Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Julia Riley - personal link -  (2020-2021) Social behaviour of lizards
  • Dara Orbach - personal link -  (2016-2017) Behaviour and mating strategies of cetaceans
  • David Lusseau - personal link - (2006-2007) Dynamics and evolution of interactions in complex adaptive systems,. focussing on social interactions in animal populations
  • ​Merel Dalebout - personal link -(2003-2005) Genetics diversity and population structure of nothern bottlenose whales in the Sable Gully and Labrador Sea
  • Robin W. Baird - personal link - (1996-2000) Killer whales in British Columbia, Washington State, and off Iceland

Ph.D. Students

  • ​​Félicia Vachon - personal link - (2022) On cultural inheritance: evolution, behaviour, and social structure of Eastern Caribbean sperm whales
  • ​Taylor Hersh - personal link - (2021) Dialects over space and time: cultural identity and evolution in sperm whale codas
  • ​Laura J. Feyrer - personal link - (2021) Northern bottlenose whales in Canada: A history of exploitation, conservation, and recovery
  • ​Joana Augusto - personal link - (2017) Social structure of the pilot whales (Globicephala melas) off Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Mauricio Cantor - personal link - (2016) On the interplay between society and culture: causes, consequences and stability of sperm whale clans
  • Shane Gero - personal link - (2012) On the dynamics of social relationships and vocal communication between individuals and social units of sperm whales
  • Sarah Wong - ​personal link - (2012) A pelagic paradox: The ecology of a top predator in an oceanic desert
  • Hilary Moors - ​personal link - (2012) Vocal communication and foraging ecology of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) on the Scotian Shelf, Nova Scotia
  • Catalina Gomez - ​personal link - (2012) River dolphins as indicators of ecosystem degradation in large tropical rivers
  • Tyler Schulz (2007) The Production and Exchange of Sperm Whale Coda Vocalizations
  • Robert Michaud - personal link - The social organization of the St. Lawrence Beluga
  • Lars Bejder - personal link -  (2005) Linking short and long-term effects of nature-based tourism on cetaceans
  • Luke Rendell - personal link - (- 2003) Cultural variation and usage of coda vocalisations by sperm whales, Physeter macrocephalus
  • Sascha Hooker - personal link -  (1999) Resource and habitat use of northern bottlenose whales in the Gully: ecology, diving and ranging behaviour
  • Shannon Gowans - personal link - (1999) Social organization and population structure of northern bottlenose whales in the Gully
  • Jenny Christal (1998) An analysis of sperm whale social structure: patterns of association and genetic relatedness
  • Nathalie Jaquet - personal link - (1996) Distribution and spatial organisation of groups of sperm whales in relation to biological and environmental factors in the south Pacific
  • Mary Dillon (1996) Genetic structure of sperm whale populations assessed by mitochondrial DNA sequence variation
  • Kenny Richard (1995) A molecular genetic analysis of kinship in free-living groups of sperm whales
  • Carol Carlson (1992) Variation in the behavior of humpback whales: a study of individuals

M.Sc. Students

  • Wilfried Beslin (2018) Automated sperm whale size estimation using the acoustic click properties
  • Christine Konrad  (2017) Kinship in sperm whale society: Effects on association, alloparental care and vocalizations 
  • Ana Eguiguren (2017) Habitat of Galápagos sperm whales: A cultural perspective and implications for conservation
  • Elizabeth Zwamborn (2016) Repeated call sequences in long-finned pilot whales: social setting, modification, and behavioural context
  • Marina Milligan (2013) Fine-scale distribution, habitat use, and movements of sperm whales
  • Kristin O’Brien (2013) Population status and social structure of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) on the Scotian Shelf
  • Leah Nemiroff (2009) Structural variation and communicative functions of long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) pulsed calls and complex whistles
  • Marie Auger-Methé (2008) Photo-identification of narwhals
  • Shane Gero (2005) Fundamentals of sperm whale societies: care for calves
  • Meaghan Jankowski (2005) Long-finned pilot whale movement and social structure: residency, population mixing, and indentification of social units
  • Marianne Marcoux (2005) Vocalizations, diet and fitness among acoustic clans of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus)
  • Amanda Coakes (2003) Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) off the coast of northern Chile: Movements, female and immature social structure and male mating strategies.
  • 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
  • Andrea Ottensmeyer (2001) The Social Organization of Long-Finned Pilot Whales, Globicephala melas, of northern Cape Breton, Canada
  • Jakobina Arch (2000) Group function of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) in the Gully: evidence from group structure and disturbance reactions
  • Susan Dufault (1994) A photoidentification study of the geographic stock structure of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the south Pacific
  • Sean Smith (1992) Sperm whales and mesopelagic cephalopods in the waters of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
  • Benjamin Kahn (1991) The population biology and social organisation of sperm whales (Physeter macrocepahlus) off the Seychelles: indications of recent exploitation
  • Susan Waters (1989) Population parameters of sperm whales off the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
  • Annick Faucher (1988) The vocal repertoire of the St Lawrence estuary population of beluga whale (Delphinapteras leucas) and its behavioural, social and environmental contexts

Undergraduate Honours Students

  • Emily Martens-Oberwelland (2022) Population trends of humpback whales off Brier Island, NS, from 1985-2020
  • Megan Shin (2021) Estimates of the current global population size and historical trajectory for sperm whales
  • Abbey Lewis (2021) Sperm whale social unit distribution around Dominica
  • Courtney Baumgartner (2021) Investigating motherese in Eastern Caribbean sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) through coda communication
  • Nicole Ure (2019) Mark density of Cape Breton long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas​) using drone photography
  • 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
  • Karolyn Long (2018) Leadership patterns in northern bottlenose whales
  • Liza Tsitrin (2018) Acoustic signal properties of long fin pilot whales
  • Madison Stewart (2018) Connectivity between two populations of northern bottlenose whales
  • Sarah Dier-McComb (2017) Long-finned pilot whales of Cape Breton
  • Emma Clarke (2017) Minimum population estimate, click types, and distribution of Sowerby’s beaked whales (Mesoplodon bidens) along the eastern Canadian continental shelf 
  • ​Felicia Vachon (2017) Factors affecting genetic diversity across cetacean species
  • Joanna Wong (2016) Using laser photogrammetry to measure long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) in the field
  • Joana Costa (2015) Assessing the long-term changes in the distribution of long-finned pilot whales in Cape Breton
  • Hannah Mark (2015) A comparison of length distributions of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) on social, spatial, and temporal scales using click inter-pulse intervals
  • Jessica Wingfield (2013) Effects of whale-watching, environmental variables, and group and calf abundance on long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) behaviour
  • Katie Kowarski (2013) Do potheads care? The effects of remote biopsy sampling on long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas)
  • Lisa Hoogenboom (2012) Comparing the prevalence of markings on the flukes of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
  • Stacey Henderson (2012) Are mortalities by infectious diseases or cancer in stranded St Lawrence beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) associated with PCB and PBDE contaminants?
  • Erin Fischer (2011) Movement patterns of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) social groups in the Gulf of California
  • Lara Puetz (2010) Acoustic monitoring of the North Atlantic sperm whale population, Physeter macrocephalus, on the Eastern Scotian Slope, south of Nova Scotia
  • Alanna Gauthier (2010) Who cares: using photo-identification to determine if long-finned pilot whales display alloparental care
  • 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
  • Caitlin Arbuckle Gerber (2008) A comparison of rafting epifauna of Sargassum and anthropogenic material in the Sargasso Sea and Gulf Stream
  • Cassandra Williams (2008) Acoustical analysis of delphinid presence in the Sable Gully Marine Protected Area with respect to seasonal, diurnal and acoustic anthropogenic factors
  • Lucie Wade (2007) Conflict of interest in research concerning the impacts of anthropogenic noise on marine mammals: does the perception of bias reflect biased conclusions
  • Vicky Yaroshewski (2007) The diet of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Sargasso Sea and the Caribbean
  • Erika Smith (2007) The Effects of Whalewatching in Pleasant Bay, Cape Breton: Long- term Benefits to Whalewatchers and Immediate Behavioural Changes in Long-Finned Pilot Whales (Globicephala melas)
  • Sara Pullen (2006) Evaluation of long-finned pilot whale calls: evidence of group-specific dialects?
  • Oliver Barker (2006) Wolf predation and movement patterns in the Algonquin and Magnetawan regions of Ontario
  • Courtney MacMullin (2005) Determining marine mammal biodiversity hotspots.
  • Ryan MacDonald (2005) Distribution and fisheries interactions of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) in Davis Strait/Baffin Bay
  • Julie Gorman (2005) Residency and Association Patterns of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) off Brier Island, Nova Scotia
  • Marie Auger-Methe (2005) The use of natural markings in long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) studies
  • Derek Herfst (2004) Distribution of bottlenose whales, Hyperoodon ampullatus, along the coast of Labrador, Canada
  • Joseph Lake (2003) Site fidelity of minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in the St. Margaret's Bay area, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Katherine McAuliffe (2003) Coordination and synchronicity between bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops sp.) mothers and calves
  • Shane Gero (2003) Bond Strength and its Relationship with Behaviour in the Fission-Fusion Social Structure of Free-Ranging Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops sp.
  • Jana Bock (2003) Background noise in the Sable Gully
  • Sylvie Rimella (2002) Differences in scarring among bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in relation to age and sex
  • Cory MacNeil (2002) Investigations into the vocal repertoires of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) off the Northern coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
  • Nicole Bear-Welch (2002) Observational study of cetacean distribution and abundance around Brier Island, Nova Scotia from 1998-2000
  • Tonya Wimmer (2000) Distribution of cetaceans in St. Lawrence Bay, Nova Scotia from 1992-1999
  • Penny McCall Howard (1999) Sperm whales Physter macrocephalus in the Gully, Nova Scotia: population, distribution and responses to seismic surveying.
  • Andrea Ottensmeyer (1999) Pilot whale parties: a study of interactions between individual long-finned pilot whales, Globicephala melas, using photo-identification techniques
  • 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.
  • Stephanie Smith (1997) The distribution of dolphins in the Galapagos Islands
  • 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 (Hyperoodon ampullatus)
  • Shannon Gowans (1993) Distribution and habitat partitioning by small odontocetes in the Gully, a submarine canyon on the Scotian Shelf
  • Susan Dufault (1992) Assessing the stock identity of sperm whales in the eastern tropical Pacific
  • Danielle Paquet (1991) A study of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, off Briar Island, Nova Scotia
  • Mark Walton (1991) A new equation for acoustically determining the lengths of sperm whales (Physeter catodon)
  • Sebastian Brennan (1990) Aspects of the behaviour and distribution of the sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, off the coast of Nova Scotia
  • Patricia Hope (1989) Sperm whales off the Galapagos Islands: a 19th century American logbook study
  • 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
  • Lynn Risk (1987) The photoidentification and social organisation of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, off Wassaw Sound, Georgia, USA, March - September, 1987
  • Julia Mullins (1987) General and acoustic behaviour of sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus,off the coast of Nova Scotia