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    Sutaria. D., Kelkar, N., Araújo -Wang, C. and Santos, M. (2019) Sociality in cetaceans living in rivers and lagoons. In Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Toothed whales and dolphins, The Odontocetes, edited by Bernd Würsig and published by Springer, Heidelberg.

    Bopardikar I, Sutaria, D., Sule,M., Jog,K., Patankar, V. and Klinck, H (2018): Description and classification of Indian Ocean humpback dolphin (Sousa plumbea) whistles recorded off the Sindhudurg coast of Maharashtra, India. Marine Mammal Science. DOI: 10.1111/mms.12479

    D’Lima, C, Everingham, Y, Diedrich, A, Mustika, P, Hamann, M & Marsh, H. (2018). Using multiple indicators to evaluate the sustainability of dolphin-based wildlife tourism in rural India. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 26. 1-21. 10.1080/09669582.2018.1503671.

    Muralidharan, R. (2018). Entangled lives of dolphins and fishers. Seminar (Vol. 702, pp. 62-65). https://goo.gl/xJ3hdd

    Srinivasan, M., K. Stafford, S. Yin, E. Vázquez, M. Baumgartner, A. Kumar, D. Panicker, A. Banerjee, and N. Saravanane. 2018. Marine Mammal Research in India Symposium – Part 2 Multispecies Cetacean Line-Transect Survey Training off Kochi, India 15-18 December 2017(Cruise# 368). Final Cruise Report. U.S. Dept. Of Commer., NOAA. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-182, 20 p.

    Jog, K., Sule. M., Bopardikar, I., Patankar, V and Sutaria, D. (2017) Living with Dolphins: Local ecological knowledge and perceptions of small cetaceans along the Sindhudurg coastline, Maharashtra, India. Marine Mammal Science. DOI: 10.1111/mms.12466

    Sutaria, D., Sule, M., Jog, I., Bopardikar, I., Jamalabad, A., and Panicker, D. (2017). Baleen whale records from India. Primary paper SC/67A/CMP/03. International Whaling Commission, Slovenia

    Sutaria, D., Bopardikar, I., and Sule, M. (2017). Irrawaddy dolphins, Orcaella brevirostris from India. Primary paper SC/67A/SM/08. International Whaling Commission. Slovenia

    Sule, M., Bopardikar,, I., Jog, K., Jamalabad, A., Panicker, D., Tregenza, N., and Sutaria, D. (2017). A review of Finless porpoise records from India with a special focus on the population in Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. Primary paper SC/67A/SM/09. International Whaling Commission. Slovenia

    Panicker, D, Harris, A and Sutaria D (2017): Indian Ocean humpback dolphin (Sousa plumbea) estuary use patterns in Kochi harbour, India. Marine Mammal Science. Volume 34, Issue 1, January 2018, Pages: 208–219,10.1111/mms.12438

    Padua, Shelton and Kripa, V and Jeyabaskaran, R and Jayasankar, J and Prema, D and Lavanya, S and John, Seban and Vysakhan, P (2017) Marine mammal strandings along the Indian coast mapped. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (233). p. 22. ISSN 0254-380 X

    Sukhadane, Kapil S and Prajith, K K and Vase, Vinay Kumar and Kumawat, Tarachand and Divu, D and Pradhan, Rajesh Kumar and Abdul Azeez, P and Bharadiya Sangita, A and Bhint, H M and Temkar, G S (2017) Dead Bryde’s whale washed ashore at Veraval, Gujarat. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (233). p. 32. ISSN 0254-380 X

    D’Lima, C., Welters, R., Hamann, M. & Marsh, H. (2016). Using regional geographic scale substitution to value coastal wildlife tourism: Implications for stakeholders, Conservation and management. Ocean & Coastal Management. 128. 52-60. 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.04.019.

    Mustika, P., Welters, R., Ryan, G., D’Lima, C., Yap, P., Jutapruet, S., & Peter, C. (2016). A rapid assessment of wildlife tourism risk posed to cetaceans in Asia. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 10.1080/09669582.2016.1257012.

    Mahanty, Madan M., G. Latha, and A. Thirunavukkarasu. (2015). Analysis of humpback whale sounds in shallow waters of the Southeastern Arabian Sea: An indication of breeding habitat.” Journal of biosciences 40, no. 2 (2015): 407-417.

    D’Souza E., Patankar V., Arthur R., Marbà N., Alcoverro T. (2015) Seagrass Herbivory Levels Sustain Site-Fidelity in a Remnant Dugong Population. PLoS ONE 10(10): e0141224. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141224.

    Sutaria, D., Panicker, D., Jog, K., Sule, M., Muralidharan, R., and Bopardikar, I (2015). Humpback Dolphins (Genus Sousa) in India: An Overview of Status and Conservation Issues. In ‘Conservation status of Humpback Dolphins (Sousa spp.). T.A.Jefferson and B.E.Curry (Ed.) Advances in Marine Biology Series. Vol. 72. Elsevier/Academic Press.

    Baby, K G (2015) Reports of marine mammal strandings. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (223-24). p. 32. ISSN 0254-380 X

    Thirumalaiselvan, S and Anasu Koya, A and Jeyabaskaran, R (2015) Note on a stranded Humpback dolphin. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (223-24). p. 31. ISSN 0254-380 X

    Saji Kumar, K K and Mohan, Gishnu and Jestin Joy, K M (2015) Sighting of the Short-finned pilot whale. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (223-24). pp. 31-32. ISSN 0254-380 X

    D’Souza E. & Patankar V. (2015) A day of dugong—story of their conservation, Daily Telegram, 4th October 205.

    Patankar V. & D’Souza E. (2015) Marine Meadows, Sanctuary Asia, February issue.

    Sutaria, D., Arthur, R., & Satashivam, K. (2014). Marine mammals in subcontinental waters. In Mammals of South Asia: Johnsingh, A. J. T. & Manjrekar, N. (Ed.). New Delhi: Permanent Black.

    Sutaria. D (2014). Of Chilika, dolphins and people. Current Conservation. (8.2): 10-17

    D’Souza E. and Patankar V. (2014) The Constant Gardner, Current Conservation, (8.2) September issue.

    Kaladharan, P and Asokan, P K and Koya, Mohammed and Bhint, H M (2014) Plastic debris in the stomach of a Longman’s Beaked Whale, Indopacetus pacificus (Longman, 1926) stranded off Sutrapada, Veraval, Saurashtra coast, India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 56 (2). pp. 92-94.

    Patankar V. (2014) The Mermaid’s Second Life, Down to Earth, October issue.

    Mendez, M., Jefferson J. T., Sergios-Orestis, K., Krutzen, MParra, G. J., Collins, T., Minton, G., Baldwin, R., Berggren, P., Sarnbald A., Amir, A. O., Peddermors, V., Karszmarski, L., Guissamulo, A., Smith, B., Sutaria, D., Amato, G., and Rosenbaum, H. (2014) Integrating multiple lines of evidence to better understand the evolutionary divergence of humpback dolphins along their entire distribution range: a new dolphin species in Australian waters?’ Molecular Ecology. Doi: 10.1111/mec.12535

    Van Bressem. M., Minton. G., Sutaria. D., Kelkar. N., Peter C., Zulkarnaen. M., Mansur. R., Porter. L., Rodriguez Vargas. L., and Rajamani. L. (2014). Cutaneous fibropapillomas in Irrawaddy dolphins: an emerging disease in vulnerable populations. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (107): 181–189

    Ramkumar, S and Sakthivel, M and Mhatre, V D and Gopakumar, G (2014) Training Manual GOI-UNDP-GEF Sponsored Training Programme Dealing with Marine mammals stranding in India. Project Report. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi. (Submitted)

    Saji Kumar, K K and Ragesh, N and Mohamed, K S (2014) Behaviour of short-finned pilot whales Globicephala macrorhynchus (Gray, 1846) (Mammalia: Cetartiodactyla: Delphinidae) in the Southeastern Arabian Sea. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 6 (11). pp. 6488-6492.

    Sulochanan, Bindu and Lavanya, S and Nataraja, G D and Rohit, Prathibha and Kripa, V (2014) Incidental catch of Spinner dolphin Stenella longirostris. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (222). p. 17. ISSN 0254-380 X

    Sakthivel, M and Gopakumar, G and Ramkumar, S and Mhatre, V D and Jose, Sachin T (2014) Development of protocols for stranding/beaching and post-mortem analysis of cetaceans for the capacity building of officials and local people of Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra. Project Report. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mandapam. (Submitted)

    Muralidharan, R. (2013). Sightings and behavioral observations of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) along Chennai coast, Bay of Bengal. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(15): 5002–5006;
    http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o3454.5002-6

    Sivakumar, K. and Nair, A. (2013): Dugong Distribution, Habitat and Risks Due to Fisheries and Other Anthropogenic Activities in India. Wildlife Institute of India – Technical Report. 74 pp.

    Hines, E. M., Adulyanukosol, K. Poochaviranon, S. Somany, P., Ath, S.L., Cox, N., Symington, K., Tun, T., Ilangakoon, A., DeIongh, H. H., Aragones, L.V., Lu, S., Jiang, X., Jing, X., D’Souza, E., Patankar, V., Sutaria, D., Jethva, B. Solanki P. (2013). Dugongs in Asia. In Sirenian conservation: Issues and strategies in developing countries. Ellen Hines. John Reynolds, Lemnuel Aragones, Antonio A. Mignucci- Giannoni, Miriam Marmontel. (Ed.) Florida: University of Florida Press.

    D’Lima, C., Marsh, H., Hamann, M., Sinha, A., and Arthur, R (2013). Positive Interactions Between Irrawaddy Dolphins and Artisanal Fishers in the Chilika Lagoon of Eastern India are Driven by Ecology, Socioeconomics, and Culture. Ambio. 43. 10.1007/s13280-013-0440-4.

    D’Souza, E., Patankar, V., Arthur, R., Alcoverro, T., Kelkar, N. (2013) Long-Term Occupancy Trends in a Data-Poor Dugong Population in the Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago, PLoS ONE 8(10): e76181. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076181.

    Jeyabaskaran, R and Vivekanandan, E and Kripa, V (2013) Marine Mammal Research and Conservation in India. In: ICAR funded Short Course on “ICT -oriented Strategic Extension for Responsible Fisheries Management, 05-25 November, 2013, Kochi. http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/9862

    Jeyabaskaran, R and Vivekanandan, E (2013) Marine mammals and fisheries interactions in Indian seas. In: Regional Symposium on Ecosystem Approaches to Marine Fisheries & Biodiversity, October 27-30, 2013, Kochi.

    Sulochanan, Bindu and Lavanya, S and Nataraja, G D and Sahib, Karamathulla (2013) Finless porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides incidentally caught off Mangalore, Karnataka. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (217). pp. 45-46.

    Sinha, R K (2013) Marine Mammal Species of India. Current Science, 105 (12). pp. 1750-1751.

    Kumarran, R.P. (2012). Cetaceans and cetacean research in India. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 12(2), 159-172.

    Kumar, A. Biju., and R. Smrithy. (2012). Behaviour of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, Sousa chinensis (Osbeck) in the Ashtamudi estuary, southwest coast of India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 54:1–10.

    Kumar, A. Biju., R. Smrithy., and K. Sathasivam. (2012). Dolphin-assisted cast net fishery in the Ashtamudi Estuary, south-west coast of India. Indian Journal of Fisheries 59, no. 3.

    Vivekanandan, E and Jeyabaskaran, R (2012) Marine Mammal Species of India. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi.

    Sutaria D & Marsh H (2011) Abundance estimates of Irrawaddy dolphins in Chilika Lagoon, India, using photo-identification based mark-recapture methods. Marine Mammal Science 27(4): E338-E348.

    Jeyabhaskaran, R., Paul, S., Vivekanandan, E., and Yousuf K., (2011). First record of pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874 from India with a review of their occurrence in the World Oceans. Journal of Marine Biological Association of India, 53: 208-217

    Anoop, B and Yousuf, K S S M and Abhilash, K S and Jeyabaskaran, R and Vivekanandan, E (2011) Fishermen knowledge and perception on marine mammals in Kerala and Maharashtra. In: Dr. S Jones Centenary Colloquium on ‘Challenges in Marine Mammal Conservation & Research in the Indian Ocean’, 26-27 August 2011, Kochi.

    Anoop, B and Yousuf, K S S M and Abhilash, K S and Manojkumar, P P and Jeyabaskaran, R and Vivekanandan, E (2011) Cetacean distribution in the Indian EEZ and contiguous seas during 2008-10. In: Dr. S Jones Centenary Colloquium on ‘Challenges in Marine Mammal Conservation & Research in the Indian Ocean’, 26-27 August 2011, Kochi.

    Abhilash, K S and Anoop, B and Yousuf, K S S M and Jeyabaskaran, R and Vivekanandan, E (2011) Occurrence of Killer whale Orcinus orca in Andaman waters. In: Dr. S Jones Centenary Colloquium on ‘Challenges in Marine Mammal Conservation & Research in the Indian Ocean’, 26-27 August 2011, Kochi.

    Biju Kumar, A and Smrithi, R (2011) Behaviour of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin, Sousa chinensis (Osbeck) in the Ashtamudi estuary, southwest coast of India. In: Dr. S Jones Centenary Colloquium on ‘Challenges in Marine Mammal Conservation & Research in the Indian Ocean’, 26-27 August 2011, Kochi

    Jeyabaskaran, R and Sijo Paul, and Vivekanandan, E and Yousuf, K S S M (2011) First record of pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874 from India with a review of their occurrence in the World Oceans. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 53 (2). pp. 208-217.

    Kelkar N, Krishnaswamy J, Choudhary S, & Sutaria D (2010) Coexistence of Fisheries with River Dolphin Conservation. Conservation Biology 24(4): 1130-1140.

    Ravi V. and Murugan S., 2010. On the pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838) stranded at Cuddalore Silver Beach, Tamil Nadu, Southeast Coast of India. ProEnvironment. 3: 400-401.

    D’Souza, E., Raveendran, E.K., Rajan, P.T., and Patankar, V. (2010) Status of Dugong dugon (Muller) in Andaman and Nicobar islands based on past records and traditional hunting by indigenous tribes, in: Ramakrishna R, C. and Sivaperuman, C. (ed) Recent Trends in Biodiversity of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkatta, 443-448.

    Anonymous (2012): National Conservation Strategy and Action plans for Dugongs and their habitats in India. Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, New Delhi

    Anoop, A., Yousuf, K.S., Kumaran, PL., Nayak, H., Anoop, B., Afsal, V.V. and Rajagopalan, M., Vivekanandan, E., Krishnakumar P.K and Jayasankar. P. 2008. Stomach content of cetaceans incidentally caught along Mangalore and Chennai coasts of India. Estuarine Coastal & Shelf Science, 76: 909–913.

    Afsal, V.V., Yousuf, K.S.S.M., Anoop, B., Anoop, A.K., Kannan, P., Rajagopalan, M., & Vivekanandan, E. (2008). A note on cetacean distribution in the Indian EEZ and contiguous seas during 2003-07. Journal of Cetacean. Research and Management, 10(3), 209-216.

    Ilangakoon AD, Sutaria D, Hines E, & Raghavan R (2008) Community interviews on the status of the dugong (Dugong dugon) in the Gulf of Mannar (India and Sri Lanka). Marine Mammal Science 24(3): 704-710.

    Yousuf, K.S.S.M., Anoop, A.K., Anoop, B., Afsal, V.V., Vivekanandan, E., Kumarran, R.P., Rajagopalan, M., Krishnakumar, P.K. and Jayasankar, P. 2008. Observations on incidental catch of cetaceans in three landing centres along the Indian coast. Marine Biodiversity Records 2: e64. Pp. 1-6

    Van Waerebeek, K., A. N. Baker, F. Felix, J. Gedamke, M. Iniguez, G. P. Sanino, E. Secchi, D. Sutaria, A. Van Helden, and Y. Wang. (2008). Vessel collisions with small cetaceans worldwide and with large whales in the southern hemisphere, an initial assessment. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 6.

    Choudhary, S., Smith, B. D., Dey, S., Dey, S. and Prakash, S., 2006. Conservation and biomonitoring in the Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary. Oryx, 40: 189-197.

    Sutaria, D., and Jefferson, T. A. (2004). Records of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis Osbeck, 1765) along the coast of India and Sri Lanka – An Overview. Aquatic Mammals Special Issue 30(1) 125-136

    Thiagarajan, R. & Krishnapillai. S., 2000. Accidental catch of three risso’s dolphins at Beemapally, near Vizhinjam. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical & Extension Series, 163, 10.

    Patankar V. (2014) The Mermaid’s Second Life, Down to Earth, October issue.

    D’Souza E. and Patankar V. (2014) The Constant Gardner, Current Conservation, September issue.


    Mendez, M., Jefferson J. T., Sergios-Orestis, K., Krutzen, MParra, G. J., Collins, T., Minton, G., Baldwin, R., Berggren, P., Sarnbald A., Amir, A. O., Peddermors, V., Karszmarski, L., Guissamulo, A., Smith, B., Sutaria, D., Amato, G., and Rosenbaum, H. (2014) Integrating multiple lines of evidence to better understand the evolutionary divergence of humpback dolphins along their entire distribution range: a new dolphin species in Australian waters?’ Molecular Ecology. Doi: 10.1111/mec.12535

    Van Bressem. M., Minton. G., Sutaria. D., Kelkar. N., Peter C., Zulkarnaen. M., Mansur. R., Porter. L., Rodriguez Vargas. L., and Rajamani. L. (2014). Cutaneous fibropapillomas in Irrawaddy dolphins: an emerging disease in vulnerable populations. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (107): 181–189

    Hines, E. M., Adulyanukosol, K. Poochaviranon, S. Somany, P., Ath, S.L., Cox, N., Symington, K., Tun, T., Ilangakoon, A., DeIongh, H. H., Aragones, L.V., Lu, S., Jiang, X., Jing, X., D’Souza, E., Patankar, V., Sutaria, D., Jethva, B. Solanki P. (2013). Dugongs in Asia. In Sirenian conservation: Issues and strategies in developing countries. Ellen Hines. John Reynolds, Lemnuel Aragones, Antonio A. Mignucci- Giannoni, Miriam Marmontel. (Ed.) Florida: University of Florida Press.

    D’Lima, C., Marsh, H., Hamann, M., Sinha, A., and Arthur, R (2013). Positive Interactions Between Irrawaddy Dolphins and Artisanal Fishers in the Chilika Lagoon of Eastern India are Driven by Ecology, Socioeconomics, and Culture. Ambio. 43. 10.1007/s13280-013-0440-4.

    D’Souza, E., Patankar, V., Arthur, R., Alcoverro, T., Kelkar, N. (2013) Long-Term Occupancy Trends in a Data-Poor Dugong Population in the Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago, PLoS ONE 8(10): e76181. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076181.

    Sathasivam, K., and K.S. Natarajan (2012) Obtaining distributional information on Indian Ocean cetaceans: suggestions based on an Indian network experience. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. 12(2): 173–175.

    Ilangakoon, A.D. and Sathasivam, K (2012) The need for taxonomic investigations on Northern Indian Ocean blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus): implications of year-round occurrence off Sri Lanka and India. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. 12(2): 195–202.

    Sutaria D & Marsh H (2011) Abundance estimates of Irrawaddy dolphins in Chilika Lagoon, India, using photo-identification based mark-recapture methods. Marine Mammal Science 27(4): E338-E348.

    Jeyabhaskaran, R., Paul, S., Vivekanandan, E., and Yousuf K., 2011. First record of pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874 from India with a review of their occurrence in the World Oceans. Journal of Marine Biological Association of India, 53: 208-217

    Kelkar N, Krishnaswamy J, Choudhary S, & Sutaria D (2010) Coexistence of Fisheries with River Dolphin Conservation. Conservation Biology 24(4): 1130-1140.

    Ravi V. and Murugan S., 2010. On the pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838) stranded at Cuddalore Silver Beach, Tamil Nadu, Southeast Coast of India. ProEnvironment. 3: 400-401.

    D’Souza, E., Raveendran, E.K., Rajan, P.T., and Patankar, V. (2010) Status of Dugong dugon (Muller) in Andaman and Nicobar islands based on past records and traditional hunting by indigenous tribes, in: Ramakrishna R, C. and Sivaperuman, C. (ed) Recent Trends in Biodiversity of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkatta, 443-448.

    Anoop, A., Yousuf, K.S., Kumaran, PL., Nayak, H., Anoop, B., Afsal, V.V. and Rajagopalan, M., Vivekanandan, E., Krishnakumar P.K and Jayasankar. P. 2008. Stomach content of cetaceans incidentally caught along Mangalore and Chennai coasts of India. Estuarine Coastal & Shelf Science, 76: 909–913.

    Ilangakoon AD, Sutaria D, Hines E, & Raghavan R (2008) Community interviews on the status of the dugong (Dugong dugon) in the Gulf of Mannar (India and Sri Lanka). Marine Mammal Science 24(3): 704-710.

    Yousuf, K.S.S.M., Anoop, A.K., Anoop, B., Afsal, V.V., Vivekanandan, E., Kumarran, R.P., Rajagopalan, M., Krishnakumar, P.K. and Jayasankar, P. 2008. Observations on incidental catch of cetaceans in three landing centres along the Indian coast. Marine Biodiversity Records 2: e64. Pp. 1-6

    Van Waerebeek, K., A. N. Baker, F. Felix, J. Gedamke, M. Iniguez, G. P. Sanino, E. Secchi, D. Sutaria, A. Van Helden, and Y. Wang. (2008). Vessel collisions with small cetaceans worldwide and with large whales in the southern hemisphere, an initial assessment. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 6.

    Choudhary, S., Smith, B. D., Dey, S., Dey, S. and Prakash, S., 2006. Conservation and biomonitoring in the Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary. Oryx, 40: 189-197.

    Sutaria, D., and Jefferson, T. A. (2004). Records of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis Osbeck, 1765) along the coast of India and Sri Lanka – An Overview. Aquatic Mammals Special Issue 30(1) 125-136

    Thiagarajan, R. & Krishnapillai. S., 2000. Accidental catch of three risso’s dolphins at Beemapally, near Vizhinjam. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical & Extension Series, 163, 10.

    Patankar V. (2014) The Mermaid’s Second Life, Down to Earth, October issue.
    D’Souza E. and Patankar V. (2014) The Constant Gardner, Current Conservation, September issue.

    Sutaria. D (2014). Of Chilika, dolphins and people. Current Conservation. (8.2): 10-17

    Mendez, M., Jefferson J. T., Sergios-Orestis, K., Krutzen, MParra, G. J., Collins, T., Minton, G., Baldwin, R., Berggren, P., Sarnbald A., Amir, A. O., Peddermors, V., Karszmarski, L., Guissamulo, A., Smith, B., Sutaria, D., Amato, G., and Rosenbaum, H. (2014) Integrating multiple lines of evidence to better understand the evolutionary divergence of humpback dolphins along their entire distribution range: a new dolphin species in Australian waters?’ Molecular Ecology. Doi: 10.1111/mec.12535

    Van Bressem. M., Minton. G., Sutaria. D., Kelkar. N., Peter C., Zulkarnaen. M., Mansur. R., Porter. L., Rodriguez Vargas. L., and Rajamani. L. (2014). Cutaneous fibropapillomas in Irrawaddy dolphins: an emerging disease in vulnerable populations. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (107): 181–189

    Hines, E. M., Adulyanukosol, K. Poochaviranon, S. Somany, P., Ath, S.L., Cox, N., Symington, K., Tun, T., Ilangakoon, A., DeIongh, H. H., Aragones, L.V., Lu, S., Jiang, X., Jing, X., D’Souza, E., Patankar, V., Sutaria, D., Jethva, B. Solanki P. (2013). Dugongs in Asia. In Sirenian conservation: Issues and strategies in developing countries. Ellen Hines. John Reynolds, Lemnuel Aragones, Antonio A. Mignucci- Giannoni, Miriam Marmontel. (Ed.) Florida: University of Florida Press.

    D’Lima, C., Marsh, H., Hamann, M., Sinha, A., and Arthur, R (2013). Positive Interactions Between Irrawaddy Dolphins and Artisanal Fishers in the Chilika Lagoon of Eastern India are Driven by Ecology, Socioeconomics, and Culture. Ambio. 43. 10.1007/s13280-013-0440-4.

    D’Souza, E., Patankar, V., Arthur, R., Alcoverro, T., Kelkar, N. (2013) Long-Term Occupancy Trends in a Data-Poor Dugong Population in the Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago, PLoS ONE 8(10): e76181. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076181.

    Sutaria D & Marsh H (2011) Abundance estimates of Irrawaddy dolphins in Chilika Lagoon, India, using photo-identification based mark-recapture methods. Marine Mammal Science 27(4): E338-E348.

    Jeyabhaskaran, R., Paul, S., Vivekanandan, E., and Yousuf K., 2011. First record of pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874 from India with a review of their occurrence in the World Oceans. Journal of Marine Biological Association of India, 53: 208-217

    Kelkar N, Krishnaswamy J, Choudhary S, & Sutaria D (2010) Coexistence of Fisheries with River Dolphin Conservation. Conservation Biology 24(4): 1130-1140.

    Ravi V. and Murugan S., 2010. On the pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838) stranded at Cuddalore Silver Beach, Tamil Nadu, Southeast Coast of India. ProEnvironment. 3: 400-401.

    D’Souza, E., Raveendran, E.K., Rajan, P.T., and Patankar, V. (2010) Status of Dugong dugon (Muller) in Andaman and Nicobar islands based on past records and traditional hunting by indigenous tribes, in: Ramakrishna R, C. and Sivaperuman, C. (ed) Recent Trends in Biodiversity of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkatta, 443-448.

    Anoop, A., Yousuf, K.S., Kumaran, PL., Nayak, H., Anoop, B., Afsal, V.V. and Rajagopalan, M., Vivekanandan, E., Krishnakumar P.K and Jayasankar. P. 2008. Stomach content of cetaceans incidentally caught along Mangalore and Chennai coasts of India. Estuarine Coastal & Shelf Science, 76: 909–913.

    Ilangakoon AD, Sutaria D, Hines E, & Raghavan R (2008) Community interviews on the status of the dugong (Dugong dugon) in the Gulf of Mannar (India and Sri Lanka). Marine Mammal Science 24(3): 704-710.

    Yousuf, K.S.S.M., Anoop, A.K., Anoop, B., Afsal, V.V., Vivekanandan, E., Kumarran, R.P., Rajagopalan, M., Krishnakumar, P.K. and Jayasankar, P. 2008. Observations on incidental catch of cetaceans in three landing centres along the Indian coast. Marine Biodiversity Records 2: e64. Pp. 1-6

    Van Waerebeek, K., A. N. Baker, F. Felix, J. Gedamke, M. Iniguez, G. P. Sanino, E. Secchi, D. Sutaria, A. Van Helden, and Y. Wang. (2008). Vessel collisions with small cetaceans worldwide and with large whales in the southern hemisphere, an initial assessment. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 6.

    Choudhary, S., Smith, B. D., Dey, S., Dey, S. and Prakash, S., 2006. Conservation and biomonitoring in the Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary. Oryx, 40: 189-197.

    Sutaria, D., and Jefferson, T. A. (2004). Records of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis Osbeck, 1765) along the coast of India and Sri Lanka – An Overview. Aquatic Mammals Special Issue 30(1) 125-136

    Thiagarajan, R. & Krishnapillai. S., 2000. Accidental catch of three risso’s dolphins at Beemapally, near Vizhinjam. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical & Extension Series, 163, 10.

    D’Souza E. & Patankar V. (2015) A day of dugong—story of their conservation, Daily Telegram, 4th October 205.

    Patankar V. & D’Souza E. (2015) Marine Meadows, Sanctuary Asia, February issue.

    Sutaria, D., Arthur, R., & Satashivam, K. (2014). Marine mammals in subcontinental waters. In Mammals of South Asia: Johnsingh, A. J. T. & Manjrekar, N. (Ed.). New Delhi: Permanent Black.

    Sutaria. D (2014). Of Chilika, dolphins and people. Current Conservation. (8.2): 10-17

    Mendez, M., Jefferson J. T., Sergios-Orestis, K., Krutzen, MParra, G. J., Collins, T., Minton, G., Baldwin, R., Berggren, P., Sarnbald A., Amir, A. O., Peddermors, V., Karszmarski, L., Guissamulo, A., Smith, B., Sutaria, D., Amato, G., and Rosenbaum, H. (2014) Integrating multiple lines of evidence to better understand the evolutionary divergence of humpback dolphins along their entire distribution range: a new dolphin species in Australian waters?’ Molecular Ecology. Doi: 10.1111/mec.12535

    Van Bressem. M., Minton. G., Sutaria. D., Kelkar. N., Peter C., Zulkarnaen. M., Mansur. R., Porter. L., Rodriguez Vargas. L., and Rajamani. L. (2014). Cutaneous fibropapillomas in Irrawaddy dolphins: an emerging disease in vulnerable populations. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (107): 181–189

    Hines, E. M., Adulyanukosol, K. Poochaviranon, S. Somany, P., Ath, S.L., Cox, N., Symington, K., Tun, T., Ilangakoon, A., DeIongh, H. H., Aragones, L.V., Lu, S., Jiang, X., Jing, X., D’Souza, E., Patankar, V., Sutaria, D., Jethva, B. Solanki P. (2013). Dugongs in Asia. In Sirenian conservation: Issues and strategies in developing countries. Ellen Hines. John Reynolds, Lemnuel Aragones, Antonio A. Mignucci- Giannoni, Miriam Marmontel. (Ed.) Florida: University of Florida Press.

    D’Lima, C., Marsh, H., Hamann, M., Sinha, A., and Arthur, R (2013). Positive Interactions Between Irrawaddy Dolphins and Artisanal Fishers in the Chilika Lagoon of Eastern India are Driven by Ecology, Socioeconomics, and Culture. Ambio. 43. 10.1007/s13280-013-0440-4.

    D’Souza, E., Patankar, V., Arthur, R., Alcoverro, T., Kelkar, N. (2013) Long-Term Occupancy Trends in a Data-Poor Dugong Population in the Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago, PLoS ONE 8(10): e76181. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076181.

    Sutaria D & Marsh H (2011) Abundance estimates of Irrawaddy dolphins in Chilika Lagoon, India, using photo-identification based mark-recapture methods. Marine Mammal Science 27(4): E338-E348.

    Jeyabhaskaran, R., Paul, S., Vivekanandan, E., and Yousuf K., 2011. First record of pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874 from India with a review of their occurrence in the World Oceans. Journal of Marine Biological Association of India, 53: 208-217

    Kelkar N, Krishnaswamy J, Choudhary S, & Sutaria D (2010) Coexistence of Fisheries with River Dolphin Conservation. Conservation Biology 24(4): 1130-1140.

    Ravi V. and Murugan S. (2010). On the pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838) stranded at Cuddalore Silver Beach, Tamil Nadu, Southeast Coast of India. ProEnvironment. 3: 400-401.

    D’Souza, E., Raveendran, E.K., Rajan, P.T., and Patankar, V. (2010) Status of Dugong dugon (Muller) in Andaman and Nicobar islands based on past records and traditional hunting by indigenous tribes, in: Ramakrishna R, C. and Sivaperuman, C. (ed) Recent Trends in Biodiversity of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkatta, 443-448.

    Anoop, A., Yousuf, K.S., Kumaran, PL., Nayak, H., Anoop, B., Afsal, V.V. and Rajagopalan, M., Vivekanandan, E., Krishnakumar P.K and Jayasankar. P. (2008). Stomach content of cetaceans incidentally caught along Mangalore and Chennai coasts of India. Estuarine Coastal & Shelf Science, 76: 909–913.

    Ilangakoon AD, Sutaria D, Hines E, & Raghavan R (2008) Community interviews on the status of the dugong (Dugong dugon) in the Gulf of Mannar (India and Sri Lanka). Marine Mammal Science 24(3): 704-710.

    Yousuf, K.S.S.M., Anoop, A.K., Anoop, B., Afsal, V.V., Vivekanandan, E., Kumarran, R.P., Rajagopalan, M., Krishnakumar, P.K. and Jayasankar, P. 2008. Observations on incidental catch of cetaceans in three landing centres along the Indian coast. Marine Biodiversity Records 2: e64. Pp. 1-6

    Van Waerebeek, K., A. N. Baker, F. Felix, J. Gedamke, M. Iniguez, G. P. Sanino, E. Secchi, D. Sutaria, A. Van Helden, and Y. Wang. (2008). Vessel collisions with small cetaceans worldwide and with large whales in the southern hemisphere, an initial assessment. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 6.

    Choudhary, S., Smith, B. D., Dey, S., Dey, S. and Prakash, S., 2006. Conservation and biomonitoring in the Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary. Oryx, 40: 189-197.

    Sutaria, D., and Jefferson, T. A. (2004). Records of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis Osbeck, 1765) along the coast of India and Sri Lanka – An Overview. Aquatic Mammals Special Issue 30(1) 125-136

    Thiagarajan, R. & Krishnapillai. S., 2000. Accidental catch of three risso’s dolphins at Beemapally, near Vizhinjam. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical & Extension Series, 163, 10.

    Sutaria D & Marsh H (2011) Abundance estimates of Irrawaddy dolphins in Chilika Lagoon, India, using photo-identification based mark-recapture methods. Marine Mammal Science 27(4): E338-E348.

    Jeyabhaskaran, R., Paul, S., Vivekanandan, E., and Yousuf K., 2011. First record of pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874 from India with a review of their occurrence in the World Oceans. Journal of Marine Biological Association of India, 53: 208-217

    Kelkar., N, Krishnaswamy., J, Choudhary., S, & Sutaria., D. (2010) Coexistence of Fisheries with River Dolphin Conservation. Conservation Biology 24(4): 1130-1140.

    Ravi V. and Murugan S., 2010. On the pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838) stranded at Cuddalore Silver Beach, Tamil Nadu, Southeast Coast of India. ProEnvironment. 3: 400-401.

    Anoop, A., Yousuf, K.S., Kumaran, PL., Nayak, H., Anoop, B., Afsal, V.V. and Rajagopalan, M., Vivekanandan, E., Krishnakumar P.K and Jayasankar. P. (2008). Stomach content of cetaceans incidentally caught along Mangalore and Chennai coasts of India. Estuarine Coastal & Shelf Science, 76: 909–913.

    Ilangakoon, A.D, Sutaria, D., Hines, E., & Raghavan, R. (2008). Community interviews on the status of the dugong (Dugong dugon) in the Gulf of Mannar (India and Sri Lanka). Marine Mammal Science 24(3): 704-710.

    Yousuf, K.S.S.M., Anoop, A.K., Anoop, B., Afsal, V.V., Vivekanandan, E., Kumarran, R.P., Rajagopalan, M., Krishnakumar, P.K. and Jayasankar, P. (2008). Observations on incidental catch of cetaceans in three landing centres along the Indian coast. Marine Biodiversity Records 2: e64. Pp. 1-6

    Van Waerebeek, K., A. N. Baker, F. Felix, J. Gedamke, M. Iniguez, G. P. Sanino, E. Secchi, D. Sutaria, A. Van Helden, and Y. Wang. (2008). Vessel collisions with small cetaceans worldwide and with large whales in the southern hemisphere, an initial assessment. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 6.

    Choudhary, S., Smith, B. D., Dey, S., Dey, S. and Prakash, S. (2006). Conservation and biomonitoring in the Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary. Oryx, 40: 189-197.

    Sathasivam, K. (2004). Marine Mammals of India. Hyderabad, India, Universities Press. 180p.p. QL729 .I4S37 2004

    Sutaria, D., and Jefferson, T. A. (2004). Records of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis Osbeck, 1765) along the coast of India and Sri Lanka – An Overview. Aquatic Mammals Special Issue 30(1) 125-136

    Thiagarajan, R. & Krishnapillai. S., 2000. Accidental catch of three risso’s dolphins at Beemapally, near Vizhinjam. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical & Extension Series, 163, 10.

    An Online Source of all Papers, Notes, Reports published by CMFRI in their Research Bulletins, Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical & Extension Series, and Journal of Marine Biological Association of India are available here: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in

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    • ROBERTS, T. J., KHAN, M. K. & KNUCKEY, J. (1983). Mating behaviour of the Plumbeous Dolphin, Sousa plumbea, Cuvier, 829. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 80(1):210-212, .
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    1984

    • HAFEEZULLAH, M. (1984). Record of a foetus of the Finless Black Porpoise from Goa coast. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 81(1):183-186, .
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    • THIAGARAJAN, R., NAMMALWAR, P. & HAMSA, K. M. (1984). Stranding of Pseudorca crassidens at Rameswaram, Gulf of Mannar. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 55:16, .
    • MARICHAMY, R., RAJAPANDIAN, M. E. & SRINIVASAN, A. (1984). The stranding of rorqual whale Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus) in the Gulf of Mannar. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 26:168-170, .
    • SILAS, E. G., PILLAI, P. P., JAYAPRAKASH, A. A. & PILLAI, M. A. (1984). Focus on small scale fisheries: drift gillnet fishery off Cochin, 1981 and 1982. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 55:1-12, .
    • LEATHERWOOD, S. (1984). Further notes on cetaceans of Sri Lanka. Paper No.SC/36/06 presented to the International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee.12 pages, .
    • RAJAGOPALAN, M., JAMES, D. B., DEVADOSS, P., SRINIVASARENGAN, S., SELVARAJ, V. & THIRUMILU, P. (1984). On a record of incidental capture of Risso’s Dolphin Grampus griseus (Cuvier) off Madras. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 26:171-174, .

    1985

    • ALLING, A. (1985). Small cetacean entanglement: a case study of the incidental entrapment of cetaceans in Sri Lanka’s gillnet fishe. Paper No.SC/37/SM5 presented to the International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee, UK.8 pages, .
    • PREMATUNGA, W. P., ALLING, A. & LEATHERWOOD, S. (1985). Species composition of small cetacean bycatches in gillnets off Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, January 1984 through April 1985. Paper No.SC/37/SM9 presented to the International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee.8 pages., .
    • RAJAGURU, A. & NATARAJAN, R. (1985). Systematics and organ weights of two dolphins, Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1928) and Tursiops truncatus(Montagu, 1821) of Porto Novo, southeast coast of India. In:Proceedings of the Symposium on Endangered Marine Animals and Marine Parks, 1985, MBAI, Cochin .,1:72-77, .
    • SILAS, E. G. & FERNANDO, A. B. (1985). The Dugong in India – is it going the way of the Dodo. In:Proceedings of the Symposium on Endangered Marine Animals and Marine Parks,1985 MBAI, Cochin .,1:167-176, .
    • POCOCK, R. I. (1985). The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Mammalia – Vol.II Carnivora, suborders Aeluroidea (part) and Arctoidea.. Reprinted by Today {&} Tomorrow’s Printers {&} Publishers, New Delhi.503 pages, .
    • MOHAN, R. S. (1985). (a) Observations on the by-catch of dolphins Stenella longirostris, Tursiops aduncus, Sousa chinensis and Delphinus delphis tropicalis in the gill nets off Calicut coast, India. In:Proceedings of the Symposium on Endangered Marine Animals and Marine Parks, 1985, MBAI, Cochin.1:78-83, .
    • MOHAN, R. S. (1985). (b) Osteology of dolphins Delphinus delphis tropicalis, Stenella longirostris, Tursiops aduncus, and Sousa chinensis from southwest coast of India. In:Proceedings of the Symposium on Endangered Marine Animals and Marine Parks, 1985, MBAI, Cochin.1:93-99, .
    • GASKIN, D. E. (1985). Cetacean habitats and conservation problems, with special reference to the Indian Ocean. In:Proceedings of the Symposium on Endangered Marine Animals and Marine Parks, 1985,MBAI, Cochin., 1:32-44, .
    • KARBHARI, J. P., ARAVINDAKSHAN, M., WAGMARE, K. B. & GANDHI, R. (1985). Note on the food of the Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris Gray, caught off Maharashtra coast. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 27:193-195, .
    • JAMES, P. S. (1985). On the conservation and management of marine mammals of India. In:Proceedings of the Symposium on Endangered Marine Animals and Marine Parks, 1985, MBAI, Cochin.1:61-64, .
    • SILAS, E. G., NAMMALWAR, P. & SARVESAN, R. (1985). On the food of Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus at Tranquebar with a note on the food habits of Sperm Whales. In:Proceedings of the Symposium on Endangered Marine Animals and Marine Parks,1985, MBAI, Cochin .,.1:65-71, .

    1986

    • ALLING, A. (1986). Records of odontocetes in the northern Indian Ocean (1981-1982) and off the coast of Sri Lanka (1982-1984). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 83(2):376-394, .
    • KASINATHAN, C. (1986). Report on baleen whale stranded along Mallipatinam Coast, Tanjore Dist. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 70:25, .

    1987

    • SIVADAS, M., PILLAI, S. K. & ARPUTHARAJ, M. R. (1987). Report on a sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus Linn. stranded along the Gulf of Mannar coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 71:16-17, .
    • MOHAN, R. S. (1987). Research needs for the better management of dolphins and dugongs of Indian coast. Natl. Symp. Res. Dev. Mar. FisheriesPaper:87, .
    • PILLAI, S. K. & KASINATHAN, C. (1987). Some observations on dolphins in Mandapam area with a note on their food. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 71:13-16, .
    • JAMES, P. S. & MOHAN, R. S. (1987). The Marine Mammals of India. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 71:1-13, .
    • EVANS, P. G. (1987). The Natural History of Whales and Dolphins. Christopher Helm, London, .
    • ANONYMOUS. (1987). (a) Photograph of Balaenoptera musculus stranded at Tirur beach on 18.10.1986. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 71:Front cover, .
    • ANONYMOUS. (1987). (b) Photograph of a live Sousa chinensis caught in gill net operated off Calicut. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 71:Back cover, .
    • SILVA, P. H. (1987). Cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) recorded off Sri Lanka, India, from the Arabian Sea and Gulf, Gulf of Aden and from the Red Sea. , .
    • TELANG, K. Y. (1987). On a baleen whale landed at Hollengade, Karnataka coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 78:17, .
    • NAIR, K. V. & JAYAPRAKASH., A. A. (1987). On a Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus stranded at Chappa beach, Narakkal, Cochin, southwest coast of India. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 71:17-18, .

    1988

    • ANONYMOUS. (1988). (b) News. CMFRI Newsletter.41:6, .
    • ALLING, A. (1988). A preliminary report of the incidental entrapment of odontocetes by Sri Lanka’s coastal drift net fishery. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 85(3):538-550, .
    • MUTHIAH, C., MOHAMMED, S., BHATKAL, G. & MELINMANI, B. (1988). On the stranding of a Humpback Whale in the North Kerala coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 85:12, .
    • ANONYMOUS. (1988). (a) News. CMFRI Newsletter.40:5, .

    1989

    • HOUSE, D. L. (1989). The Wild Life Protection Act, 1972, with Rules, 1973 and The Wild Life (Protection) Licensing (Additional Matters for Consideration) Rules. 1983 – Bare Act 1989, Delhi Law House, Delhi.69 pages, .
    • COX, V. (1989). Whales and Dolphins. Crescent Books, New York, .
    • RAO, P. V., LIVINGSTON, P. & MISRA, A. (1989). A report on the whales sighted off Mandapam on the Palk Bay side on 5th July, 1988. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 95:10, .
    • SUBRAMANI, S. (1989). On a baleen whale landed at Pudumanaikuppam, Madras Dt. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 95:11-12, .
    • KULKARNI, G. M., ZACHARIA, P. V., KEMPERAJU, S., NAGARAJA, D., MUNIYAPPA, Y. & NAIK, R. A. (1989). On a Fin Whale stranded at Someswara, South Kanara. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 102:16-17, .
    • PILLAI, S. K., AMBROSE, J. D. & SIVADAS, M. (1989). On an unusually large sea cow Dugong dugon landed at Mandapam, Gulf of Mannar. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 96:12-13, .
    • PILLAI, S. K., BOSE, M. & SUBRAMANIAN, R. (1989). On the accidental catch of the Spinner Dolphin from Gulf of Mannar, Mandapam. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 98:16-17, .
    • JAMES, P. S., RAJAGOPALAN, M., DAN, S. S., FERNANDO, A. B. & SELVARAJ., V. (1989). On the mortality and stranding of marine mammals and turtles at Gahirmatha, Orissa from 1983 to 1987. .Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 31(1 {&} 2):28-35, .
    • KASIM, H. M. & BALASUBRAMANIAN, T. S. (1989). On the stranding of Sei Whale Baleanoptera borealis along Gulf of Mannar coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 95:12-14, .
    • NAMMALWAR, P., DEVADOSS, P., SRINIVASAN, A., CHIDAMBARAM, L., RAO, T. C. & RAO, A. H. (1989). On the strandings of whales along the Tamilnadu and Andhra coasts. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 102:13-16, .

    1990

    • CHHAPGAR, B. F. (1990). Review of The Proceedings of the Symposium on Endangered Marine Animals and Marine Parks edited by E.G. Silas. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 87(1):130-131, .
    • FICHTER, G. S. (1990). Whales and other Marine Mammals. Golden Press, New York.160 pages, .
    • FRAZIER, J. G. & MUNDKUR., T. (1990). Dugong Dugong dugon Muller in the Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 87(3):368-379, .
    • JAMES, D. B. (1990). On a Sperm Whale landed at Kalpeni Island with notes on Ambergris. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 104:11-14, .
    • PILLAI, P. K. & CHANDRANGATHAN, S. B. (1990). On the drift-net entangled dolphins landed at Sakthikulangara. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 104:16-17, .

    1991

    • REEVES, R., LEATHERWOOD, S. & PAPASTAVROU, V. (1991). Possible stock affinities of Humpback Whales in the northern Indian Ocean.In: Cetaceans and Cetacean Research in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary, Marine Mammal Technical Report Number 3, eds. Stephen Leatherwood and Gregory P. Donovan, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.287 pages, .
    • KRUSE, S., LEATHERWOOD, S., PREMATUNGA, W. P., MENDES, C. & GAMAGE, A. (1991). Records of Risso’s Dolphins, Grampus griseus, in the Indian Ocean, 1891-1986. In: Cetaceans and Cetacean Research in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary, Marine Mammal Technical Report No.3, e. Stephen Leatherwood and Gregory P. Donovan, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.287 pages, .
    • LEATHERWOOD, S., MCDONALD, D., PREMATUNGA, W. P., GIRTON, P., ILANGAKOON, A. & MCBREARTY, D. (1991). Records of the ‘blackfish’ (Killer, False Killer, Pilot, Pygmy Killer and Melon-headed Whales) in the Indian Ocean, 1772-1986.In:Cetaceans and Cetacean Research in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary, Marine Mammal Technical Report No.3,. Stephen Leatherwood and Gregory P. Donovan, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.287 pages, .
    • THIRUMILU, P., PILLAI, P. K. & POOVANNAN, P. (1991). Scientific, popular and local names of common marine living resources along the Coromandel coast with special reference to finfishes and shellfishes. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 111:1-16, .
    • GORDON, J. C. (1991). The World Wildlife Fund’s Indian Ocean Sperm Whale project: an example of cetacean research within the Indian Ocean sanctua. In: Cetaceans and Cetacean Research in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary, Marine Mammal Technical Report No. 3, eds. Stephen Leatherwood and Gregory P. Donovan, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.287 pages, .
    • PAPASTAVROU, V. (1991). A note on recent sightings and strandings of cetaceans in Oman-Ra’s Sawadi to Rakhyut.In: Cetaceans and Cetacean Research in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary, Marine Mammal Technical Report No.3, e. Stephen Leatherwood and Gregory P. Donovan, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.287 pages, .
    • MANIKFAN, M. A. (1991). A note on the capture of the smaller cetaceans for food in the Laccadive Islands.In: Cetaceans and Cetacean Research in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary, Marine Mammal Technical Report No. 3, eds. Stephen Leatherwood and Gregory P. Donovan, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.287 pages, .
    • ROBINEAU, D. (1991). Balaenopterid sightings in the western tropical Indian Ocean (Seychelles area), 1982-1986. In: Cetaceans and Cetacean Research in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary, Marine Mammal Technical Report Number 3, eds. Stephen Leatherwood and Gregory P. Donovan, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.287 pages., .
    • ALLING, A., DORSEY, E. M. & GORDON, J. C. (1991). Blue Whales off the northeast coast of Sri Lanka: distribution, feeding and individual identification. In: Cetaceans and Cetacean Research in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary, Marine Mammal Technical Report No. 3, eds. Stephen Leatherwood and Gregory P. Donovan, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.287 pages, .
    • SMALL, J. A. & SMALL., G. J. (1991). Cetacean observations from the Somali Democratic Republic, September 1985 through May 1987.In: Cetaceans and Cetacean Research in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary, Marine Mammal Technical Report No.3, eds.. Stephen Leatherwood and Gregory P. Donovan, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.287 pages., .
    • KASUYA, T. & WADA, S. (1991). Distribution of large cetaceans in the Indian Ocean: data from Japanese sighting records, November-March. In: Cetaceans and Cetacean Research in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary, Marine Mammal Technical Report No.3, eds. Stephen Leatherwood and Gregory P. Donovan, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya. 287 pages, .
    • CHANTRAPORNSYL, S., KINZE, C. C. & LEATHERWOOD, S. (1991). Notes on the genus Kogia in the northern Indian Ocean. In:Cetaceans and Cetacean Research in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary, Marine Mammal Technical Report No. 3, eds. Stephen Leatherwood and Gregory P. Donovan, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya. 287 pages, .
    • RAO, C. V. (1991). On a Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata caught off Kakinada coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 109:15-16, .
    • PILLAI, S. K. & BADRUDEEN, M. (1991). On a young sea cow killed at Periapatnam, Gulf of Mannar. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 108:17, .
    • PILLAI, S. K., KASINATHAN, C. & RAMAMOORTHY, N. (1991). On the stranding of a dolphin Sousa chinensis from Mandapam region. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 110:11, .

    1992

    • DHANDAPANI, P. (1992). Status of Irrawady River Dolphin Orcaella brevirostris in Chilka Lake. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.34:90-93, .
    • CORBET, G. B. & HILL, J. E. (1992). The Mammals of the Indomalayan region:A Systematic Review. Natural History Museum Publications, Oxford University Press.488 pages, .
    • GOSWAMI, B. C. (1992). Marine fauna of Digha coast of West Bengal, India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 34:115-137, .
    • MOHAN, R. S. (1992). Observations on the whales Balaenoptera edeni, B. musculus and Megaptera novaeangliae washed ashore along the Indian coast with a note on their osteology. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 34:253-255, .
    • GANAPATHY, A. (1992). On a porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides stranded along Palk Bay coast, near Thondi, Tamilnadu. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 117:17, .
    • NOBLE, A. & NASSER, A. K. (1992). On a Sei Whale, Balaenoptera borealis landed at Puthuvypu in Vypeen Island, near Cochin. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 116:18, .
    • RAO, C. V. & RAO, K. N. (1992). On the landing of a young Spinner Dolphin at Visakhapatnam along Andhra coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 115:18, .
    • ARUMUGAM, G., RAJAPACKIAM, S. & BALASUBRAMANIAN, T. S. (1992). On the landing of Hump-back Dolphin Sousa chinensis at Tuticorin. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 115:19, .
    • PURANDHARA, C. & NAIK, C. H. (1992). On the stranding of Balaenoptera physalus at Kota, Dakshina Kannada. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 115:18, .
    • NAMMALWAR, P., PILLAI, S. K., BADRUDEEN, M., THANAPATHI, V., SOMU, R. & SIVASAMY, V. (1992). On the stranding of Sperm Whales at Nagapattinam, Tamilnadu coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 115:16-17, .

    1993

    • PAPASTAVROU, V. (1993). Whale. Dorling Kindersley, London.64 pages, .
    • KUMARAN, P. & SUBRAMANIAN, A. (1993). First record of an endangered Finless Porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides from Porto Novo, southeast coast of India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 35:207-209, .
    • BRIGHT, M. (1993). Masters of the Ocean. Multimedia Books Limited, UK.192 pages, .
    • MENON, N. G., JAMES, P. S. & PILLAI, N. G. (1993). On a Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus stranded at Chellanam, Cochin. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 122:23-24, .
    • KASIM, H. M., HAMSA, K. M. & BALASUBRAMANIAN, T. S. (1993). On an accidental landing of False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens by drift gill net off Veerapandianpatnam, Gulf of Mannar. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 120:18-19, .
    • RAO, C. V. & RAO, K. N. (1993). On the landing of a large sized Bottle-nose dolphin Tursiops aduncus at Visakhapatnam, along Andhra coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 120:18, .
    • CHANDRASEKAR, M., CHITTIBABU, K., ACHAYYA, P. & PRABHAKAR, R. V. (1993). On the landing of a young Bottlenose Dolphin at Visakhapatnam. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 122:24-25, .

    1994

    • GURUSAMY, R. (1994). Scientific, common and vernacular names of commercially important fin and shell fishes-Tamilnadu. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 134:17-27, .
    • NAMMALWAR, P., LIPTON, A. P., PILLAI, S. K., MAHESWARUDU, G., KASINATHAN, C., BOSE, M. et al. (1994). Instances of Finless Black Porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides caught in Mandapam region along the Palk Bay coast in Tamilnadu. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 127:16-17, .
    • KASIM, H. M., MARICHAMY, R., BALASUBRAMANIAN, T. S., HAMSA, K. M. & RAJAPACKIYAM, S. (1994). On an accidental stranding, rescue and return of Humpback Dolphins at Tuticorin harbour area. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 128:14-15, .
    • RAO, T. N. & RAMAN, P. V. (1994). On the landing of Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus at Kakinada. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 127:16, .
    • JAMES, D. B. & PANICKER, K. C. (1994). On the recovery of a foetus from a Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus stranded at Chetland Island, Lakshadweep. ournal of the Bombay Natural History Society 91(3):451-452, .

    1995

    • MOHANRAJ, G., SOMARAJU, M. V. & RAO, C. V. (1995). A Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus landed at Mangamaripeta, north of Visakhapatnam. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 137:17, .
    • ARUMUGAM, G., BALASUBRAMANIAM, T. S. & CHELLAPPA, M. (1995). A note on the foetus of the Hump-back Dolphin from Tuticorin coast, Gulf of Mannar. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 138:14-15, .
    • MOHAN, R. S. (1995). Age determination of dolphins entangled in gillnets along the Kerala coast. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 92(1):77-80, .
    • MUTHIAH, C. (1995). Baleen Whale and a porpoise stranded at Ullal, near Mangalore. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 140:10, .
    • LIPTON, A. P., DIWAN, A. D., REGHUNATHAN, A. & KASINATHAN, C. (1995). Frequent strandings of dolphins and whales along the Gulf of Mannar Coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 138:11-14, .
    • JAYAPRAKASH, A. A., NAMMALWAR, P., PILLAI, S. K. & ELAYATH, M. N. (1995). Incidental by-catch of dolphins at Fisheries Harbour, Cochin, with a note on their conservation and management in India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 37:126-133, .
    • PILLAI, S. K., JAYAPRAKASH, A. A., KASINATHAN, C. & RAMAMOORTHY, N. (1995). On the Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis Lesson stranded along Palk Bay coast near Pamban light house. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 139:11, .

    1996

    • BABY, K. G. (1996). (a) On the stranding of a Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus at Valappad beach, southwest coast of India. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 141:20, .
    • MOHAN, R. S. (1996). (a) Police case against the fishermen for selling marine dolphins in Calicut, Kerala. Rivdolphinews 1(2):4-5, .
    • MOHAN, R. S. (1996). (b) Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis) survey in Calicut coast, Kerala. Rivdolphinews 1(2):5, .
    • BABY, K. G. (1996). (b) On a whale stranded at Anchangadi, Trichur District, Kerala. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 142:17, .
    • BENSAM, P. & MENON, N. G. (1996). Conservation of marine mammals.In:Marine Biodiversity Conservation and Management, eds. N.G. Menon and C.S.G. Pillai.CMFRI, Cochin.205 pages, .
    • HOLLAND, F. (1996). DNA solves Chinese puzzle. BBC Wildlife.August 1996:23, .
    • PILLAI, K. & LIPTON, A. P. (1996). Dolphin killed by the propeller of a trawler. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 141:18, .
    • KAR, S. K. (1996). On a Bottle-nose dolphin and turtle stranded at Digha, West Bengal. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 142:17, .
    • JOEL, J. J., EBENEZER, I. P., SIGAMONY, P. P. & PROSPER, A. (1996). On the stranding of a young Fin Whale at Kanyakumari, Tamilnadu. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 141:19, .

    1997

    • ILANGAKOON, A. (1997). Species composition, seasonal variation, sex ratio and body length of small cetaceans caught off west, south-west and south coast of Sri Lanka. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 94(2):298-306, .
    • KAKATI, V. S. (1997). Stranding of a baleen whale. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 147:15, .
    • DHANDAPANI, P. (1997). The conservation of the potentially endangered Irrawaddy River Dolphin Orcaella brevirostris in Chilka lagoon, Orissa, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 94(3):536-539, .
    • WELDON, O. P. (1997). Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises. Reader’s Digest.New York.160 pages, .
    • MOHAN, R. S. (1997). Conservation and status of marine dolphin of Malabar coast, India. Zoos’ Print. 12(November):29-31, .
    • LUTHER, G., PILLAI, P. P., JAYAPRAKASH, A. A., GOPAKUMAR, G., SATHIANANDAN, T. V., VARGHESE, M. et al. (1997). Gillnet fisheries of India. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 150:1-24, .
    • PAPASTAVROU, V. (1997). New South Whale. BBC Wildlife15(3):20, .
    • MILLER, H. (1997). Of dolphins and deluges. Madras Musings,November 16-30, 1997:5, .

    1998

    • MILLER, H. (1998). Personal communication dated the 15th August, 1998. , .
    • CHANDRAKUMAR, N. P. (1998). Mass entanglement of dolphins in a shore seine near Balaramapuram, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series.T {&} E Ser.155:19, .
    • HINDU, T. (1998). NGC to take up survey in Gulf of Mannar. The Hindu, 13th November, 1998, .
    • VENKATARAMANA, P. & ACHAYYA, P. (1998). On the capture of a bottlenose dolphin off Kakinada. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 155:20, .
    • ANONYMOUS. (1998). On the landing of dolphins at Dummulapeta, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series.152:17-18, .
    • RAO, B. R. (1998). On the stranding of a dolphin at Janjira Murud, Raigad district, Maharashtra. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 155:19-20, .
    • JADHAV, D. G. & RAO, R. B. (1998). On the stranding of the Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis at Murud Janjira. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series.152:17, .

    1999

    • HINDU, T. (1999). (b) Plan to conserve dolphins mooted. The Hindu, Friday, July 9, 1999:5, .
    • HINDU, T. (1999). (c) Dolphins rescued. The Hindu, Saturday, August 7, 1999:3, .
    • HINDU, T. (1999). (d) 4 dead dolphins washed ashore. The Hindu, Wednesday, August 11, 1999:5, .
    • DAS, H. S. & DEY, S. C. (1999). Observations on the Dugong, Dugong dugon (Muller) in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 96(2):195-198, .
    • HINDU, T. (1999). (a) 42 dolphins washed ashore. The Hindu, Thursday, July 1, 1999:4, .