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Karen A Stockin
Senior Lecturer in Marine Ecology

Institute of Natural Sciences
Massey University
Private Bag 102 904
North Shore Mail Centre
Auckland, New Zealand
+64 (9) 414-0800 ext 41127
k.a.stockin@massey.ac.nz

 


 

Background

B.Sc. (Hons), University of Plymouth, England (1998). M.Sc., University of Aberdeen, Scotland (2003). Ph.D., Massey University, New Zealand (2008). Massey University Research Officer (2007-2009), Massey University Lecturer (2009-2011), Massey University Senior Lecturer (2012-present).

Teaching

199.317: Marine Biodiversity: Paper Co-ordinator
196.325: Marine Biology: Paper Co-ordinator
196.318: Molecular Ecology
194.243: Animal Form and Function
119.012: Bridging The Biological Sciences: Paper Co-ordinator
232.701: Conservation Biology
232.703: Wildlife Management

Research Interests

• Behavioural ecology of marine mammals
• Biology and pathology of dolphin populations
• Conservation and human impacts affecting marine systems

More information is available about my research and postgraduate
student opportunities on my lab website.

Selected Publications

 Clemens S, Boss R, Light A and Stockin KA. 2011. Attack on little blue penguin by a New Zealand fur seal. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. (DOI:10.1080/03014223.2011.595421)

Machovsky GE, Dwyer SL, Alley MR, Stockin KA and Raubenheimer D. 2011. Evidence for fatal collisions and kleptoparasitism while plunge diving in Gannets. Ibis. (DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01129.x).

Martinez E, Orams MB, Pawley MDB and Stockin KA. 2011. The use of auditory stimulants during swim encounters with Hector's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus hectori hectori) in Akaroa Harbour, New Zealand. Marine Mammal Science. (DOI:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011. 00528.x)

Petrella V, Martinez E, Anderson MG and Stockin KA. 2011. Whistle characteristics of common dolphins (Delphinus sp.) in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. Marine Mammal Science. (DOI:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011. 00499.x). 

Wiseman N, Parsons S, Stockin KA and Baker, CS. 2011. Seasonal occurrence and distribution of Bryde's whales in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. Marine Mammal Science (DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00454.x).

Filby NE, Bossley M, Sanderson KJ, Martinez E and Stockin KA. 2010. Distribution and population demographics of common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in the Gulf of St. Vincent, South Australia. Aquatic Mammals 36: 33-45.

Stockin KA, Law RJ, Roe WD, Meynier L, Martinez E, Duignan PJ, Bridgen P
>and Jones B. 2010. PCBs and organochlorine pesticides in Hector¹s
>(/Cephalorhynchus hectori hectori/) and Maui¹s (/Cephalorhynchus hectori
>maui/) dolphins. /Marine Pollution Bulletin/ 60: 834-842.

Stockin K.A., Law R.J., Roe W.D., Meynier L., Martinez E., Duignan P.J., Bridgen P. and Jones B. 2010. PCBs and organochlorine pesticides in Hector's (Cephalorhynchus hectori hectori) and Maui's (Cephalorhynchus hectori maui) dolphins. Marine Pollution Bulletin 60: 834-842.

Stockin, K.A., Duignan, P.J., Roe, W.D., Meynier, L., Alley, M. and Fettermann, T. 2009. Causes of mortality in stranded common dolphin (Delphinus sp.) from New Zealand waters between 1998 and 2008. Pacific Conservation Biology 15: 217-227.

Stockin, K.A., Binedell, V., Wiseman, N., Brunton, D.H. and Orams M.B. 2009. The behavioural ecology of free-ranging common dolphins (Delphinus sp.) in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. Marine Mammal Science 25: 283-301.

Stockin, K.A., Wiseman, N., Hartman, A., Moffat, N. and Roe W.D. 2008. The use of radiography to assist with vessel collision diagnostics in a dead Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera brydei) in New Zealand waters. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 42: 307-313.

Stockin, K.A., Pierce, G.J., Binedell, V., Wiseman, N.J. and Orams M.B. 2008. Occurrence and distribution of common dolphins (Delphinus sp) in the Hauraki Gulf, Auckland. Aquatic Mammals 34: 200-211.

Stockin, K.A., Lusseau, D., Binedell, V., Wiseman, N.J. and Orams M.B. 2008. Tourism affects the behaviour budget of common dolphins (Delphinus sp.) in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. Marine Ecology Progress Series 355: 287-295.

Stockin, K.A., Law, R.J., Duignan, P.J., Jones, G.W., Porter, L., Mirimin, L., Meynier, L. and Orams, M.B. 2007. Trace elements, PCBs and organochlorine pesticides in New Zealand common dolphins (Delphinus sp.). Science of the Total Environment: 387: 333-345.

Stockin, K.A., Weir, C.R. and Pierce, G.J. 2006. Examining the importance of Aberdeenshire (UK) coastal waters for North Sea bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 86: 201-207.

Stockin, K.A. and Visser, I.N. (2005). Anomalously pigmented common dolphins (Delphinus sp.) off Northern New Zealand. Aquatic Mammals 31: 43-51.

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