[MARMAM] New Paper: Entanglement of Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) at colonies in central Namibia.

2021-09-01 Thread Tess Gridley - Namibian Dolphin Project
Dear Marmam Subscribers, On behalf of my fellow authors, we are pleased to announce the publication of the following research from Sea Search -Namibian Dolphin Project conducted in collaboration with Ocean Conservation Namibia: *Entanglement of Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) at

[MARMAM] Post Doctoral Fellowship on humpback dolphins in South Africa

2020-01-14 Thread Tess Gridley - Namibian Dolphin Project
*South African National Research Foundation funded Post Doctoral Fellowship - 'Finding the humpback (dolphin) in the haystack' - species classification from long-term datasets to help understand the occurrence, movement and density of South Africa's endangered humpback dolphin (Sousa plumbea)* An

[MARMAM] Hybridization in bottlenose dolphins - A case study of Tursiops aduncus × T. truncatus hybrids and successful backcross hybridization events

2018-10-17 Thread Tess Gridley - Namibian Dolphin Project
Myself and co-authors are happy to announce the publication of the following research in Plos One: Hybridization in bottlenose dolphins - A case study of Tursiops aduncus × T. truncatus hybrids and successful backcross hybridization events Authors:T. Gridley, S. H. Elwen, G. Harris, D. M. Mo

[MARMAM] Student support to attend the First African Bioacoustics Community Conference - Cape Town 2nd to 7th Dec

2018-10-12 Thread Tess Gridley - Namibian Dolphin Project
*Student support to attend the First African Bioacoustics Community Conference - Cape Town 2nd to 7th Dec * *- **Open to Students/ Unwaged based in Africa* *This conference will be held at The University of Cape Town and is organised by SEEC and Sea Search Research and Conservation. * *The co

[MARMAM] Seeking whale and dolphin sightings from Namibian waters

2016-09-01 Thread Tess Gridley - Namibian Dolphin Project
Dear Marmam community, The Namibian Dolphin Project (www.namibiandolphinproject.com), in association with Sea Search Africa (www.seasearch.co.za) are collating cetacean sightings records from Namibian waters for an ongoing study investigating the occurrence of marine mammals in this region. O

[MARMAM] New Paper: Changes in bottlenose dolphin whistle parameters related to vessel presence, surface behaviour and group composition

2016-07-05 Thread Tess Gridley - Namibian Dolphin Project
Dear colleagues, The Namibian Dolphin Project are pleased to announce the publication of the following paper in Animal Behaviour: *Changes in bottlenose dolphin whistle parameters related to vessel presence, surface behaviour and group composition* Abstract Cetacean watching from tour boats ha