OUR RESEARCH TEAM

The research team joines us on our scheduled whale watching tours to collect data for the research. The team is in charge of behavioral recordings, photo-ID/fin matching, surface behavioral recordings, environmental recordings, statistical analysis, fish presence recordings and bird presence recordings. 

The team leader is Chiara Bertulli. She has been working with us since 2007 and every summer we get volunteers to work on the project.

Here are the volunteers that have been working with us:

  • Megan Whittacker (2008 field season)
  • Marie Louis (2008 field season)
  • Verena Peschko (2008 fieldseason)                                           
  • Susana Simião (2008 field season)                                           
  • Gabriela Munoz (2008 field season)
  • Nina Stuh (2008 field season)
  • Thomas Barreau (2009 field season)
  • Swanna Danilo Matassa (2009 field season)
  • Jerome Couvat (2009 field season)
  • Miriam (2010 field season)
  • Louisa Higby (2010 field season)
  • Caroline Weir (2011 field season)
  • Michelle Brana Bardin (2011 field season)
  • Aurelie Baily (2011 field season)
  • Sarah Espinosa (2011 field season)

 

and when they are on board they help Chiara to collect:

        PHOTO-ID PICTURES

BEHAVIOURAL DATA

ENVIRONMENTAL DATA

BREATHING RATES

 

 

To collect the data needed the reserch team uses the following instruments:

1.     DIGITAL CAMERA (NIKON or CANON) WITH ZOOM LENSES

2.     BINOCULARS

3.     DIGITAL RECORDERS

4.     GPS

5.     STOP-WATCH