Past Research


​Doctoral:
  • ​Dr. Joana Augusto (2017) Social structure of the pilot whales (Globicephala melas) off Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada 

Masters:
  • Elizabeth Zwamborn (2016) Repeated call sequences in long-finned pilot whales: social setting, modification, and behavioural context
  • Leah Nemiroff (2009) Structural variation and communicative functions of long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) pulsed calls and complex whistles
  • Meaghan Jankowski (2005) Long-finned pilot whale movement and social structure: residency, population mixing, and indentification of social units
  • Andrea Ottensmeyer (2001) The social organization of long-finned pilot whales, Globicephala melas, of northern Cape Breton, Canada

Undergraduate:
  • Nicole Ure (2019) Mark density of Cape Breton long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) using drone photography
  • Liza Tsitrin (2018) Characterizing echolocation clicks of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) off Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
  • Sarah Dier-McComb (2017) Variability in behaviour and space us of long-finned pilot whales
  • Joanna Wong (2016) Using laser photogrammetry to measure long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) the field
  • Joana Costa (2015) Assessing the long-term changes in the distribution of long-finned pilot whales in Cape Breton
  • 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) 
  • Alanna Gauthier (2009) Who cares: using photo-identification to determine if long-finned pilot whales display alloparental care
  • Erica Smith (2007) The effects of whalewatching in Pleasant Bay, Cape Breton: Long- term benefits to whale-watchers 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?
  • Marie Auger-Methe (2005) The use of natural markings in long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) studies
  • 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
  • Tonya Wimmer (2000) Distribution of cetaceans in St. Lawrence Bay, Nova Scotia from 1992-1999
  • Andrea Ottensmeyer (1999) Pilot whale parties: a study of interactions between individual long-finned pilot whales, Globicephala melas, using photo-identification techniques