Welcome to the WDP Library.  Here you can read about all the work we have conducted and published to date in peer reviewed scientific journals.  You can also find citations to our public articles, found in magazines such as BBC wildlife and National Geographic.  We bring the library to you, so learn all about our work and enjoy the ease of downloading right to your computer.

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SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS:

Elliser, C.R. and Herzing, D.L. (in press).  Replacement Dolphins? Immigration and social restructuring of long-term resident bottlenose dolphins in the Bahamas after two hurricanes. Marine Mammal Science.

Herzing, D.L. (in press). SETI Meets A Social Intelligence: Dolphins As A Model For Real-Time Interaction And Communication With A Sentient Species. Acta Astronautica Special Publication.

Aichinger  Dias, L, Herzing, D. and Flach, Leonardo.  (2009). Aggregations of Guiana dolphins (Sotalia guianensis) in Sepetiba Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil: distribution patterns and ecological characteristics. J Marine  Biol. Assoc  U.K. 89 (5), 967-973.

Welsh, L.S. and D.L. Herzing. 2008. Preferential Association Among Kin Exhibited in a Population of Atlantic Spotted Dolphins (Stenella frontalis). International Journal of Comparative Psychology 21: 1-11  CLICK HERE

Bender, C.E., Herzing, D.L. and Bjorklund, D.F. (2008). Evidence of Teaching In Atlantic Spotted Dolphins (Stenella frontalis) by Mother Dolphins Foraging in the Presence of their Calves.  Animal Cognition, Vol 12 (1), pp 43-53.  CLICK HERE

Green, M. L, Herzing, D.L. and Baldwin, J.D. (2007).   Noninvasive methodology for the sampling and extraction of DNA from free-ranging Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis).  Molecular Ecology Notes 7, 1287-1292. CLICK HERE

Herzing, D. L. (2006). The Currency of Cognition: Assessing Tools, Techniques, and Media for Complex Behavioral Analysis.  Aquatic Mammals, 32 (4), 544-553  CLICK HERE

Herzing, D. L., Johnson, C. M. (2006). Conclusions and Possibilities of New Frameworks and Techniques for Research on Marine Mammal Cognition. Aquatic Mammals, 32 (4),554-557.  CLICK HERE

Johnson, C. M. Herzing, D. L.  (2006). Primate, Cetacean, and Pinniped Cognition Compared: An Introduction. Aquatic Mammals, 32 (4), 409-412.  CLICK HERE

Parsons, K.M, Durban, J.W., Claridge, D.E., Herzing, D.L., Balcomb, K.C., Noble, L.R.  (2006).  Population genetic structure of coastal bottlenose dolphins (Turisops truncatus) in the northern Bahamas.  Marine Mammal Science, 22 (2), 276-298.  CLICK HERE

Rogers, C.A., Brunnick, B.J., Herzing, D.L, Baldwin, J.D. (2004).  The Social structure of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in the Bahamas.  Marine Mammal Science, 20 (4): 688-708.  CLICK HERE

Herzing, D.L. (2005). Transmission mechanisms of social learning in dolphins:underwater observations of free-ranging dolphins in the Bahamas. Autour de L’Ethologie et de la Cognition Animale. Presses Universitaires de Lyon.  CLICK HERE

Herzing,D.L. and dos Santos, M. (2004).  Functional Aspects of Echolocation in Dolphins.  In: Advances in the Study of Echolocation in Bats and Dolphins.  Springer-Verlag Press. Pp 386-393. CLICK HERE

Herzing,D.L. (2004).  Social and Non-Social uses of Echolocation in Free-Ranging Stenella frontalis and Tursiops truncatus.  In: Advances in the Study of Echolocation in Bats and Dolphins.  Springer-Verlag Press. Pp. 404-410. CLICK HERE

Lammers, M.O., Au, W.W.L. and Herzing, D.L. (2003).  “The broadband social acoustic signaling behavior of spinner and spotted dolphins.” J. Acoustical. Society of America. 114(3):1629-1639.  CLICK HERE

Au, W.W.L. and Herzing, D.L. (2003).  Echolocation signals of wild Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis).  J. Acoustical Society of America 113(1): 598-604.  CLICK HERE

Herzing, D. L, Moewe, K. and BJ. Brunnick (2003).  Interspecies interactions between Atlantic spotted dolphins, Stenella frontalis, and bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, on Grerat Bahama Bank, Bahamas.  Aquatic Mammals 29 (3), 335-341 CLICK HERE

Miles, J, and D.L. Herzing (2003). Underwater analysis of the behavioral development of free-ranging Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) calves (birth to 4  years of age). Aquatic Mammals, 29 (3), 363-377. CLICK HERE

Psarakos, S, Herzing, D.L. and K. Marten.  (2003).  Mixed-species associations between Pantropical spotted dolphins (Stenella attenuata) and Hawaiian spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) of Oahu, Hawaii.  Aquatic Mammals 29 (3), 390-395.  CLICK HERE

Frantzis, A., and Herzing, D.L. (2002).  Mixed species associations of striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba), common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) and Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus), in the Gulf of Corinth (Greece, Mediterranean Sea).  Aquatic Mammals 28 (2) 188-197.  CLICK HERE

Marten, K., Herzing, D.L., Poole, M. and Newman-Allman, Kelly (2001).  The acoustic predation hypothesis: linking underwater observations and recordings during odontocete predation and observing the effects of loud impulsive sounds on fish.  Aquatic Mammals, 27 (1) 56-66.  CLICK HERE

Herzing,D.L. (2000). Acoustics and Social Behavior of Wild Dolphins: Implications for a sound society.  In: Hearing in Whales, Springer-Verlag Handbook of Auditory Research, pp. 225-272.  CLICK HERE

Herzing, D.L. and White, T.J. (1999) Dolphins and the Question of Personhood.  Special Issue: Etica Animali, 9/98 pp. 64-84.  CLICK HERE

Rossbach,K.A. and Herzing, D.L. (1999).  Inshore and Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Communities Distinguished by Association Patterns, near Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.  Canadian J. Zoology, 77:581-592.  CLICK HERE

Herzing, D.L. (1997). The life history of free-ranging Atlantic  spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis): Age classes, color phases,  and female reproduction.  Marine Mammal Science 13(4): 576-595.  CLICK HERE

Herzing D.L., and Johnson, C.M. (1997) Interspecific interactions between Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) and bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Bahamas, 1985-1995.  Aquatic Mammals  23 (2) 85-99.  CLICK HERE

Rossbach, K. A. and Herzing D.L.  (1997) Underwater observations of benthic-feeding bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) near Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.   Marine Mammal Science 13 (3): 498-504.  CLICK HERE

Herzing, D.L. and Brunnick, B.J.  (1997) Coefficients of Association of reproductively active female Atlantic spotted dolphins, Stenella frontalis. Aquatic Mammals 23 (3): 155-162. CLICK HERE

Herzing, D.L. (1996). Vocalizations and associated underwater behavior of free-ranging Atlantic spotted dolphins, Stenella frontalis, and bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus.  Aquatic Mammals 22 (2): 61-79. CLICK HERE

Herzing, D.L. (1993) Dolphins in the Wild:  An Eight Year Study on Dolphin Communication and Interspecies interaction.  Dissertation. Union Institute, Cincinnati, OH

Herzing, D.L. (1988).  A quantitative description and behavioral associations of a burst-pulsed sound, the “squawk” in the bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus. Thesis. San Francisco State University.

Pelletier, K.R. and Herzing, D.L. (1988).  Psychoneuroimmunology: Towards a Mindbody Model.  A critical review.  Advances, 5 (1): 26-56.

Bayer, R.D. and Herzing, D.L. (1985).  Pre-laying assemblages of common murres on the colony at Yaquina Head, Oregon.  The Murrelet, 66: 94-95. 

Herzing, D.L. and Mate, B.R. (1984).  Gray Whale Migrations along the Oregon Coast, 1978-1981. In The Gray Whale, (Eds. ML Jones,  SL Swartz, & SF Leatherwood). Academic Press, pp. 289-306. CLICK HERE

 MAGAZINE ARTICLES

BBC Wildlife -- Volume 9, No. 10, October, 1991. “Dances with Dolphins,” by Denise Herzing. Pp. 689-693.  CLICK HERE

National Geographic -- Volume 182, No. 3, September, 1992. “Dolphins in Crisis,” by Kenneth S. Norris, with photographs by Flip Nicklin. Pp. 2-35.  CLICK HERE

Ocean Realm -- June 1995. “Dolphins,” by Denise Herzing, with photographs by Flip Nicklin. Pp. 22-29.  CLICK HERE

Scientific Computing & Automation -- January 1993. “Understanding the Behavioral Biology of Dolphins,” by Denise Herzing with Andrew Davis. Pp. 29-33.  CLICK HERE

Sonar, Magazine of the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society -- No. 6, Autumn, 1991. “Dolphin Spotting,” by Denise Herzing. Pp. 8-10.  CLICK HERE

Whalewatcher -- Journal of the American Cetacean Society, Volume 26, No. 1, 1992.“Family, Friends, and Neighbors,” by Denise Herzing. Pp. 13-15. CLICK HERE

Whalewatcher -- Journal of the American Cetacean Society, Volume 24, No. 3, 1990. “Underwater and Close Up with Spotted Dolphins,” by Denise Herzing. Pp. 16-19.
 
 
 
TELEVISION DOCUMENTARIES

Dolphin Diaries -- 1996. From the BBC Series Natural World. Narrated by Lord David Attenborough. Aired on U.S. Public Television. Not available for sale, but frequently re-run on local PBS stations.

Dolphin Dreaming -- 1994. From the Natural Neighbors series. Produced by Mark Jacobs.

Dolphins, With Robin Williams -- 1995. From the In the Wild Series. Available from PBS, 1-877-PBS-SHOP/1-877-727-7467

Dolphins: Close Encounters -- 1992. From the Nature series on U.S. public television. Hosted by George Page. A Wolfgang Bayer Production in association with Thirteen/WNET and Granada Television, Ltd.

Swimming with Denise -- 1993. NHK of Japan, Directed by Seido Hino.

Talking with Aliens -- 1999. Pioneer Productions. Narrated by Robin Ellis. Written and directed by Richard Burke-Ward. Channel Four Television and TLC.

Touched by a Dolphin & Tribes of Sea -- 1998. ABC-Kane Production. Domestic and international versions.

Trials of Life -- 1991. BBC Series on Wildlife.
World of Wonder -- 1994. (segment) Hosted by astronaut Mae Jemison. Discovery Channel.