Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Associate Professor in the Division of Marine Science and Conservation
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2024 - Present
Marine Science and Conservation,
Nicholas School of the Environment
Recent Publications
Short-finned pilot whales modulate surfacing and breathing patterns more strongly in response to dives than in anticipation.
Journal Article American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · January 2026 Diving marine mammals must allocate time between respiring at the surface and foraging underwater. Previous studies of optimal diving theory have attempted to predict such patterns, but the amount of time divers must spend at the surface before and after d ... Full text CiteForest fire smoke as a threat to the health of river dolphins.
Journal Article Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · December 2025 Full text CiteHeat increment of feeding in the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) contributes moderately to field metabolic rate estimates.
Journal Article The Journal of experimental biology · December 2025 Digestion elevates metabolism through the heat increment of feeding (HIF) - the energy expended on mechanical and biochemical processes after eating. Quantifying this cost is essential for bioenergetic models that predict energy flow and prey requirements ... Full text CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
Carleton University (Canada) ·
2000
Ph.D.