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Research papers, relevant to the museum, published by Malcolm Clarke and with colleagues.

ON WHALE ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY & BIOLOGY

1972. New techniques for the study of sperm whale migration. Nature, London 238, 405-6
1978. Structure and proportions of the spermaceti organ in the sperm whale. J.mar.biol.Ass.U.K. 58,1-17
1978. Physical properties of spermaceti oil in the sperm whale. J.mar.biol.Ass.U.K. 58,19-26
1978. Buoyancy control as a function of the spermaceti organ in the sperm whale. J.mar.biol.Ass.U.K. 58,27-71
1978. Observation of long , deep dives by two sperm whales J.mar.biol.Ass.U.K. 58,
1979. The head of the sperm whale. Scientific American, 240 (1):128-141
1999. GOOLD, J. & CLARKE, M.R. Velocity of sound in the nose of the pygmy and dwarf sperm whales. J.mar.biol.Ass.U.K. 79,
2003. Sound production, conduction and control in the nose of Kogia (Cetacea, Kogiidae). J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K 83,

ON CETACEAN DIET AND BEAKS

1962. Significance of cephalopod beaks.Nature, 193,560-1
1962. Stomach contents of a sperm whale caught off Madeira in 1959. Norsk Hvalfangst-Tidende.(5), 173-91
1962. The identification of cephalopod "beaks" and the relationship between beak size and total body weight. Bull.Br.Mus.nat.Hist. B. 8(10), 421-480
1972. with MERRETT,N. The significance of squid, whale and other remains from the stomachs of bottom living deep-sea fish. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 52, 599-603
1974. with MACLEOD, N. Cephalopod remains from a sperm whale caught off Vigo, Spain. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K . 54, 959- 968.
1976. with MACLEOD, N. Cephalopod remains from sperm whales caught off Iceland. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 56, 733- 750.
1976. with MACLEOD, N. & PALIZA, O. Cephalopod remains from the stomachs of sperm whales caught off Peru and Chile. J.Zool. 180, 477-493.
1977. Beaks, nets and numbers. Symp. Zool. Soc. Lond (38), 89-126.
1980. Cephalopoda in the diet of sperm whales of the southern hemisphere and their bearing on sperm whale biology. 'Discovery' Reports, 37, 1-324.
1980. with KRISTENSEN, T. K. Cephalopod beaks from the stomachs of two northern bottlenosed whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 60, 151-156.
1980. with MACLEOD N. Cephalopod remains from sperm whales caught off western Canada. Mar. Biol. 59, 241-246.
1980. with MACLEOD, N., CASTELLO, H. P., AND PINEDO, M. C. Cephalopod remains from the stomach of a sperm whale stranded at Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. Mar. Biol. 59, 235-239.
1982. with MACLEOD, N. Cephalopod remains from the stomachs of sperm whales caught in the Tasman Sea. Memoirs Victoria Mus. (43), 25-42.
1985. Cephalopods in the diet of cetaceans and seals. Rapp.Comm.int.Mer Medit., 29, 8.
1985. with PASCOE, P. Stomach contents of a Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) stranded at Thurlestone, Devon. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 65
1985. MARTINS, H.L., CLARKE, M.R. REINER, F. & SANTOS R.S. A pigmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838) (Cetacea: Odontoceti) stranded on Faial Island, Azores, with notes on cephalopod beaks in stomach. Arquipelago. 6. 63-70.
1986. 'Handbook for the Identification of Cephalopod Beaks.' O.U.P.
1986. Cephalopods in the diet of odontocetes. In 'Research on Dolphins.' edit. M.M.Bryden & R.Harrison. OUP. 464pp.
1986. Instructions for the collection and preservation of cephalopod beaks. BIOMASS Report Series, 33. 23-81.
1986. MARTIN,A.R. & CLARKE,M.R. The diet of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) captured between Iceland and Greenland. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, , 66. 779-790.
1987. Cephalopod biomass- estimation from predation. p221-237. In Cephalopod Life Cycles. Vol. II Comparative Reviews. edit. P.R.Boyle. Academic Press. London.
1992. GALES, R., PEMBERTON, D. & CLARKE,M.R. Stomach contents of long-finned pilot whale (Globicephalus melas) and bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Tasmania. Marine Mammal Science. 8 (4), 405-413.
1992. WURZ, M., POGGI, R. & CLARKE, M.R. Cephalopods from the stomachs of Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) from the Mediterranean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 72, 861-867.
1993 with MARTINS,H. & PASCOE,P.L., The diet of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus 1758) off the Azores. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 339, 67-82.
1993. SMALE, M.J., CLARKE, M.R., KLAGES, N.T.W. & ROELEVELD, M.A.C. Octopod beak identification - resolution at a regional level (Cephalopoda, Octopoda: Southern Africa). S.Afr.J.mar.Sci. 13, 269-293
1994. with GOODALL,N. Cephalopods in the diets of three odontocete cetacean species stranded at Tierra del Fuego, Globicephala melaena (Traill,1809), Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882 and Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Lacepede, 1804). Antarctic Science 6 (2), 149-154.
1995. SANTOS, M.B., P.R. BOYLE, G.J. PIERCE, G. WIJNSMA, H. ROSS, R.J. REID, & M.R. CLARKE,. Diets of sperm whales stranded in Scotland. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea , CM 1995/N:6.
1996. Report on the cephalopod remains from stomachs of cetaceans stranded in England and Wales 1990-94. in "Stomach Contents of Stranded Cetacea." A report for the Welsh Office by the Nat.Hist.Mus. 1995, 31-36.
1996. Cephalopods as prey. Introduction. In The role of cephalopods in the World's oceans. (ed. M.R. CLARKE ), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B. Special Volume, 351, 1053-1065.
1996. Cephalopods as prey. III. Cetaceans. In The role of cephalopods in the World's oceans. (ed. M.R. Clarke ), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B. Special Volume, 351, 1053-1065.
1997. Cephalopods in the stomach of a sperm whale stranded between the islands of Terschelling and Ameland, southern North Sea. Bull.de l'Institut Roy. des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Biologie, 67-Suppl. 53-55
1997. with PASCOE, P. L. Cephalopod species in the diet of a sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus L. stranded at Penzance, Cornwall. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K 77, 1255-8
1998. with YOUNG,R.E. Cephalopod species in the diet of six species of cetaceans, Physeter macrocephalus L., Grampus griseus, Peponocephala electra, a beaked whale, Stenella attenuata and S.longirostris from the Hawaiian islands. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K . 78, 623-641
1999. with ROPER, C.F.E. Cephalopods represented by beaks in the stomach of a sperm whale stranded at Paikakoriki, North Island, New Zealand. In Cephalopod Diversity, Ecology, and Evolution. Payne, A.I.L., Lipinski, M.R., Clarke, M.R. & Roeleveld, M.A.C. (Eds) S.Afr. J.mar.Sci.20,
1999. with ROELEVELD, M.A.C. Cephalopods in the diet of sperm whales caught commercially off Durban, South Africa. In Cephalopod Diversity, Ecology, and Evolution. Payne, A.I.L., Lipinski, M.R., Clarke, M.R. & Roeleveld, M.A.C. (Eds) S.Afr. J.mar.Sci.20,
2001. SANTOS, M.B., CLARKE,M.R. & PIERCE, G.J. The importance of cephalopods in the diets of marine mammals and other top predators.
2002. BARROS, N.B. & CLARKE. Diet. in Encyclopedia of marine Mammals. eds Perrin,W.F., Wursig, B. & Thewissen. Academic Press, London.323-327

ON SQUIDS

1962. with MAUL, G.E. A description of the "scaled" squid Lepidoteuthis grimaldi Joubin 1895. Proc.zool.Soc.Lond. 139, 97-118
1967. A deep sea squid, Taningia danae Joubin, 1931. Symp zool. Soc. Lond No.19, 127-143
1966. A Review of the systematics and ecology of oceanic squids. Advances in Marine Biology. 4, 91-300
!96x. Respiratory movements in Cranchiid cephalopods. Nature
1979. with DENTON, E.J. & GILPIN-BROWN,J.B. On the use of ammonium for buoyancy in squids. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 59, 259-276
1988. Evolution of buoyancy and locomotion in recent cephalopods. pp.203-213 in Palaeontology and Neontology of Cephalopods. edits M.R.Clarke & E.R.Truman. Vol.12 The Mollusca. edit.K.M.Wilber.Academic Press,Inc.London.
1995. with LU, C.C. Cephalopoda of Madeiran waters.
2003. Searching for deep sea squids. In Coleoid cephalopods through time. Neontological approaches to their palaeobiology in the light of the fossil record. Berliner palaeontologische abhandlungen.
2003. LU, C.C., CLARKE, M.R. & O'SHEA, S. First description of paralarvae of the giant squid Architeuthis.

 

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