Doug Nowacek
doug.nowacek@duke.edu
NSOE; MSC
Location 1
Research Location
Sakhalin, Russia
Research Objective
To conserve Western Gray Whales via the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel convened by the IUCN.
Collaborating Institution
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Funding Source/Sponsor
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Students Involved
Reny Tyson (PhD Candidate)
Location 2
Research Location
Palmer Station, Western Antarctic Peninsula
Research Objective
1)To study nutrients available on the peninsula from the bottom to top levels and their effect on the ecology of whales and dolphins.
2)To study catacean foraging ecology.
Collaborating Institution
1) Long Term Research
2) Columbia University Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, University of California at Santa Cruz, Organ State University Polar Oceans Research
Funding Source/Sponsor
National Science Foundation
Students Involved
2) Reny Tyson (PhD)
Website
https://nicholas.duke.edu/marinelab/people/faculty/nowacek