Australian National Botanic Gardens

1969-2001

ARTICLES

A1. ROSS, G.J.B. 1969. The southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina on South African coasts. Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. (nat. Hist.) 6:137-139.

A2. ROSS, G.J.B. 1970. The occurrence of Hector's beaked whale Mesoplodon hectori (Gray) in South African waters. Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. (nat. Hist.) 8(13):195-204.

A3 BLACK, R.A.R. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1970. Aspects of adaptive radiation in southern African Accipiters. Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. (nat. Hist.) 8(6):57-65.

A4. ROSS, G.J.B. 1970. The specific status and distribution of Pogoniulus pusillus (Dumont) and of Pogoniulus chrysoconus (Temmink) in Southern Africa. Ostrich 41:200-204.

A5. ROSS, G.J.B. 1970. The juvenile stadia of Anampses coeruleopunctatus Ruppell (1829). Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. (nat. Hist.) 8(8):73-78.

A6. ROSS, G.J.B. 1971. A note on early whaling at the Cape of Good Hope. Africana Notes and News 19:300-302.

A7. ROSS, G.J.B. & BASS, A.J. 1971. Shark attack on an ailing dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen). S. Afr. J. Sci. 67:413-414.

A8. ROSS, G.J.B. 1972. Nuzzling behaviour in captive Cape fur seals. Internat. Zoo Yearbook 12:183-184.

A9. ROSS, G.J.B. & TIETZ, R.M. 1972. Records of Cuvier's Beaked Whale, Ziphius cavirostris from southern Africa. Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. (nat. Hist.) 9(1):1-10.

A10. ROSS, G.J.B. & BLACK, R.A.R. 1972. Comments on the South African races of Falco peregrinus. Ostrich 43(2):135-136.

A11. GAMBELL, R., LOCKYER, C. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1973. Observations on the birth of a sperm whale calf. S. Afr. J. Sci. 69(5):147-148.

A12. PERRIN, W.F., BEST, P.B., DAWBIN, W.H., BALCOMB, K.C., GAMBELL, R. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1973. Rediscovery of Fraser's dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei. Nature. 241(5388):345-349.

A13. ROSS, G.J.B., BEST, P.B. & DONNELLY, B.G. 1975. New records of the Pygmy Right Whale (Caperea marginata) from South Africa with comments on distribution, migration, appearance and behaviour. J. Fish. Res. Board Canada 32(7):1005-1017.

A14. ROSS, G.J.B., RYAN, F., SAAYMAN, G.S. & SKINNER, J. 1976. Observations on two captive crabeater seals Lobodon carcinophagus. Internat. Zoo Yearbook 16:160-164.

A15. DE VILLIERS, A.F. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1976. Notes on numbers and distribution of fur seals Arctocephalus tropicalis (Gray) on Marion and Prince Edward Islands, Southern Ocean. J. Mammal. 57(3):595-600.

A16. ROSS, G.J.B. 1977. The taxonomy of bottlenosed dolphins Tursiops species in South African waters, with notes on their biology. Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. (nat. Hist.) 11(9):135-194.

A17. BEST, P.B. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1977. Exploitation of small cetaceans off southern Africa. Rep. Int. Whal. Commn. 27:494-497.

A18. ROSS, G.J.B., SHAUGHNESSY, P.D. & BEST, P.B. 1978. New records of crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophagus) from South Africa. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 75(6):153-158.

A19. ROSS, G.J.B. 1978. Historical status of gannets and other seabirds on Bird Island, Algoa Bay. Cormorant 4:18-22.

A20. COOPER, J., ROSS, G.J.B. & SHAUGHNESSY, P.D. 1978. Seasonal and spatial distribution of Rockhopper Penguins ashore in South Africa. Ostrich 49:40-44.

A21. HAFFER, J. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1978. Hybrid Rhamphastos toucans in captivity. J. Orn. 119(2):233-234.

A22. VAN BREE, P.J.G., BEST, P.B. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1978. Occurrence of the two species of pilot whales (genus Globicephala) on the coast of South Africa. Scientific Consultation On Marine Mammals (No. 128) 1976: 1-12

A23. VAN BREE, P.J.G., BEST, P.B. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1978. Occurrence of the two species of pilot whales (genus Globicephala) on the coast of South Africa. Mammalia 42(3):323-328.

A24. ROSS, G.J.B. 1979. Records of pygmy and dwarf sperm whales, genus Kogia, from southern Africa, with biological notes and some comparisons. Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. (nat. Hist.) 11(14):259-327.

A25. RANDALL, R. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1979. Increase in the Cape Gannet population on Bird Island, Algoa Bay, and its present status. Ostrich 50:168-175.

A26. SHAUGHNESSY, P.D. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1980. Records of the Subantarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis) from South Africa with notes on their biology and some observations of captive animals. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 82(2):71-89.

A27. RANDALL, R.M., RANDALL, B.M., BATCHELOR, A.L. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1981. The status of seabirds associated with islands in Algoa Bay, South Africa, 1973-1981. Cormorant 9(2):85-104.

A28. ROSS, G.J.B. 1984. The smaller cetaceans of the south east coast of southern Africa. Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. (nat. Hist.) 15:173-410.

A29. BATCHELOR, A.L. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1984. The diet and implications of dietary change of Cape Gannets on Bird Island, Algoa Bay. Ostrich 55(2):45-63.

A30. BEST, P.B. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1984. Live-capture Fishery for Small Cetaceans in South African Waters. Int. Rep. Whal. Commn. 34:615-618.

A31. ROSS, G.J.B., COCKCROFT, V.G. & CLIFF, G. 1985. Additions to the marine mammal faunas of South Africa and Natal. Lammergeyer 35:36-40.

A32. BEST, P.B. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1986. Catches of Right Whales from Shore-based Establishments in Southern Africa, 1792-1975. Rep. Int. Whal. Commn., Special Issue 10:275-289.

A33. ROSS, G.J.B., COCKCROFT, V.G. & BUTTERWORTH, D.S. 1987. Offshore distribution of bottlenosed dolphins in Natal waters and Algoa Bay, eastern Cape. S. Afr. J. Zool. 22(1):50-56.

A34. RANDALL, R.M., RANDALL, B.M., COOPER, J., LA COCK, G.D. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1987. Jackass Penguin Spheniscus demersus Movements, Inter-island Visits and Settlement. J. Field Ornithol. 58(4):445-455.

A35. SCHUMANN, E., ROSS, G.J.B. & GOSCHEN, W.S. 1988. Cold water events in Algoa Bay and along the Cape south coast, South Africa, in March/April 1987. S. Afr. J. Sci. 84:579-584.

A36. ROSS, G.J.B. & BEST, P.B. 1988. Smaller Whales and Dolphins. pp 303-314. In: Oceans of Life off Southern Africa. (eds) Payne, A.I.L. and Crawford, R.J.M. Vlaeberg, Cape Town.

A37. BEST, P.B. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1988. Whales and Whaling. pp 315-318. In: Oceans of Life off Southern Africa. (eds) Payne, A.I.L. and Crawford, R.J.M. Vlaeberg, Cape Town.

A38. OOSTHUIZEN, W.H., DAVID, J.H.M. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1988. New records of Southern Elephant Seals Mirounga leonina L. on the coast of southern Africa. S. Afr. J. Mar. Sci. 7:75-86.

A39. ROSS, G.J.B. & van der Elst, R.P. 1988. Marine Shelf - South East Coast. In Proceedings of the National Conference on Long-Term Data Series, Pretoria, 12-14 October 1987. S. Afr. Scient. Prog. Rep 157.

A40. ROSS, G.J.B. 1989. Family Ziphiidae. pp 957-964. In: Fauna of Australia Vol 1B Mammalia. Walton, D.W. & Richardson, B.J. (eds) Australian Government Printing Service, Canberra.

A41. COCKCROFT, V.G., CLIFF, G. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1989. Shark predation on bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) off Natal, South Africa. S. Afr. J. Zool. 24(4):305-310.

A42. COCKCROFT, V.G., de KOCK, A.C., LORD, D.A. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1989. Organochlorines in bottlenose dolphins from the east coast of southern Africa. S. Afr. J. Mar. Sci. 8:207-218.

A43. ROSS, G.J.B., COCKCROFT, V.G., MELTON, D.M. & BUTTERWORTH, D.S. 1989. Population estimates for bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus in Natal and Transkei waters. S. Afr. J. Mar. Sci. 8:119-129.

A44. RYAN, P.G., AVERY, G., ROSE, B., ROSS, G.J.B., SINCLAIR, J.C. & VERNON, C.J. 1989. The Southern Ocean seabird irruption to South African waters during winter 1984. Cormorant 17:41-55.

A45. ROSS, G.J B. & COCKCROFT, V.G. 1990. Comments on Australian bottlenose dolphins and the taxonomic status of Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg, 1832). pp 101-128 In: The Bottlenose Dolphin. (eds) Leatherwood, S. & Reeves, R. Academic Press, New York.

A46. COCKCROFT, V.G. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1990. Food and feeding of bottlenose dolphins off southern Natal, South Africa. pp 295-308 In: The Bottlenose Dolphin. (eds) Leatherwood, S. & Reeves, R. Academic Press, New York.

A47. COCKCROFT, V.G. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1990. The growth and behavioral development of a captive bottlenosed dolphin calf. pp 461-478 In: The Bottlenose Dolphin. eds Leatherwood, S. & Reeves, R. Academic Press, New York.

A48. COCKCROFT, V.G., de KOCK, A.C., ROSS, G.J.B. & LORD, D.A. 1990. Organochlorines in common dolphins caught in shark nets during the Natal "sardine run". S Afr J Zool 25 (2) :144-148.

A49. COCKCROFT, V.G., ROSS, G.J.B., CONNELL, A.D., GARDNER, B.D. & BUTLER, A. 1990. Occurrence of organochlorines in stranded cetaceans and seals from the east coast of southern Africa. In : Cetaceans and cetacean research in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary. (eds) Leatherwood, S. & Donovan, G.P. UNEP, Marine Mammal Tech Rep 3 Nairobi 177 pp.

A50. COCKCROFT, V.G. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1990. Bottlenose dolphins in the Natal shark nets, 1980 to 1987: catch rates and associated contributing factors. In : Cetaceans and cetacean research in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary. (eds) Leatherwood, S. & Donovan, G.P. UNEP, Marine Mammal Tech Rep 3 Nairobi 177 pp.

A51. KITCHENER, D.J., ROSS, G.J.B. & CAPUTI, N. 1990. Variation in skull and external morphology in the false killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens, from Australia, Scotland and South Africa. Mammalia 54:119-135.

A52. COCKCROFT, V.G. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1990. Age, growth and reproduction in bottlenose dolphins from the east coast of southern Africa. Fish. Bull., U.S. 88(2):289-302.

A53. COCKCROFT, V.G., ROSS, G.J.B. & PEDDEMORS, V.M. 1990. Bottlenose dolphin distribution in Natal's coastal waters. S. Afr. J. Mar. Sci. 9:1-11.

A54. ROSS, G.J.B. & RANDALL, R.M. 1990. Phosphatic sand removal from Dassen Island: effect on penguin breeding and guano harvests. S. Afr. J Sci. 86:172-174

A55. ROSS, G.J.B., HEINSOHN, G.E. & COCKCROFT, V.G. (1994). Humpback Dolphins Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765), Sousa plumbea (G. Cuvier, 1829) and Sousa teuszii (Kukenthal, 1892). Pp. 23-42 in Handbook of Marine Mammals, vol 5, eds Ridgway S.H. & Harrison, R.J. Academic Press: London.

A56. ROSS, G.J.B. & LEATHERWOOD, J.S. (1994) The Pygmy Killer Whale Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874. Pp. 387-404 in Handbook of Marine Mammals, vol 5, eds Ridgway S.H. & Harrison, R.J. Academic Press: London.

A57. CRAWFORD, R.J.M., WILLIAMS, A.J., RANDALL, R.M., RANDALL, B.M., BERRUTI, A. & ROSS, G.J.B. Recent population trends of jackass penguins Spheniscus demersus off southern Africa. Biol Conserv. 52: 229-243.

A58. COCKCROFT, V.G., ROSS, G.J.B., PEDDEMORS, V.M. & BORCHERS, D.L. 1992. Estimates of abundance and undercounting of bottlenose dolphins off Northern Natal, South Africa. S. Afr. J. Wildl. Res. 22(4): 102-110.

A59. FINDLAY, K.P., BEST, P.B., ROSS, G.J.B. & COCKCROFT, V.G. 1992. The distribution of small odontocete cetaceans off the coasts of South Africa and Namibia, in Benguela Trophic Functioning. S. Afr. J. Mar Sci. 12: 237-270.

A60. KLAGES, N.T.W., WILLIS, A.B. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1992. Variability in the diet of the Cape Gannet at Bird Island, Algoa Bay, South Africa, in Benguela Trophic Functioning. S. Afr. J. Mar Sci. 12: 761-772.

A61. OATLEY, T.B., UNDERHILL, L.G. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1992. Recovery rate of juvenile Cape gannets: a potential indicator of marine conditions. Colonial Waterbirds 15: 140-143.

A62. ROSS, G.J.B, BURBIDGE, A.A., BROTHERS, N., CANTY, P., DANN, P., FULLER, P.J., KERRY, K.R., NORMAN, F.I., MENKHORST, P.W., PEMBERTON, D., SHAUGHNESSY, G., SHAUGHNESSY, P.D., SMITH, G.C., STOKES, T. & TRANTER, J. 1995. The status of Australia's seabirds. Pp 167-182 in Zann, L.P. & Kailola, P. The Marine Environment, Technical Annex 1. State of the Marine Environment Report for Australia. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority: Townsville.

A63. GARRIGUE, C. & ROSS, G.J.B. (1996). A record of the Subantarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus tropicalis, from Madagascar, Indian Ocean. Marine Mammal Science 12: 624-627.

A64. ROSS, G.J.B. (2000). Comments on cetacean observations. Pp. 120-131, 145-150 in Shaughnessy, P.D. (ed.) Antarctic seals, whales and dolphins of the early twentieth century: marine mammals of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14 (AAE) and the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-31 (BANZARE). ANARE Reports 142: 172 pp.

A65. GILL, P.C., ROSS, G.J.B., DAWBIN, W.H. & WAPSTRA, H. (2000). Confirmed sightings of dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) in southern Australian waters. Marine Mammal Science 16(2): 452-459.

A66. Hale, P.T., Barreto, A.S. and Ross, G.J.B. (2000). Comparative morphology and distribution of the aduncus and truncatus forms of bottlenose dolphin Tursiops in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans. Aquatic Mammals 26(2): 101-110.

A67. Ross, G.J.B. (2002). Humpback Dolphins Sousa chinensis, S. plumbea & S. teuszi. Pp 585-589 in Perrin, W.F., Würsig, B. & Thewissen, J.G.M. (Eds) The Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. Academic Press : San Diego.

THESES and BOOKS

B1. ROSS, G.J.B. 1973. The taxonomy of the bottlenosed dolphin Tursiops species in South African waters with notes on their biology. M.Sc. thesis, University of Port Elizabeth. 113pp.

B2. ROSS, G.J.B. 1979. The smaller cetaceans of the south east coast of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis, University of Port Elizabeth, December 1979, 415pp.

B3. GLASBY, C.J., ROSS, G.J.B. & BEESLEY, P.L. (eds) 1993. Fauna of Australia Vol. 2A Amphibia & Reptilia. Australian Government Publishing Service : Canberra viii 439 pp.

B4. ROSS, G.J.B., WEAVER, K. & GREIG, J.C. (eds) (1996). The Status of Australia's Seabirds. Proceedings of the National Seabird Workshop, 1-2 November 1993, Canberra. Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia: Canberra vi 237 pp.

B5. BEESLEY, P.L., ROSS, G.J.B. & WELLS, A. (eds). 1998. Fauna of Australia Vol. 5 Mollusca. CSIRO Publishing : Melbourne, Part A xvi 563 pp. Part B viii 565-1234 pp.

B6. BEESLEY, P.L., ROSS, G.J.B. & GLASBY, C.J. (eds). (2000). Polychaetes & Allies: the Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Vol. 4A Polycaheta, Myzosotmida, Pogonophora, Echiura, Sipuncula. CSIRO Publishing : Melbourne xii 465 pp.

SHORT PAPERS AND NOTES

C1. ROSS, G.J.B. 1969. Evidence for a southern breeding population of True's beaked whale. Nature Lond 222:585.

C2. ROSS, G.J.B. 1969. An unusual stranding of a Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena glacialis at Plettenberg Bay. East Cape Nat 37:28-29.

C3. ROSS, G.J.B. 1969. South African recoveries of birds ringed abroad. (Diomedea cauta from New Zealand.). Ostrich 40:28.

C4. ROSS, G.J.B. 1970. South African recoveries of birds ringed abroad. (Diomedea melanophrys) Ostrich 41:268.

C5. ROSS, G.J.B. 1971. Notes on seals and sealing in the Eastern Cape. East Cape Nat 44:6-8.

C6. ROSS, G.J.B. 1971. The Jackass Penguin on St. Croix. A Census. East Cape Nat 44:22-24.

C7. ROSS, G.J.B. 1971. New Distributional Data: 3 Fulmarus glacialoides in Algoa Bay). Ostrich 42:137.

C8. ROSS, G.J.B. 1971. The specific status of the Jackass Penguin. Ostrich 42:150-151.

C9. ROSS, G.J.B. 1972. Immature Grey-headed Albatross Diomedea chrysostoma at Maitland River Mouth, Eastern Cape. Ostrich 43(2):136.

C10. ROSS, G.J.B. 1972. Recovery of a banded Jackass Penguin. Ostrich 43(2):230.

C11. ROSS, G.J.B. 1973. Mediterranean Shearwater in Natal waters. Ostrich 4(1):85.

C12. ROSS, G.J.B. 1975. Two cases of aberrant pigmentation in Jackass Penguins. Ostrich 46(1):119.

C13. ROSS, G.J.B., van der ELST, R.P. & DE VILLIERS, A.F. 1978. First record of the Macaroni Penguin in South Africa. Ostrich 49:47.

C14. ROSS, G.J.B. 1984. New Data on Rarely Recorded Seabirds in Southern Africa. Lightmantled Sooty Albatross, Phobetria palpebrata. Cormorant 12:98.

C15. ROSS, G.J.B. & COCKCROFT, V.G. 1985. Second record of a King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus ashore in South Africa, with notes on moult. Cormorant 13:69-70.

C16. ROSS, G.J.B. 1985. Seafood of Seals and Seabirds. Scientiae 25:14-16.

C17. ROSS, G.J.B. 1986. On Shy Albatrosses Diomedea cauta in South African waters. Cormorant 13:165-166.

C18. ROSS, G.J.B. & COLCLOUGH, J.H. 1987. Colour band loss in Cape Gannets. Safring News 16:35-37.

C19. ROSS, G.J.B. 1986. Fossil beaked whales. Nat. Geog. Res 2:275.

C20. PEDDEMORS, V.M. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1988. First record of the melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846) for the East African coast. African Journal of Ecology 26:345-346.

CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA

D1. GRINDLEY, J.R. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1974. Research on marine mammals at the Port Elizabeth Museum and Oceanarium and at other institutions in South Africa. European Association for Aquatic Mammals, Norrkoping, Sweden.

D2. ROSS, G.J.B. 1979. The distribution of smaller cetaceans on the south east coast of southern Africa. Paper presented at the 4th National Oceanographic Symposium, 10-13 July 1979, Cape Town.

D3. BATCHELOR, A.L., RANDALL, R.M., ROSS, G.J.B. & SMALE, M.J. 1979. The relative importance of the the Pilchard Sardinops ocellata and the Squid Loligo reynaudi to predators in the Algoa Bay region. Paper presented at the 4th National Oceanographic Symposium, 10-13 July, 1979.

D4. ROSS, G.J.B. 1983. Marine Mammals of South Africa. Paper presented at Fifth National Oceanographic Symposium, Grahamstown, January 1983.

D5 COCKCROFT, V.G. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1983. Feeding of three inshore delphinid species in Natal waters. Paper presented at Fifth Oceanographic Symposium, Grahamstown, January 1983.

D6. ROSS, G.J.B., COCKCROFT, V.G., CLIFF, G. & RICHARDS, H.W. 1987. Longshore Distribution of the Bottlenosed Dolphin Tursiops aduncus on the Natal coast. International Whaling Commission Meeting to Review the Indian Ocean Sanctuary, Mahe, February 1987. Doc SC/F87/S11.

D7. ROSS, G.J.B., COCKCROFT, V.G. & MELTON, D.M. 1987. Population estimates for bottlenosed dolphin Tursiops aduncus in Natal and Transkei coastal waters. International Whaling Commission Meeting to Review the Indian Ocean Sanctuary, Mahe, February 1987. Doc SC/F87/S12.

D8. ROSS, G.J.B., HEINSOHN, G.E. & BEST, R.C. 1987. Humpback Dolphins in Australian Waters and a Review of the Genus Sousa. Australasian Marine Mammal Symposium, Sydney, 24-26 September 1987.

D9. ROSS, G.J.B. & RANDALL, R.M. 1987. "Phosphate" and Southern African Guano Harvests. National Conference on Long-Term Data Series, Pretoria, 12-14 October 1987.

D10. ROSS, G.J.B., COLCLOUGH J.H. & MARITZ, W. 1987. Population trends of Cape Gannets on Bird Island, Algoa Bay. National Conference on Long-Term Data Series, Pretoria, 12-14 October 1987.

D11. ROSS, G.J.B., BAKER, R.N., GOODALL, R.N.P., LICHTER, A.A. & MEAD, J.G. The distribution of beaked whales in the Southern Hemisphere. Working document prepared for the meeting of the International Whaling Commission, San Diego, 6-15 May 1988.

D12. ROSS, G.J.B., BEST, P.B., BAKER, A.N. & MEAD, J.G. A review of the colour patterns of beaked whales. Working document prepared for the meeting of the International Whaling Commission, San Diego, 6-15 May 1988.

D13. ROSS, G.J.B. & BEST, P.B. Prey/predator relationships of odontocete whales. Symposium on Predation, Zoological Society of South Africa, June 1988.

POPULAR AND EDUCATIONAL ARTICLES/BOOK REVIEWS

E1. ROSS, G.J.B. & SAAYMAN, G.S. 1970. A young bull Elephant Seal immobilized. Afr Wildlife 24(4):331-336.

E2. ROSS, G.J.B. 1971. Our Jackass Penguins ... are they in danger? Afr Wildlife 25:130-134.

E3. ROSS, G.J.B. 1988. Coastal Hydrography. pp 31-32. In A Field Guide to the Eastern Cape Coast. (eds) Lubke, R., Bruton, M. & Gess, F., Wildlife Society of South Africa, Grahamstown.

E4. BRANCH, W.R. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1988. Marine Reptiles and Mammals. pp 115-130. In A Field Guide to the Eastern Cape Coast. (eds) Lubke, R., Bruton, M. & Gess, F. Wildlife Society of South Africa, Grahamstown.

E5. ROSS, G.J.B. Dolphins. In South African Encyclopedia. 1. Howcroft, Johannesburg (in press).

E6. ROSS, G.J.B. Whales. In South African Encyclopedia. 1. Howcroft, Johannesburg (in press).

E7. ROSS, G.J.B. Animals of Southern Seas. In South African Encyclopedia. 1. Howcroft, Johannesburg (in press).

E8. ROSS, G.J.B. 1988. Book Review: Research on Dolphins. (eds) M.M.Bryden & R.Harrison. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 478pp. 1986. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 4:80-83.

REPORTS

F1. ROSS, G.J.B. 1982. A preliminary survey of bottlenosed dolphin Tursiops aduncus and humpback dolphin Sousa plumbea populations on the south east coast of southern Africa. Internal report to S.A. Nature Foundation, 25pp.

F2. ROSS, G.J.B. 1982. Prey Identification Service: Feasibility Study. Internal Report to SANCOR, CSIR, 14pp + 2app.

F3. ROSS, G.J.B. & KLAGES, N.T.W. 1987. Prey Identification Service - Phase I. Final Project Report to the South African Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research, January 1987, 8pp.

F4. ROSS, G.J.B. 1987. Assessment of the environmental impact of the proposed new nuclear power station on the marine mammal fauna. In: Nuclear power generation: preliminary site evaluations from ESCOM (Alexandria dunefield area ; Oyster Bay area) (Internal Report) Report No. 13:2pp.

UNPUBLISHED DATA COMPILATIONS

G5. ROSS, G.J.B. 1978. References to Whales, Seals, Sea Birds and Islands off Southern Africa in books written by L.G.Green. 10pp.

G6. ROSS, G.J.B. 1986. Extracts on whaling, sealing, seabirds and guano in the Eastern Province Herald, 1845-1910. 80pp.

G7. ROSS, G.J.B. 1983. Extracts on Whales and Whaling and related subjects from the Natal Pictorial Mercury 1905-1914, and the Annual Reports of the Natal Fisheries Department, 1912-1932. 10pp, 18 plates and appendix of 115pp.

G8. BEST, P.B. & ROSS, G.J.B. 1986. Extracts on whales and whaling from the company records of Thesens & Co., Knysna. Approx. 120pp (on disk).

G9. ROSS, G.J.B. 1988. Bird Island: Source Books. (Includes extracts and translations of headman's reports, inspector's reports, lighthouse diaries, lighthouse keepers, rainfall records, stores ledgers, and the unpublished daily diaries of Inspector D.B. Price relating to Bird Island; several hundred photographs pertaining to Bird Island from 1879 onwards, providing estimates of colony size - c. 900pp.).

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