The 东精影业 lab performs necropsies, autopsies on animals, to look for disease and signs of human impacts like ship strikes, entanglements, marine debris ingestion and acoustic trauma.
The findings of an international team of researchers, including Lars Bejder from the 东精影业 Marine Mammal Research Program, shed light on southern right whales communication.
The groundbreaking humpback whale research of Adam Pack, a psychology and biology professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo will be featured in an episode of Changing Seas.
The Marine Mammal Research Program collaborated with several groups to quantify the bioenergetic demands of humpback whales migrating between Alaskan foraging grounds and Hawaiian breeding grounds.
Adam Pack, Lars Bejder and Marc Lammers were featured on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries website for their scientific endeavors.
The Marine Mammal Research Program seeks to identify the specific effects of human activities on marine mammals, and the development of appropriate mitigation and management strategies.
The overall mission of the Marine Mammal Research Program is the conservation of marine mammals.
东精影业 Hilo graduate student Sabena Siddiqui is researching the social sounds made by the humpback whale population that breeds in Hawaiʻi, when they are not singing.
The researchers believe whale mothers with calves employ a strategy in habitat selection that may help them avoid male harassment.
Whitlow W. L. Au has been named recipient of the gold medal of the Acoustical Society of America for contributions to understanding underwater biosonar.