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New publication: Abundance estimates of spinner dolphins around O‘ahu
Written by Claire Lacey We would like to share a newly published paper: Circum-Island Line-Transect Abundance Estimates of Spinner...
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6 days ago3 min read


Plastic Free July - 12 Years on...
Written by Claire Lacey. If you’ve never come across it, the idea of “Plastic Free July” originated in Western Australia in 2011 as an...
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Jul 3, 20233 min read


New publication: Using drones to quantify the age-structure of free-ranging delphinid populations
Written by Fabien Vivier We are pleased to announce a new publication in Ecology and Evolution entitled: Quantifying the age-structure of...
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Jun 28, 20234 min read


Hawaiʻi Island fieldwork - an intern perspective
Written by Ashley Marxsen Intern Ashley Marxsen, photographing pilot whales off of the Kona coast, Hawaiʻi Island. Photos taken under...
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Jul 18, 20223 min read


Oʻahu line transect surveys - that's a wrap!
Written by Claire Lacey There have been some big milestones over the last month or so, here at "spinner dolphin HQ"! Spinner dolphin,...
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Jul 12, 20222 min read


A trash day on the water...
By Claire Lacey Standing on the beautiful beaches of O`ahu, you could easily be forgiven for thinking the ocean is pristine. The crystal...
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Feb 16, 20222 min read


Researching spinner dolphin population demography in Hawai’i using drones
Written by Fabien Vivier In September 2021, we conducted boat-based surveys off the Kona coastline in search of spinner dolphins...
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Jan 4, 20225 min read


Spinner dolphins on tour
Written by Claire Lacey This work is a collaboration with NOAA / PIFSC Regular readers may remember from a previous blog post - Counting...
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Sep 30, 20213 min read


True Life: I'm a Fieldwork Fanatic
Written by Liah McPherson Well, the first semester of my master’s degree was fairly routine: taking classes, reading papers, and getting...
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Jun 10, 20215 min read


Counting dolphins
Written by Claire Lacey Exciting times here at “spinner dolphin project HQ”, as we make final preparations to get our dolphin surveys...
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Jun 4, 20213 min read


A dose of vitamin sea
Written by Claire Lacey In the early days of the pandemic, I wrote a blog entry for the UK Chartered Institute of Ecology and...
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Mar 1, 20214 min read


Hello from your token overzealous new graduate student!
Written by Liah McPherson Studying dolphins has always been my life’s goal. Truly, I cannot remember a time in my life when I wasn’t...
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Sep 8, 20203 min read


New publication: Cashing in on spinner dolphins
Written by Lars Bejder We are pleased to announce the following publication by Dr Carlie Wiener and co-authors in Frontiers in Marine...
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Aug 13, 20204 min read
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