and Gibbs, S., 2018. Considerations for assessing potential marine mammal impacts during The Ocean Cleanup’s System test for collecting buoyant plastic debris from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. CMST Report prepared for the Ocean Cleanup. Pp. 64.

Salgado Kent, C., Parnum, I. and Landero Figueroa, M., 2018. Dolphin foraging behaviour and their response to pile driving in the Fremantle Inner Harbour. CMST Report 2018-10. Report prepared for Fremantle Ports. Pp. 60.

Salgado Kent, C.P., Beidatsch, K., Yatawara, N., Giroud, M., Menzies, J., and Finn, H. 2018. Evaluation of novel approaches to modelling dolphin distribution using long‐term presence‐only Citizen Science data. International Statistical Ecology Conference, St. Andrews, Scotland.

Salgado Kent, C.P., Burton, C. Elsdon, B., and Gagnon, M. 2018. Evidence of an emerging aggregation area for southern right whales (Eubalaeena australis) in Geographe Bay, south-western Australia. CMST Report

Salgado Kent, C.P., Parnum, I., Wellard, R., Fouda, L. and Erbe, C. 2018. Habitat preferences and distribution of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the Bremer Sub-Basin, Western Australia. British Ecological Society.

2017

Salgado Kent, C.P., Parnum, I., Landero Figueroa, M., and Saunders, B. 2017 Dolphin Foraging Behaviour in the Busy Fremantle Inner Harbour, Western Australia. Australian Marine Science Association, Darwin, Australia.

Marley, S.A., Kent, C.S., Erbe, C. and Thiele, D., 2017. A tale of two soundscapes: comparing the acoustic characteristics of urban versus pristine coastal dolphin habitats in Western Australia. Acoustics Australia, 45(2), pp.159-178.

Salgado Kent, C.P. 2017. Annual report on analyses for DBCA’s ‘Dolphin Watch’ Program - 2016. Prepared for DBCA.

McCauley, R.D., Thomas, F., Parsons, M.J., Erbe, C., Cato, D.H., Duncan, A.J., Gavrilov, A.N., Parnum, I.M. and Salgado-Kent, C.P., 2017. Developing an Underwater Sound Recorder: The Long and Short (Time) of It... Acoustics Australia, 45(2), pp.301-311.

Osterrieder, S.K., Parnum, I.M., Kent, C.P.S. and Robinson, R.W., 2017. Difficulties identifying Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea) in the wild using whisker spot patterns. Australian Mammalogy, 39(1), pp.56-71.

Salgado Kent, C. and Marley, S. 2017. Dolphin occupancy in the Fremantle Inner Harbour during underwater rock mound construction. CMST Report 2017-1 prepared for Fremantle Ports. 7 Pp.

Salgado Kent, C.P., Finn, H., Jason Menzies, J., and Giroud, M. 2017. Dolphin Watch: Trends in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) distribution based on long-term citizen science monitoring in the Swan-Canning River park, Western Australia. The 12th International Mammalogical Congress, Perth, Australia.

Marley, S.A., Kent, C.P.S., Erbe, C. and Parnum, I.M., 2017. Effects of vessel traffic and underwater noise on the movement, behaviour and vocalisations of bottlenose dolphins in an urbanised estuary. Scientific reports, 7(1), pp.1-14.

Parsons, M.J., Salgado Kent, C.P., Recalde-Salas, A. and McCauley, R.D., 2017. Fish choruses off Port Hedland, Western Australia. Bioacoustics, 26(2), pp.135-152.

Salgado Kent, C.P. , Parnum, I., Wellard, R., Erbe, C., and Fouda, L. 2017. Habitat preferences and distribution of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the Bremer Sub-Basin, Australia. Report CMST 2017-15 prepared for the National Environmental Science Program. Pp. 40.

Marley, S.A., Kent, C.S. and Erbe, C., 2017. Occupancy of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in relation to vessel traffic, dredging, and environmental variables within a highly urbanised estuary. Hydrobiologia, 792(1), pp.243-263.

Salgado Kent, C.P, Reisser, J., Gibbs, S.E., Fouda, L., Morales, D., and Kniest, H., 2017. Quantification of large debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch using visual observations from aerial surveys. CMST Report 2016-32 prepared for The Ocean Cleanup. Pp. 51.

Osterrieder, S.K., Salgado Kent, C. and Robinson, R.W., 2017. Responses of Australian sea lions, Neophoca cinerea, to anthropogenic activities in the Perth metropolitan area, Western Australia. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 27(2), pp.414-435.

Erbe, C., Dunlop, R., Jenner, K.C.S., Jenner, M.N., McCauley, R.D., Parnum, I., Parsons, M., Rogers, T. and Salgado-Kent, C., 2017. Review of underwater and in-air sounds emitted by Australian and Antarctic marine mammals. Acoustics Australia, 45(2), pp.179-241.

Marley, S.A., Erbe, C., Salgado Kent, C.P., Parsons, M.J. and Parnum, I.M., 2017. Spatial and temporal variation in the acoustic habitat of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) within a highly urbanized estuary. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4, p.197.

Salgado Kent, C.P. and Reisser, J. 2017. The Ocean Cleanup Aerial Expedition (2016) – Visual Survey Manual. Report prepared for The Ocean Cleanup.

Marley, S.A., Erbe, C. and Kent, C.P.S., 2017. Underwater recordings of the whistles of bottlenose dolphins in Fremantle Inner Harbour, Western Australia. Scientific data, 4(1), pp.1-7.

Salgado Kent, C.P., Parnum, I., Landero Figueroa, M., and Saunders, B., Parsons, M. 2017. Using a multi-frequency echo-sounder to map fish distribution and benthic habitat in Fremantle Harbour, Western Australia. Acoustical Society of Australia Conference.

2016

Mason, S., Salgado Kent, C., Donnelly, D., Weir, J. and Bilgmann, K., 2016. Atypical residency of short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) to a shallow, urbanized embayment in south-eastern Australia. Royal Society open science, 3(9), p.160478.

Parsons, M.J., Salgado-Kent, C.P., Marley, S.A., Gavrilov, A.N. and McCauley, R.D., 2016. Characterizing diversity and variation in fish choruses in Darwin Harbour. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 73(8), pp.2058-2074.

Salgado Kent, C.P., Smith, J. Thiele, D., Marley, S., Erbe, C., McCauley, R., Bejder, L. 2016. Passive acoustic monitoring of Australian snubfin dolphins in Cygnet Bay and Roebuck Bay - Milestone Progress Report for project 1.2.4. Prepared for the Kimberley Marine Research Program, Western Australian Marine Science Institution, Perth, Western Australia. 26 Pp.

Salgado Kent, C., McCauley, R., Duncan, A., Erbe, C., Gavrilov, A., Lucke, K. and Parnum, I. 2016. Underwater Sound and Vibration from Offshore Petroleum Activities and their Potential Effects on Marine Fauna: An Australian Perspective. CMST Report 2015-14 prepared for APPEA. Pp. 182.

Marley, S.A., Erbe, C. and Salgado-Kent, C.P., 2016. Underwater sound in an urban estuarine river: sound sources, soundscape contribution, and temporal variability. Acoustics Australia, 44(1), pp.171-186.

Erbe, C., Allen, K., Duncan, A., Gavrilov, A., McCauley, R., Parnum, I., Parsons, M. and Salgado-Kent, C., 2016. Underwater sound signatures of offshore industrial operations. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 139(4), pp.2147-2147.

Ward, R., Parnum, I., Erbe, C. and Salgado-Kent, C., 2016. Whistle Characteristics of Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in the Fremantle Inner Harbour, Western Australia. Acoustics Australia, 44(1), pp.159-169.