Rhiannon Meier
Background
Research Interests
Research ProjectUsing a combination of bio-logging technologies and intrinsic biogeochemical markers, my PhD project aims to enhance current understanding of the at-sea behaviour of one of the most threatened seabird species in Europe, the Balearic shearwater. It is hoped that this research will provide new insights into migration strategies and foraging behaviour, both at the individual and population level, with the potential to inform conservation management.
PublicationsGuilford T., Wynn R., McMinn M., Rodriguez A., Fayet A., Jones A. and Meier R. (2012) Geolocators reveal migration and pre-breeding behaviour of the critically endangered Balearic shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus. PLoS ONE, 7, e33753. (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033753)
Nuuttila H., Thomas L, Hiddink J., Meier R., Turner J., Bennell J., Tregenza N. and Evans P. (2013) Acoustic detection probability of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, with static acoustic dataloggers in Cardigan Bay, Wales. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134, 2596-2609. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4816586) Nuuttila H., Meier R., Evans P.G.H., Turner J.R., Bennell J.D. and Hiddink J.G. (2013) Identifying foraging behaviour of wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) with static acoustic dataloggers. Aquatic Mammals, 39, 41-55. (doi: 10.1578/AM.39.2.2013) ContactEmail: [email protected]
SOES Profile: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/oes/postgraduate/research_students/rem1g11.page#research Project shearwater article: http://birdguides.com/webzine/article.asp?a=3925 |