Jan 2010: Julian has been awarded an APA scholarship for his PhD on Quantifying the effects of human interactions on spinner dolphins in resting bays in Hawaii.
Dec 2009: Murdoch University researchers and collaborators coordinate response of dolphin deaths on the Perth’s Swan River.
Summary of preliminary findings
Dec 2009: Vanessa Jaiteh was awarded her Honours Degree on the behaviour of dolphins interacting with trawl fishing operations.
Dec 2009: Jensen
et al. (with MUCRU's
Lars Bejder) published paper in MEPS on vessel noise effects on delphinid communication.
Nov 2009: Allen et al. awarded grant from
AMMC on Genetic structure and abundance of fishery-impacted dolphin populations of the Pilbara.
Nov 2009: Simon Allen completed his FRDC report on reducing dolphin bycatch in the Pilbara trawl fishery.
Nov 2009: Valissa Buchanan accepted into MSc program researching abundance and residency patterns of bottlenose dolphins near Binningup, Western Australia.
Oct 2009: PhD candidate
Holly Smith presented a
poster at the Biennial Society of Marine Mammal Conference on dolphin habitat modelling.
August 2009: Wiszniewski
et al. (with MUCRU’s
Simon Allen) published paper in Conservation Genetics on genetic structure of bottlenose dolphins in Southeastern Australia.
July 2009: Gin Swen Ham was awarded her Honours Degree on the “Population Biology of Bottlenose Dolphins in Cockburn Sound”
April 2009: MUCRU and Curtin University have teamed up with the Swan River Trust
River Guardians to establish a community monitoring program for dolphins in the river
Feb 2009: Honours student
Vanessa Jaiteh commences research on the behaviour of dolphins interacting with trawl fishing operations.
Feb 2009: In a Murdoch University/UNSW/Univeristy of Zurich collaboration, Claire Daniels commences her PhD on population genetics of bottlenose dolphins in South West Australia.
Dec 2008: Julian was awarded his Honours Degree on relating sponge distribution with sponging bottlenose dolphins.
Sept 2008: Lars Bejder is visiting
US NOAA in Hawaii to help design a long-term study to evaluate possible impacts of human activities on spinner dolphins off Hawaii. Lars will present four public
presentations during his visit.
July 2008: PhD candidate,
Kristel Wenziker, joined MUCRU to study the ecology of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins and bottlenose dolphins in Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia.
July 2008: : Research assistant,
Deirdre McElligott, joined MUCRU and is working on a literature review pertaining to impact assessment studies relevant to the Population Consequences of Acoustic Disturbance (PCAD) model
May 2008: : MUCRU Research Fellow
Simon Allen commences a new contract working with WA Dept of Fisheries and the Pilbara Finfish Trawl Interim Managed Fishery to reduce dolphin by-catch.
April 2008: New publication on compliance to a dolphin watching voluntary code of conduct in Port Stephens, NSW by
Allen et al.
Feb 2008: Honours student
Julian Tyne has joined MUCRU, studying the distribution of sponges in the role of sponging behaviour by bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay.
Jan 2008: New publication:
Constantine and Bejder 2008. Managing the whale- and dolphin-watching industry: Time for a paradigm shift.
Nov 2007: Presentation to our government, industry and community partners. Bunbury, Western Australia.
