Class 071 home: 2007 fall

Research theme: Acoustic exploration of orcas and their environment
Dates: August 20 to October 28, 2007 (10 weeks)

Students:

Elise Chapman Masking avoidance by southern resident killer whales in response to anthropogenic noise
5 Qs | Proposal | Paper | Talk | Blogbook
Anne Harmann Relationship between depth and southern resident killer whale echolocation click production
5 Qs | Proposal | Paper | Talk | Blogbook
Liz Hetherington An acoustic and behavioral analysis of the southern resident killer whales of British Columbia: How do gender and age affect behavior states and discrete calls?
5 Qs | Proposal | Paper | Talk | Blogbook
Heather Hooper Call-type and behavioral event associations of
southern resident killer whales in the Salish Sea
5 Qs | Proposal | Paper | Talk | Blogbook
Tim Hunt Investigating high frequency underwater boat noise and potential masking of killer whale echolocation clicks
5 Qs | Proposal | Paper | Talk | Blogbook
Ashleigh Kemp Analysis of call type repetition in southern resident killer whales

5 Qs | Proposal | Paper | Talk | Blogbook
Wessal Kenaio Determining call rate and use in matriarch southern resident killer whales of the Salish Sea: Do matriarchs vocalize more frequently and use certain calls more than non-matriarchs?
5 Qs | Proposal | Paper | Talk | Blogbook
Alexandra Kougentakis Vessel noise and orca vocalization: Implications for policy
5 Qs | Proposal | Paper | Talk | Blogbook
Kenna Lehmann Utilizing information theory to study the communication system of Orcinus orca
5 Qs | Proposal | Paper | Talk | Blogbook
Sam Levinson Identifying individual variation in vocalizations of the killer whale
5 Qs | Proposal | Paper | Talk | Blogbook

Teachers:

Dr. Jason Wood Bio | Blogbook
Dr. Val Veirs Bio | Blogbook
Dr. Shannon Fowler Bio | Blogbook
Cpt. Todd Shuster Bio | Blogbook
Dr. Scott Veirs Bio | Blogbook