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December 2017, Other Scientific Contribution Of December 2017 Other Scientific Contribution Institute of Cetacean Research 1 December 2017 Other Scientific Contribution of ICR This document lists up the scientific documents derived from research activities other than JARPA/JARPAII/NEWREP-A and JARPN/JARPNII/NEWREP-NP. Peer reviewed papers are indicated by an asterisk (*). Many scientific documents have been produced in collaborations between ICR scientists and scientists from other research organizations. 1989 (1) Kasamatsu, F., Mermoz, J., Zorin, A., Silva, V. 1989. Preliminary Report of A Feasibility Study of Biopsy Dart Sampling During the 11th IWC/IDCR Southern Hemisphere Minke Whale Assessment Cruise, 1988/89. Paper SC/41/SHMi16 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 1989 (unpublished). 10pp. 1990(1) Nishiwaki, S., Joyce, G., Ensor, P., Mermoz, J., Sanpera, C., Kasamatsu, F. 1990. Report on the Biopsy Dart Sampling Feasibility Study during the 12th IWC/IDCR Southern Hemisphere Minke Whale Assessment Cruise, 1989/90. Paper SC/42/SHMi21 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 1990 (unpublished). 12pp. 1993 (1) *Fujise, Y., Ishikawa, H., Saino, S. and Kawasaki, M.. 1993. Catch and Struck-and-Lost Rate in the Japanese Dall's Porpoise Hand-Harpoon Fishery. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 43: 453-457. 1995 (1) *Shimada, H. and Pastene, L.A. 1995. Report of a Sightings Survey off the Solomon Islands with Comments on Bryde's Whale Distribution. Rep. Int. Whal. Commn 45: 413-418. 1997 (4) *Kimura, T., Ozawa, T. and Pastene, L.A. 1997. Sample preparation and analysis of mitochondrial DNA from whale baleen plates. Marine Mammal Science, 13 (3): 495-498. *Ljungblad, D.K., Stafford, K.M., Shimada, H. and Matsuoka, K. 1997. Sounds Attributed to Blue Whales Recorded off the Southwest Coast of Australia in December 1995. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 47: 435-439. *Ohmagari, K. and Berkes, F. 1997: Transmission of Indigenous Knowledge and Bush Skills Among the Western James Bay Cree Women of Subarctic Canada. Human Ecology 25 (2): 197-222. *Shimamura, M, Yasue, H., Ohshima, K., Abe, H., Kato, H., Kishiro, T., Goto, M., Munechika, I. and Okada, N. 1997. Molecular evidence from retroposons that whales form a clade within even-toed ungulates. Nature 388: 666-670. 1998 (2) *Miyazaki, N., Fujise, Y. and Iwata, K. 1998. Biological Analysis of a Mass Stranding of Melon-headed Whales (Peponocephala electra) at Aoshima. Japan. Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, Ser. A 24 (1): 31-60. *Otani, S., Naito, Y., Kawamura, A., Kawasaki, M., Nishiwaki, S. and Kato, A. 1998. Diving behavior and performance of harbor porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, in Fukuoka bay, Hokkaido, Japan. Marine Mammal Science 14 (2): 209-220. 1999 (4) 2 *Iino, Y. 1999. Treaty Implementation: the 1946 International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling. System Compliance in Ocean Management. Southeast Asian Programme in Ocean Law. Policy and Management: 189-193. *Pastene, L.A. and Shimada, H. 1999. Report of a sighting survey in Chile's Exclusive Economic Zone with comments on sei whale distribution. Anales Instituto Patagonia, Serie Cs. Nat. 27: 51-62. *Shimamura, M., Abe, H., Nikaido, M., Ohshima, K. and Okada, N. 1999. Genealogy of Families of SINEs in Cetaceans and Artiodactyls: The Presence of a Huge Superfamily of tRNAGlu-Derived Families of SINEs. Mol. Biol. Evol. 16 (8): 1046-1060. *Yoshida, H. and Kato, H. 1999. Phylogenetic relationships of Bryde’s whales in the Western North Pacific and adjacent waters inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Marine Mammal Science 15 (4): 1269-1286. 2000 (3) *Goto, M. and Ohsumi, S. 2000. Response to “Scientific Whaling Source of illegal Products for Market” By Baker et al. Science 290: 1695-1696. *Otani, S., Naito, Y., Kato, A., Kawamura, A. 2000. Diving behavior and swimming speed of a free-ranging harbor porpoise, Phocoena phocoena. Marine Mammal Science 16 (4): 811-814. *Takahashi, S., Le, L. T. H., Saeki, H., Nakatani, N., Tanabe, S., Miyazaki, N. and Fujise, Y. 2000. Accumulation of butyltin compounds and total tin in marine mammals. Water Science and Technology 42 (7-8): 97-108. 2001 (4) *Abe, H., Goto, M., Pastene, L.A., Dewa, K. and Naito, E. 2001. Practical use of multiplex fluorescent PCR for cetacean sex identification. Marine Mammal Science 17 (3): 657-664. Kanda, N., Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 2001. Some concerns for stock definition in minke whales. Paper SC/53/SD4 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, July 2001 (unpublished). 7pp. Kato, H. and Tamura, T. 2001. Preliminary considerations on potential competition between southern bluefin tuna and marine mammals, especially cetaceans. CCSBT-ERS/O111/71 (unpublished). 8pp. *Yoshida, H., Yoshioka, M., Shirakihara, M. and Chow, S. 2001. Population structure of finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in coastal waters of Japan based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Journal of Mammalogy 82 (1): 123-130. 2002 (6) Hakamada, T. and Matsuoka, K. 2002. An examination of the effect of alternative pooling strata in the estimation of abundance in the Antarctic minke whale. Paper SC/54/IA13 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2002 (unpublished). 27pp. *Konishi, K. and Sakurai, Y. 2002. Geographical variations in infection by larval Anisakis simplex and Contracaecum osculatum (Nematoda, Anisakidae) in walleye pollock Theragra chalcogramma stocks off Hokkaido, Japan. Fish Sci 68 (3): 534-542. Matsuoka, K. and Hakamada, T. 2002. Applying alternative approach to Antarctic minke whale abundance estimation with an example for the part of Area IV using IWC/SOWER-1998/99 data. Paper SC/54/IA15 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2002 (unpublished). 7pp. Matsuoka, K., Ensor, P., Hakamada, T., Shimada, H., Nishiwaki, S., Kasamatu, F. and Kato, H. 2002. Overview of the minke whale sighting survey in IWC/IDCR and SOWER Antarctic cruises from 1978/79 to 2000/01. Paper SC/54/For Info 12 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May (unpublished). 71pp. 3 Murase, H., Matsuoka, K., Nishiwaki, S., Hakamada, T. and Mori, M. 2002. Some considerations on key factors affecting sighting conditions on Antarctic minke whale abundance estimation parameters in the IWC/IDCR- SOWER surveys. Paper SC/54/IA17 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2002 (unpublished). 16pp. Shimada, H., Segawa, K. and Murase, H. 2002. A preliminary trial: estimation of the Antarctic minke whale abundance within the sea ice area incorporating IDCR/SOWER data with meteorological satellites data. Paper SC/54/IA19 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May (unpublished). 6pp. 2003 (6) Ensor, P., Matsuoka, K., Hirose, K., Ljungblad, D., Minami, K., Olson, P., Rankin, S., Stevick, P., Tsunekawa, M. and Ugarte, F. 2003. 2002-2003 International Whaling Commission-Southern Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research (IWC-SOWER) Circumpolar Cruise, Area V. Paper SC/55/IA1 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2003 (unpublished). 65pp. Kato, H., Zenitani, R. and Sueyoshi, T. 2003. A western North Pacific gray whale carcass chanced to be found on the beach of Miyazaki, southern Japan in March 2002, with some skeletal measurements. Paper SC/55/BRG12 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2003 (unpublished). 7pp. Matsuoka, K., Ensor, P., Hakamada, T., Shimada, H., Nishiwaki, S., Kasamatu, F. and Kato, H. 2003. Overview of the minke whale sighting survey in IWC/IDCR and SOWER Antarctic cruises from 1978/79 to 2000/01. Paper SC/55/For Information 20 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2003 (unpublished). 78pp. *Matsuoka, K., Ensor, P., Hakamada, T., Shimada, H., Nishiwaki, S., Kasamatsu, F. and Kato, H. 2003. Overview of the minke whale sighting survey in IWC/IDCR and SOWER cruises from 1978/79 to 2000/01. J. Cetacean Res. Manage 5 (2): 173-201. Shimada, H. and Murase, H. 2003. Further examination of sea ice condition in relation to changes in the Antarctic minke whale distribution pattern in the Antarctic Area IV. Paper SC/55/IA7 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2003 (unpublished). 8pp. Tanaka, E., Hakamada, T., Goto, M. and Zenitani, R. 2003. A Minimum Estimate of Stock Abundance of the Sea of Japan-Yellow Sea-East China Sea Stock of Minke Whales Using Bycatch. Paper SC/55/RMP11 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2003 (unpublished). 5pp. 2004 (16) Acevedo, J., Acuna, P., Olavarria, C., Aguayo-Lobo, A. and Pastene, L.A. 2004. Report of cetacean surveys in the Magellan Strait in the austral summer 2003/2004. Paper SC/56/O7 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 10pp Acevedo, J., Aguayo-Lobo, A., Rasmussen, K., Felix, F., Llano, M., Allen, J., Olavarria, C., Acuna, P. and Pastene, L.A. 2004. Migratory destination of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781), of the Magellan Strait feeding ground. Paper SC/56/SH22 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 6pp Bando, T., Zenitani, R. and Ohsumi, S. 2004. Preliminary investigation of stock structure of B-C-B bowhead whales based on analyses of biological parameters. Paper SC/56/BRG33 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 13pp. *Branch, T.A., Matsuoka, K. and Miyashita, T. 2004. Evidence for increases in Antarctic blue whales based on Bayesian modelling. Marine Mammal Science 20 (4): 726-754. Ensor, P., Matsuoka, K., Komiya, H., Ljungblad D., Miura, T., Morse, L., Olson, P., Olavarria, C., Mori, M. and Sekiguchi, K. 2004. 2003-2004 International Whaling Commission-Southern Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research (IWC-SOWER) Circumpolar Cruise, Area V. Paper SC/56/IA13 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 54pp. *Escorza-Trevino, S., Pastene, L.A. and Dizon, A.E. 2004. Molecular Analyses of the Truei and Dalli morphotypes of Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli). Journal of Mammalogy 85 (2): 347-355. 4 *Ikemoto, T., Kunito, T., Watanabe, I., Yasunaga, G., Baba, N., Miyazaki, N., Petrov, E.A. and Tanabe, S. 2004. Comparison of trace element accumulation in Baikal seals (Pusa sibirica), Caspian seals (Pusa caspica) and northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus).
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