Professor Liz Slooten, Our People, Department of Zoology, University of Otago, New Zealand

Email liz.slooten@otago.ac.nz

Phone 64-3-479-7980

Teaching
Research interests
Current projects
Publications

Teaching

BIOL 112 Animal Biology

Research Interests

Hector Dolphin at sea

Marine mammals
Marine conservation
Reproductive biology
Population biology
Population viability analysis
Individual-based (agent-based) models
Risk analysis

Current Projects

Population biology of Hector's dolphins, sperm whales and right whales
Population viability analysis for Hector's and Maui dolphins
Assessment of the effectiveness of marine mammal protected areas
Work with students on impacts of fishing, tourism, mining and noise in the marine environment

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Publications

Fumagalli, M., Cesario, A., Costa, M., Harraway, J., Notarbartolo di Sciara, G., & Slooten, E. (2018). Behavioural responses of spinner dolphins to human interactions. Royal Society Open Science, 5, 172044. doi: 10.1098/rsos.172044

Steel, D., Anderson, M., Garrigue, C., Olavarría, C., Childerhouse, S., Clapham, P., … Dawson, S., … Slooten, L., … Baker, C. S. (2018). Migratory interchange of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) among breeding grounds of Oceania and connections to Antarctic feeding areas based on genotype matching. Polar Biology, 41(4), 653-662. doi: 10.1007/s00300-017-2226-9

Brough, T., Rayment, W., Slooten, E., & Dawson, S. (2018). Fine scale distribution for a population of New Zealand's only endemic dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori) shows long-term stability of coastal hotspots. Marine Mammal Science. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/mms.12528

Davidson, A. R., Rayment, W., Dawson, S. M., Webster, T., & Slooten, E. (2018). Estimated calving interval for the New Zealand southern right whale (Eubalaena australis). New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 52(3), 372-383. doi: 10.1080/00288330.2017.1397034

Forney, K. A., Southall, B. L., Slooten, E., Dawson, S., Read, A. J., Baird, R. W., & Brownell, Jr, R. L. (2017). Nowhere to go: Noise impact assessments for marine mammal populations with high site fidelity. Endangered Species Research, 32, 391-413. doi: 10.3354/esr00820

Authored Book - Research
Chapter in Book - Research
Journal - Research Article

Authored Book - Research

Slooten, L., & Dawson, S. (2013). Dolphins down under: Understanding the New Zealand dolphin. Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press, 96p.

Dawson, S., & Slooten, E. (1996). Down-under Dolphins: The story of Hector's Dolphin. Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury University Press, 60p.

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Chapter in Book - Research

Shephard, K., Harraway, J., Lovelock, B., Skeaff, S., Slooten, L., Strack, M., & Jowett, T. (2012). Monitoring changes in the sustainability attributes of higher education students in a New Zealand university. In W. L. Filho (Ed.), Sustainable development at universities: New horizons. (pp. 117-126). Frankfurt, Germany: Peter Lang.

Slooten, L. (2008). Scientific whaling. In M. Lück (Ed.), The encyclopedia of tourism and recreation in marine environments. (pp. 413). Wallingford, UK: CABI.

Slooten, L. (2008). Gill netting. In M. Lück (Ed.), The encyclopedia of tourism and recreation in marine environments. (pp. 188-189). Wallingford, UK: CABI.

Slooten, L. (2008). International Whaling commission (IWC). In M. Lück (Ed.), The encyclopedia of tourism and recreation in marine environments. (pp. 245-247). Wallingford, UK: CABI.

Slooten, L. (2008). Commons. In M. Lück (Ed.), The encyclopedia of tourism and recreation in marine environments. (pp. 102-103). Wallingford, UK: CABI.

Slooten, L. (2008). Conservation. In M. Lück (Ed.), The encyclopedia of tourism and recreation in marine environments. (pp. 109-110). Wallingford, UK: CABI.

Slooten, L. (2008). New Zealand Whale and Dolphin (NZWDT). In M. Lück (Ed.), The encyclopedia of tourism and recreation in marine environments. (pp. 332). Wallingford, UK: CABI.

Slooten, L. (2008). Photo-identification (Photo-ID). In M. Lück (Ed.), The encyclopedia of tourism and recreation in marine environments. (pp. 361). Wallingford, UK: CABI.

Slooten, L. (2008). Entanglement. In M. Lück (Ed.), The encyclopedia of tourism and recreation in marine environments. (pp. 153-154). Wallingford, UK: CABI.

Pichler, F. B., Slooten, E., & Dawson, S. M. (2003). Hector's dolphins and fisheries in New Zealand: A species at risk. In N. J. Gales, M. A. Hindell & R. Kirkwood (Eds.), Marine mammals: Fisheries, tourism and management issues. (pp. 153-173). Collingwood, VIC: CSIRO.

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Journal - Research Article

Johnston, D. R., Rayment, W., Slooten, E., & Dawson, S. M. (2017). A time-based method for defining associations using photo-identification. Behaviour, 154(9-10), 1029-1050. doi: 10.1163/1568539X-00003455

Dawson, S. M., Fordyce, R. E., Ridgway, S. H., Brough, T. E., & Slooten, E. (2017). Observations of a New Zealand dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori) breathing via its mouth. Marine Mammal Science, 33(1), 350-355. doi: 10.1111/mms.12349

Guerra, M., Hickmott, L., van der Hoop, J., Rayment, W., Leunissen, E., Slooten, E., & Moore, M. (2017). Diverse foraging strategies by a marine top predator: Sperm whales exploit pelagic and demersal habitats in the Kaikōura submarine canyon. Deep Sea Research Part I, 128, 98-108. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2017.08.012

Dittmann, S., & Slooten, E. (2016). Photogrammetry using in-field calibration: A non-invasive tool for predicting sex and life stages tested on Hector's dolphins in the wild. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 50(2), 259-276. doi: 10.1080/00288330.2016.1144624

Dittmann, S., Dawson, S., Rayment, W., Webster, T., & Slooten, E. (2016). Hector's dolphin movement patterns in response to height and direction of ocean swell. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 50(2), 228-239. doi: 10.1080/00288330.2015.1119165

Shephard, K., Harraway, J., Lovelock, B., Mirosa, M., Skeaff, S., Slooten, L., Strack, M., Furnari, M., Jowett, T., & Deaker, L. (2015). Seeking learning outcomes appropriate for 'education for sustainable development' and for higher education. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 40(6), 855-866. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2015.1009871

Parsons, E. C. M., Baulch, S., Bechshoft, T., Bellazzi, G., Bouchet, P., Cosentino, A. M., … Slooten, E., … Sutherland, W. J. (2015). Key research questions of global importance for cetacean conservation. Endangered Species Research, 27(2), 113-118. doi: 10.3354/esr00655

Shephard, K., Harraway, J., Jowett, T., Lovelock, B., Skeaff, S., Slooten, L., Strack, M., & Furnari, M. (2015). Longitudinal analysis of the environmental attitudes of university students. Environmental Education Research, 21(6), 805-820. doi: 10.1080/13504622.2014.913126

Jowett, T., Harraway, J., Lovelock, B., Skeaff, S., Slooten, L., Strack, M., & Shephard, K. (2014). Multinomial-regression modeling of the environmental attitudes of higher education students based on the Revised New Ecological Paradigm Scale. Journal of Environmental Education, 45(1), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/00958964.2013.783777

Peel, D., Miller, B. S., Kelly, N., Dawson, S., Slooten, E., & Double, M. C. (2014). A simulation study of acoustic-assisted tracking of whales for mark-recapture surveys. PLoS ONE, 9(5), e95602. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095602

Shephard, K., Harraway, J., Lovelock, B., Skeaff, S., Slooten, L., Strack, M., Furnari, M., & Jowett, T. (2014). Is the environmental literacy of university students measurable? Environmental Education Research, 20(4), 476-495. doi: 10.1080/13504622.2013.816268

Slooten, E., Wang, J. Y., Dungan, S. Z., Forney, K. A., Hung, S. K., Jefferson, T. A., … Chen, C. A. (2013). Impacts of fisheries on the Critically Endangered humpback dolphin Sousa chinensis population in the eastern Taiwan Strait. Endangered Species Research, 22(2), 99-114. doi: 10.3354/esr00518

Slooten, E. (2013). Effectiveness of area-based management in reducing bycatch of the New Zealand dolphin. Endangered Species Research, 20(2), 121-130. doi: 10.3354/esr00483

Turek, J., Slooten, E., Dawson, S., Rayment, W., & Turek, D. (2013). Distribution and abundance of Hector's dolphins off Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 47(2), 181-191. doi: 10.1080/00288330.2013.771687

Miller, E., Lalas, C., Dawson, S., Ratz, H., & Slooten, E. (2013). Hector's dolphin diet: The species, sizes and relative importance of prey eaten by Cephalorhynchus hectori, investigated using stomach content analysis. Marine Mammal Science, 29(4), 606-628. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00594.x

Miller, B. S., Growcott, A., Slooten, E., & Dawson, S. M. (2013). Acoustically derived growth rates of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in Kaikoura, New Zealand. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134(3), 2438-2445. doi: 10.1121/1.4816564

Dawson, S., Fletcher, D., & Slooten, E. (2013). Habitat use and conservation of an endangered dolphin. Endangered Species Research, 21, 45-54. doi: 10.3354/esr00508

Rayment, W., Davidson, A., Dawson, S., Slooten, E., & Webster, T. (2012). Distribution of southern right whales on the Auckland Islands calving grounds. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 46(3), 431-436. doi: 10.1080/00288330.2012.697072

Slooten, E., & Davies, N. (2012). Hector's dolphin risk assessments: Old and new analyses show consistent results. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 42(1), 49-60. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2011.606820

Gormley, A. M., Slooten, E., Dawson, S., Barker, R. J., Rayment, W., du Fresne, S., & Bräger, S. (2012). First evidence that marine protected areas can work for marine mammals. Journal of Applied Ecology, 49(2), 474-480. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02121.x

Fletcher, D., Lebreton, J.-D., Marescot, L., Schaub, M., Gimenez, O., Dawson, S., & Slooten, E. (2012). Bias in estimation of adult survival and asymptotic population growth rate caused by undetected capture heterogeneity. Methods in Ecology & Evolution, 3, 206-216. doi: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00137.x

Ross, P. S., Barlow, J., Jefferson, T. A., Hickie, B. E., Lee, T., MacFarquhar, C., … Slooten, E., … Yang, S. C. (2011). Ten guiding principles for the delineation of priority habitat for endangered small cetaceans. Marine Policy, 35(4), 483-488. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2010.11.004

Growcott, A., Miller, B., Sirguey, P., Slooten, E., & Dawson, S. (2011). Measuring body length of male sperm whales from their clicks: The relationship between inter-pulse intervals and photogrammetrically measured lengths. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 130(1), 568-573. doi: 10.1121/1.3578455

Rayment, W., Dawson, S., Scali, S., & Slooten, L. (2011). Listening for a needle in a haystack: Passive acoustic detection of dolphins at very low densities. Endangered Species Research, 14, 149-156. doi: 10.3354/esr00356

Rayment, W., Clement, D., Dawson, S., Slooten, E., & Secchi, E. (2011). Distribution of Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori) off the West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, with implications for the management of bycatch. Marine Mammal Science, 27(2), 398-420. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00407.x

Currey, R. J. C., Dawson, S. M., Schneider, K., Lusseau, D., Boisseau, O. J., Haase, P. A., & Slooten, E. (2011). Inferring causal factors for a declining population of bottlenose dolphins via temporal symmetry capture—recapture modeling. Marine Mammal Science, 27(3), 554-566. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00417.x

Webster, T., Dawson, S., & Slooten, E. (2010). A simple laser photogrammetry technique for measuring Hector's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus hectori) in the field. Marine Mammal Science, 26(2), 296-308. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00326.x

Ross, P. S., Dungan, S. Z., Hung, S. K., MacFarquhar, C., Perrin, W. F., Riehl, K. N., Slooten, E., … Reeves, R. R. (2010). Averting the baiji syndrome: Conserving habitat for critically endangered dolphins in Eastern Taiwan Strait. Aquatic Conservation, 20(6), 685-694. doi: 10.1002/aqc.1141

Rayment, W., Dawson, S., & Slooten, L. (2010). Use of T-PODS for acoustic monitoring of Cephalorhynchus dolphins: A case study with Hector's dolphins in a marine protected area. Endangered Species Research, 10(1), 333-339. doi: 10.3354/esr00189

Childerhouse, S. J., Dawson, S. M., Fletcher, D. J., Slooten, E., & Chilvers, B. L. (2010). Growth and reproduction of female New Zealand sea lions. Journal of Mammalogy, 91(1), 165-176. doi: 10.1644/09-mamm-a-110r.1

Rayment, W., Dawson, S., & Slooten, E. (2010). Seasonal changes in distribution of Hector's dolphin at Banks Peninsula, New Zealand: Implications for protected area design. Aquatic Conservation, 20(1), 106-116. doi: 10.1002/aqc.1049

Childerhouse, S. J., Dawson, S. M., Slooten, E., Fletcher, D. J., & Wilkinson, I. S. (2010). Age distribution of lactating New Zealand sea lions: Interannual and intersite variation. Marine Mammal Science, 26(1), 123-139. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00330.x

Slooten, E., & Dawson, S. M. (2010). Assessing the effectiveness of conservation management decisions: Likely effects of new protection measures for Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori). Aquatic Conservation, 20(3), 334-347. doi: 10.1002/aqc.1084

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