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Filipa Samarra

@fipsamarra.bsky.social

scientist, mum | Director of the Westman Islands Research Centre, University of Iceland| marine mammal behavioural ecology and acoustic communication | PI at Icelandic Orca Project icelandic-orcas.com

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Check out this nice infographic on our recent study on killer whale responses to pilot whales sounds. Thanks @whalescientists.bsky.social for putting this together and spreading the word! ๐Ÿค“๐Ÿณ๐Ÿ”ˆ

#bioacoustics #MarineMammals #whales #SciCom

17.02.2026 10:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Proud supervisor moment. The last chapter of @annaselbmann.bsky.social PhD is now published, well done Anna!! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ Find out more๐Ÿ‘‡

05.02.2026 07:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Check out ๐Ÿ‘‡ the @sciam.bsky.social article on our recent research on interactions between neonate pilot whales and killer whales. Thank you @marinacoladas.bsky.social

24.05.2025 15:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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At the #ECSconference2025! After two full days of workshops the official opening ceremony was today kicking off this yearโ€™s conference organized by my alma mater the University of the Azores. Amazing to be back here after so many years!

14.05.2025 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hydrophone successfully recovered by our team today! ๐Ÿฅณ After 8 months at sea, I canโ€™t wait to find out what it recorded! ๐Ÿ‹๐ŸŸ

29.04.2025 21:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Proud supervisor โ˜บ๏ธ The second paper of @cherinebaumgartner.bsky.social PhD is out, this time describing even more fascinating interactions between pilot whales and killer whales. Check it out ๐Ÿ‘‡

24.04.2025 19:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lasted a few years and involved both shooting from boats and bombs from the air. We are writing up a paper about this, let me know if you want to know more ๐Ÿ˜‰

13.04.2025 20:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Really looking forward to reading this book when itโ€™s released! Amazing work by @darrencroft.bsky.social @andrewfoote.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social and @stephanielking.bsky.social ๐Ÿ‘

28.03.2025 18:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wrote a little piece for @natureecoevo.bsky.social on how I ended up studying killer whales and why theyโ€™re so fascinating! โ˜บ๏ธ

14.02.2025 13:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

First publication from @cherinebaumgartner.bsky.social in
@heredityjournal.bsky.social. Until recently North Atlantic herring stocks were thought to be genetically indistinguishable. This study shows similar gene flow among the killer whales that follow the Icelandic and Norwegian herring stocks.

23.01.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Check out @cherinebaumgartner.bsky.social latest paper! Congratulations! ๐Ÿ™Œ

23.01.2025 13:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿšจ NEW PAPER ๐Ÿšจ
Our latest paper, led by our former student Giorgia Giovannini, is out now! It looks in detail at killer whale sound production during feeding on spawning herring in Iceland. ๐Ÿณ๐ŸŸ Find out more here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....

17.01.2025 13:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We recently launched a video series talking about Icelandic killer whales ๐Ÿ“น ๐Ÿณ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ the first episode features our PhD student @annaselbmann.bsky.social talking about acoustics and interactions with pilot whales. Check it out ๐Ÿ‘‡

14.01.2025 16:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Summer Student Fellowship - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The Summer Student Fellow program brings bright, talented students to Woods Hole to learn more about ocean science, attend lectures by Woods Hole scientists, and conduct independent research working a...

Are you an undergrad student interested in gaining experience in marine bioacoustics? Apply for the Summer Student Fellowship at @whoi.bsky.social and come work with me. Application deadline: February 5, 2025. Reach out to me if you are interested.
#Bioacoustics

www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/e...

10.01.2025 22:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very cool animal movement workshop in a stunning location!

24.12.2024 21:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Online meetups for casual conversations about animal bioacoustics ๐Ÿคฉ

23.12.2024 12:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
VoCS โ€“ A Doctoral Network in Voice Communication Sciences

Beginning in February 2025, the VOCS international Marie-Skล‚odowska Curie network for research in the voice sciences will begin its recruitment of 19 PhD students to study acoustic communication. Visit the project website for more details: www.vocs.eu.com
#bioacoustics

19.12.2024 22:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Killer whale (Orcinus orca) occurrence in Icelandic waters revealed by passive acoustic monitoring The distribution and occurrence of killer whales around Iceland are primarily studied in coastal herring grounds, with limited knowledge beyond these areas. This study employed opportunistic passive ...

๐Ÿ”” NEW PAPER ๐Ÿ””
Our latest paper is out, led by our student Giulia Bellon, using passive acoustic monitoring to investigate the occurrence of killer whales in Icelandic waters. You can read all about it (open access) here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

11.12.2024 20:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

5 exciting PhD opportunities to join the Center for Research in Animal Behaviour at the University of Exeter in Sept 2025. www.exeter.ac.uk/research/gro...

05.12.2024 23:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Post reproductive mother and Son copyright David Ellifrit Center for Whale Research

Post reproductive mother and Son copyright David Ellifrit Center for Whale Research

Exciting new NERC funded PhD opportunity available with us on #killerwhale #orca #behaviour and #conservation, co-supervised by Stephanie King, Sam Ellis and Dan Franks in partnership with The Center for Whale Research USA
exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... - deadline 13th January 2025 #killerwhale

29.11.2024 14:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 75    ๐Ÿ” 60    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
The Codcast This four episode podcast series explores the discovery of a sound. It is a faint but distinct sound produced by a fish, the Arctic cod. Only recently have scientists realized how important sound is in the lives of fishes. The Arctic cod was never thought of as a sound producing, or soniferous species, until researchers from the Juanes Lab put a recording device in an Arctic cod tank. The sound they heard was clearly biological, produced by the fish in the tank, and is now known as a 'grunt'. This one discovery launched a multi-year investigation into the sound producing ability of this species. Why do they produce sound? How do they produce sound? When do they produce sound? Is noise pollution interfering with their sound production in the wild? These are the questions this series will dive into, getting accounts from the investigating scientific team, bioacousticians, and fish sound experts. This series also explores noise pollution in the ocean more broadly, and how it is affecting not just fish, but all sound producing marine species.

Did you know that Arctic cod make sound? Listen to the CodCast, a podcast telling the story of the research conducted by my friends at the University of Victoria trying to unravel the sounds of the Arctic cod. ๐Ÿงช๐ŸŸ๐Ÿ”‰ #fishsounds

dspace.library.uvic.ca/items/2076f2...

29.11.2024 12:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Still time to apply ๐ŸŽฃ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿฆญ

28.11.2024 07:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hello! We are FishSounds, an effort to study and communicate about fish and other underwater sounds, centered on the website FishSounds.net. To celebrate our first post, I hope you enjoy the sounds of the Bocon toadfish, the calls of one of the grumpy toadfish cuties that inspired our logo!

24.11.2024 17:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ข If you're an acoustician or have computational skills and are interested in unlocking the secrets of underwater soundscapes of critical habitats, the application deadline has been extended.

Application details can be found here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/294128

๐Ÿฆ‘๐ŸŒŽ๐Ÿงชย ๐Ÿ”ˆ๐ŸŒ
#prattle ๐Ÿ’ฌ
#bioacoustics

26.11.2024 23:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hello Bioacousticians,
Turns out there wasn't a bioacoustics starter pack.

Just realised I myself am following the bare minimum number required to make a starter pack.

Please share & nominate yourself!

Hoping to see this pack grow.

go.bsky.app/2Qmjek6

20.11.2024 09:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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New paper! If you use animal tracking data, this one's for you!

Proud of this collaboration with fellow @exetercec.bsky.social ECRs @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Stephen Lang, & Luke Ozsanlav-Harris to aid reproducible coding in biologging

Open Access @animalecology.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/58k2fa7u

11.06.2024 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 63    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Thank you for doing this starter pack! I study acoustic communication in marine mammals and would love to be added if possible.

23.11.2024 09:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿšจ Job alert!

There is still some time! Join the Seaphony team working on marine soundscapes to study key habitats within the European TREC and Biocean5D projects.

Job application here: luciadiiorio.site/wp-content/u...

#postdoc #acoustics

22.11.2024 21:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Mapping Arctic Marine Mammals: understanding the distribution of species in a rapidly changing north

New #IAPETUS UK #PhD opportunity! Mapping Arctic marine mammal distributions โ„๏ธ๐Ÿณ ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿฆญโ„๏ธ with ship & satellite surveys, investigating their interactions with vessels

Led by @heriotwattuni.bsky.social w @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, @bas.ac.uk and Hurtigruten Expeditions ๐Ÿšข โ„๏ธ tinyurl.com/mt6vuakx. ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡

20.11.2024 10:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

I've started a marine mammal reseachers starter pack. It focuses on researchers and labs studying marine mammals. Feel free to ask to be added :) go.bsky.app/MWiR9uS

18.11.2024 11:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 183    ๐Ÿ” 53    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 67    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11