Hello there! Florence here, signing in from Newport. We had a fantastic trip south to Port Orford, and tracked another 53 whales bringing our season total up to 117 so far! This morning, we were back out at Boiler Bay and spent 5 hours staring at empty water – in keeping with the theme of … Continue reading Gray Whale Goofs
Greetings fellow marine enthusiasts! My name is Cricket, and I am one of the interns working on Florence’s Gray Whale project! I’m preparing to graduate from Oregon State University in a couple of months with a Bachelors of Science in Biology with the marine option. Before I graduate, I wanted to get some extra experience … Continue reading Familiar Flukes and Faces
Hello and greetings from the sort of sunny Oregon Coast! Sarah reporting in to offer an update on Florence’s Gray Whale study now that we’re about ten days into sampling. If you’re new to our blog you can read up on the preliminary field season right here. Before I get to the project though, let … Continue reading A Week-Full of Whales
Hello Everyone, My name is Florence, and I’m here to update you on all the amazing outreach activities that the GEMM lab has participated in this past month! We started on April 11, with the HMSC-wide Marine Science Day celebrations. This year was particularly exciting because the Hatfield Marine Science Center is turning 50 years … Continue reading Sharing the Science! Outreach at the GEMM Lab
By Dawn Barlow, Postdoctoral Scholar, OSU Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna Lab Throughout the world, humans rely on coastal regions for shipping and commerce, fisheries, industrial development, and increasingly for the development of marine renewable energy such as wind and wave energy [1]. Nearshore environments, including the coastal waters … Continue reading Harbor porpoise and gray whale distribution over three decades: introducing the EMERALD project
By Hayleigh Middleton, GEMM Lab summer 2018 intern, entering OSU undergrad Cold Fingers and Carabiners: that’s what most of the past three weeks have been about. We’ve progressively been getting up earlier—with many thanks to the coffee pot and multiple alarms— in order to be on the water collecting data before the wind and fog … Continue reading Cold Fingers and Carabiners