Department Function
Our research team conducts research in many aspects of marine animal health, husbandry, and ecology. This is accomplished through detailed analysis of behavior, specimens, data records and a combination of field, in-house, and laboratory-based research projects that focus on animal behavior, ecology, infectious disease, neuro-immunology, and physiology.
Daily Duties
• Videorecord, observe, describe and analyze animal behavior
• Prepare chemical solutions and biological reagents
• Assist with specimen collection
• Management of biological specimens
• Assist with biological assays and experiments
• Data entry and database management
• Data analysis, table and graph construction
• Report writing
Recent Projects
• Data collection of marine ornamental fish industry contacts in the Northeast
• Description and quantification of beluga whale behavior
• Description and quantification of fish behavior
• Validation of an automated hematology analyzer for use with cetacean and pinniped blood
• Gut passage rates in multiple elasmobranch species
• Health assessment and prevalence of Brucellosis in Point Lay, AK beluga whales
• Health assessment of wild bottlenose dolphins
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