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Associate Professor Chandra Salgado Kent

Professor

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 3705
Email: c.salgadokent@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3460-609X

Chandra is an Associate Professor for the Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research in the School of Science.

Background

Chandra draws from her complementary roles at Edith Cowan University and Oceans Blueprint in a creative approach to making positive change in conservation science. Current and past roles include:

  • 2018 – present: Director, Oceans Blueprint – Combines marine science and visual media to improve accessibility of science that is integral to the health and function of our societies.
  • 2018 – present: Research Advisor (Quantitative), Graduate Research, Edith Cowan University.
  • 2011 - 2018: Deputy Director/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Marine Science and Technology, Curtin university.
  • 2003-2011: Research Fellow, Centre for Marine Science and Technology, Curtin University.
  • 2002: Research Associate, Centre for Whale Research (WA), Inc., Exmouth, Australia.
  • 1999-2003: Lecturer/Tutor (Casual), Department of Biological, Environmental and Chemical Sciences, Charles Darwin University.
  • 1998-2001: Research Associate (Casual), Department of Biological, Environmental and Chemical Sciences, Northern Territory University.
  • 1999: Research Coordinator, The Environmental Learning Center, Wabasso, Florida, USA.
  • 1996-1998: Chemical Analyst (Casual), D.B. Environmental Labs, Rockledge, Florida, USA.
  • 1992-1994: Research Assistant (Casual), New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico, USA

Professional Associations

  • Current‐2022. WA Marine Parks (Ambassador)
  • Current‐2020 - IUCN Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force, Australia‐New Zealand & South East Indian Ocean Region (Co-Coordinator)
  • Current‐2007 - International Whaling Commission, Southern Hemisphere Blue Whale Photo‐ID Catalogue Project (SHBWPC). (Oceania Regional Coordinator)
  • 2002 - Australian Marine Sciences Association, Northern Territory branch (President)
  • 2014-2011 - Leadership Group, Australian Sustainable Development Institute, Curtin University (Member)

Awards and Recognition

  • 2015 - Curtin University Media Award for Science & Engineering

Research Areas and Interests

Chandra is a marine ecologist and bio-acoustician working in a wide range of conservation and management topics. Overall, Chandra’s career in marine related research spans 25 years, in which she has worked in a diversity of fields including mangrove forest restoration, marine fauna ranging from crustaceans to baleen whales, and impacts of human activities on marine wildlife. As a recognised expert in her field, Chandra regularly advises national and international governmental and non-governmental organisations and industries on innovative research methods, analytical approaches, and the status, threats and management of wildlife. She coordinates and manages a wide range of projects and supervises honours, masters, and PhD students. Chandra has co-authored two book chapters, over 60 peer-reviewed papers; over 50 conference/workshop presentations; and over 90 technical reports. She has also been on television, radio, or in newspapers over 80 times.

Areas of interest include:

  • Wildlife ecology & conservation
  • Ecological and population modelling
  • Evaluation of human impacts on marine fauna
  • Bioacoustics

Some long-term projects Chandra has been involved in include:

  • Dolphin Watch – A multi-partner citizen science program launched in 2009 that aims to provide a better understanding of Swan Canning Riverpark’s Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (co- investigator)
  • Southern Hemisphere Blue Whale Photo-ID Catalogue – a large inter-regional southern hemisphere blue whale photo-identification program (coordinator of the Indonesia/Australia/New Zealand region)
  • SouWEST – South-western Whale Ecology Study – a long-term multi-partner project aimed at improving the conservation status of whales in southwestern Australia through improved scientific foundation for species protection (co-investigator)

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Charles Darwin University, 2004.
  • Master of Science, United States of America, 1998.
  • Bachelor of Science in Biology, Mexico, 1994.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

  • Said, N., Lafratta, A., D'cruz, A., Frouws, A., O'Dea, C., McMahon, K., Webster, C., Salgado Kent, C., Tucker, J., Hodgson, A. (2024). Dugongs: Underwater Seagrass Detectors That Help Scientists Protect Important Ecosystems. Frontiers for Young Minds, 12(Article in press), Article number 1386359. https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2024.1386359.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Webster, C., Lavery, P., O'Dea, C., Sanchez Alarcon, M., Salgado Kent, C., McMahon, K. (2023). The Influence Of Abiotic And Biotic Conditions On Lifecycle Stages Is Critical For Estuarine Seagrass Resilience. Marine Biology: international journal on life in oceans and coastal waters, 170(4), article number 48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04192-6.

2022

Book Chapters

  • Salgado Kent, C., Marques, T., Danielle, H. (2022). Fundamental data analysis tools and concepts for bioacoustical research. Exploring Animal Behavior Through Sound: Volume 1: Methods (319-354). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97540-1_9.

Journal Articles

  • Charlton, C., McCauley, R., Brownell, R., Ward, R., Bannister, J., Salgado Kent, C., Burnell, S. (2022). Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) population demographics at major calving ground Head of Bight, South Australia, 1991–2016. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 32(4), 671-686. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3771.
  • D'cruz, A., Salgado Kent, C., Waples, K., Brown, A., Marley, S., Thiele, D., Raudino, H., Yawuru, P. (2022). Ranging Patterns and Site Fidelity of Snubfin Dolphins in Yawuru Nagulagun/Roebuck Bay, Western Australia. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8(2022), article number 758435. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.758435.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Salgado Kent, C., Bouchet, P., Wellard, R., Parnum, I., Fouda, L., Erbe, C. (2021). Seasonal productivity drives aggregations of killer whales and other cetaceans over submarine canyons of the Bremer Sub-Basin, south-western Australia. Australian Mammalogy, 43(2), 168-178. https://doi.org/10.1071/AM19058.
  • Mason, S., Salgado Kent, C., Bilgmann, K. (2021). Common dolphins form unexpected strong social bonds: insights into social plasticity of delphinids. Marine Mammal Science, 37(4), 1174-1195. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12815.
  • Coventry, L., Hosking, J., Coral, E., Jenkins, M., Salgado Kent, C., Chan, D., Lim, W., Twigg, D., Rickard, C. (2021). The Development of the Western Australian Haemodialysis Vascular Access Complexity Instrument. Journal of Renal Care, 2021(Article in Press), 12p.. https://doi.org/10.1111/jorc.12390.
  • Cvitanovic, C., Mackay, M., Kelly, R., Wilson, SK., Waples, K., Nash, KL., Van Putten, EI., Field, S., Botterill-James, T., Austin, BJ., Beckley, LE., Boschetti, F., Depczynski, M., Dobbs, RJ., Evans, RD., Feng, M., Goater, RK., Halford, AR., Kendrick, A., Kendrick, GA., Lincoln, GD., Ludgerus, LJ., Lowe, RJ., McMahon, K., Munro, JK., Newman, SJ., Nutt, C., Pearson, L., O'Leary, MJ., Richards, ZT., Robbins, WD., Rogers, DI., Salgado Kent, C., Schoepf, V., Travers, MJ., Thums, M., Tucker, AD., Underwood, JN., Whiting , S., Mathews, D. (2021). Thirty critical research needs for managing an ecologically and culturally unique remote marine environment: The Kimberley region of Western Australia. Ocean and Coastal Management, 212(15 October 2021), Article number 105771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105771.
  • Landero Figueroa, M., Parsons, M., Saunders, B., Radford, B., Salgado Kent, C., Parnum, I. (2021). The use of singlebeam echo-sounder depth data to produce demersal fish distribution models that are comparable to models produced using multibeam echo-sounder depth. Ecology and Evolution, 11(24), 17873-17884. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8351.

Reports

  • Marin-Estrella, S., Salgado Kent, C., Hyndes, G. (2021). Conditions Influencing Waterbirds in the Vasse-Wonnerup Wetland, Western Australia: Implications for Water Regime Management. Australia. South West Catchments Council. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/12006.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Recalde-Salas, A., Erbe, C., Salgado Kent, C., Parsons, M. (2020). Non-song Vocalizations of Humpback Whales in Western Australia. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7(April 2020), Article number 141. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00141.
  • Erbe, C., Salgado Kent, C., De Winter, S., Marley, S., Ward, R. (2020). Matching Signature Whistles with Photo-Identification of Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in the Fremantle Inner Harbour, Western Australia. Acoustics Australia, 48(1), 23-38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40857-020-00178-2.

2019

Journal Articles

  • Gibbs, SE., Salgado Kent, C., Slat, B., Morales, D., Fouda, L., Reisser, J. (2019). Cetacean sightings within the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Marine Biodiversity: international journal of marine science, 49(4), 2021-2027. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-019-00952-0.
  • Charlton, C., Ward, R., McCauley, RD., Guggenheimer, S., Brownell, RL., Salgado Kent, C., Bannister, JL. (2019). Southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) return to a former wintering calving ground: Fowlers Bay, South Australia. Marine Mammal Science, 35(4), 1438-1462. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12611.
  • Charlton, C., Ward, R., McCauley, R., Brownell Jr, R., Salgado Kent, C., Burnell, S. (2019). Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis), seasonal abundance and distribution at Head of Bight, South Australia. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 29(4), 576-588. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3032.

2017

Journal Articles

  • Marley, SA., Erbe, C., Salgado Kent, C., Parsons, MJ., Parnum, IM. (2017). Spatial and Temporal Variation in the Acoustic Habitat of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) within a Highly Urbanized Estuary. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4(JUN), Article no.197. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00197.
  • McCauley, RD., Thomas, F., Parsons, MJ., Erbe, C., Cato, DH., Duncan, AJ., Gavrilov, AN., Parnum, IM., Salgado Kent, C. (2017). Developing an Underwater Sound Recorder: The Long and Short (Time) of It…. Acoustics Australia, 45(2), 301-311. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40857-017-0113-8.
  • Marley, SA., Salgado Kent, C., Erbe, C. (2017). Occupancy of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in relation to vessel traffic, dredging, and environmental variables within a highly urbanised estuary. Hydrobiologia: the international journal on limnology and marine sciences, 792(1), 243-263. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-3061-7.
  • Osterrieder, S., Parnum, I., Salgado Kent, C., Robinson, R. (2017). Difficulties identifying Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea) in the wild using whisker spot patterns. Australian Mammalogy, 39(1), 56-71. https://doi.org/10.1071/AM15051.
  • Marley, SA., Salgado Kent, C., Erbe, C., Thiele, D. (2017). A Tale of Two Soundscapes: Comparing the Acoustic Characteristics of Urban Versus Pristine Coastal Dolphin Habitats in Western Australia. Acoustics Australia, 45(2), 159-178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40857-017-0106-7.
  • Erbe, C., Dunlop, R., Jenner, KC., Jenner, MM., McCauley, RD., Parnum, I., Parsons, M., Rogers, T., Salgado Kent, C. (2017). Review of Underwater and In-Air Sounds Emitted by Australian and Antarctic Marine Mammals. Acoustics Australia, 45(2), 179-241. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40857-017-0101-z.
  • Osterrieder, S., Salgado Kent, C., Robinson, R. (2017). Responses of Australian sea lions, Neophoca cinerea, to anthropogenic activities in the Perth metropolitan area, Western Australia. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 27(2), 414-435. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2668.
  • Marley, SA., Salgado Kent, C., Erbe, C., Parnum, IM. (2017). Effects of vessel traffic and underwater noise on the movement, behaviour and vocalisations of bottlenose dolphins in an urbanised estuary. Scientific Reports, 7(1), article no.13437. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13252-z.
  • Marley, SA., Erbe, C., Salgado Kent, C. (2017). Data Descriptor: Underwater recordings of the whistles of bottlenose dolphins in Fremantle Inner Harbour, Western Australia. Scientific Data, 4(12 September 2017), article no.170126. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.126.
  • Parsons, MJ., Salgado Kent, C., Recalde-Salas, A., Mc, RD. (2017). Fish choruses off Port Hedland, Western Australia. Bioacoustics: the international journal of animal sound and its recording, 26(2), 135-152. https://doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2016.1227940.

2016

Journal Articles

  • Marley, S., Erbe, C., Salgado Kent, C. (2016). Underwater Sound in an Urban Estuarine River: Sound Sources, Soundscape Contribution, and Temporal Variability. Acoustics Australia, 44(1), 171-186. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40857-015-0038-z.
  • Ward, R., Parnum, I., Erbe, C., Salgado Kent, C. (2016). Whistle Characteristics of Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in the Fremantle Inner Harbour, Western Australia. Acoustics Australia, 44(1), 159-169. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40857-015-0041-4.
  • Parsons, MJ., Salgado Kent, C., Marley, SA., Gavrilov, A., McCauley, R. (2016). Characterizing diversity and variation in fish choruses in Darwin Harbour. ICES Journal of Marine Science: journal du conseil, 73(8), 2058-2074. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsw037.
  • Mason, S., Salgado Kent, C., Donnelly, D., Weir, J., Bilgmann, K. (2016). Atypical residency of short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) to a shallow, urbanized embayment in south-eastern Australia. Royal Society Open Science, 3(9), Article no.160478. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160478.

2015

Journal Articles

  • Bouchet, P., Meeuwig, J., Salgado Kent, C., Letessier, T., Jenner, C. (2015). Topographic determinants of mobile vertebrate predator hotspots: Current knowledge and future directions. Biological Reviews, 90(3), 699-728. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12130.
  • Paiva, EG., Salgado Kent, C., Gagnon, MM., Parnum, I., McCauley, R. (2015). An assessment of the effectiveness of high definition cameras as remote monitoring tools for dolphin ecology studies. PLoS One, 10(5), article no.e0126165. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126165.
  • Osterrieder, SK., Salgado Kent, C., Robinson, RW. (2015). Variability in haul-out behaviour by male Australian sea lions Neophoca cinerea in the Perth metropolitan area, Western Australia. Endangered Species Research, 28(3), 259-274. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00690.
  • Paiva, E., Salgado Kent, C., Gagnon, MM., McCauley, R., Finn, H. (2015). Reduced detection of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in an Inner Harbour channel during pile driving activities. Aquatic Mammals, 41(4), 455-468. https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.41.4.2015.455.
  • Osterrieder, S., Salgado Kent, C., Anderson, CJ., Parnum, IM., Robinson, R. (2015). Whisker spot patterns: a non-invasive method of individual identification of Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea). Journal of Mammalogy, 96(5), 988-997. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv102.
  • Parsons, EC., Baulch, S., Bechshoft, T., Bellazzi, G., Bouchet, P., Cosentino, AM., Godard-Codding, CA., Gulland, F., Hoffmann-Kuhnt, M., Hoyt, E., Livermore, S., Macleod, CD., Matrai, E., Munger, L., Ochiai, M., Peyman, A., Recalde-Salas, A., Regnery, R., Rojas-Bracho, L., Salgado Kent, C., Slooten, E., Wang, JY., Wilson, SC., Wright, AJ., Young, S., Zwamborn, E., Sutherland, WJ. (2015). Key research questions of global importance for cetacean conservation. Endangered Species Research, 27(2), 113-118. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00655.

2014

Journal Articles

  • Recalde-Salas, A., Salgado Kent, C., Parsons, M., Marley, S., McCauely, R. (2014). Non-song vocalizations of pygmy blue whales in Geographe Bay, Western Australia. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 135(5), EL213–EL218. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4871581.

2013

Journal Articles

  • Douglas, C., Noad, M., Dunlop, R., McCauely, R., Gales, N., Salgado Kent, C., Kniest, H., Paton, D., Jenner, C., Noad, J., Maggi, A., Parnum, I., Duncan, A. (2013). A study of the behavioural response of whales to the noise of seismic air guns: Design , methods and progress. Acoustics Australia, 41(1), 88-97.
  • Holyoake, C., Holley, D., Spencer, P., Salgado Kent, C., Coughran, D., Bejder, L. (2013). Northernmost record of Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi) - A morphological and genetic description from a stranding from Shark Bay, Western Australia. Pacific Conservation Biology, 19(2), 169-174.

Conference Publications

  • Cato, D., Noad, M., Dunlop, R., McCauley, R., Kniest, H., Paton, D., Salgado Kent, C., Jenner, C. (2013). Behavioral responses of humpback whales to seismic air guns. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics (010052). Acoustical Society of America.

2012

Book Chapters

  • McCauley, R., Salgado Kent, C. (2012). A Lack of Correlation Between Air Gun Signal Pressure Waveforms and Fish Hearing Damage. The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life (245-250). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7311-5_54.

Journal Articles

  • Salgado Kent, C., Jenner, C., Jenner, M., Bouchet, P., Rexstad, E. (2012). Southern Hemisphere Breeding Stock 'D' Humpback Whale Population Estimates from North West cape, Western Australia. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 12(1), 29-38. https://doi.org/10.47536/jcrm.v12i1.588.
  • Chabanne, D., Finn, H., Salgado Kent, C., Bejder, L. (2012). Identification of a resident community of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in the Swan Canning Riverpark, Western Australia, using behavioural information. Pacific Conservation Biology, 18(4), 247-262. https://doi.org/10.1071/PC120247.
  • Cato, D., McCauley, R., Noad, M., Dunlop, R., Kniest, H., Gales, N., Salgado Kent, C., Paton, J., Jenner, C., Duncan, A., Maggi, A. (2012). Acoustic issues in studies of behavioral response of humpback whales to seismic ramp-up and hard start. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 131(2012), 3457. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4709029.

Conference Publications

  • Cato, D., Noad, M., Dunlop, R., McCauley, R., Gales, N., Salgado Kent, C., Kniest, H., Paton, D., Jenner, C., Noad, J., Maggi, A., Parnum, I., Duncan, A. (2012). Project BRAHSS: Behavioural response of Australian humpback whales to seismic surveys. Acoustics 2012: Acoustics, Development, and the Environment (260-266). Australian Acoustical Society.
  • Salgado Kent, C., McCauley, R., Parnum, I., Gavrilov, A. (2012). Underwater noise sources in Fremantle inner harbour: Dolphins, pile driving and traffic. Acoustics 2012: Acoustics, Development, and the Environment (692-698). Australian Acoustical Society.
  • Salgado Kent, C., Gavrilov, A., Recalde-Salas, A., Burton, C., McCauley, R., Marley, S. (2012). Passive acoustic monitoring of baleen whales in Geographe Bay, Western Australia. Acoustics 2012: Acoustics, Development, and the Environment (533-540). Australian Acoustical Society.

2011

Journal Articles

  • Cato, D., Noad, M., Dunlop, R., McCauley, R., Salgado Kent, C., Gales, N., Kniest, H., Noad, J., Paton, D. (2011). Behavioral response of Australian humpback whales to seismic surveys. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 129(2011), 2396. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3587792.
  • Gavrilov, A., McCauley, R., Salgado Kent, C., Tripovich, J., Burton, C. (2011). Vocal characteristics of pygmy blue whales and their change over time. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 130(2011), 3651–3660. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3651817.

2008

Journal Articles

  • Salgado Kent, C., McGuinness, K. (2008). Feeding selectivity of grapsid crabs from northern Australian mangrove forests. Beagle: records of the museums and art galleries of the Northern Territory, 24(2008), 23-32. https://doi.org/10.5962/p.287435 Rights Status.
  • Salgado Kent, C., Crabtree, B. (2008). The effectiveness of an established sanctuary zone for reducing human disturbance to Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea) at Carnac Island, Western Australia. Tourism in Marine Environments, 5(1), 29-42. https://doi.org/10.3727/154427308785855297.

2006

Journal Articles

  • Salgado Kent, C., McGuinness, K. (2006). A comparison of methods for estimating relative abundance of grapsid crabs. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 14(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-004-5075-6.
  • McCauley, R., Salgado Kent, C., Burton, C., Jenner, C. (2006). Blue Whale Calling in Australian Waters. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 120(2006), 3266. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4776880.

Research Projects

  • Conserving pygmy blue whales in the southeastern Indian Ocean amid growing human activity, Jock Clough Marine Foundation, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2026, $8,000.
  • Field Research and Scientific Support for Dolphin Watch project - DBCADW007, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions WA, Grant, 2023 ‑ 2025, $57,850.
  • Informing southern right whale management through continued monitoring, determination of aggregation areas and development of approaches to increase data flow efficiencies and utility, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, National Environmental Research Program, 2023 ‑ 2025, $293,232.
  • Project 8.2 Australian Sea Lions (ASL) in the Perth Metropolitan area (abundance; movement, habitat use and diet), Western Australian Marine Science Institution, Westport Project, 2022 ‑ 2024, $287,108.
  • Collaborative science for monitoring of Northern Territory marine megafauna, Australian Research Council, Grant - Linkage (Projects), 2021 ‑ 2023.
  • Field Research and Scientific Support for Dolphin Watch project - DBCADW005, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions WA, Grant, 2021 ‑ 2023, $46,428.
  • A photo-identification study of southern right whales to update aggregation area classification in the southwest of Australia, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, National Environmental Research Program, 2021 ‑ 2022, $37,257.
  • Data Analysis for the Vasse Wonnerup Wetlands, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Tender, 2020 ‑ 2021, $39,088.
  • Field Research and Scientific Support for Dolphin Watch project , Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions WA, Grant, 2018 ‑ 2021, $72,220.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Understanding the population ecology of pygmy blue whales in the south-eastern Indian Ocean amid increasing cumulative anthropogenic pressures

Completed Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Conservation ecology and human disturbance of Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea) in Western Australia
  • Variability in Baleen Whale Acoustical Ecology: Implications for Optimal Monitoring Using Passive Acoustics
  • Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) movement and site fidelity at two aggregation areas in south-western Australia
  • Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops sp.) – a Study of Patterns in Spatial and Temporal use of the Swan River, Western Australia
  • Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) distribution and migratory ecology in Geographe Bay, Western Australia
  • Estimating relative abundance of long-nosed fur seals, Arctocephalus forsteri at Cape Naturaliste, Western Australia
  • Behavioural and Acoustical Responses of Coastal Dolphins to Noisy Environments
  • Conservation ecology and human disturbance of Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea) In Western Australia
  • Don’t count your whales before they migrate: using aerial surveys to assess the status of Breeding Stock D humpbacks (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Western Australia
  • Spatial range, social structure and behaviour of ‘resident’ short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in the Port Phillip embayment: considerations for their future management and conservation
  • , A study of spatial and temporal patterns in use of habitats by bottlenose dolphins in Koombana Bay, Bunbury
  • The whistle repertoire and detection range of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) in the Fremantle Inner Harbour Western Australia
  • Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) in the Swan River, Western Australia: community size and composition, residency patterns, and social structure
  • Assessment of Occurrence of Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in Response to Pile Driving Noise in the Fremantle Inner Harbour (Western Australia)

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) population demographics in the Great Australian Bight, South Australia
  • , Killer whale (Orcinus orca) abundance in the Bremer Sub-Basin, Western Australia: A photo-identification study
  • Machine Learning for Species Distribution Modelling: Evaluation of a Novel Method

Associate Supervisor

  • Predictive models of mobile oceanic predator (MOP) hotspots in the eastern Indian Ocean
  • An Ecosystem Approach, the Acoustic Assessment of the Northern Demersal Scalefish Fishery – Distribution, Habitat and Abundance
  • Submarine topography as a predictor of mobile predator hotspots: relevance and applications to conservation planning in the pelagic ocean.
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