Damian C. Lidgard, PhD
Publications
Peer-reviewed journals

Lidgard DC, Bowen WD, Jonsen ID, McConnell BJ, Lovell P, Webber DM, Stone T, Iverson SJ (2014) Transmitting species-interaction data from animal–borne transceivers through Service Argos using Bluetooth communication. Methods in Ecology and Evolution

 

Baker LL, Jonsen ID, Mills Flemming JE, Lidgard DC, Bowen WD, Iverson SJ, Webber DM (2014) Probability of detecting marine predator-prey and species interactions using novel hybrid acoustic transmitter-receiver tags. PlosOne 9:e98117

 

Lidgard DC, Bowen WD, Jonsen ID, Iverson SJ (2014) Predator-borne acoustic transceivers and GPS tracking reveal spatial and temporal patterns of encounters with acoustically-tagged fish in the open ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series 501:157-168

 

Gazit T, Lidgard D, Sykes K (2013) Changing Environments: Tracking the Scientific, Socio-political, Legal, and Ethical Currents of the Grey Seal-Cod Debate in Atlantic Canada. Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy 16:266-299

 

Lidgard, D.C., Bowen, W.D., Jonsen, I.D. and Iverson, S.J. (2012) Animal-Borne Acoustic Transceivers Reveal Patterns of at-Sea Associations in an Upper-Trophic Level Predator. PlosOne, 7(11), e48962.

 

Bowen WD, Lidgard D (2012) Marine mammal culling programs: review of effects on predator and prey populations. Mammal Review 43:207-220

 

Lidgard, D.C., Bowen, W. D., Boness D. J. (2012) Longitudinal changes and consistency in male physical and behavioural traits have implications for mating success in the grey seal. Canadian Journal of Zoology 90: 849-860.

 

Lidgard, D.C., Boness, D.J., Bowen, W.D. & McMillan, J.I. (2008) The implications of stress on male mating behavior and success in a sexually dimorphic polygynous mammal, the grey seal. Hormones & Behavior 53 (1), 241-248

 

Lidgard, D.C., Boness, D.J., Bowen, W.D. & McMillan, J.I. (2005) State-dependent male mating tactics in the grey seal: the importance of body size. Behavioral Ecology, 16: 541-549.

 

Lidgard, D.C.; Boness, D.J.; Bowen, W.D.; McMillan, J.I. & Fleischer, R.C. (2004) The rate of fertilization in male mating tactics of the polygynous grey seal. Molecular Ecology, 13: 3543-3548.

 

Lidgard, D.C.; Boness, D.J.; Bowen, W.D. & McMillan, J.I. 2003 Diving behaviour during the breeding season in the terrestrial breeding male grey seal: implications for alternative mating tactics. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 81: 1025-1033.

 

Lidgard, D.C.; Boness, D.J. & Bowen, W.D. 2001 A novel mobile approach to investigating mating tactics in male grey seals (Halichoerus grypus). Journal of Zoology, London, 255: 313-320.

 

Lidgard, D.C.; Kiely, O.; Rogan, E. & Connolly, N. 2001 The status of breeding grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) on the east and south-east coasts of Ireland. Mammalia, 65: 283-294.

Non peer-reviewed journals

Bowen, W.D. and Lidgard, D.C. 2011 Vertebrate predator control: effects on prey populations in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, Research Document, 2011/028

Lidgard, D.C. and Bowen, W.D. 2008 Behavioural interactions between predators and their prey in marine ecosystems. Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, Research Document, 2008/032.

Bowen, W.D., J.I. McMillan, D. Lidgard and W. Blanchard (2007) Continued reduction in population growth rate of grey seals at Sable Island. Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, Research Document, 2007/087

Hammill, M.O., Lawson, J.W., Stenson, G.B., Lidgard, D. (2007) Pup production of Northwest Atlantic grey seals in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and along the Nova Scotia Eastern Shore. Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Research Document – 2007/084

Kiely, O., Lidgard, D., McKibben, M., Connolly, N., & Baines, M. 2000. Grey seals: status and monitoring in the Irish and Celtic seas. Marine Institute (Dublin) Interreg report.

Lidgard, D. C. 1996.The effects of human disturbance on the maternal behaviour and performance of grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. Unpublished report submitted to the British Ecological Society.

Conference Presentations

Lidgard, D.C., Bowen, W.D., Jonsen, I.D., Block, B., Wilson, S., Stokesbury, M. and Iverson, S.J.

Using acoustics to inform on the nature of species interactions with a roving marine predator in two large marine ecosystems. 5th Biologging symposium; Strasbourg, France 2014

 

Lidgard, D.C., Bowen, W.D., Jonsen, I.D. and Iverson, S.J. Piscivore meets pisces: interactions between grey seals and fish on the Eastern Scotian Shelf and southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. ICES CM2013; Iceland, 2013

 

  1. D. C. Lidgard, W. D. Bowen, I. D. Jonsen and S. J. Iverson At-sea associations in a marine carnivore, the grey seal: insights from a new data-logger. Oral presentation at Nineteenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Tampa, FL, USA December 2011.

 

Lidgard, D.C.; Boness, D.J.; Bowen, W.D.; McMillan, J.I. 2003 The consequences of being bigger and fatter for mating tactics in the male grey seal. Oral presentation at Fifteenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Greensboro, NC, USA December 2003.

 

Boness, D.J.; Lidgard, D.C.; Bowen, W.D. 2001 A novel approach to investigating grey seal male mating tactics. Oral presentation at the 81st Annual Meeting, American Society of Mammalogists, 16-20 June 2001, Missoula, Montana.

 

Lidgard, D.C.; Boness, D.J. & Bowen, W.D. 2001 Adult male grey seals fast during the breeding season: or do they? Poster presentation at Fourteenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Vancouver, Canada, November 2001.

 

Lidgard, D.C.; Kiely, O.; Hiby, A.R.; Rogan, E. & Connolly, N. 2000 Movement and site fidelity of grey seals in the Irish and Celtic Seas. Poster presentation at the 14th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Cork, Ireland, April 2000.

 

Lidgard, D.C.; Boness, D.J. & Bowen, W.D. 1999 A novel approach to investigating grey seal male mating strategies. Oral presentation at Thirteenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Maui, Hawaii. November 1999.

 

Baines, M.E.; Earl, S.J.; Pierpoint, C.J.L.; Lidgard, D.C.; Kiely, O. and Hiby, A.R. 1999 Investigating the movements of grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) between Wales and Ireland using photo-identification. Poster presentation at 13th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Valencia, Spain, 5-8 April 1999.

 

Lidgard, D.C.; Kiely, O.; Rogan, E. & Connolly, N. 1999 The status of breeding grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) on the east and south-east coast of Ireland. Oral presentation at the Seal Workshop, 13th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Valencia, Spain, April 1999.

 

Lidgard, D.C.; Hiby, A.R.; Kiely, O. & Rogan, E. 1999 Population status and dynamics of grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) on the east and south-east coast of Ireland. Oral presentation at 13th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Valencia, Spain, April 1999.

 

Lidgard, D.C. 1999 Seal tourism and human disturbance. Oral presentation at the Strangford Lough Seal Research and Management Workshop, Northern Ireland, February 1999

 

Lidgard, D.C. 1998 You see me, I see you: The effects of eco-tourism on the grey seal breeding site at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. Poster presentation at Twelfth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Monaco, January 1998.

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Reviewer of peer-reviewed journals

Behavioral Ecology
Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology
Biological Conservation
Ethology
Proc. of the Royal Society of London, B.
Marine Mammal Science
Journal of Comparative Physiology B