Whiting, Scott D.

6 publications

Whiting, Scott D. (detail)
1997Opportunistic observations of marine mammals from the coastal waters of Fog Bay, Northern Territory.
Northern Territory Naturalist 15: 16-26. 2 tabs. 1 fig. Pl. 4.
—Lists & discusses 15 sightings of 18 dugongs made from a small boat in 1996-97. Notes group sizes, apparent sheltering behavior, association with remoras, and injury to one animal possibly caused by a fishing net or line.
Whiting, Scott D. (detail)
1999Use of the remote Sahul Banks, northwestern Australia, by dugongs, including breeding females.
Mar. Mamm. Sci. 15(2): 609-615. 2 figs. Apr. 5, 1999.
—Reports a total of 14 dugongs, including 3 cow-calf pairs, seen from the air in November 1996 on the Sahul Banks (mainly on Ashmore Reef). Three were seen in water 90 m deep, 30 km from the nearest shallow shoal. Biogeographic scenarios and conservation problems are discussed.
Whiting, Scott D. (detail)
2002aDive times for foraging dugongs in the Northern Territory.
Australian Mammalogy 23: 167-168.
—Records a maximum dive time of 658 seconds, for a dugong foraging on algae.
Whiting, Scott D. (detail)
2002bRocky reefs provide foraging habitat for dugongs in the Darwin region of northern Australia.
Australian Mammalogy 24: 147-150. 1 tab. 1 fig.
—Describes dugongs regularly feeding on algal-covered intertidal rocky reefs.
Sheppard, James K.; Preen, Anthony R.; Marsh, Helene D.; Lawler, Ivan R.; Whiting, Scott D.; Jones, Rhondda E. (detail)
2006Movement heterogeneity of dugongs, Dugong dugon (Müller) over large spatial scales.
Jour. Exper. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 334(1): 64-83.
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Whiting, Scott D. (detail)
2008Movements and distribution of dugongs (Dugong dugon) in a macro-tidal environment in northern Australia.
Australian Jour. Zool. 56: 215-222.
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