New paper by Liah McPherson et al. Study provides estimates of abundance, survival and emigration rates for spinner dolphins found off Waiʻanae, Oʻahu. Scientific Reports: nature.com/articles/s4159…

Underwater soundscapes of #HawaiianMonkSeal critical habitats are composed of biophony, geophony, and anthrophony, but are dominated by biological sources including snapping shrimp, fish, and seals. bit.ly/esr_54_311

Come join us! A 2-year postdoc fellowship is available at the Hawai'i Inst of Marine Biology in the MMRP Uni of Hawaii and Dr. Elizabeth Madin labs. Focus is on satellite-based population monitoring of humpback whales. Applications due July 14 for a Sept. 1 start date. oceansphere.org/news/2024/6/28…

Hot off the press: Hawaiian monk seal underwater soundscapes authored by Kirby Parnell and colleagues. Read paper here: int-res.com/abstracts/esr/…

Two more weeks to apply!

HUGE congratulations to Fabien Vivier on his successful PhD defense! Crushed it! Thesis title: Implementing a novel approach to quantify the age-structure of free-ranging delphinid populations using UAS-photogrammetry. Watch out world, there's a new DR in town - he's going places!

Enjoying a beautiful evening in Denmark.

My lab Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher in coral eco-evolutionary modeling! Applications are due by Aug 14th. I'm happy to answer questions and can chat with folks during the ESA meeting in Long Beach. Details here: lmcmanus47.github.io/opportunities.…

AI is complicating plagiarism. How should scientists respond? nature.com/articles/d4158…

Best one so far.

Come join us. Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology is hiring!! schooljobs.com/careers/hawaii…

‼️PhD ALERT‼️ Are you looking for an exciting #PhD opportunity? Come to beautiful #Wollongong and do a PhD on #dolphin 🐬 #ecology & #climatechange 🌤️ at the MAVE Lab! 🚤🏝️👩🏼‍💻👩🏼‍🔬More details here: mavelab.org/post/phd-posit… 🩵 🐬 #sciencejobs #studentlife #marinemammals #biology

Special guest in Denmark today. Great seeing you Martin van Aswegen ! MMRP Uni of Hawaii Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology

We are excited to announce a new collaborative publication between reseachers from the Alaska Whale Foundation and MMRP. This study describes a unique "tool-use" behavior found solely in humpback whales: solitary bubble-net feeding. Check it out at: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Newsom: 14.9 million jobs since they got into office. That is 11 times more than the last three Republican administrations combined

A while ago (instead of studying for my comprehensive exam), I put together a series of jupyter notebooks on using PyMC for hierarchical models in ecology. Here is all of them, starting with this notebook on occupancy models: philpatton.github.io/occupancy.html

New collaborative publication between researchers from @IonianDolphinProject from Tethys, SDRP, Shark Bay Dolphin Research Project, and MMRP. shorturl.at/33NwQ Drone photogrammetry is accurate, rapid, and reliable for quantifying the age-structure of dolphin populations.

Take Action for Conservation Week 2024 - #CERG, Natural Sciences at Massey, Massey University, Department of Conservation