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New publication: Inferring dolphin population status: using unoccupied aerialsystems to quantify age-structure.
Written by Fabien Vivier We are pleased to announce a new publication in Animal Conservation entitled: Inferring dolphin population...
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Aug 29, 20242 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Taking time to learn, reboot, refresh and refocus at the MMRP
Written by Guido Parra After almost 13 years post my PhD and working hard to climb up the academic food chain, I decided it was time to...
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Oct 14, 20193 min read
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Drone calibration flights
Written by Fabien Vivier As part of our collaborative project with NOAA PIFSC, JIMAR and Sea Life Park entitled "Calibrating UAS...
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Feb 7, 20192 min read
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Using drone photogrammetry to assess demographic parameters in small delphinid populations
Written by Fabien Vivier Last month (Oct 2018) we visited the Pacific Whale Foundation on Maui to initiate our project focusing on...
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Nov 28, 20182 min read
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