Steve Dawson

Best Publications

• The bottlenose dolphin community of Doubtful Sound features a large proportion of long-lasting associations

  David Lusseau;David Lusseau;Karsten Schneider;Oliver J. Boisseau;Patti Haase

  2740
  Citations

• Responses by Hector's dolphins to boats and swimmers in Porpoise bay, New Zealand

  Lars Bejder;Stephen M. Dawson;John A. Harraway

  369
  Citations

• The abundance and distribution of bottlenosed dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Doubtful Sound, New Zealand

  Jamelia A. Williams;Stephen M. Dawson;Elisabeth Slooten

  246
  Citations

• Design and field methods for sighting surveys of cetaceans in coastal and riverine habitats

  Steve Dawson;Paul Wade;Elisabeth Slooten;Jay Barlow

  221
  Citations

• First evidence that marine protected areas can work for marine mammals

  Andrew M. Gormley;Andrew M. Gormley;Elisabeth Slooten;Steve Dawson;Richard J. Barker

  210
  Citations

• To ping or not to ping: the use of active acoustic devices in mitigating interactions between small cetaceans and gillnet fisheries

  Steve Dawson;Simon Patrick Northridge;Danielle Waples;Andrew Read

  182
  Citations

• IMPACTS OF COMMERCIAL WHALE WATCHING ON MALE SPERM WHALES AT KAIKOURA, NEW ZEALAND

  Christoph Richter;Steve Dawson;Elisabeth Slooten

  150
  Citations

• Geographic isolation of Hector's Dolphin populations described by mitochondrial DNA sequences

  F. B. Pichler;S. M. Dawson;E. Slooten;C. S. Baker

  149
  Citations

• Survival rates for a declining population of bottlenose dolphins in Doubtful Sound, New Zealand: an information theoretic approach to assessing the role of human impacts

  Rohan J. C. Currey;Stephen M. Dawson;Elisabeth Slooten;Karsten Schneider

  140
  Citations

• Seasonal distribution and diving behaviour of male sperm whales off Kaikoura: foraging implications

  Nathalie Jaquet;Stephen Dawson;Elisabeth Slooten

  138
  Citations

• Kernel density estimates of alongshore home range of Hector's dolphins at Banks Peninsula, New Zealand

  William Rayment;Steve Dawson;Elisabeth Slooten;Stefan Bräger

  130
  Citations

• Clicks and Communication: The Behavioural and Social Contexts of Hector's Dolphin Vocalizations

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  128
  Citations

• Conservation of Hector's dolphins: The case and process which led to establishment of the Banks Peninsula Marine Mammal Sanctuary

  S. M. Dawson;E. Slooten

  126
  Citations

• Pingers, porpoises and power: Uncertainties with using pingers to reduce bycatch of small cetaceans

  Stephen M. Dawson;Andrew Read;Elisabeth Slooten

  124
  Citations

• Vocal behavior of male sperm whales: Why do they click?

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  120
  Citations

• An approach for regional threat assessment under IUCN Red List criteria that is robust to uncertainty: The Fiordland bottlenose dolphins are critically endangered

  Rohan J.C. Currey;Stephen M. Dawson;Elisabeth Slooten

  113
  Citations

• Associations among photographically identified Hector's dolphins

  Elisabeth Slooten;Stephen M. Dawson;Hal Whitehead

  113
  Citations

• A new abundance estimate for Maui’s dolphin: What does it mean for managing this critically endangered species?

  Elisabeth Slooten;Stephen Dawson;William Rayment;Simon Childerhouse

  110
  Citations

• Site fidelity and along-shore range in Hector's dolphin, an endangered marine dolphin from New Zealand

  Stefan Bräger;Stephen M. Dawson;Elisabeth Slooten;Susan Smith

  108
  Citations

• Population comparison of right whale body condition reveals poor state of the North Atlantic right whale

  F. Christiansen;F. Christiansen;S.M. Dawson;J.W. Durban;H. Fearnbach

  107
  Citations