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  1. More evidence of unsustainable dolphin-watching practices in Bocas del Toro, Panama

    Article • Human Dimensions of Wildlife, May 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  2. “Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and what is right”—the sad case of Vaquita, the Trump administration and the removal of protections for whales and dolphins

    Article • Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  3. “Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and what is right”—the sad case of Vaquita & the Trump administration

    Article • April 2018, Center for Open Science

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  4. Evaluating the sustainability of the gray-whale-watching industry along the pacific coast of North America

    Article • Journal of Sustainable Tourism, March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  5. Lower public concern for biodiversity than for wilderness, natural places, charismatic megafauna and/or habitats

    Article • Applied Environmental Education & Communication, February 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  6. Marine “Conservation”: You Keep Using That Word but I Don't Think It Means What You Think It Means

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, September 2017, Frontiers

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  7. Impacts of Navy Sonar on Whales and Dolphins: Now beyond a Smoking Gun?

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, September 2017, Frontiers

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  8. Management and conservation at the International Whaling Commission: A dichotomy sandwiched within a shifting baseline

    Article • Marine Policy, September 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  9. Why Conferences Matter—An Illustration from the International Marine Conservation Congress

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, August 2017, Frontiers

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  10. Recent Advances in Whale-Watching Research: 2015–2016

    Article • Tourism in Marine Environments, May 2017, Cognizant Communication Corporation

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  11. Tourists' Perspectives on Dolphin Watching in Bocas Del Toro, Panama

    Article • Tourism in Marine Environments, May 2017, Cognizant Communication Corporation

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  12. Forensic species identification of elasmobranch products sold in Costa Rican markets

    Article • Fisheries Research, February 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  13. Illegal Trade of Marine Mammal Bone Exposed: Simple Test Identifies Bones of “Mermaid Ivory” or Steller's Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas)

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, January 2017, Frontiers

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  14. Improving Captive Marine Mammal Welfare in the United States: Science-Based Recommendations for Improved Regulatory Requirements for Captive Marine Mammal Care

    Article • Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  15. “Advocacy” and “Activism” Are Not Dirty Words–How Activists Can Better Help Conservation Scientists

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, November 2016, Frontiers

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  16. Why IUCN Should Replace “Data Deficient” Conservation Status with a Precautionary “Assume Threatened” Status—A Cetacean Case Study

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, October 2016, Frontiers

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  17. The Kraken in the Aquarium: Questions that Urgently Need to be Addressed in Order to Advance Marine Conservation

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, September 2016, Frontiers

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  18. Evaluating support for shark conservation among artisanal fishing communities in Costa Rica

    Article • Marine Policy, September 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  19. Recent Advances in Whale-Watching Research: 2014–2015

    Article • Tourism in Marine Environments, July 2016, Cognizant Communication Corporation

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  20. Your Science Conference Should Have a Code of Conduct

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, June 2016, Frontiers

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  21. Boat operators in Bocas del Toro, Panama display low levels of compliance with national whale-watching regulations

    Article • Marine Policy, June 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  22. Correction to: Rewriting the history of an extinction—was a population of Steller's sea cows (Hydrodamalis gigas) at St Lawrence Island also driven to extinction?: Table 1.

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, May 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  23. Non-governmental Organizations and Government Agencies Lead in Cultivating Positive Sea Turtle Conservation Attitudes

    Article • Human Dimensions of Wildlife, April 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  24. Serendipity in research—investigation into illegal wildlife trade discovers a new population of Steller's sea cows: a reply to Pyensonet al.(2016): Table 1.

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, February 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  25. The Behavioural Ecology of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins in Hong Kong

    Article • January 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  26. Is Marine Conservation Science Becoming Irrelevant to Policy Makers?

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, November 2015, Frontiers

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  27. Have you got what it takes? Looking at skills and needs of the modern marine conservation practitioner

    Article • Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  28. “Back off, man, I'm a scientist!” When marine conservation science meets policy

    Article • Ocean & Coastal Management, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  29. The modelling and assessment of whale-watching impacts

    Article • Ocean & Coastal Management, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  30. Making marine science matter – A special issue highlighting the third International Marine Conservation Congress

    Article • Ocean & Coastal Management, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  31. Competitive outreach in the 21st century: Why we need conservation marketing

    Article • Ocean & Coastal Management, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons, Diogo Verissimo, Andrew John Wright

  32. Whale-Watching Activity in Bahía Málaga, on the Pacific Coast of Colombia, and its Effect on Humpback Whale (Megaptera Novaeangliae) Behavior

    Article • Tourism in Marine Environments, September 2015, Cognizant Communication Corporation

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons, Isabel Avila

  33. Recent Advances in Whale-Watching Research: 2013–2014

    Article • Tourism in Marine Environments, September 2015, Cognizant Communication Corporation

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  34. So you think you want to run an environmental conservation meeting? Advice on the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune that accompany academic conference planning

    Article • Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  35. The good, the bad and the ugly science: examples from the marine science arena

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, June 2015, Frontiers

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons, Andrew John Wright

  36. Increased knowledge about sharks increases public concern about their conservation

    Article • Marine Policy, June 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  37. Key research questions to be addressed to support cetacean conservation

    Article • Endangered Species Research, February 2015, Inter-Research Science Center

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons, Dr Phil J Bouchet, Andrew John Wright

  38. Rewriting the history of an extinction--was a population of Steller's sea cows (Hydrodamalis gigas) at St Lawrence Island also driven to extinction?

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, November 2014, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  39. Recent Advances in Whale-Watching Research: 2012–2013

    Article • Tourism in Marine Environments, September 2014, Cognizant Communication Corporation

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  40. Editorial: Coauthors gone bad; how to avoid publishing conflict and a proposed agreement for co-author teams

    Article • Biological Conservation, August 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  41. Seventy-One Important Questions for the Conservation of Marine Biodiversity

    Article • Conservation Biology, April 2014, Wiley

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons, Andrew John Wright

  42. How Twitter Literacy Can Benefit Conservation Scientists

    Article • Conservation Biology, December 2013, Wiley

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons, Andrew John Wright

  43. Politics, people and polar bears

    Article • Marine Policy, November 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  44. Editorial: So you want to be a Jedi? Advice for conservation researchers wanting to advocate for their findings

    Article • Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, June 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  45. Attitudes towards marine mammal conservation issues before the introduction of whale-watching: a case study in Aruba (southern Caribbean)

    Article • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, April 2013, Wiley

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  46. Environmental Reviews and Case Studies: The Science-Policy Disconnect: Language Issues at the Science-Policy Boundary

    Article • Environmental Practice, March 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons, Andrew John Wright

  47. Attitudes of College Undergraduates Towards Coyotes (Canis latrans) in an Urban Landscape: Management and Public Outreach Implications

    Article • Animals, January 2013, MDPI AG

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  48. Myth and Momentum: A Critique of Environmental Impact Assessments

    Article • Journal of Environmental Protection, January 2013, Scientific Research Publishing, Inc,

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons, Andrew John Wright

  49. Recent Advances in Whale-Watching Research: 2011–2012

    Article • Tourism in Marine Environments, December 2012, Cognizant Communication Corporation

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  50. Ineffectiveness of a marine sanctuary zone to protect burrunan dolphins (Tursiops australissp.nov.) from commercial tourism in Port Phillip Bay, Australia

    Article • Journal of Ecotourism, November 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  51. You'll be a conservationist if…

    Article • Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  52. Killer Whale Killers

    Article • Tourism in Marine Environments, October 2012, Cognizant Communication Corporation

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  53. What's in a Name? Do Species' Names Impact Student Support for Conservation?

    Article • Human Dimensions of Wildlife, July 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  54. Priority Actions for Sustainable Forest Management in the International Year of Forests

    Article • Conservation Biology, May 2012, Wiley

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  55. The Perceived Conservation Status of Polar Bears and Penguins

    Article • Human Dimensions of Wildlife, May 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  56. The Negative Impacts of Whale-Watching

    Article • Journal of Marine Biology, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  57. Sweeping scientific data under a polar bear skin rug: The IUCN and the proposed listing of polar bears under CITES Appendix I

    Article • Marine Policy, September 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  58. Ten guiding principles for the delineation of priority habitat for endangered small cetaceans

    Article • Marine Policy, July 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons, Andrew John Wright

  59. Shifting baselines in scientific publications: A case study using cetacean research

    Article • Marine Policy, July 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  60. Short Note: Marine Mammal Ecotypes: Implications for Otter Conservation and Management

    Article • Aquatic Mammals, June 2011, Aquatic Mammals Journal

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  61. Whales and Dolphins

    Article • April 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  62. Making Marine Science Matter—A Special Issue Highlighting the First International Marine Conservation Congress 19–24 May, 2009, Washington, DC

    Article • Bulletin of Marine Science, April 2011, Bulletin of Marine Science

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  63. The Impact of Information on Students' Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Coyotes

    Article • Human Dimensions of Wildlife, January 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  64. Size matters: Management of stress responses and chronic stress in beaked whales and other marine mammals may require larger exclusion zones

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons, Andrew John Wright

  65. Recent Advances in Whale-Watching Research: 2009–2010

    Article • Tourism in Marine Environments, January 2011, Cognizant Communication Corporation

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  66. Public awareness and attitudes towards naval sonar mitigation for cetacean conservation: A preliminary case study in Fairfax County, Virginia (the DC Metro area)

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  67. Navy sonar, cetaceans and the US Supreme Court: A review of cetacean mitigation and litigation in the US

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  68. Cetaceans and military sonar: A need for better management

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons, Andrew John Wright

  69. Tourist Attitudes Towards Marine Mammal Tourism: An Example from the Dominican Republic

    Article • Tourism in Marine Environments, August 2010, Cognizant Communication Corporation

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  70. A Note on Illegal Captures of Wild Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) From the Coastal Waters of the Dominican Republic

    Article • Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy, July 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  71. Awareness of Whale Conservation Status and Whaling Policy in the US—A Preliminary Study on American Youth

    Article • Anthrozoös, June 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  72. The trade in live Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins from Solomon Islands—A CITES decision implementation case study

    Article • Marine Policy, May 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  73. The Conservation of British Cetaceans: A Review of the Threats and Protection Afforded to Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises in UK Waters, Part 1

    Article • Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy, April 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  74. The Conservation of British Cetaceans: A Review of the Threats and Protection Afforded to Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises in UK Waters, Part 2

    Article • Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy, April 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  75. Whale Watching and the International Whaling Commission: A Report of the 2008 Whale-Watching Subcommittee Meeting

    Article • Tourism in Marine Environments, February 2010, Cognizant Communication Corporation

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  76. Recent Advances in Whale-Watching Research: 2008–2009

    Article • Tourism in Marine Environments, February 2010, Cognizant Communication Corporation

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  77. Gaining Traction: Retreading the Wheels of Marine Conservation

    Article • Conservation Biology, August 2009, Wiley

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  78. A reason not to support whaling – a tourism impact case study from the Dominican Republic

    Article • Current Issues in Tourism, July 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  79. One Hundred Questions of Importance to the Conservation of Global Biological Diversity

    Article • Conservation Biology, June 2009, Wiley

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  80. A critique of the UK’s JNCC seismic survey guidelines for minimising acoustic disturbance to marine mammals: Best practise?

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, May 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons, Andrew John Wright

  81. Urging cautious policy applications of captive research data is not the same as rejecting those data

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, February 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons, Andrew John Wright

  82. Recent Advances in Whale-Watching Research: 2007–2008

    Article • Tourism in Marine Environments, December 2008, Cognizant Communication Corporation

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  83. Recent Advances in Whale-Watching Research: 2006–2007

    Article • Tourism in Marine Environments, September 2008, Cognizant Communication Corporation

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  84. Navy sonar and cetaceans: Just how much does the gun need to smoke before we act?

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, July 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons, Andrew John Wright

  85. Recent Advances in Whale-watching Research: 2005–2006

    Article • Tourism in Marine Environments, December 2006, Cognizant Communication Corporation

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  86. It’s not just poor science – Japan’s “scientific” whaling may be a human health risk too

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, September 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  87. Attitudes of Scottish City Inhabitants to Cetacean Conservation

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, May 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  88. A survey of public opinion in south-west Scotland on cetacean conservation issues

    Article • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, January 2005, Wiley

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  89. A survey of public awareness of the occurrence and diversity of cetaceans in south-west Scotland

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, October 2004, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  90. The value of conserving whales: the impacts of cetacean-related tourism on the economy of rural West Scotland

    Article • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, January 2003, Wiley

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  91. Organochlorine and Trace Element Contamination in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the South China Sea

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, September 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  92. Parasites from Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphins (Sousa chinensis) and finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) stranded in Hong Kong

    Article • Veterinary Record, June 2001, BMJ

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  93. Effects of diel and seasonal cycles on the dive duration of the minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, February 2001, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  94. POST-MORTEM INVESTIGATIONS ON STRANDED DOLPHINS AND PORPOISES FROM HONG KONG WATERS

    Article • Journal of Wildlife Diseases, April 2000, Wildlife Disease Association

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  95. Trace element concentrations in whole fish from North Lantau waters, Hong Kong

    Article • ICES Journal of Marine Science, October 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  96. Trace element concentrations in the tissues of cetaceans from Hong Kong's territorial waters

    Article • Environmental Conservation, March 1999, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  97. Postmortem findings in a finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) calf stranded in Hong Kong

    Article • Veterinary Record, January 1999, BMJ

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  98. Trace Metal and Organochlorine Concentrations in a Pygmy Bryde's Whale (Balaenoptera edeni) from the South China Sea

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, January 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  99. Trace metal pollution in Hong Kong: Implications for the health of Hong Kong's Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphins (Sousa chinensis)

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, June 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  100. The whale-watching industry

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  101. The socioeconomic, educational and legal aspects of whale-watching

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  102. Polar Bears

    Article • SAGE Publications

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  103. Marine Mammals

    Article • SAGE Publications

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  104. Marine Mammals

    Article • SAGE Publications

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons

  105. Hong Kong's Cetaceans

    Article • The University of Hong Kong Libraries

    Professor Edward Christien M. Parsons