Welcome to my 2015 Marine Mammal Biennial page. This page contains explanations of some of the work from the poster presented at the 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. I've added some extra material here pertaining to the extraordinarily geeky components of my poster that wouldn't fit in the allotted space as well as some of the future directions the research will take.
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
You Might Be A Marine Mammal Scientist If....
Hi All [three of you]. I’ve been a horrible slacker lately and not updated anything. Part of this has to do with the fact that I’ve been working on a fairly cool project that’s almost ready for submission to a peer-reviewed journal, just waiting for my advisers to get some feedback to me… Once that's ready I look forward to sharing it here. In the meantime I’ve been thinking about what it means to be a marine mammal scientists, which I guess I should classify myself as since I’ve been unsuccessful in procuring gainful employment with any other species.
Personally, I’ve been interested in whales since I was a kid and have been privileged enough to have been born into a family that both pushed me in school and helped me, to the best of their abilities, pay for university. I’ve also been fortunate enough to have been supported by some great schools along the and by even better mentors (to whom I’m eternally grateful to). Anyway, for the last (eherm) 13 odd years I’ve been studying or working in the marine mammal field almost exclusively. Over that time I’ve noticed some interesting “particularities” and, dare I say it, bias among the marine mammal researchers. Some of these quirks are quite entertaining and others considerably less so. I’ve compiled them in a list of Jeff Foxworthy-esque statements. I hope you enjoy.
Personally, I’ve been interested in whales since I was a kid and have been privileged enough to have been born into a family that both pushed me in school and helped me, to the best of their abilities, pay for university. I’ve also been fortunate enough to have been supported by some great schools along the and by even better mentors (to whom I’m eternally grateful to). Anyway, for the last (eherm) 13 odd years I’ve been studying or working in the marine mammal field almost exclusively. Over that time I’ve noticed some interesting “particularities” and, dare I say it, bias among the marine mammal researchers. Some of these quirks are quite entertaining and others considerably less so. I’ve compiled them in a list of Jeff Foxworthy-esque statements. I hope you enjoy.
You might be a marine mammal biologist if:
If you’ve been reminded not to discuss whale necropsies at the dinner table.Tuesday, 15 September 2015
I Need a Drink, the Cocktail Party Effect
This is a simple post explaining something most of us are quite familiar with already, social drinking. But don't worry, this blog-post is equally relevant to the abstainers among us. Incedently, Go Sober for October!
Actually, the cocktail party effect involves neither cocks nor tails (roosters people, get your mind out of the gutter). It is simply the natural ability to focus your perception on a single speaker when the room is full of conversations.
Actually, the cocktail party effect involves neither cocks nor tails (roosters people, get your mind out of the gutter). It is simply the natural ability to focus your perception on a single speaker when the room is full of conversations.
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