Kate Charlton-Robb

Dr Kate Charlton-Robb, grew up on the Mornington Peninsula is an Australian zoologist, molecular genetist, and founding director & principal researcher of the Australian Marine Mammal Conservation Foundation, who, along with colleagues, declared in 2011 a new species of the genus Tursiops, and formally named it Tursiops australis.[1][2]

Select publications

  • Charlton-Robb, K., Taylor, A.C., McKechnie, S.W. (2015) Population genetic structure of the Burrunan dolphin (Tursiops australis) in coastal waters of south-eastern Australia: conservation implications. Conservation Genetics 16 (1): 195-217. DOI 10.1007/s10592-014-0652-6
  • Monk, A., Charlton-Robb. K., Buddhadasa, S. Thompson, R.M. (2014) Comparison of Mercury Contamination in Live and Dead Dolphins from a Newly Described Species, Tursiops australis. PLoS ONE 9(8):e104887. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.010488
  • Rayner, G., Charlton-Robb, K., Thompson, C., Hughes, T. (2013) Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Integrate Inquiry-Oriented Learning in Undergraduate Science Practicals. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education 21(5):1-11
  • Papakonstantinou, T., Charlton-Robb, K., Reina, R.D., Rayner, G. (2013) Providing research-focused work-integrated learning for high achieving science undergraduates. Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education. 14(2):59-73.
  • Charlton-Robb, K., Gershwin L., Thompson, R., Austin, J., Owen, K., and McKechnie, S.W. (2011) A New Dolphin Species, the Burrunan Dolphin Tursiops australis sp. nov., Endemic to Southern Australian Coastal Waters. PLoS ONE 6(9): e24047. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024047.
  • Owen, K., Charlton-Robb, K., Thompson, R. (2011) Resolving the Trophic Relations of Cryptic Species: An Example Using Stable Isotope Analysis of Dolphin Teeth. PLoS ONE 6(2): e16457. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016457.
  • Moller, L., Bilgmann, K., Charlton-Robb, K., Beheregaray, L. (2008) Multi-gene evidence for a new bottlenose dolphin species in southern Australia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49:674-681.
  • Charlton, K., Taylor, A.C., McKechnie, S.W. (2006) A note on divergent mtDNA lineages of “bottlenose” dolphins from coastal waters of southern Australia. J. Cetacean Res. Manage 8(2), 173-179

References

  1. Kate Charlton-Robb, Lisa-Ann Gershwin, Ross Thompson, Jeremy Austin, Kylie Owen & Stephen McKechnie (2011): "A New Dolphin Species, the Burrunan Dolphin Tursiops australis sp. nov., Endemic to Southern Australian Coastal Waters" See on line PLoS ONE 6 (9): e24047.
  2. New dolphin species discovered in Victoria. ABC News, 15-09-2011.



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