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More links and websites

  • Behaviour and ecology

    On the website of the University of Otago’s Marine Mammals Research Group, this section features research into bottlenose dolphins and other marine mammals.

  • Cetacea – whales, dolphins and porpoises

    Every species of dolphin is presented on this comprehensive site.

  • Dolphin diversity

    This page on the New Zealand Department of Conservation’s site focuses mainly on Hector’s and Māui’s dolphins.

  • WWF – New Zealand

    This site has information on New Zealand wildlife, particularly Hector’s and Māui’s dolphins.

More suggestions and sources

    • Alpers, Antony. Dolphins. London: John Murray, 1963.

    • Baker, Alan. Whales and dolphins of New Zealand and Australia. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1990.

    • Dawson, Stephen, and Elisabeth Slooten. Down-under dolphins: the story of Hector’s dolphin. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 1996.

    • Doak, Wade. Friends in the sea: solo dolphins in New Zealand and Australia. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett, 1995.

    • Lee-Johnson, Eric, and Elizabeth Lee-Johnson. Opo: the Hokianga dolphin. Auckland: David Ling, 1994.



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