Weir, C.R. (2008). Occurrence and distribution of cetaceans off northern Angola, 2004-2005.  Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 9(3): 225-239. Download here (559 Kb).

Weir, C.R. (2008). Overt responses of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus), and Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) to seismic exploration off Angola.  Aquatic Mammals, 34: 71-83.  Download here (462 Kb).

MacLeod, C.D., Weir, C.R., Santos, M.B. and Dunn, T.E. (2008).  Temperature-based summer habitat partitioning between white-beaked and common dolphins around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.  Journal of the Marine Biological Association, 88: 1193-1198.  Download here (191 Kb).

Dolman, S.J., Weir, C.R. and Jasny, M. (2008). Comparative review of marine mammal guidance implemented during naval exercises. Paper accepted for presentation at ‘Underwater Noise Measurement, Impact and Mitigation’ organised by the Institute of Acoustics, UK, October 2008.

Weir, C.R., Calderan, S., Unwin, M., Pitman, R.L., Booth, C., Photopoulos, T. and Robinson, K.P. (2008).  White-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) occurrence in the Minch (Scotland, UK) during August 2007.  Presentation at the European Cetacean Society Conference, The Netherlands, 10-12 March 2008.

Weir, C.R. and Coles, P. (2007).  Morphology of common dolphins (Delphinus spp.) photographed off Angola.  Presentation at the Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference, Cape Town, Africa.  Available here.

Dolman, S.J. and Weir, C.R. (2007).  Avoidance as a conservation strategy for spatio-temporal management of anthropogenic sound sources.  Poster presentation at the Conference of the European Cetacean Society, San Sebastian, Spain, April 2007.  Download here (1.5 Mb).

Weir, C.R., Ron, T., Morais, M. and Duarte, A.D.C. (2007) Nesting and pelagic distribution of marine turtles in Angola, West Africa, 2000-2006: occurrence, threats and conservation implications. Oryx, 41: 224-231. Download here (225 Kb).

Weir, C.R. (2007).  Observations of marine turtles in relation to seismic airgun sound off Angola.  Marine Turtle Newsletter, 116: 17-20. Download here (1.3 Mb).

Weir, C.R. and Dolman, S.J. (2007). Comparative review of the regional marine mammal mitigation guidelines implemented during industrial seismic surveys, and guidance towards a worldwide standard.  Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy, 10: 1-27.

Weir, C.R., Frantzis, A., Alexiadou, P. and Goold, J.C. (2007). The burst-pulse nature of ‘squeal’ sounds emitted by sperm whales.  Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 87: 39-46. Download here (653 Kb).

MacLeod, C.D., Weir, C.R., Pierpoint, C. and Harland, E. (2007).  The habitat preferences of marine mammals west of Scotland (UK). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 87: 157-164.  Download here (394 Kb). 

Weir, C.R., Stockin, K.A. and Pierce, G.J.  (2007).  Spatial and temporal trends in the distribution of harbour porpoises, white-beaked dolphins and minke whales off Aberdeenshire (UK), north-western North Sea.  Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 87: 327-338. Download here (420 Kb).

Weir, C.R. (2006). First confirmed records of Clymene dolphin Stenella clymene (Gray, 1850) from Angola and Congo, South-east Atlantic Ocean.  African Zoology, 41(2): 297-300. Download here (446 Kb).

Weir, C.R. (2006).  Sightings of beaked whales (Cetacea: Ziphiidae) including first confirmed Cuvier's beaked whales Ziphius cavirostris from Angola.  African Journal of Marine Science, 28(1): 173-175. Download here (102 Kb).

Weir, C.R. (2006).  Sightings of rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) off Angola and Gabon, South-east Atlantic Ocean.  Abstracts of the 20^th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2-7 April 2006, Gdynia, Poland. Download here (53 Kb).

Weir, C.R., Dolman, S.J. and Simmonds, M.P. (2006).  Marine mammal mitigation during seismic surveys and recommendations for worldwide standard mitigation guidance.  Paper SC/58/E12 presented to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission, St Kitts, May 2006.  Download here (507 Kb).

Parsons, C., Swift, R., Weir, C. and Dolman, S.  2006.  Sources of marine noise.  In: Oceans of Noise, Chapter 3.  Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, UK.

Weir, C.R. 2006. The temporal and spatial distribution of marine mammals, turtles and other marine fauna off northern Angola, September 2003 – March 2006.  Report by Ketos Ecology for BP (Angola) Exploration Ltd.  May 2006.  157 pp.

Weir, C.R. 2006. BP identification guide to the marine mammals and turtles of Angola.  Produced by Ketos Ecology for BP (Angola) Exploration Ltd.  24 pp.

Stockin, K.A., Weir, C.R. and Pierce, G.J. (2006).  Examining the importance of Aberdeenshire coastal waters for North Sea bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).  Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 86: 201-207.  Download (320 Kb).

Weir, C.R., Stokes, J., Martin, C. and Cermeño, P. (2004).  Three sightings of Mesoplodon species in the Bay of Biscay: first confirmed True’s beaked whales (M. mirus) for the north-east Atlantic?  Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 84: 1095-1099.  Download (1.06 MB PDF).

Weir, C.R. (2003).  Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) codas in the northern Gulf of Mexico: repertoire, structure and usage.  MSc Thesis, University of Wales, Bangor.  (Unpublished.  Please Contact Us for 2.6 MB PDF).

Weir, C.R. (2002).  Killer whales in British waters.  British Wildlife, 14(2): 106-108. Download (23 KB).

Stockin,  K.A. and Weir, C.R. (2002).  Monitoring the presence and occurrence of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the coastal waters of Aberdeenshire, NE Scotland (UK).  Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Liege, Belgium, 7-11 April 2002.  Download (140 KB).

Weir, C.R. and Stockin, K.A. (2002).  Seasonal occurrence of the white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) in coastal Aberdeenshire waters, North-east Scotland.  Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Liege, Belgium, 7-11 April 2002.  Download (160 KB).

Stockin, K.A. and Weir, C.R. (2001).  Monitoring the presence and occurrence of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the coastal waters of Aberdeenshire, NE Scotland (UK).  14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Vancouver, British Columbia, 28 Nov-3 Dec 2001.  Download (135 KB).

Weir, C.R., and Stockin, K.A. (2001).  The occurrence and distribution of the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and other cetacean species in the coastal waters of Aberdeenshire.  Sea Watch Foundation Report to Shell UK Exploration and Production.  Download (1.3 MB).

Hobbs, M., Brereton, T.M., Weir, C.R. and Williams, AD. (2001).  Baseline Monitoring data on Procellariformes (Shearwaters) in the Bay of Biscay.  Paper presented at the European Bird Census Council Bird Numbers 2001 Conference, Hungary, and In Press in Ornis Hungaria.  

Brereton, T.M., Weir, C.R., Hobbs, M. and Williams, A.D. (2001).  A Year-Round Seabird Monitoring Programme in the English Channel and Bay Of Biscay: Preliminary Results 1995-2001.  Paper presented at the European Bird Census Council Bird Numbers 2001 Conference, Hungary, and In Press in Ornis Hungaria.  

Weir, C.R. (2001).  Best of British: where to watch whales, dolphins and porpoises in UK waters.  Birdwatch Magazine, April, 12-13.  Download (66 KB).

Weir, C.R., Pollock, C., Cronin, C. and Taylor, S. (2001).  Cetaceans of the Atlantic Frontier, north and west of Scotland.  Continental Shelf Research 21: 1047-1071.  Download (1.59 MB).

Weir, C.R. (2001).  A dedicated cetacean sighting survey of the Torrelavega and Santander canyons, southern Bay of Biscay.  A report on the whales, dolphins and seabirds of the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, ORCA Report, 1: 61-80.  Download (893 KB).

Weir, C.R. (2001).  Sightings of marine mammals and other animals recorded from offshore installations in the North Sea.  In: North Sea Bird Club 21^st Anniversary report, ed. by A.W. Thorpe, 93-103.  Download (428 KB).

Tasker, M.L. and Weir, C.R. (eds) (2001).  Proceedings of the Seismic and Marine Mammals Workshop, London, 23-25 June 1998.  Published on web at: http://www.smru.st-and.ac.uk/seismic/index.html.  

Pollock, C.M., Mavor, R., Weir, C.R., Reid, A., White, R.W., Tasker, M.L., Webb, A. and Reid, J.B. (2000).  The distribution of seabirds and marine mammals in the Atlantic Frontier, north and west of Scotland.  Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Aberdeen.  

Weir, C.R. (2000).  Sightings of beaked whale species (Cetacea: Ziphiidae) in the waters to the north and west of Scotland and the Faroe Islands.  In: European Research on Cetaceans – 14. Proceedings of the fourteenth Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Cork, Ireland, 2-5 April 2000.  Download (496 KB).

Weir, C.R. and O’Brien, S. (2000).  Association of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) with the western Irish Sea front.  In: European Research on Cetaceans – 14. Proceedings of the fourteenth Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Cork, Ireland, 2-5 April 2000.  Download (164 KB).

Weir, C.R. (1999).  Cetacean surveys in the Atlantic Frontier.  Soundings, 5: 5-7.   Download (539 KB).

Weir, C.R. (1999).  Sightings of beaked whales in the Faroe-Shetland Channel.  The Shetland Sea Mammal Report 1998: 17-19.  Download (38 KB).

Weir, C.R. (1999).  Northern bottlenose whales, Isle of Skye.  Birding Scotland, 2(1): 12-13.  Download (89 KB).

Weir, C.R. and Coles, P. (1998).  Northern Bottlenose whales at Broadford Bay, Isle of Skye.  Soundings, 4(3): 4-5.   Download (122 KB).

Evans, P.G.H., Weir, C.R. and Nice, H.E. (1996).  Temporal and spatial distribution of harbour porpoises in Shetland waters, 1990-1995.  In: European Research on Cetaceans – 10. Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Lisbon, Portugal, 11-13 Mar, 1996. (Ed. P.G.H. Evans).  Download (481 KB).

Evans, P.G.H., Nice, H.E. and Weir, C.R. (1996).  Sightings frequency and distribution of cetaceans in Shetland waters.  In: European Research on Cetaceans – 10: Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Lisbon, Portugal, 11-13 Mar, 1996. (Ed. P.G.H. Evans).  Download (163 KB).