Tropical Marine Research for Conservation
Helping conserve marine resources through research and community involvement.

 Selected Publications
  • Dolar, M.L.L. and Sabater, E. (In Press ). Potential impacts of climate change on cetacean biodiversity in Southeast Asia: A Review. Silliman Journal.
  • Dolar, M.L.L. Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei. 2009. In Perrin, W.F., Würsig, B. and Thewissen, J.G.M. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. Academic Press, San Diego. Pp. 469-471.
  • Perrin, W. F., M. L. L. Dolar, S. J. Chivers and C. M. Chan. 2005. Length-weight relationships in the spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris. Marine Mammal Science 21:765-778. 
  • Dolar, M.L.L. Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei. 2002. In Perrin, W.F., Würsig, B. and Thewissen, J.G.M. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. Academic Press, San Diego. Pp. 485-487.
  • Heaney, L.R., Balete, D.S., Dolar, M.L.L., Alcala, A.C., Dans, A., Gonzales, P. Ingle, N.R., Lepiten, M. Oliver, W.L., Ong, P.S., Rickart, E.A., Tabaranza, B.R. and Utzurrum, R.C.B. 1998. A Synopsis of the Mammalian Fauna of the Philippine Islands. Fieldiana: Zoology. 88, 61pp.
  • Jefferson, T.A., Pitman, R.L., Leatherwood, S. and M.L.L. Dolar. 1997. Developmental and sexual variation in the external appearance of Fraser's dolphins (Lagenodelphis hosei). Aquatic Mammals. 23.3: 145-153.
  • Dolar, M.L.L. and Perrin, W.F. 1996. Preliminary results on the distribution and abundance of cetaceans in the Philippines. International Marine Biological Research Institute, Kamogawa, Japan. 6: 9-23.
  • Perrin, W.F. and Dolar, M.L. 1996. Preliminary results on spinner dolphins, Stenella longirostris, from the Philippines. International Marine Biological Research Institute, Kamogawa, Japan. 6: 25-33.
  • Dolar, M.L.L. 1996. Possibilities for coexistence with marine mammals in the Philippines. International Marine Biological Research Institute, Kamogawa, Japan. 5: 17-23. 
  • Perrin, W.F., Leatherwood S. and Dolar, M.L.L. 1995. The status of marine mammal research in Southeast Asia. International Marine Biological Research Institute, Kamogawa, Japan, 5: 1-6.
  • Dolar, M.L.L. 1994. Incidental takes of small cetaceans in fisheries in Palawan, central Visayas and northern Mindanao in the Philippines. Reports of the International Whaling Commission, Special Issue. 15: 355-363.
  • Dolar, M.L.L. 1994. Cetaceans of the Philippines. In Philippine Marine Mammals. Proceedings of the Symposium-Workshop on Marine Mammal Conservation. Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. April 7-8, 1994.
  • Dolar, M.L.L. and Alcala, A.C. 1993. Notes on the ichthyoplankton and marine mammals of the Sulu Sea, Philippines. Silliman Journal. 2:43-57.
  • Leatherwood, S., Dolar, M.L.L., Wood, C., Aragones, L. and Hill, C.L. 1992. Marine mammal species confirmed from Philippine waters. Silliman Journal. 36:65-86.
Irrawaddy dolphin. Bago estuary, Negros.(Photo: L. Dolar)
Great crested terns. Ilog, Negros. Photo: L. Dolar