{"id":3157,"date":"2019-12-02T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T11:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gemmlab\/?p=3157"},"modified":"2019-12-02T11:12:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T11:12:05","slug":"barcelona-bound-the-gemm-lab-heads-to-the-world-marine-mammal-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gemmlab\/2019\/12\/02\/barcelona-bound-the-gemm-lab-heads-to-the-world-marine-mammal-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona-bound! The GEMM Lab heads to the World Marine Mammal Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Dawn Barlow<\/a>, PhD student, OSU Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna Lab<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every two years, an international community of scientists, managers, policy-makers, educators, and students gather to share the most current research and most pressing conservation issues facing marine mammals. This year, the World Marine Mammal Conference will take place in Barcelona, Spain from December 7-12<\/a>, and the whole GEMM Lab will make their way across the Atlantic to present their latest work. The meeting is an international gathering of scientists ranging from longtime researchers who have shaped the field throughout the course of their careers to students who are just beginning to carve out a niche of their own. This year\u2019s conference has 2,500 registered attendees from 95 different countries, 1,960 abstract submissions, and 700 accepted oral and speed talks and 1,200 posters. Needless to say, it is an incredible platform for learning, networking, and putting our work in the context of research taking place around the globe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This will be\nmy third time at this conference. I attended in San Francisco in 2015 as a\nwide-eyed undergraduate and met with Leigh, who I hoped would soon become my\ngraduate advisor. I also presented my Masters research at the conference in\nHalifax in 2017. This time around, I will be presenting findings from the first\ntwo chapters of my PhD. Looking ahead to the Barcelona 2019 meeting and having\nsome sense of what to expect, I feel butterflies rising in my stomach\u2014a perfect\nmixture of the nerves that come with putting your hard work out in the world,\neagerness to learn and absorb new information, and excitement to reconnect with\nfriends and colleagues from around the world. In short, I can\u2019t wait! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those of\nyou reading this blog that are unable to attend, I\u2019d like to share an overview of\nwhat the GEMM Lab will be presenting at the conference. If you will be in\nBarcelona, we warmly invite you to the following posters, speed talks, and oral\npresentations! In order of appearance: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lisa Hildebrand, MS Student<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

What do Oregon gray whales like to eat? Do individual whales have individual foraging habits? To learn more visit Lisa Hildebrand<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s <\/strong>poster \u201cInvestigating potential gray whale individual foraging specializations within the Pacific Coast Feeding Group\u201d. (Poster presentation,<\/em> Session: Foraging Ecology \u2013 Group A, Time: Monday, 1:30-3:00pm<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Todd Chandler, Faculty Research Assistant<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Did you know it is possible to measure the mechanics of how\na blue whale feeds using a drone? The GEMM Lab\u2019s all-star drone pilot Todd Chandler<\/a><\/strong> will present a poster titled\n\u201cMore than snacks: An analysis of drone observed blue whale surface lunge feeding\nlinked with prey data\u201d. (Poster\npresentation,<\/em> Session: Foraging\nEcology \u2013 Group A, Time: Monday, 1:30-3:00pm<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clara Bird, MS Student<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The GEMM Lab\u2019s newest student Clara Bird<\/a><\/strong> will present a poster on work she conducted with the Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing lab at Duke University using new technologies and approaches to investigate scarring patterns on humpbacks. Her poster is titled \u201cA comparison of percent dorsal scar cover between populations of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae<\/em>) off California and the Western Antarctic Peninsula\u201d. (Poster presentation,<\/em> Session: New Technology  \u2013 Group B, Time: Tuesday, 8:30-9:45am<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Leigh Torres, Principal Investigator<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

GEMM Lab PI Leigh Torres<\/a><\/strong> will\nsynthesize some exciting new analyses from the GEMM Lab\u2019s gray whale physiology\nand ecology research off the Oregon Coast. Is it stressful to feed in a noisy\ncoastal environment? Leigh will discuss the latest findings in her talk, \u201cSounds\nof stress: Evaluating the relationships between variable soundscapes and gray\nwhale stress hormones\u201d. (Oral\npresentation,<\/em> Session: Physiology,\nTime: Tuesday, 11:30-11:45am<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leila Lemos, PhD Student<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Carrying on with exciting new findings about Oregon gray\nwhales, Leila Lemos<\/a><\/strong> will\npresent a speed talk titled \u201cStressed and slim or relaxed and chubby? A\nsimultaneous assessment of gray whale body condition and hormone variability\u201d,\nin which she will summarize three years of analysis of how gray whale health can\nbe quantified, and how physiology is influenced by ocean conditions. (Speed talk,<\/em> Session: Physiology, Time: Tuesday, 11:55am-12:m<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dawn Barlow, PhD Student<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Can we predict where blue whales will be using our understanding\nof their environment and prey? Can this knowledge be used for effective\nconservation? I (Dawn Barlow<\/a><\/strong>) will\ngive a presentation titled \u201cCloudy with a chance of whales: Forecasting blue\nwhale occurrence based on tiered, bottom-up models to mitigate industrial impacts\u201d,\nwhich will share our latest findings on how functional ecological relationships\ncan be modeled in changing ocean conditions. (Oral presentation,<\/em> Session: Habitat\nand Distribution I, Time: Wednesday, 10:15-10:30am<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Solene Derville, Post-Doctoral Scholar<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The GEMM Lab\u2019s most recent graduate Solene Derville<\/a> <\/strong>will present work she has conducted in New Caledonia regarding humpback whale diving and movement patterns around breeding grounds. Her speed talk is titled \u201cWhales of the deep: Horizontal and vertical movements shed light on humpback whale use of critical pelagic habitats in the western South Pacific\u201d (Speed talk,<\/em> Session: Behavioral Ecology II, Time: Wednesday, 11:35-11:40am<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dominique Kone, MS Student<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Can sea otters make a comeback in Oregon after a long\nabsence? Dom Kone<\/a><\/strong> takes\na comprehensive look at how Oregon coast habitat could support a reintroduced\nsea otter population in his speed talk, \u201cAn evaluation of the ecological needs\nand effects of a potential sea otter reintroduction to Oregon, USA\u201d. (Speed talk,<\/em> Session: Conservation II, Time: Wednesday, 2:45-2:50pm<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alexa Kownacki, PhD Student<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Alexa Kownacki<\/a><\/strong> will share her latest findings on dolphin distribution relative to static and dynamic oceanographic variables in her speed talk titled \u201cThe biogeography of common bottlenose dolphins (T. truncatus<\/em>) of the southwestern USA and Mexico\u201d. (Speed talk,<\/em> Session: Habitat and Distribution II, Time: Wednesday, 3:35-3:40pm<\/em>) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other members of the Marine Mammal Mnstitute<\/a> who will present their work include: Scott Baker, Debbie Steel, Angie Sremba, Karen Lohman, Daniel Palacios, Bruce Mate, Ladd Irvine, and Robert Pitman. For anyone planning to attend, we look forward to seeing you there! For those who wish to stay tuned from home, keep your eye on the GEMM Lab twitter page<\/a> for our updates during the conference and follow the conference hashtag #WMMC19<\/a>, and look forward to future blog posts recapping the experience. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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