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Current Research Projects
Whales & Climate Research Program
This research project will establish a fundamental understanding of how changing ocean conditions are influencing the recovery of humpback whale populations and develop adaptation scenarios for advancing whale conservation policies and programs.
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Healthy Whales Program
This research project aims to collect exhaled air samples from humpback whales, and measure size of individuals using drones to establish an understanding of potential health indicators for whales.
Collecting whale snot
Healthy Whales Project to assess exhaled air from humpback whales.
Humpback whale monitoring program
This long term esearch project monitors humpback whales in south-east Queensland. The project has been running for almost 10 years collecting data on whale behaviour, movement, pod composition and flukes for ID. This program is run through the NGO Humpbacks & High-rises.
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Post Grad Projects Advisor
Want to undertake marine research for your Post grad Degree? Send you experession of interest to info@dr-olaf.com
Present
- Movement and feeding ecology of the estuary sting ray (Dasyatis fluviorum) in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia (PhD Ciaran Morris)
Past
- Humpback whale resident time in two resting areas based of fluke identification (Hons Jill Corey)
- Humpback whale migration and timing in two resting areas (Hons Georgia Boyd, 2021)
- Using citizen science to evaluate the habitat areas and migration times of Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Australia (Hons Sarah McCulloch, 2019)
- Importance of the Gold Coast as a resting and calving ground (MSc Rebecca Valani, 2018)
- Distribution and behaviour of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) cows and calves migrating south through the Gold Coast region, Queensland, Australia (MPhil Laura Torrre, 2018)
- Marine mammal strandings on the east coast of Australia and environmental drivers (Hons Gabby Keating)
- Seascape context and Marine Reserves in Seagrass Ecosystems: Managing Harvested Fish Communities (PhD Christopher Henderson)
- Humpback Whale distribution relative to environmental conditions on the east coast of Australia (PhD Joshua Reinke)
- Acoustic recordings as a means to detect presence and type of cetaceans in the near-shore waters of Gold Coast, Australia and the influence of environmental variables (Hons Chiara Sullivan)
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Influence of Environmental Conditions on Cetacean Entanglements in the nets of the Gold Coast Shark Control Program (Hons Elizabeth Volep)
Past Research Projects
- Whale Watch or No Watch: Vulnerability assessment and adaption to climate change in the whale watch industry (2014-16)
- An app to adapt: developing ‘tablet computer’ technology to improve elicitation of expert opinion from stakeholders engaged in climate change adaptation research - 2015
- Biological marine hot spots in New Zealand - 2015
- Whale Acoustics - 2014
- HHR research intern whale surveys and community engagement - Jul-Nov 2014
- App2Adapt - 2013-14
- The influence of boating on the behaviour of Gold Coast resident bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncates) - Feb-July 2013
- Monitoring humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) movement in a highly urbanised area: Gold Coast, Australia - Aug-Nov 2013
- Whale Trails – a smart phone application for whale tracking - 2013
- Dolphin presence in coastal fronts, east coast of Australia - 2013
- Shark net entanglement - 2012-13
- Whale Trails for Androids - Feb-June 2012
- Whale Trails for iOS planning - Feb-June 2012
- Fish In, Mozzies Out - 2010-13
- Movement patterns, habitat use and habitat dimension of tropical estuarine crabs - 2009-13
- Oceanic Processes that affect Humpback Whale Strandings on the Gold Coast, Australia. - August-Oct 2011
- HHR research intern whale surveys and community engagement - July-August 2011
- Whale Health - June-August 2011
- HHR research intern whale surveys and community engagement - June-August 2011
- Ocean Turbulence and Mixing Dynamics in Offshore Gold Coast Waters - May-July 2011
- Development of a whale fluke database - 2011
- Ocean acidification impacts on shellfish aquaculture - 2011
- NatGeo Crittercam deployment on humpback whales - 2011
- Monitoring humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) behaviour in a highly urbanised coastline: Gold Coast, Australia - 2010-11
- A protection and rehabilitation strategy of estuaries in the Burnett Mary Region - 2009-10
- Performance and physiological responses of combined t bar and PIT tagged mud crabs (Scylla serrata) - 2009-10
- Evaluating the environmental drivers of mud crab (Scylla serrata) catches in Australia. - 2008-10
- Marine Vertebrates - 2009
- Antenna system - 2008
- Fishing impacts in the Torres Strait - 2008
- Torres Strait tide prediction - 2008
- NatGeo Crittercam deployment on bull sharks - 2007-08
- Influence of climate and estuarine habitat characteristics on coastal fisheries - a case study for Queensland, Australia - 2004-08
- Connectivity of fish habitats - 2006-07
- Evaluation and assessment of plant protection products - 2004
- Patterns and determinants of rare vertebrates in the Australian tropical rain forest - Effects of global climate change on geographic distributions of endemic vertebrates in the Australian - 2001-02
