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2012

  • Parsons, E.C.M., Bauer, A., McCafferty, D., Simmonds, M.P. and Wright, A.J. 2012. An Introduction to Marine Mammal Biology and Conservation. Jones & Bartlett Publishing: Sudbury, MA and London, England. 319 pp.

2011

  • Santavy, D.L., E.E. Mueller, L. MacLaughlin, E.C. Peters, R.L. Quarles, and M.G. Barron. 2011. Resilience of Florida Keys coral communities following large-scale disturbances. Diversity 4:628-640.

  • Peters, E.C., R.M. Smolowitz, and T.L. Reynolds. 2012. Neoplasia. Pages 431-443, in Invertebrate Medicine, 2nd ed., G.A. Lewbart, ed. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK.

  • Stachowitsch, M., Parsons, E.C.M. and Rose, N.A. 2011. State Of the Cetacean Environment Report (SOCER) 2010. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 12 (Suppl.): 256-266.

  • Balint, P.J., R.E. Stewart, A. Desai, and L.C. Walters. 2011. Wicked Environmental Problems: Managing Uncertainty and Conflict. Washington, DC: Island Press. 272 pp.

  • Dolman, S., Parsons, E.C.M. and Wright, A.J. (2011). Cetaceans and military sonar: A need for better management. Marine Pollution Bulletin 63: 1–4.

  • Wright, A.J., Deak, T. and Parsons, E.C.M. (2011). Size matters: Management of stress responses and chronic stress in beaked whales and other marine mammals may require larger exclusion zones. Marine Pollution Bulletin 63: 5–9.

  • Zirbel, K., Balint, P. and Parsons, E.C.M. (2011). Navy sonar, cetaceans and the US Supreme Court: A review of cetacean mitigation and litigation in the US. Marine Pollution Bulletin 63: 40-48.

  • Zirbel, K., Balint, P. and Parsons, E.C.M. (2011). Public awareness and attitudes towards naval sonar mitigation for cetacean conservation: A preliminary case study in Fairfax County, Virginia (the DC Metro area). Marine Pollution Bulletin 63: 49-55.

  • Crate, Susan A. (2011). We Are Going Underwater. Natural History, 119(5): 20-29.

  • Rose, N.A., Forkan, P.A., Block, K., Unti, B. and Parsons, E.C.M. 2011. Whales and the USA. In: Whales and Dolphins: Cognition, Culture, Conservation and Human Perceptions (Ed. P. Brakes & M.P. Simmonds), pp. 37-46. Earthscan, London.

  • Hines, E., Parsons, E.C.M. and Cigliano, J. 2011. Making marine science matter. Bulletin of Marine Science 87(2): 161-164.

  • McCafferty, D. and Parsons, E.C.M. 2011. Marine mammal ecotypes: implications for otter conservation and management. Aquatic Mammals 37(2): 205-207.

  • Parsons, E.C.M. and Cornick, L. 2011. Sweeping scientific data under a polar bear skin rug: the IUCN and the proposed listing of polar bears under CITES Appendix I. Marine Policy 35: 729-731.

  • Rose, N.A., Janiger, D., Parsons E.C.M. and Stachowitsch, M. 2011. Shifting baselines in scientific publications: A case study using cetacean research. Marine Policy 35: 477-482.

  • Ross, P.S., Barlow, J., Jefferson, T.A., Hickie, B.E., Lee, T., MacFarquhar, C., Parsons, E.C.M., Riehl, K.N., Rose, N.A., Slooten, E., Tsai, C.Y., Wang, J.Y., Wright, A.J. and Yang, S.C. 2011. Ten guiding principles for the delineation of priority habitat for endangered small cetaceans. Marine Policy 35: 483-488.

  • Draheim, M.M., Rockwood, L.L., Guagnano, G. and Parsons E.C.M. 2011. The impact of information on students’ beliefs and attitudes toward coyotes. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 16(1): 67-72.


2010

  • Parsons. E.C.M., and Scarpaci, C. 2010. Recent advances in whale-watching research: 2009-2010. Tourism in Marine Environments 7(1): 43-53.

  • Parsons. E.C.M., Bonnelly De Calventi, I, Whaley, A., Rose, N.A. and Sherwin, S. 2010. A note on illegal captures of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Dominican Republic. International Journal of Wildlife Law and Policy 13(4): 240-244.

  • Borsay Horowitz, D., E.C. Peters, I. Sunila, and J.C. Wolf. 2010. Treasures in Archived Histopathology Collections: Preserving the Past for Future Understanding. HistoLogic XLIII(1):1-7. Article PDF available here.

  • Parsons, E.C.M., Clark, J. and Simmonds, M.P. 2010. The conservation of British cetaceans: a review of the threats and protection afforded to whales, dolphins and porpoises in UK Waters, Part 2.  International Journal of Wildlife Law and Policy 13(2): 99-175.

  • Edwards Jr. D. & Darnall N. 2010. Averting environmental justice claims? The role of environmental management systems. Public Administration Review70(3),422-433.

  • Darnall N., Potoski M. & Prakash A. 2010. Sponsorship matters: assessing business participation in government- and industry-sponsored voluntary environmental programs. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 20(2), 283-307.

  • Lin H. & Darnall N. 2010. Strategic alliances for environmental protection. Sarkis J., Cordeiro J., & Vazquez Brust D. (eds.) Facilitating Sustainable Innovation through Collaboration: A Multistakeholder Perspective. New York: Springer, pp. 233-246.

  • Parsons, E.C.M., Clark, J., Warham, J. and Simmonds, M.P. 2010. The conservation of British cetaceans: a review of the threats and protection afforded to whales, dolphins and porpoises in UK Waters, Part 1. International Journal of Wildlife Law and Policy, 13 (1): 1-62.

  • Parsons, E.C.M., Rice, J.P. and Sadeghi, L. 2010. Awareness of whale conservation status and whaling policy in the US – a preliminary study on American youth. Anthrozoös, 23(2): 119-127.

  • Parsons, E.C.M., Rose, N.A. and Telecky, T.M. 2010. What, no science? The trade in live Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins from Solomon Islands – a CITES decision implementation case study. Marine Policy, 34: 384-388.