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Selected reports from members of the IWDG Consulting team

  • O’Brien, J. and Berrow, S.D. (2018). Harbour porpoise surveys in Blasket Islands SAC, 2018. Report to the National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. pp. 23.
  • Levesque, S., O’Donovan, J., Murphy, S., O’Connell, M. and Berrow, S. (2017) Supply of Vertebrate Necropsy and Sample Recovery Programme. Final Report to the Marine Institute and National Parks and Wildlife Service Reference Number: ITT17-024.
  • O’Connell, M. and Berrow, S. (2017) Report of the Cetacean Stranding Scheme 2016. Report to the National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. pp. 37.
  • Dwyer, P. and Berrow, S. (2017) Results of an Independent Observer Study of the Celtic Sea Herring Fishery, 2017. Unpublished Report to the Irish South and West Fishermens’ Organisation. 14pp.
  • O’Connell, M. and Berrow, S. (2017) Report of the Cetacean Stranding Scheme 2016. Report to the National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. pp. 37.
  • O’Brien, J. and Berrow, S.D. (2016). Harbour porpoise surveys in Rockabill to Dalkey Island SAC, 2016. Report to the National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. pp. 24.
  • Dwyer, P. McKeogh, E. and Berrow, S. (2016) Results of an Independent Observer Study of the Celtic Sea Herring Fishery, 2016. Unpublished Report to the Irish South and West Fishermens’ Organisation. 14pp.
  • O’Brien, J. and Berrow S. (2016) Harbour porpoise surveys in Rockabill to Dalkey Island SAC, 2016. Report to the National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. pp. 24.
  • O’Connell, M. and Berrow, S. (2016) Report of the Cetacean Stranding Scheme 2015. Report to the National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. pp. 37.
  • Pinfield, R and Berrow, S. (2016) Results of an Independent Observer Study of the Celtic Sea Herring Fishery, 2015. Unpublished Report to the Irish South and West Fishermens’ Organisation. 15pp.
    O‘Brien, J. and Berrow, S. (2015) Harbour Porpoise Survey 2015. Final Report to the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. 24 pp.
  • McKeogh, E and Berrow, S. (2015) Results of an Independent Observer Study of the Celtic Sea Herring Fishery, 2014. Unpublished Report to the Irish South and West Fishermens’ Organisation.
  • Berrow, S. McKeogh, E. Keogh, N. Wilson-Parr, R. Russell, C. and Meade, R. (2014) Cruise Report on CV14020. Deployment of Passive Acoustic Monitoring Equipment in the Porcupine Basin and adjacent Shelf Edge and Concurrent Cetacean, Seabird and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Survey, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology Document CV14020 Cruise Report by GMIT for Woodside Energy (Ireland) Pty Ltd.
  • O‘Brien, J. and Berrow, S. (2014) Harbour Porpoise Survey 2014. Final Report to the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. 24 pp.
  • McKeogh, E and Berrow, S. (2014) Results of an Independent Observer Study of the Celtic Sea Herring Fishery, 2013. Unpublished Report to the Irish South and West Fishermens’ Organisation.
  • Wall, D., Murray, C., O’Brien, J., Kavanagh, L., Wilson, C., Glanville, B., Williams, D., Enlander, I., Ryan, C., O’Connor, I., McGrath, D., Whooley, P. and Berrow, S. (2013) Atlas of the distribution and relative abundance of marine mammals in Irish offshore waters: 2005 – 2011. Irish Whale and Dolphin Group.
  • Berrow, S.D. and O’Brien, J. (2013) Harbour Porpoise Survey 2013. Report to the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. 34 pp.
  • Ryan, C. and Berrow, S. (2013) Draft Environmental Management Plan Celtic Sea Herring Fishery. Unpublished Report to the Irish South and West Fishermens’ Organisation. Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. 27pp.
  • Berrow, C., O‘Brien, J. Ryan, C., Bolan, V. and O’Connor, I. (2012) Inshore Boat-based Surveys for Cetaceans: North Donegal. Report to the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. 19 pp.
  • Berrow, C., O‘Brien, J. Ryan, C., McKeogh, E. and O’Connor, I. (2011) Inshore Boat-based Surveys for Cetaceans. Report to the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. 29 pp.
  • Ryan, C., Berrow, C., Pierini, A., O‘Brien, J. O’Connor, I. and McGrath, D. (2010) Inshore Boat-based Surveys for Cetaceans. Report to the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. 33 pp
  • Berrow, S., Whooley, P., O’Connell, M. and Wall, D. (2010) Irish Cetacean Review (2000-2009). Irish Whale and Dolphin Group, 60pp. ISBN 0-9540552-4-1.
  • Berrow, S.D., Hickey, R., O’Connor, I. and McGrath, D. (2008) Small Cetacean Site Investigations Survey 2008. Report to the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. 25 pp.
  • Berrow, S.D., Hickey, R., O’Brien, J. O’Connor, I. and McGrath, D. (2008) Harbour Porpoise Survey 2008. Report to the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. 35 pp.
  • Berrow, S.D. (2008) Review of cetacean sightings and strandings data from Northern Ireland, with recommendations for the designation of Special Areas of Conservation. Unpublished Report to the Environment and Heritage Service. Irish Whale and Dolphin Group, 30 pp.
  • Berrow, S.D., Whooley, P. and Ferriss, S. (2002) Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Cetacean Sighting Review (1991-2001). Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. ISBN 0-9540552-1-7. 34 pp.

Selected papers from members of the IWDG Consulting team

  • Lusher, A.L., Hernandez-Milian, G., Berrow, S.D. Rogan, E. and O’Connor, I. (2018) Incidence of marine debris in cetaceans stranded and bycaught in Ireland: recent findings and a review of historical knowledge. Environmental Pollution 232, 467-476.
  • Berrow, S.D., O’Brien, J.M. and Baker, I. (2017) The Shannon Population: Status and Situation Management. In Ó Cadhla, O. & Marnell, F. (Eds.) (2017). Proceedings of the Transnational Bottlenose Dolphin Conservation Workshop hosted in Dublin, 7-8 December 2016. National Parks & Wildlife Service, Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Dublin, Ireland. 391 pp.
  • Levesque, S., Reusch, K., Baker, I., O’Brien, J. and Berrow, S. (2016) Photo-Identification of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Tralee Bay and Brandon Bay, Co. Kerry: A Case for SAC Boundary Extension. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 2016. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/ 10.3318/BIOE.2016. 11
  • O’Brien, J.M., Beck, S., Berrow, S.D., André, M., van der Schaar, M., O’Connor, I., and McKeown, E.P. (2015) The Use of Deep Water Berths and the Effect of Noise on Bottlenose Dolphins in the Shannon Estuary cSAC. The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II. Volume 875 of the series Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology pp 775-783.
  • Stevick, P., Berrow, S., Bérubé, M., Bouveret, L., Broms, F., Jann, B., Kennedy, A., Lopez-Suarez, P., Meunier, Ryan, C. and Wenzel, F. (2015) There and back again: multiple and return exchange of humpback whales between breeding habitats separated by an ocean basin. Journal of the Marine Biological Society (UK),
  • Ryan, C., Whooley, P., Berrow, S.D., Barnes, C., Massett, N., Strietman, W. J., Broms, F., Stevick, P.T., Fernald Jr, T.W. and Schmidt, C. (2015) A longitudinal study of humpback whales in Irish waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Society (UK), doi:10.1017/S0025315414002033.
  • Berrow, S., Hickey, R., O’Connor, I. and McGrath, D. (2014) Density estimates of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) at eight coastal sites in Ireland. Biology and Environment 114B (1), 19-34.
  • O’Brien, J., Baker, I., Barker, J., O’Donoghue, B., Berrow, S., O’Connell, M. and Ryan, C. (2014) The first confirmed successful re-float of a stranded bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in Ireland, and subsequent re-sighting with a neonate. Aquatic Mammals 40(20, 191-194.
  • Berrow, S., McGrath, D., O’Brien, J., O’Connor, I. and Wall, D. (2012) How can we monitor the
    favourable conservation status of cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) in Ireland? In Butler, F. and Kelleher, C. (eds) All-Ireland Mammal Symposium 2009: 23-30. Irish Naturalists’ Journal,
    Belfast.
  • Robinson, K.P., O’Brien, J.M., Cheney, B., Mandleberg, L., Eisfeld, S., Ryan, C., Whooley, P., Oudejans, M.G., O’Donovan, M., Berrow, S.D., Costa, M., Haberlin, D., Stevick, P.T. and Thompson, P.M. (2012) Discrete or not so discrete: Long distance movements by coastal bottlenose dolphins in UK and Irish waters. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 12(3), 365-371.
  • Berrow, S., O’Brien, J., Groth, L., Foley, A. and Voigt, K. (2012) Abundance estimate of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Lower River Shannon candidate Special Area of Conservation, Ireland. Aquatic Mammals 38(2), 136-144.
  • Whooley, P., Berrow, S. and Barnes, C. (2011) Photo-identification of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus L.) off the south coast of Ireland. Marine Biodiversity Records. Volume 4e8, 1-7.
  • Dolman, S.J. Reid, R.J. Barley, J.P. Deaville, R. Jepson, P.D. O’Connell, M. Berrow, S.D. Penrose, R. Pinn, E. Stevick, P. Calderan, S. Robinson, K.P. Brownell, R.L. and Simmonds, M.P. (2010) A note on the unprecedented strandings of 56 deep-diving odontocetes along the UK and Irish coast. Marine Biodiversity Records. Vol. 3; e16; 1-8.
  • O’Brien, J.M., Berrow, S.D., Ryan, C, McGrath, D., O’Connor, I., Pesante, P., Burrows, G., Massett, N., Klötzer, V. and Whooley, P. (2009) A note on long-distance matches of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) around the Irish coast using photo-identification. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 11(1), 71-76.
  • O’Brien, J., Berrow, S.D., McGrath, D. and Evans, P.G.H. (2009) Cetaceans in Irish Waters: A Review of Recent Research. Biology and Environment. 109B, No. 2, 63–88.
  • Berrow, S.D., Cosgrove, R., Leeney R.H., O’Brien, J., McGrath, D., Dalgard, J. and Le Gall, Y. (2009) Effect of acoustic deterrents on the behaviour of Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis). Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 10(3) 227-223.
  • Berrow, S.D., O’Brien, J., O’Connor, I. and McGrath, D. (2009) Abundance Estimate and Acoustic Monitoring of Habour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena in The Blasket Islands Candidate Special Area of Conservation. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 109B(1), 35-46.
  • Leeney, R., Berrow, S.D., McGrath, D., O’Brien, J., Cosgrove, R. and Godley, B.J. (2007) Effects of pingers on the behaviour of bottlenose dolphins. Journal of the Marine Biological Association (UK) 87, 129-133.