Past Projects
Post Doctoral
Doctoral
Masters
Undergraduate Honours
- Dr. Dara Obrach (2016-2018) Northern bottlenose whale behaviour
- Dr. Merel Dalebout (2003-2005) Genetics diversity and population structure of nothern bottlenose whales in the Sable Gully and Labrador Sea
Doctoral
- Dr. Hilary Moors-Murphy (2012) Vocal communication and foraging ecology of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) on the Scotian Shelf, Nova Scotia
- Dr. Sascha Hooker (1999) Resource and habitat use of northern bottlenose whales in the Gully: ecology, diving and ranging behaviour
- Dr. Shannon Gowans (1999) Social organization and population structure of northern bottlenose whales in the Gully
Masters
- Emma Marotte, Masters of Marine Management (2018) Management solutions for an at-risk population of northern bottlenose whales in the international waters of the Sackville Spur
- Kristin O’Brien (2014) Population status and social structure of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) on the Scotian shelf
- Tonya Wimmer (2003) Distribution of cetaceans on the continental shelf break off Nova Scotia and in adjacent waters with a focus on northern bottlenose whales, Hyperoodon ampullatus
Undergraduate Honours
- Jasmine Yeung (2019) Using photography to determine sexual dimorphism and sex ratios of northern bottlenose whales
- Amy McAllister (2019) Social click patterns in northern bottlenose whales
- Madison Stewart (2018) Connectivity of northern bottlenose whales between Newfoundland and the Scotian Shelf
- Karolyn Long (2018) Leadership behaviour of northern bottlenose whales
- Emma Clarke (2017) Minimum population estimate, click types, and distribution of Sowerby’s beaked whales (Mesoplodon bidens) along the eastern Canadian continental shelf
- Jessica Mitchell (2008) Prevalence and characteristics of melon markings on northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) in the Gully and the effects of the Marine Protected Area on marks of anthropogenic origin
- Ryan MacDonald (2005) Distribution and fisheries interactions of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) in Davis Strait/Baffin Bay
- Derek Herfst (2004) Distribution of bottlenose whales, Hyperoodon ampullatus, along the coast of Labrador, Canada
- Jana Bock (2003) Background noise in the Sable Gully
- Barbara Muller (1998) Floating marine pollution in the Gully region on the Scotian Shelf: revisited
- Sa'ad Al-Omari (1997) A quantitative description of the surface behaviour of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) in the Gully, Nova Scotia, with a description of their reactions to tagging and biopsy procedures
- Brad Carter (1997) Length distribution of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) in the Gully with a comparison between this population and another residing in the Labrador Sea.
- Carrie Beck (1996) The distribution, habitat partitioning and movements of baleen whales in the Gully, a submarine canyon on the Scotian Shelf
- Peter Simard (1995) A survey of the physical and biological oceanographic features of "The Gully" in relation to the distribution of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodonampullatus)
- Shannon Gowans (1993) Distribution and habitat partitioning by small odontocetes in the Gully, a submarine canyon on the Scotian Shelf
- David Grover (1989) Northern bottlenose whales, Hyperoodon ampullatus, and sperm whales, Physeter macrocephalus, in the Gully, east of Sable Island, Nova Scotia: distributions and possible competitive interactions
