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π¬ππ’ PhD candidate - University of Otago Science & Monitoring Lead - Protected Species Program, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
Overhead view of bottlenose dolphins swimming underwater.
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Drones, photogrammetric measurement techniques, photo-identification, and an individual-based multivariate model were used in this study to estimate growth dynamics of bottlenose dolphins living in the fiords of southwestern Aotearoa/New Zealand.
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Breaking news: Massachusetts launches innovative passive acoustic monitoring program for right whales
On February 23, 2025, researchers from the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) deployed two passive acoustic monitoring buoys off the coast of Cape Ann and Cape Cod Bay. Buoys will collect near-real-time information about the presence of North Atlantic right whales off the Massachusetts coast.
![Acoustic monitoring buoys are systems that detect underwater sound. They can be used to monitor marine mammals. Since deployment in late February, buoys have already detected fin whales, humpback whales, and North Atlantic right whales. [Image credit: WHOI]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4pwdozzfhbuf2xq7c63ic7l5/bafkreicuuau2tzqyiminopwvdwezbjwlvi6upmfcoss4xamgq54scrzzgq@jpeg)
Acoustic monitoring buoys are systems that detect underwater sound. They can be used to monitor marine mammals. Since deployment in late February, buoys have already detected fin whales, humpback whales, and North Atlantic right whales. [Image credit: WHOI]
βWithin a few hours of the buoys being in the water, they were already picking up detections, including vocalizations of right whales in Cape Cod Bay,β said DMF Protected Species Program Manager Erin Burke. βDMF is grateful to partner with researchers at WHOI to launch this innovative acoustic monitoring network to better understand North Atlantic right whales and educate the public.β
Exciting news! DFG's Division of Marine Fisheries has partnered with @whoi.edu to launch an innovative passive acoustic monitoring network for North Atlantic right whales! π
Learn more and see the latest detections off our coast >>>
www.mass.gov/news/massach...
First PhD thesis chapter to leave the nest!
Passive acoustic monitoring to quantify occupancy in the remote fiords of southwestern NZ + opportunistic photos = better understanding of the habitat range of Fiordland bottlenose dolphins. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
