The perception and use of sound by humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
I'm one of several PIs on a large international collaboration, the Humpback whale Acoustic Research Collaboration, or HARC, which is looking at this off the east coast of Australia. I'm also interested in other aspects of the ecology of the east Australian population of humpback whales, cultural evolution and transmission of song patterns within and among populations of humpback whales, the development of acoustic survey techniques for cetaceans, the potential pathological effects of underwater noise on marine mammals, acoustic communication and behaviour in other taxa, particularly birds, and in the ecology of the leopard shark (Stegostoma fasciatum).
Book Chapter
Cato, Douglas H., Dunlop, Rebecca A., Noad, Michael J., McCauley, Robert D., Kniest, Eric, Paton, David and Kavanagh, Ailbhe S. (2016). Addressing challenges in studies of behavioral responses of whales to noise. The effects of noise on aquatic life II. (pp. 145-152) edited by Arthur N. Popper and Anthony Hawkins. New York, United States: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_17
Harcourt, Robert, Marsh, Helene, Slip, David, Chilvers, Louise, Noad, Mike and Dunlop, Rebecca (2015). Marine mammals, back from the brink? Contemporary conservation issues. Austral ark: the state of wildlife in Australia and New Zealand. (pp. 322-353) edited by Adam Stow, Norman Maclea and Gregory I. Holwell. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Lawler, I.R., Parra, G. and Noad, M.J. (2007). Vulnerability of marine mammals in the Great Barrier Reef to climate change. Climate Change and the Great Barrier Reef: A vulnerability assessment. (pp. 497-513) edited by Johnson, J.E. and Marshall, P.A.. Australia: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.
Thode, Aaron, Gerstoft, Peter, Guerra, Melani, Stokes, M. Dale, Noad, Michael and Cato, Douglas C. (2006). Matched-field processing of humpback whale song off eastern Australia. Acoustic Sensing Techniques for the Shallow Water Environment: Inversion Methods and Experiments. (pp. 303-307) Springer Netherlands. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4386-4-23
Cato, Douglas H., Noad, Michael J. and McCauley, Robert D. (2005). Passive acoustics as a key to the study of marine animals. Sounds in the sea : from ocean acoustics to acoustical oceanography. (pp. 411-429) edited by H. Medwin. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Conference Paper
McLoughlin, Michael, Ingram, Simon, Rendell, Luke, Lamoni, Luca, Kirke, Alexis, Garland, Ellen, Noad, Michael and Miranda, Eduardo (2019). Adapting a computational multi agent model for humpback whale song research for use as a tool for algorithmic composition. Sound and Music Computing Conference, Hamburg, Germany, 31 August - 3 September 2019. Hamburg, Germany: Zentrum fur Mikrotonale Musik und Multimediale Komposition (ZM4), Hochschule fur Musik und Theater.
Noad, Michael J. and Dunlop, Rebecca A. (2016). Marine mammals and the impacts of anthropogenic noise: considerations for the design of large acoustic behavioural response studies such as BRAHSS. Second Australasian Acoustical Societies Conference (ACOUSTICS 2016), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 9-11 November 2016. Australian Acoustical Society.
Cato, Douglas H., Noad, Michael, Dunlop, Rebecca, McCauley, Robert D., Kniest, Hendrik, Paton, David, Kent, Chandra P. Salgado and Jenner, Curt S. (2013). Behavioral responses of humpback whales to seismic air guns. ICA 2013 Montreal, Montreal, Canada, 2 - 7 June 2013. Melville, NY United States: Acoustical Society of America. doi: 10.1121/1.4800994
Dunlop, Rebecca, Noad, Michael and Cato, Douglas (2013). Modification of humpback whale social sound repertoire and vocal source levels with increased noise. ICA 2013: 21st International Congress on Acoustics, Montréal, QC, Canada, 2-7 June, 2013. Melville, NY, United States: Acoustical Society of America. doi: 10.1121/1.4799213
Dunlop, Rebecca A., Noad, Michael J. and Cato, Douglas H. (2012). Behavioral response studies: Problems with statistical power. Second International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, Cork, Ireland, 15-20 August 2010. New York, United States: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7311-5_65
Cato, D., Dunlop, R., Noad, M., McCauley, R., Salgado Kent, C., Kniest, H., Paton, D., Noad, J. and Jenner, C. (2012). Studies of the effectiveness of ramp-up as a mitigation method in impacts of noise on marine mammals. 11th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K., 2-6 July 2012.
Cato, Douglas H., Noad, Michael J., Dunlop, Rebecca A., McCauley, Robert D., Gales, Nicholas J., Salgado Kent, Chandra P., Kniest, Hendrik, Paton, David, Jenner, K. Curt S., Noad, John, Maggi, Amos L., Parnum, Iain M. and Duncan, Alec J. (2012). Project BRAHSS: behavioural response of humpback whales to seismic surveys. 2012 Annual Conference of the Australian Acoustical Society (AAS2012), Freemantle, WA, Australia, 21 - 23 November 2012. Sydney, Australia: The Australian Acoustical Society.
Cato, Douglas, McCauley, Robert, Noad, Michael, Dunlop, Rebecca, Kniest, Hendrick, Gales, Nicholas, Salgado Kent, Chandra, Paton, David, Noad, John, Jenner, Curt, Duncan, Alec and Maggi, Amos (2012). Acoustic issues in studies of behavioral response of humpback whales to seismic ramp-up and hard start. Acoustics 2012 Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 13-18 May 2012. doi: 10.1121/1.4709029
Noad, Mike (2012). I heard it through the grapevine: unravelling extreme vocal behavioural adaptation and complexity in a harsh environment. AMSA-NZMSS 2012, Hobart , Australia, 1-5 July 2012. Australian Marine Sciences Association Inc. and New Zealand Marine Sciences Society.
Noad, Michael, Dunlop, Rebecca and Cato, Douglas (2012). The Lombard effect in humpback whales. Acoustics 2012 Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 13-18 May 2012. Melville, NY, United States: Acoustical Society of America. doi: 10.1121/1.4709026
Cato, Douglas H., Dunlop, Rebecca A., McCauley, Robert D., Noad, Michael J., Parnum, Iain M., Savage, Mark, Gibbs, Susan, Donnelly, David and Blewett, Michelle (2011). Listening to ocean sounds: using underwater acoustics to study marine animals. Australian Marine Sciences Association 48th Annual Conference, Fremantle, Australia, 3-7 July 2011. Australian Marine Sciences Association.
Noad, Michael, Cato, Douglas, Dunlop, Rebecca and McCauley, Robert (2011). Measuring behavioural impacts of seismic surveys on humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Australian Marine Sciences Association 48th Annual Conference, Fremantle, Australia, 3-7 July 2011. Australian Marine Sciences Association.
Cato, D.H., Noad, M. J., Dunlop, R. A., McCauley, R., Salgado Kent, C., Gales, N. J., Kniest, H., Noad, J. and Paton, D. (2011). Behavioural responses of Australian humpback whales to seismic surveys. 161st meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, United States, 23-27 May 2011.
Kavanagh, Ailbhe S., Dunlop, Rebecca A., Goldizen, Anne W. and Noad, Michael J. (2011). Measuring natural behavior in migrating humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Tampa, FL, United States, 27 November - 2 December 2011.
Waugh, C. A., Nichols, P., Schlabach, M., Noad, M. and Bengtson Nash, S. (2011). The effect of migration and fasting on fatty acid profiles and organochlorine contaminant burdens in humpback whales. EnviroTox 2011, Darwin, Australia, 17-20 April 2011.
Dunlop, R., Noad, M. and Cato, D. (2011). Behavioural response studies in large marine mammals. Australian Marine Sciences Association, 48th Annual Conference, Fremantle WA, 3-7 July 2011.
Cato, D.H., Noad, M.J., Dunlop, R.A., McCauley, R.D., Gales, N.J., Salgado Kent, C.P., Paton, D., Kniest, H. and Noad, J. (2011). Behavioural responses of Australian humpback whales to seismic surveys. 4th conference on the Effects of Sound in the Ocean on Marine Mammals, Amsterdam, 5-8 September 2011.
Rekdahl, M., Dunlop, R., Goldizen, A. and Noad, M. (2011). Sequence analysis of non-song social calls in migrating humpback whales. Society for Marine Mammalogy 19th Biennial Conference, Tampa, United States, 27 November - 3 December 2011.
Noad, Michael J. (2010). Humpback Whales: A review of their current conservation status and the threats posed by anthropogenic noise. Pan-Pacific Veterinary Conference, Brisbane, May 23-28, 2010.
Cato, D., Noad, M. J., McCauley, R.D., Dunlop, R. A. and Gales, N. (2010). Behavioural Response Study with airguns and humpback whales.. APPEA National Environment Conference, Coolum, Australia, Aug 31 – Sep 2 2010.
Rekdahl, M. L., Dunlop, R. A., Goldizen, A. W. and Noad, M. J. (2010). Temporal variability in the social vocalization repertoire of humpback whales migrating off the east coast of Australia.. 24th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Stralsund, Germany, 20-25 March 2010.
Cato, D.H., McCauley, R. D., Noad, M. J., Dunlop, R. A. and Gales, N. J. (2009). Proposal for a series of Controlled Exposure Experiments with air guns and Australian humpback whales. 3rd Intergovernmental Conference: The Effects of Sound in the Ocean on Marine Mammals, Lerici, Italy, 7-9 September 2009.
Dunlop, R. A., Noad, M. J., Cato, D. H., Miller, P. J. and Stokes, M. D. (2009). Playback experiments on the east coast of Australia. 3rd Intergovernmental Conference: The Effects of Sound in the Ocean on Marine Mammals, Lerici, Italy, 7-9 September 2009.
Noad, M. J., Dunlop, R. A., Cato, D. H. and McCauley, R. D. (2009). Australian acoustic behavioural response studies.. International Behavioral Response Study Workshop, Lerici, Italy, April 14-15 2009.
Waugh, C., Noad, M., Abu Bakar, A. and Bengtson Nash, S. M. (2009). Characterisation of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) epidermal detoxification enzymes. SETAC Europe 19th Annual Meeting: Protecting ecosystem health: facing the challenge of a globally changing environment, Goteborg, Sweden, 31 May - 4 June 2009. Brussels, Belgium: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry..
Franklin, Wally, Franklin, Trish, Brooks, Lyndon, Gibbs, Nadine, Childerhouse, Simon, Burns, Daniel, Paton, David, Garrigue, Claire, Constantine, Rochelle, Poole, Michael, Hauser, Nan, Donoghue, Michael, Russell, Kirsty, Mattila, David K., Robbins, Jooke, Anderson, Megan, Olavarría,Carlos, Jackson, Jennifer, Noad, Michael, Harrison, Peter, Baverstock, Peter, Leaper, Russell, Baker, Scott and Clapham, Phil (2008). Eastern Australia (E1 breeding grounds) may be a wintering destination for Area V Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) migrating through New Zealand waters. International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee Meeting, Santiago, Chile, 23-27 June 2008.
Waugh, C., Noad, M. and Bengtson Nash, S. M. (2008). Identification and validation of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeanglia) epidermal enzyme biomarkers. SETAC World Congress, Sydney , Australia, 2008.
Rekdahl, M. L., Noad, M. J., Dunlop, R. A. and Goldzien, A. (2007). Comparisons of acoustic behaviour between wild provisioned and wild unprovisioned bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in Moreton Bay, Australia. 17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Cape Town, South Africa, 29 November - 3 December, 2007. Society for Marine Mammalogy.
Ellen Garland, Baker, C.S., Cato, D., Constantine, R., Donoghue, M., Carrigue, A., Goldizen, Anne W., Hauser, N., Mattila, D., Poole, M., Robbins, J. and Noad, M.J. (2007). Dynamic shifts in humpback whale song in the South Pacific Ocean. 17th Biennial Conf. on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Cape Town, South Africa, 29 November - 3 December 2007. South Africa: Beta Products cc.
Dunlop, R.A., Cato, D. and Noad, Michael J. (2007). Changes in vocal amplitude during social interactions in the Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). 17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Cape Town, South Africa, 29 November - 3 December 2007. South Africa: Beta Products cc.
Rekdahl, M. L., Noad, M. J., Dunlop, R. A. and Goldizen, A. (2007). The acoustic behaviour of provisioned and non-provisioned bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in Moreton Bay, Australia. 17th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Marine Mammalogy, Cape Town, South Africa, 29 November- 3 December 2007.
Smith, J., Goldizen, A., Dunlop, R., Cato, D. and Noad, M. (2007). Variation in humpback whale song within a social context. 17th Biennial Conference of the Society for Marine Mammology, Cape Town, South Africa, 29 November - 3 December, 2007. Abstracts of the 17th Biennial Conference of the Society for Marine Mammology.
Thode A.M., Burgess W.C., Tiemann C., Gerstoft P., Straley J., O'Connell V. and Noad M. (2007). Using time synchronized low power autonomous recorders for marine mammal acoustic localization. 4th International Conference on Bio-Acoustics 2007, Loughborough, April 10, 2007-April 12, 2007.
Cato, D., McCauley, R., Rogers, T. and Noad, M. (2006). Passive acoustics for monitoring marine animals progress and challenges. Australian Acoustical Society Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, 20-22 November, 2006. Castlemaine, Vic. ; Auckland, N.Z.: Published jointly by the Australian and New Zealand Acoustical Societies.
Thode, Aaron, Gerstoft, Peter, Guerra, Melania, Stokes, Dale, Noad, Michael and Cato, Douglas C. (2006). Matched-field processing of humpback whale song off eastern Australia. 2nd Workshop on Experimental Acoustic Inversion Techniques for Assessment of the Shallow Water Environment, Ischia Italy, Jun 28-30, 2004. DORDRECHT: SPRINGER. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4386-4_23
Noad, Michael J. (2006). Whales and dolphins: Icons of tourism or victims of development?. Australian Conference of Planning and Environment Courts and Tribunals, Kingfisher Bay Resort, Fraser Is, Qld, 13-16 September, 2006.
Cato, D.H., Noad, M. J., Stokes, M. D., Dunlop, R. A., Smith, J., Miller, P. J., Biassoni, N., Kniest, H., Noad, J, Thode, A. and Deane, G.B. (2006). Humpback Whale Acoustic Research Collaboration studies on the use of sound by humpback whales.. 151st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Providence, RI, 5-9 June 2006.
Cato, D. H., Noad, M. J., Stokes, D., Kniest, E., Biassoni, N., Miller, P. and Deane, G. B. (2006). Acoustic and tracking techniques in the humpback whale acoustic collaboration (HARC). Underwater Acoustic Measurements: Technologies & Results: 2nd International Conference & Exhibation, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 28 June-1 July, 2005.
Noad, M. J., Paton, D. A., Gibbs, N. J. and Childerhouse, S. J. (2006). A combined visual and acoustic survey of humpback whales and other cetaceans of Samoa. International Whaling Commission sub-committee for the assessment of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales, Hobart, Australia, 4-7 April, 2006.
Noad, M. J., Paton, D. A. and Cato, D. H. (2006). Absolute and relative abundance estimates of Australian east coast humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). International Whaling Commission sub-committee for the assessment of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales, Hobart, Australia, 4-7 April, 2006.
Noad, Michael J. (2006). The east Australian humpback whales population E1. IWC sub-committee for the comprehensive assessment of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 4-7 April, 2006. Cambridge , United Kingdom: International Whaling Commission.
Noad, M J, Dunlop, R A, Cato, H., Stokes, D, Miller, P. and Biassoni, N. (2006). Humpback whale social sounds: Sources levels and response to playback. Fourth Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the Acoustical Society of Japan, Hawaii, 28 November - 2 December 2006. US: American Institute of Physics. doi: 10.1121/1.4787051
Noad, Michael J., Dunlop, Rebecca A., Cato, Douglas H., Stokes, M. Dale, Miller, Patrick and Biassoni, Nicoletta (2006). The Humpback Whale acoustic research collaboration studies on the use of sound by humpback whales. Fourth Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the Acoustical Society of Japan, Hawaii, 28 November - 2 December 2006. Lancaster, Pa.: American Institute of Physics. doi: 10.1121/1.4786573
Dunlop, Rebecca A., Noad, Michael J., Cato, Douglas H. and Stokes, M. Dale (2006). Look who's talking: Social communication in migrating humpback whales. Fourth Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the Acoustical Society of Japan, Hawaii, United States, 28 November - 2 December 2006. Lancaster, Pa., U.S.: American Institute of Physics. doi: 10.1121/1.4776866
Noad, M. J., Cato, D. H. and Paton, D. (2005). Absolute and relative abundance estimates of Australian east cost humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). The 57th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), Lotte Hotel, Ulsan, Republic of Korea, 20-24 June, 2005. Cambridge, U.K.: International Whaling Commission.
Smith, J., Noad, M. J. and Dunlop, R. A. (2005). Male Humpback whales sing more while escorting females than with other males. The 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego, California, 12-16 December 2005. USA: Society for Marine Mammalogy.
Krzyszvzyk, E., Dunlop, R. A., Paton, D., Noad, M. J. and Goold, J. (2005). Breaching by Humpback Whales during migration off the East Coast of Australia. The 16th Biennial Conf. on the Biology of Marine Mammals, California, USA, 12-16 December 2005. California, USA: Socy. for Marine Mammalogy.
Noad, M. J., Cato, D.H. and Dunlop, R. A. (2005). Spacing function for song in Humpback whales. The 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego, California, USA, 12-16 December, 2005. USA: Socy. for Marine Mammalogy.
Dunlop, R. A., Noad, M. J. and Cato, D.H. (2005). Widespread and contextural use of social communication in migrating Humpback whales. The 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego, California, USA,, 12-16 December, 2005. California, USA: Socy. for Marine Mammalogy.
Noad, M. J., Cato, D. H. and Stokes, M. D. (2004). Acoustic tracking of humpback whales: Measuring interactions with the acoustic environment. Annual Conference of the Australian Acoustical Society, Surfers Paradise, QLD, Australia, 3-5 November 2004. Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia: Australian Acoustical Society.
Thode, A.M., Gerstoft, P., Guerra, M., Noad, M. J., Stokes, D. and Cato, D. (2004). Matched-field processing of Humpback Whale song off Eastern Australia. Acoustics 2004 Transportation Noise and Vibration - The New Mm, Surfers Paradise, 3-5 November 2004. Australia: Aust. Acoustical Society.
Cato, D.H., McCauley, R.D. and Noad, M. J. (2004). Potential effects of noise from human activities on marine animals. Acoustics 2004 Transportation Noise and Vibration - The Millem, Surfers Paradise, 3-5 November 2004. Australia: Aust. Acoustical Socy..
Noad, M. J., Cato, D. H., Stokes, M. D. and Smith, J. (2003). HARC - a comprehensive, multi-scale, collaborative study of migrating humpback whales off the Australian east coast. Marine Biocomplexity: The 2003 Annual Conference of the Australian Marine Sciences Association, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 9 - 11 July 2003. Brisbane, Australia: Australian Marine Sciences Association.
Journal Article
Dunlop, Rebecca A., McCauley, Robert D. and Noad, Michael J. (2020). Ships and air guns reduce social interactions in humpback whales at greater ranges than other behavioral impacts. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 154 111072, 111072. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111072
Zitterbart, Daniel P., Smith, Heather R., Flau, Michael, Richter, Sebastian, Burkhardt, Elke, Beland, Joe, Bennett, Louise, Cammareri, Alejandro, Davis, Andrew, Holst, Meike, Lanfredi, Caterina, Michel, Hanna, Noad, Michael, Owen, Kylie, Pacini, Aude and Boebel, Olaf (2020). Scaling the laws of thermal imaging–based whale detection. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 37 (5), 807-824. doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0054.1
Indeck, Katherine L., Girola, Elisa, Torterotot, Maëlle, Noad, Michael J. and Dunlop, Rebecca A. (2020). Adult female-calf acoustic communication signals in migrating east Australian humpback whales. Bioacoustics, 1-25. doi: 10.1080/09524622.2020.1742204
Allen, Jenny A., Garland, Ellen C., Dunlop, Rebecca A. and Noad, Michael J. (2019). Network analysis reveals underlying syntactic features in a vocally learnt mammalian display, humpback whale song. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286 (1917) 20192014, 20192014. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2014
Owen, Clare, Rendell, Luke, Constantine, Rochelle, Noad, Michael J., Allen, Jenny, Andrews, Olive, Garrigue, Claire, Poole, M. Michael, Donnelly, David, Hauser, Nan and Garland, Ellen C. (2019). Migratory convergence facilitates cultural transmission of humpback whale song. Royal Society Open Science, 6 (9) 190337, 190337. doi: 10.1098/rsos.190337
Noad, Michael J., Kniest, Eric and Dunlop, Rebecca A. (2019). Boom to bust? Implications for the continued rapid growth of the eastern Australian humpback whale population despite recovery. Population Ecology, 61 (2), 198-209. doi: 10.1002/1438-390x.1014
Brakes, Philippa, Dall, Sasha R. X., Aplin, Lucy M., Bearhop, Stuart, Carroll, Emma L., Ciucci, Paolo, Fishlock, Vicki, Ford, John K. B., Garland, Ellen C., Keith, Sally A., McGregor, Peter K., Mesnick, Sarah L., Noad, Michael J., di Sciara, Giuseppe Notarbartolo, Robbins, Martha M., Simmonds, Mark P., Spina, Fernando, Thornton, Alex, Wade, Paul R., Whiting, Martin J., Williams, James, Rendell, Luke, Whitehead, Hal, Whiten, Andrew and Rutz, Christian (2019). Animal cultures matter for conservation. Science, 363 (6431), 1032-+. doi: 10.1126/science.aaw3557
Girola, Elisa, Noad, Michael J., Dunlop, Rebecca A. and Cato, Douglas H. (2019). Source levels of humpback whales decrease with frequency suggesting an air-filled resonator is used in sound production. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 145 (2), 869-880. doi: 10.1121/1.5090492
Allen, Jenny A., Garland, Ellen C., Dunlop, Rebecca A. and Noad, Michael J. (2018). Cultural revolutions reduce complexity in the songs of humpback whales. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285 (1891) 20182088, 20182088. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2088
Dudgeon, Christine L., Dunlop, Rebecca A. and Noad, Michael J. (2018). Modelling heterogeneity in detection probabilities in land and aerial abundance surveys in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Population Ecology, 60 (4), 371-387. doi: 10.1007/s10144-018-0631-8
Dunlop, Rebecca A., Noad, Michael J., McCauley, Robert D., Kniest, Eric, Slade, Robert, Paton, David and Cato, Douglas H. (2018). A behavioural dose-response model for migrating humpback whales and seismic air gun noise. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 133, 506-516. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.06.009
Murray, Anita, Dunlop, Rebecca A., Noad, Michael J. and Goldizen, Anne W. (2018). Stereotypic and complex phrase types provide structural evidence for a multi-message display in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 143 (2), 980-994. doi: 10.1121/1.5023680
Dunlop, Rebecca A, Noad, Michael J, McCauley, Robert D, Kniest, Eric, Slade, Robert, Paton, David and Cato, Douglas H (2017). The behavioural response of migrating humpback whales to a full seismic airgun array. Proceedings. Biological sciences, 284 (1869) 20171901, 1-10. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.1901
Allen, Jenny A., Murray, Anita, Noad, Michael J., Dunlop, Rebecca A. and Garland, Ellen C. (2017). Using self-organizing maps to classify humpback whale song units and quantify their similarity. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 142 (4), 1943-1952. doi: 10.1121/1.4982040
Noad, Michael J., Dunlop, Rebecca A. and Mack, Amelia K. (2017). Changes in humpback whale singing behavior with abundance: Implications for the development of acoustic surveys of cetaceans. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 142 (3), 1611-1618. doi: 10.1121/1.5001502
Dunlop, Rebecca A., Noad, Michael J., McCauley, Robert D., Scott-Hayward, Lindsay, Kniest, Eric, Slade, Robert, Paton, David and Cato, Douglas H. (2017). Determining the behavioural dose-response relationship of marine mammals to air gun noise and source proximity. Journal of Experimental Biology, 220 (16), 2878-2886. doi: 10.1242/jeb.160192
Garland, Ellen C., Rendell, Luke, Lamoni, Luca, Poole, M. Michael and Noad, Michael J. (2017). Song hybridization events during revolutionary song change provide insights into cultural transmission in humpback whales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (30), 7822-7829. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1621072114
Garland, Ellen C., Rendell, Luke, Lilley, Matthew S., Poole, M. Michael, Allen, Jenny and Noad, Michael J. (2017). The devil is in the detail: Quantifying vocal variation in a complex, multi-levelled, and rapidly evolving display. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 142 (1), 460-472. doi: 10.1121/1.4991320
Kavanagh, Ailbhe S. , Noad, Michael J. , Blomberg, Simon P. , Goldizen, Anne W. , Kniest, Eric, Cato, Douglas H. and Dunlop, Rebecca A. (2017). Factors driving the variability in diving and movement behavior of migrating humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae): implications for anthropogenic disturbance studies. Marine Mammal Science, 33 (2), 413-439. doi: 10.1111/mms.12375
Kavanagh, Ailbhe S., Owen, Kylie, Williamson, Michael J., Blomberg, Simon P., Noad, Michael J., Goldizen, Anne W., Kniest, Eric, Cato, Douglas H. and Dunlop, Rebecca A. (2017). Evidence for the functions of surface-active behaviors in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Marine Mammal Science, 33 (1), 313-334. doi: 10.1111/mms.12374
Dunlop, Rebecca A., Noad, Michael J. and Cato, Douglas H. (2016). A spatially explicit model of the movement of humpback whales relative to a source. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 27 (1) doi: 10.1121/2.0000296
Dunlop, Rebecca A. and Noad, Michael J. (2016). The “risky” business of singing: tactical use of song during joining by male humpback whales. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 70 (12), 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s00265-016-2218-8
Williamson, Michael J., Kavanagh, Ailbhe S., Noad, Michael J., Kniest, Eric and Dunlop, Rebecca A. (2016). The effect of close approaches for tagging activities by small research vessels on the behavior of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Marine Mammal Science, 32 (4), 1234-1253. doi: 10.1111/mms.12324
Owen, Kylie, Kavanagh, Ailbhe S., Warren, Joseph, Noad, Michael J., Donnelly, David, Goldizen, Anne W. and Dunlop, Rebecca A. (2016). Potential energy gain by whales outside of the Antarctic: prey preferences and consumption rates of migrating humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Polar Biology, 40 (2), 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s00300-016-1951-9
Kavanagh, Ailbhe S., Goldizen, Anne W., Blomberg Simon P., Noad, Michael J. and Dunlop, Rebecca A. (2016). Factors affecting the reliability and validity of behavioural datasets: Assessing the impact of observers' experience and native language on studies of wild animals. Aquatic Mammals, 42 (1), 1-11. doi: 10.1578/AM.42.1.2016.1
Dunlop, Rebecca A., Noad, Michael J., McCauley, Robert D., Kniest, Eric, Slade, Robert, Paton, David and Cato, Douglas H. (2016). Response of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) to ramp-up of a small experimental air gun array. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 103 (1-2), 72-83. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.12.044
Owen, Kylie, Dunlop, Rebecca A., Monty, Jason P., Chung, Daniel, Noad, Michael J., Donnelly, David, Goldizen, Anne W. and Mackenzie, Thomas (2016). Detecting surface-feeding behavior by rorqual whales in accelerometer data. Marine Mammal Science, 32 (1), 327-348. doi: 10.1111/mms.12271
Godwin, Elise M., Noad, Michael J., Kniest, Eric and Dunlop, Rebecca A. (2016). Comparing multiple sampling platforms for measuring the behavior of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Marine Mammal Science, 32 (1), 268-286. doi: 10.1111/mms.12262
Owen, Kylie, Warren, Joseph D., Noad, Michael J., Donnelly, David, Goldizen, Anne W. and Dunlop, Rebecca A. (2015). Effect of prey type on the fine-scale feeding behaviour of migrating east Australian humpback whales. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 541, 231-244. doi: 10.3354/meps11551
Garland, Ellen C., Goldizen, Anne W., Lilley, Matthew S., Rekdahl, Melinda L., Garrigue, Claire, Constantine, Rochelle, Hauser, Nan Daeschle, Poole, M. Michael, Robbins, Jooke and Noad, Michael J. (2015). Population structure of humpback whales in the western and central South Pacific Ocean as determined by vocal exchange among populations. Conservation Biology, 29 (4), 1198-1207. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12492
Rekdahl, Melinda L., Dunlop, Rebecca A., Goldizen, Anne W., Garland, Ellen C., Biassoni, Nicoletta, Miller, Patrick and Noad, Michael J. (2015). Non-song social call bouts of migrating humpback whales. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 137 (6), 3042-3053. doi: 10.1121/1.4921280
Dunlop, Rebecca A., Noad, Michael J., McCauley, Robert D., Kniest, Eric, Paton, David and Cato, Douglas H. (2015). The behavioural response of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) to a 20 cubic inch air gun. Aquatic Mammals, 41 (4), 412-433. doi: 10.1578/AM.41.4.2015.412
Berg Soto, Alvaro, Marsh, Helene, Everingham, Yvette, Smith, Joshua N., Parra, Guido J. and Noad, Michael (2014). Discriminating between the vocalizations of Indo-Pacific humpback and Australian snubfin dolphins in Queensland, Australia. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 136 (2), 930-938. doi: 10.1121/1.4884772
Dunlop, Rebecca A., Cato, Douglas H. and Noad, Michael J. (2014). Evidence of a Lombard response in migrating humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 136 (1), 430-437. doi: 10.1121/1.4883598
Franklin, Wally, Franklin, Trish, Gibbs, Nadine, Childerhouse, Simon, Garrigue, Claire, Constantine, Rochelle, Brooks, Lyndon, Burns, Daniel, Paton, David, Poole, Michael, Hauser, Nan, Donoghue, Michael, Russell, Kirsty, Mattila, David K., Robbins, Jooke, Anderson, Megan, Olavarría, Carlos, Jackson, Jennifer, Noad, Michael, Harrison, Peter, Baverstock, Peter, Leaper, Russell, Baker, Scott and Clapham, Phil (2014). Photo-identification confirms that humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) from eastern Australia migrate past New Zealand but indicates low levels of interchange with breeding grounds of Oceania. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 14 (1), 133-140.
Waugh, Courtney A., Nichols, Peter D., Schlabach, Martin, Noad, Michael and Bengtson Nash, Susan (2014). Vertical distribution of lipids, fatty acids and organochlorine contaminants in the blubber of southern hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Marine Environmental Research, 94, 24-31. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.11.004
Garland, Ellen C., Gedamke, Jason, Rekdahl, Melinda L., Noad, Michael J., Garrigue, Claire and Gales, Nick (2013). Humpback whale song on the southern ocean feeding grounds: implications for cultural transmission. PLoS One, 8 (11) e79422, e79422.1-e79422.9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079422
Dunlop, Rebecca A., Cato, Douglas H., Noad, Michael J. and Stokes, Dale M. (2013). Source levels of social sounds in migrating humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134 (1), 706-714. doi: 10.1121/1.4807828
Rekdahl, Melinda L., Dunlop, Rebecca A., Noad, Michael J. and Goldizen, Anne W. (2013). Temporal stability and change in the social call repertoire of migrating humpback whales. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 133 (3), 1785-1795. doi: 10.1121/1.4789941
Dunlop, Rebecca A., Noad, Michael J., Cato, Douglas H., Kniest, Eric, Miller, Patrick J. O., Smith, Joshua N. and Stokes, M. Dale (2013). Multivariate analysis of behavioural response experiments in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Journal of Experimental Biology, 216 (5), 759-770. doi: 10.1242/jeb.071498
Soto, Alvaro Berg, Cagnazzi, Daniele, Everingham, Yvette, Parra, Guido J., Noad, Michael and Marsh, Helene (2013). Acoustic alarms elicit only subtle responses in the behaviour of tropical coastal dolphins in Queensland, Australia. Endangered Species Research, 20 (3), 271-282. doi: 10.3354/esr00495
Garland, Ellen C., Noad, Michael J., Goldizen, Anne W., Lilley, Matthew S., Rekdahl, Melinda L., Garrigue, Claire, Constantine, Rochelle, Hauser, Nan Daeschler, Poole, M. Michael and Robbins, Jooke (2013). Quantifying humpback whale song sequences to understand the dynamics of song exchange at the ocean basin scale. Journal of Acoustical Society of America, 133 (1), 560-569. doi: 10.1121/1.4770232
Cato, Douglas H., Noad, Michael J., Dunlop, Rebecca A., McCauley, Robert D., Gales, Nicholas J., Kent, Chandra P.Salgado, Kniest, Hendrik, Paton, David, Jenner, K.Curt S., Noad, John, Maggi, Amos L., Parnum, Iain M. and Duncan, Alec J. (2013). A study of the behavioural response of whales to the noise of seismic air guns: Design, methods and progress. Acoustics Australia, 41 (1), 88-97.
Waugh, Courtney A., Nichols, Peter D., Noad, Michael C. and Nash, Susan Bengtson (2012). Lipid and fatty acid profiles of migrating Southern Hemisphere humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 471, 271-281. doi: 10.3354/meps10059
Garland, Ellen C., Lilley, Matthew S., Goldizen, Anne W., Rekdahl, Melinda L., Garrigue, Claire and Noad, Michael J. (2012). Improved versions of the Levenshtein distance method for comparing sequence information in animals’ vocalisations: tests using humpback whale song. Behaviour, 149 (13-14), 1413-1441. doi: 10.1163/1568539X-00003032
Smith, Joshua N., Grantham, Hedley S., Gales, Nick, Double, Michael C., Noad, Michael J. and Paton, David (2012). Identification of humpback whale breeding and calving habitat in the Great Barrier Reef. Marine Ecology: Progress Series, 447, 259-272. doi: 10.3354/meps09462
Garland, Ellen C., Goldizen, Anne W., Rekdahl, Melinda L., Constantine, Rochelle, Garrigue, Claire, Hauser, Nan Daeschler, Poole, M. Michael, Robbins, Jooke and Noad, Michael J. (2011). Dynamic horizontal cultural transmission of humpback whale song at the ocean basin scale. Current Biology, 21 (8), 687-691. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.03.019
Waugh, Courtney A., Huston, Wilhelmina M., Noad, Michael J. and Bengtson Nash, Susan (2011). Cytochrome P450 isozyme protein verified in the skin of southern hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae): Implications for biochemical biomarker assessment. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 62 (4), 758-761. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.01.007
Noad, M. J., Dunlop, R. A., Paton, D. and Cato, D. H. (2011). Absolute and relative abundance estimates of Australian east coast humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Special Issue 3), 243-252.
Dunlop, Rebecca A., Cato, Douglas H. and Noad, Michael J. (2010). Your attention please: Increasing ambient noise levels elicits a change in communication behaviour in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences, 277 (1693), 2521-2529. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2319
Miksis-Olds, Jennifer L., Buck, John R., Noad, Michael J., Cato, Douglas H. and Stokes, M. Dale (2008). Information theory analysis of Australian humpback whale song. Journal of Acoustical Society of America, 124 (4), 2385-2393. doi: 10.1121/1.2967863
Dudgeon, C. L., Noad, M. J. and Lanyon, J. M. (2008). Abundance and demography of a seasonal aggregation of zebra sharks Stegostoma fasciatum. Marine Ecology - Progress Series, 368, 269-281. doi: 10.3354/meps07581
Smith, J.N., Goldizen, A. W., Dunlop, R. A. and Noad, M. J. (2008). Songs of male humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, are involved in intersexual interactions. Animal Behaviour, 76 (2), 467-477. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.02.013
Dunlop, R.A., Cato, D.H. and Noad, M. J. (2008). Non-song acoustic communication in migrating humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Marine Mammal Science, 24 (3), 613-629. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00208.x
Dunlop, Rebecca A., Noad, Michael J., Cato, Douglas H. and Stokes, Dale (2007). The social vocalization repertoire of east Australian migrating humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 122 (5), 2893-2905. doi: 10.1121/1.2783115
Noad, Michael, J. and Cato, Douglas, H. (2007). Swimming speeds of singing and non-singing humpback whales during migration. Marine Mammal Science, 23 (3), 481-495. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.02414.x
Mills, P.C., Woodall, P.F., Bellingham, M.C., Noad, M.J. and Lloyd, S. (2007). Using group learning to promote integration and cooperative learning between Asian and Australian second-year Veterinary Science students. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 34 (3), 350-355. doi: 10.3138/jvme.34.3.350
Thode, M., Gerstoft,, Burgess, C., Sabra, G., Guerra,, Stokes, Dale, Noad, M J and Cato, H. (2006). A portable matched-field processing system using passive acoustic time synchronization. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 31 (3), 696-710. doi: 10.1109/JOE.2006.880431
Putland, D. A., Nicholls, J. A., Noad, M. J. and Goldizen, A. W. (2006). Imitating the neighbours: vocal dialect matching in a mimic-model system. Biology Letters, 2 (3), 367-370. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0502
Chilvers, B. L., Lawler, I. R., Macknight, F. L., Marsh, H. W., Noad, M. J. and Paterson, R. (2005). Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia: An example of the co-existence of significant marine mammal populations and large-scale coastal development. Biological Conservation, 122 (4), 559-571. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.08.013
Macknight F.L., Cato D.H., Noad M.J. and Grigg G.C. (2001). Qualitative and quantitative analyses of the song of the east Australian population of humpback whales. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 47 (2), 525-537.
Noad, Michael and Cato, D. H. (2001). A combined acoustic and visual survey of humpback whales off southeast Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 47 (2), 507-523.
Noad, Michael J., Cato, Douglas H., Bryden, M. M., Jenner, Micheline -N. and Jenner, K. Curt S. (2000). Cultural revolution in whale songs. Nature, 408 (6812), 537-537. doi: 10.1038/35046199
Research Report
Noad, Michael J., Dunlop, Rebecca A., Paton, David and Cato, Douglas H. (2008). An update of the east Australian humpback whale population (E1) rate of increase. Santiago, Chile: International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee.