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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 12
- 2 min
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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- Feb 17
- 2 min
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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- Jan 5
- 5 min
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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- Oct 1, 2021
- 3 min
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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- Jun 10, 2021
- 5 min
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 4, 2021
- 3 min
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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- Mar 1, 2021
- 4 min
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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- Sep 8, 2020
- 3 min
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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- Aug 13, 2020
- 4 min
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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- Oct 14, 2019
- 3 min
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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- Feb 8, 2019
- 2 min
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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- Nov 29, 2018
- 2 min
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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