Publications about the Peninsula Valdes right whales
by Whale Conservation, Ocean Alliance and associates

Payne, R.S. and K. Payne. 1971. Underwater sounds of southern right whales. Zoologica 56:159-65.

Payne, R.S. 1972. Swimming with Patagonia's right whales. National Geographic 142: 576-87.

Payne, R.S. 1974. A playground for whales. Animal Kingdom 77:7-12.

Mead, J. and R. Payne, 1975. A specimen of rthe Tasman beaked whale, Tasmacetus shepherdi, from Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy 6: 213-17.

Payne, R.S. 1976. At home with right whales. National Geographic 149: 322-41.

Payne, R.S. 1980. Research on the behavior of various species of whales. National Geographic Society Research Reports 12: 551-64.

Whitehead, H. and R. Payne. 1981. New techniques for assessing populations of right whales without killing them. Pages 189-209 in J.G. Clark, J. Goodman and G. A. Soave, eds. Mammals in the Sea. Vol. III. FAO Fisheries Serial No.5. Food and Agriculture Orgnization of the United Nations, Rome.

Payne, R., O. Brazier, E. Dorsey, J. Perkins, V. Rowntree and A. Titus. 1983. External features in southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) and their use in identifying individuals. In: Communication and behavior of whales. AAAS Selected Symposia Series 76, R. Payne (ed.), Boulder, CO, Westview Press, p. 371-445.

Payne, R. and E.M. Dorsey. 1983. Sexual dimorphism and aggressive use of callositiesin right whales (Eubalaena australis). In: Communication and behavior of whales. AAAS Selected Symposia Series 76, R. Payne (ed.), Boulder, CO, Westview Press, p. 295-329.

Clark, C.W. 1983. Acoustic communication and behavior of the southern right whale (Eubalaena australis). In: Communication and behavior of whales. AAAS Selected Symposia Series 76, R. Payne (ed.), Boulder, CO, Westview Press, p. 163-198.

Rowntree, V. 1983. Cyamids: the louse that moored. Whalewatcher 17(4):14-17.

Payne, R. and V.J. Rowntree. 1984. Ballenas francas australes - Un catalogo fotografico de balenas individuales avistadas en las aguas alrededor de la Peninsula Valdes, Argentina. Buenos Aires: La Fundacion Alfredo Fortabat, 77pgs.

Taber, S.M. and P.O. Thomas. 1982. Calf development and mother-calf spatial relationships in southern right whales. Animal Behavior 30:1072-1083.

Thomas, P. O. and S.M. Taber. 1984 Mother-infant intereaction and behavioral development in southern right whales, Eubalaena australis. Behaviour 88:42-60.

Thomas, P.O. 1988. Kelp gulls, Larus dominicanus, are parasitic on flesh of the right whale, Eubalaena australis. Ethology 79:89-103.

Payne, R. 1986. Long term behavioral studies of the southern right whale (Eubalaena australis). Report of the International Whaling Commission (Special Issue 10): 161-67.

Whitehead, H. R. Payne and P.M. Payne. 1986. Population estimate for the right whales off Peninsula Valdes, Argentina 1971-1986. Report of the International Whaling Commission (Special Issue 10): 169-171.

Payne, R., V. Rowntree, J.S. Perkins, J.G. Cooke and K. Lankester. 1990. Population size, trends and reproductive parameters of right whales (Eubalaena australis) off Peninsula Valdes, Argentina. Rep int. Whal. Commn. (Special Issue 12):271-78.

Schaeff, C., S. Kraus, M. Brown, J. Perkins, R. Payne, D. Gaskin, P. Boag, and B. White. 1991. Preliminary analysis of mitochondrial DNA variation within and between the right whale species Eubalaens glacialis and Eubalaena australis. Rep. int. Whal. Commn. (Special Issue 13): 217-23.

Best, P.B., R. Payne, V. Rowntree, J.T. Palazzo and M.D.C. Both. 1993. Long-range movements of South Atlantic right whales Eubalaena australis. Marine Mammal Science 9(3):227-234.

Cooke, J.G., R. Payne and V. Rowntree. 1993. Updated estimates of demographic parameters for the right whales (Eubalaena australis) observed off Peninsula Valdes, Argentina. presented to Scientific Committee at 1993 International Whaling Commission meetings. Document #SC/45/024.

Rowntree, V.J. 1996. Feeding, distribution, and reproductive behavior of cyamids (Crustacea: Amphipoda) living on humpback and right whales. Can. J. Sool. 74: 103-109.

Pfeiffer, C.J., and V.J. Rowntree. 1996. Epidermal Ultrastructure of the southern right whale calf (Eubalaena australis). J. Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology 28(2):277-286.

Rowntree, V.J., P. MacGuiness, K. Marshall, R. Payne, J. Seger, and M. Sironi. 1998. Increased harassment of right whales (Eubalaena australis) by kelp gulls (Larus dominicanus) at Península Valdés, Argentina. Marine Mammal Science 14(1):99-115.

Schaeff, C.M, P.B. Best, V.J. Rowntree, R. Payne, C. Jarvis, and V. A. Portway. 1999. Dorsal skin color patterns among Southern Right Whales (Eubalaena australis): Genetic Basis and evolutionary significance. The Journal of Heredity 90(4):464-471.

Moore, M.J., S.D. Berrow, B. A. Jensen, P. Carr, R. Sears, V.J . Rowntree, R. Payne, P.K. Hamilton. 1999. Relative abundance of large whales around South Georgia (1979-1998). Marine Mammal Science 15(4):1287-1302.

Cooke, J. G., R. Payne and V.J. Rowntree. (in press). Estimates of demographic parameters for southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) observed off Peninsula Valdes, Argentina. (in press, Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, November 2000).

Rowntree, V. J., R.S. Payne and D.M. Schell. (in press). Changing patterns of habitat use by southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) on their nursery ground at Peninsula Valdes, Argentina, and in their long-range movements. (in press, Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, November 2000).

Schell, D.M., Rowntree, V.J. and Pfeiffer, C.J. (in press). Stable isotope and electron microscopic evidence that cyamids (Crustacea: Amphipoda) feed on whale skin. (in press, Canadian Journal of Zoology, July 2000)