Recent Publications
Wall D., Murray C., O'Brien J., Kavanagh L., Wilson C., Ryan C., Glanville B., Williams D., Enlander I., 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, Merchants Quay, Kilrush, Co Clare. ISBN 0-9540552-7-6.  Download PDF
Edwards, C., Soulsbury, C., Statham, M., Ho, S., Wall, D., Dolf, G., Iossa, G., Baker, P., Harris, S., Sacks, B. and Bradley, D. (2012) Temporal genetic variation of the red fox, Vulpes vulpes, across western Europe and the British Isles. Quaternary Science Reviews, 57 (4). pp. 95-104.  Download PDF
Boisseau, O., Moscrop, A., Cucknell, A., McLanaghan, R. and Wall, D. (2011) An acoustic survey for beaked whales in the Rockall Trough. Paper SC/63/SM2 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2011. 5pp.  Download PDF
Lambert E, MacLeod CD, Hall K, Brereton T, Dunn TE, Wall D, Jepson PD, Deaville R, Pierce GJ. (2011) Quantifying likely cetacean range shifts in response to global climatic change: implications for conservation strategies in a changing world. Endangered Species Research 15:205-222.  Download PDF
Wall D., O’Kelly I., Whooley P. and Tyndall P. (2009) New records of blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) with evidence of possible feeding behaviour from the continental shelf slopes to the west of Ireland. Marine Biodiversity Records, Vol. 2; e128; 2009. Download PDF
MacLeod C.D., Bannon S.M., Brereton T. and Wall D. (2007) Using passenger ferries to study seasonal patterns of minke whale occurrence in northwest Europe. Proceedings of Workshop on Minke Whales at 21st Annual Conference, European Cetacean Society, San Sebastian, Spain.  Download PDF
Wall D., O’Brien J., Allen B.M. & Meade J. (2006) Summer Distribution and Relative Abundance of Cetaceans off the West Coast of Ireland. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Vol. 106B, No. 2, 135-142.  Download PDF
Wall D. (2006) Leatherback Turtle Dermochelys coriacea (L.) sighting off west Cork. Irish Naturalists Journal, Vol. 28, No. 7, 308. Download PDF
Wall D., O’Brien J. & Meade J. (2005) Basking shark Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus) off Co. Clare, Down and Donegal. Irish Naturalists Journal. Vol. 28, No. 3, 131.  Download PDF
Berrow S., Wall D. & Rogan E. (2005) Recording stranded cetaceans in Ireland. Proceedings of Workshop on Strandings Networks, 19th Annual Conference, European Cetacean Society, La Rochelle, France. 
Wolfe A., Hogan S., Maguire D., Fitzpatrick C., Vaughan L., Wall D., Hayden T. & Mulcahy G. (2001) Red foxes in Ireland as hosts for parasites of potential zoonotic and veterinary significance. Veterinary Record. Vol. 149, 759-763.
Lambert, E., Pierce, G. J., Hall, K., Brereton, T., Dunn, T. E., Wall, D., Jepson, P.D., Deaville, R. & MacLeod, C. D. (2014). Cetacean range and climate in the eastern North Atlantic: future predictions and implications for conservation. Global change biology, 20(6), 1782-1793.  Download PDF
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. 
Wall D., Massett N., Whooley P., O’Connell M., and Berrow S. (2012) Current state of knowledge of the distribution and relative abundance of Risso’s Dolphins (Grampus griseus) in Irish waters. Proceedings of Workshop on Risso’s Dolphins at 26th Annual Conference, European Cetacean Society, Galway, Ireland.  Download PDF
Wall, D. (2013). Marine Mammals and Megafauna in Irish Waters - Behaviour, Distribution and Habitat Use- WP1 Monitoring Spatial and Temporal Habitat Use and Abundance of Cetaceans. Marine Institute, Marine Research Sub-Programme (NDP 2007-’13), PBA/ME/07/005(02). Download PDF
Wall D., Izzi, A., Pelkie, C., Rice, A.N. and MacLeod, C. (2013) Beaked whale passive acoustic monitoring pilot study. Report to the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, 29 - 31 Adelaide Road, Dublin 2.
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