Job Type
Technical Advice & Consulting
Subject Area
Biological Oceanography
Marine Ecology
Activities
Marine mammal observation (MMO) and passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) operator and PAM systems provider. Marine mammal mitigation plans (MMMP) for offshore industry. Literature reviews (and advice documents) on the effects of anthropogenic sound on marine mammals. Industrial sound measurement and analysis, T-POD and C-POD (cetacean click detector) expertise, experimental design and statistical analysis, distance sampling (population density and abundance estimates), bio-acoustics, foraging ecology.
Sea regions of study
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Black Sea
North Sea
Caribbean Sea
South Pacific Ocean
Skills
Marine mammals and Anthropogenic noise mitigation. Managing Director of OSC (established 2004). Undergraduate degree in marine biology (Liverpool), M.Sc. oceanography (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and National Oceanographic Centre), Ph.D. Ecology (and acoustics) of British bats. Publication record, grant applications and working since 2004 for industry (oil, gas, renewables, military etc.).
Comment(s)
My expertise is underwater (anthropogenic) noise and its effects (if any) on marine mammals; underwater sound measurement and modelling; project management; literature reviews and advice documents for the military, renewables and the offshore hydrocarbon exploration and production industry covering any aspect of marine biology and oceanography.