Nowacek and colleagues publish paper on responsible practices for seismic surveys. The paper, published in the current issue of the journal Aquatic Mammals, was the result of a collaboration between scientists with the Switzerland-based International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel and the Russian consortium, Sakhalin
The Ph.D. program requires completion of a dissertation containing the results of original and substantive research. Typically, graduate students spend several years conducting field or laboratory work after completion of courses and successful defense of their preliminary examinations. All Ph.D. students are supported by an external fellowship, a Research Assistantship,
The Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel (WGWAP), which is convened by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), is charged with minimizing the risk of oil and gas development to Western Gray Whales. The shelf off Sakhalin Island, Russia is a critical feeding habitat for this population of