New Paper on Spotted Seal Hearing
We are very happy to announce the recent publication on hearing and the masking effects of noise in spotted seals. This is the first-ever such measurement of hearing in this species both in air and under water. This study was conducted in highly controlled and quiet...
New paper on seismic surveys and mitigation of impacts on marine mammals
SEA Blog, A paper was on responsible practices for conducting seismic surveys in environmentally sensitive areas was published recently in Aquatic Mammals. The lead author was Dr. Doug Nowacek from Duke University’s Marine Laboratory, who is a close colleague of SEA’s...
END SOCAL-13
We have come to the end of field operations for the SOCAL Behavioral Response Study in 2013 (SOCAL-13). It was a very busy field season with four different periods, each with a slightly different set of objectives and configurations. In May we based from San Clemente...
Catalina Rissos
It’s been a full few days for SOCAL-BRS, mainly working Rissos dolphins around Catalina Island. We tried to get further offshore yesterday and today but rougher offshore weather pushed us back in. We have had a few firsts the last few days including our first 12+ hour...
Fin whale trifecta
We have been focused on baleen whales the last few days in the SOCAL-13 project, primarily fin whales. Over the past three days we deployed ten tags on fin whales (and one on a blue whale) and ran two CEEs plus a full control sequence with a total of seven tagged...