• Adamec V, Cassell BG, Smith EP, Pearson RE (2006) Effects of inbreeding in the dam on dystocia and stillbirths in US holsteins. J Dairy Sci 89:307–314

  Article PubMed CAS  Google Scholar 

• Baird SJ, Bradford E (2000) Estimation of Hector’s dolphin bycatch from inshore fisheries, 1997/98 fishing year. Published Client Report on Contract 3024, Department of Conservation, Wellington

• Baker CS, Hamner RM, Cooke J, Heimeier D, Vant M, Steel D, Constantine R (In review) Abundance and probable decline of the Maui’s dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori maui) estimated from capture–recapture of microsatellite genotypes, 2001–2006

• Baker CS, Slade RW, Bannister JL, Abernethy RB, Weinrich MT, Lien J, Urban RJ, Corkeron P, Calambokidis J, Vasquez O, Palumbi SR (1994) Hierarchical structure of mitochondrial DNA gene flow among humpback whales,Megaptera novaeangliae, world-wide. Mol Ecol 3:313–327

  Article PubMed CAS  Google Scholar 

• Baker AN, Smith ANH, Pichler FB (2002) Geographical variation in Hector’s dolphin: recognition of new subspecies ofCephalorhynchus hectori. J R Soc NZ 32:713–727

  Article  Google Scholar 

• Bérubé M, Jørgensen H, McEwing R, Palsbøll PJ (2000) Polymorphic di-nucleotide microsatellite loci isolated from the humpback whale,Megaptera novaeangliae. Mol Ecol 9:2181–2183

  Article PubMed  Google Scholar 

• Blezard RH (2002) Observations of set-net and inshore trawl fishing operations in the South Canterbury Bight, 2001. DOC Sci Intern Ser 85, Department of Conservation, Wellington, 19 p

• Bonin A, Bellemain E, Bronken Eidesen P, Pompanon F, Brochmann C, Taberlet P (2004) How to track and assess genotyping errors in population genetics studies. Mol Ecol 13:3261–3273

  Article PubMed CAS  Google Scholar 

• Bräger S, Dawson SM, Slooten E, Smith S, Stone GS, Yoshinaga A (2002) Site fidelity and along-shore range in Hector’s dolphin, an endangered marine dolphin from New Zealand. Biol Conserv 108:281–287

  Article  Google Scholar 

• Bräger S, Harraway JA, Manly BFJ (2003) Habitat selection in a coastal dolphin species (Cephalorhynchus hectori). Mar Biol 143:233–244

  Article  Google Scholar 

• Brodie JW (1960) Coastal surface currents around New Zealand. NZ J Geol Geophys 3:235–252

  Article  Google Scholar 

• Buchanan FC, Friesen MK, Littlejohn RP, Clayton JW (1996) Microsatellites from the beluga whaleDelphinapterus leucas. Mol Ecol 5:571–575

  Article PubMed CAS  Google Scholar 

• Caldwell M, Gaines MS, Hughes CR (2002) Eight polymorphic microsatellite loci for bottlenose dolphin and other cetacean species. Mol Ecol Notes 2:393–395

  Article CAS  Google Scholar 

• Clement M, Posada D, Crandall KA (2000) TCS: a computer program to estimate gene genealogies. Mol Ecol 9:1657–1659

  Article PubMed CAS  Google Scholar 

• Dalebout ML, Robertson KM, Frantzis A, Engelhaupt D, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Rosario-Delestre RJ, Baker CS (2005) Worldwide structure of mtDNA diversity among Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris): implications for threatened populations. Mol Ecol 14:3353–3371

  Article PubMed CAS  Google Scholar 

• Dawson SM (1991) Incidental catch of Hector’s dolphin in inshore gillnets. Marine Mammal Sci 7:283–295

  Article  Google Scholar 

• Dawson SM, Slooten E (1988) Hector’s dolphin,Cephalorhynchus hectori: distribution and abundance. In: Brownell RL Jr, Donovan GP (eds) Biology of the genusCephalorhynchus. Reports of the International Whaling Commission, special issue 9. International Whaling Commission, Cambridge, pp 315–324

• Dawson SM, Slooten E (2005) Management of gillnet bycatch of cetaceans in New Zealand. J Cetacean Res Manag 7:59–64

  Google Scholar 

• Dawson S, Slooten E, DuFresne S, Wade P, Clement D (2004) Small-boat surveys for coastal dolphins: line-transect surveys for Hector’s dolphins (Cephalorhynchus hectori). Fish Bull 201:441–451

  Google Scholar 

• Elwen S, Meyer MA, Best PB, Kotze PGH, Thornton M, Swanson S (2006) Range and movements of female Heaviside’s dolphins (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii), as determined by satellite-linked telemetry. J Mammal 87:866–877

  Article  Google Scholar 

• Excoffier L (2006) ARLEQUIN ver 3.1: an integrated software package for population genetics data analysis.http://cmpg.unibe.ch/software/arlequin3

• Fairfax D (2002) Observations of inshore trawl fishing operations in Pegasus Bay and the Canterbury Bight, 2002. DOC Sci Intern Ser 86, Department of Conservation, Wellington, 11 p

• Frankham R (1995) Conservation genetics. Annu Rev Genet 29:305–327

  Article PubMed CAS  Google Scholar 

• Frankham R (1997) Do island populations have less genetic variation than mainland populations? Heredity 78:311–327

  Article PubMed  Google Scholar 

• Frankham R (1998) Inbreeding and extinction: island populations. Conserv Biol 12:665–675

  Article  Google Scholar 

• Gilson A, Syvanen M, Levine K, Banks J (1998) Deer gender determination by polymerase chain reaction: validation study and application to tissues, bloodstains, and hair forensic samples from California. Calif Fish Game 84:159–169

  Google Scholar 

• Goudet J (2001) FSTAT, a program to estimate and test gene diversities and fixation indices (version 2.9.3). Available fromhttp://www.unil.ch/izea/softwares/fstat.html

• Goudet J, Perrin N, Waser P (2002) Tests for sex-biased dispersal using bi-parentally inherited genetic markers. Mol Ecol 11:1103–1114

  Article PubMed CAS  Google Scholar 

• Harlin AD, Wursig B, Baker CS, Markowitz TM (1999) Skin swabbing for genetic analysis: application to dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus). Marine Mammal Sci 15:409–425

  Article  Google Scholar 

• Heinrich S (2006) Ecology of Chilean dolphins and Peale’s dolphins at Isla Chiloé, southern Chile. Ph.D. Thesis, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews

• Hoelzel AR, Dahlheim M, Stern SJ (1998a) Low genetic variation among killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the eastern North Pacific and genetic differentiation between foraging specialists. J Hered 89:121–128

  Article PubMed CAS  Google Scholar 

• Hoelzel AR, Potter CW, Best PB (1998b) Genetic differentiation between parapatric ‘nearshore’ and ‘offshore’ populations of the bottlenose dolphin. Proc R Soc Lond B 265:1177–1183

  Article CAS  Google Scholar 

• Kalinowski ST, Taper ML, Marshall TC (2007) Revising how the computer program CERVUS accommodates genotyping error increases success in paternity assignment. Mol Ecol 16:1099–1106

  Article PubMed  Google Scholar 

• Krützen M, Valsecchi E, Connor RC, Sherwin WB (2001) Characterization of microsatellite loci inTursiops aduncus. Mol Ecol Notes 1:170–172

  Article  Google Scholar 

• Krützen M, Barre LM, Moller LM, Heithaus MR, Simms C, Sherwin WB (2002) A biopsy system for small cetaceans: darting success and wound healing inTursiops spp. Marine Mammal Sci 18:863–878

  Article  Google Scholar 

• Lewis KB, Carter L, Davey FJ (1994) The opening of Cook Strait: interglacial tidal scour and aligning basins at a subduction to transform plate edge. Mar Geol 116:293–312

  Article  Google Scholar 

• New Zealand Department of Conservation (2011) Hector’s dolphin incident database.http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-animals/marine-mammals/dolphins/hectors-dolphin/docs-work/hectors-dolphin-incident-database/

• New Zealand Department of Conservation, Ministry of Fisheries (2007) Hector's and Maui's dolphin threat management plan draft for public consultation. 5 March 2009.http://www.fish.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/2088EFD2008C-E2207-4798-9315-C2000AF2002FC2006FFB2002/2000/DRAFTTMPFINAL.pdf

• Oremus M, Poole MM, Steel D, Baker CS (2007) Isolation and interchange among insular spinner dolphin communities in the South Pacific revealed by individual identification and genetic diversity. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 336:275–289

  Article CAS  Google Scholar 

• Paetkau D, Slade R, Burden M, Estoup A (2004) Genetic assignment methods for the direct, real-time estimation of migration rate: a simulation-based exploration of accuracy and power. Mol Ecol 13:55–65

  Google Scholar 

• Peakall R, Smouse PE (2006) GenAlEx 6: genetic analysis in excel. Population genetic software for teaching and research. Mol Ecol Notes 6:288–295

  Article  Google Scholar 

• Pichler FB (2001) Population structure and genetic variation in Hector’s dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori). PhD Thesis, University of Auckland, Auckland

• Pichler FB (2002) Genetic assessment of population boundaries and gene exchange in Hector’s dolphin. DOC Sci Intern Ser 44, Department of Conservation, Wellington, 37 p

• Pichler FB, Baker CS (2000) Loss of genetic diversity in the endemic Hector’s dolphin due to fisheries-related mortality. Proc R Soc Lond B 267:97–102

  Article CAS  Google Scholar 

• Pichler FB, Dawson SM, Slooten E, Baker CS (1998) Geographic isolation of Hector’s dolphin populations described by mitochondrial DNA sequences. Conserv Biol 12:676–682

  Article  Google Scholar 

• Piry S, Alapetite A, Cornuet JM, Paetkau D, Baudouin L, Estoup A (2004) GENECLASS2: a software for genetic assignment and first-generation migrant detection. J Hered 95:536–539

  Article PubMed CAS  Google Scholar 

• Pritchard JK, Stephens M, Donnelly P (2000) Inference of population structure using multilocus genotype data. Genetics 155:945–959

  PubMed CAS  Google Scholar 

• Pritchard JK, Wen X, Falush D (2007) Documentation for structure software: version 2.2. Available fromhttp://pritch.bsd.uchicago.edu/software

• Rannala B (2011) BayesAss edition 3.0 user’s manual. Downloaded fromhttp://www.rannala.org/?page_id=245. Accessed 5 Jan 2012

• Rannala B, Mountain JL (1997) Detecting immigration by using multilocus genotypes. Proc Natl Acad Sci 94:9197–9201

  Google Scholar 

• Rayment W, Dawson S, Slooten L, Childerhouse S (2006) Offshore distribution of Hector’s dolphin at Banks Peninsula. DOC Res Dev Ser 232, Department of Conservation, Wellington, 23 p

• Rayment W, Dawson S, Slooten E, Braeger S, Fresne SD, Webster T (2009) Kernel density estimates of alongshore home range of Hector’s dolphins at Banks Peninsula, New Zealand. Marine Mammal Sci 25:537–556

  Article  Google Scholar 

• Raymond M, Rousset F (1995) GENEPOP. Available athttp://genepop.curtin.edu.au/

• Read AJ, Westgate AJ (1997) Monitoring the movements of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) with satellite telemetry. Mar Biol 130:315–322

  Article  Google Scholar 

• Reeves RR, Perrin WF, Taylor BL, Baker CS, Mesnick SL (2004) Report of the workshop on shortcomings of cetacean taxonomy in relation to needs of conservation and management. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA-NMFS-SWFSC-363, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, La Jolla

• Reeves RR, Dawson SM, Jefferson TA, Karczmarski L, Laidre K, O’Corry-Crowe G, Rojas-Bracho L, Secchi ER, Slooten E, Smith BD, Wang JY, Zhou K (2008)Cephalorhynchus hectori maui. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1.http://www.iucnredlist.org

• Reid PRJ (2002) Report on an inshore fishery observer programme in Pegasus Bay and Canterbury Bight, 1999/2000. Unpublished report. Fisheries Audit Services (NZ), Nelson

  Google Scholar 

• Rosel PE, France SC, Wang JY, Kocher TD (1999) Genetic structure of harbour porpoisePhocoena phocoena populations in the northwest Atlantic based on mitochondrial and nuclear markers. Mol Ecol 8:S41–S54

  Article PubMed CAS  Google Scholar 

• Sambrook J, Fritsch EF, Maniatis T (1989) Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual, 2nd edn. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, New York

  Google Scholar 

• Schlotterer C, Amos B, Tautz D (1991) Conservation of polymorphic simple sequence loci in cetacean species. Nature 354:63–65

  Article PubMed CAS  Google Scholar 

• Schwartz MK, Luikart G, Waples RS (2007) Genetic monitoring as a promising tool for conservation and management. Trends Ecol Evol 22:25–33

  Article PubMed  Google Scholar 

• Slooten E (2007) Conservation management in the face of uncertainty: effectiveness of four options for managing Hector’s dolphin bycatch. Endanger Species Res 3:169–179

  Article  Google Scholar 

• Slooten E, Dawson SM (1988) Studies on Hector’s dolphin,Cephalorhynchus hectori: a progress report. In: Brownell RL Jr, Donovan GP (eds) Reports of the International Whaling Commission, special issue 9. International Whaling Commission, Cambridge, pp 325–338

  Google Scholar 

• Slooten E, Lad F (1991) Population biology and conservation of Hector’s dolphin. Can J Zool 69:1701–1707

  Article  Google Scholar 

• Slooten E, Dawson SM, Rayment WJ (2004) Aerial surveys for coastal dolphins: abundance of Hector’s dolphins off the South Island west coast, New Zealand. Marine Mammal Sci 20:477–490

  Article  Google Scholar 

• Stone G, Hutt A, P Duignan, Teilmann J, Cooper R, Geschke K, Yoshinaga A, Russell K, Baker A, Suisted R, Baker S, Brown J, Jones G, Higgins D (2005) Hector’s dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori hectori) satellite tagging, health and genetic assessment project. Unpublished report submitted to the New Zealand Department of Conservation. Auckland Conservancy, Auckland

  Google Scholar 

• Strom Holst B, Frossling J (2009) The Swedish breeding cat: population description, infectious diseases and reproductive performance evaluated by a questionnaire. J Feline Med Surg 11:793–802

  Article PubMed  Google Scholar 

• Trewick SA, Bland KJ (2011) Fire and slice: palaeogeography for biogeography at New Zealand’s North Island/South Island juncture. J R Soc NZ, iFirst. doi:10.1080/03036758.2010.549493

  Google Scholar 

• Valsecchi E, Amos W (1996) Microsatellite markers for the study of cetacean populations. Mol Ecol 5:151–156

  Article PubMed CAS  Google Scholar 

• Van Oosterhout C, Hutchinson WF, Wills DPM, Shipley P (2004) Micro-checker: software for identifying and correcting genotyping errors in microsatellite data. Mol Ecol Notes 4:535–538

  Article  Google Scholar 

• Wallis GP, Trewick SA (2009) New Zealand phylogeography: evolution on a small continent. Mol Ecol 18:3548–3580

  Article PubMed  Google Scholar 

• Wells RS, Hansen LJ, Baldridge A, Dohl TP, Kelly DL, Defran RH (1990) Northward extension of the range of bottlenose dolphins along the California coast. In: Leatherwood S, Reeves RR (eds) The bottlenose dolphin. Academic Press, San Diego, pp 421–431

  Google Scholar 

• Wilson GA, Rannala B (2003) Bayesian inference of recent migration rates using multilocus genotypes. Genetics 163:1177–1191

  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references