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Biology of Marine Mammals

This class introduces undergraduate and masters students to the biology and conservation of cetaceans, pinnipeds, sirenians and sea otters.  Andy teaches the class each fall term to undergraduate and professional masters students at the Duke University Marine Laboratory, with video-links to main campus in Durham. Lectures are supplemented with offshore boat trips, necropsies of stranded marine mammals and other field activities.

Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles

TurtlesMatthew Godfrey leads this field course on the biology of sea turtles, covering their evolution, anatomy, physiology, behavior, life history and population dynamics; the class emphasizes the role of sea turtles in marine ecosystem structure and function. Basic ecological concepts are integrated into issues related to the conservation and management of endangered species, the contributions of technology to the study of migratory marine species, and the role of research in national and international law and policy.  Undergraduate and masters students are able to interact directly with resource managers, community conservationists, fishermen and other stakeholders and gain first-hand experience with field assessment methods.  You can read more about the course through the class blog.

Developing Model Marine Mammal Legislation

This class, offered under the Duke Bass Connections program during the 2020-2021 school year, explored the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) Import Provisions Rule. This was an applied, interdisciplinary course that covers the MMPA, marine mammal bycatch, and international fisheries through a combination of independent research and discussion. The course culminated in a publication in Marine Policy: “Will unilateral action improve the global conservation status of marine mammals? A first analysis of the US Marine Mammal Protection Act’s Import Provisions Rule” (Bering et al., 2021).

Recent news:

  • Andy Confirmed by the Senate as a Commissioner of the Marine Mammal Commission
    Andy Confirmed by the Senate as a Commissioner of the Marine Mammal Commission January 13, 2023

    On December 22, the U.S. Senate confirmed Andy’s appointment to the Marine...

  • Atlantic BRS – 2022 CEE with the USS Farragut
    Atlantic BRS – 2022 CEE with the USS Farragut August 25, 2022

    After a frustrating summer marked by very poor offshore weather conditions, ever...

  • Atlantic BRS – First CEE of 2021
    Atlantic BRS – First CEE of 2021 August 6, 2021

    On July 30, we conducted a successful Controlled Exposure Experiment (CEE) with...

  • First Tag Deployments for Atlantic BRS 2021
    First Tag Deployments for Atlantic BRS 2021 July 9, 2021

    After a long wait for good weather and engine repairs to the R/V Richard T. Barb...

  • Atlantic BRS 2020 – First CEE
    Atlantic BRS 2020 – First CEE July 16, 2020

    On Wednesday, July 16th we completed a successful experimental playback of...

  • Atlantic BRS 2019 – Multi-Scale CEE
    Atlantic BRS 2019 – Multi-Scale CEE August 10, 2019

        On August 6th, we conducted a successful Controlled Exposure Exper...

  • Atlantic BRS 2019 Underway
    Atlantic BRS 2019 Underway May 12, 2019

    The first field season of our 2019 Atlantic Behavioral Response Study (BRS) is u...

  • 2018 BRS – Second Phase – First Update
    2018 BRS – Second Phase – First Update August 16, 2018

    Last week we welcomed Jessica Aschettino to our field team to deploy satellite-l...

  • Wrapping Up The First Phase of the 2018 Atlantic BRS
    Wrapping Up The First Phase of the 2018 Atlantic BRS June 25, 2018

    We have just wrapped up field work in the first phase of the 2018 Atlantic Behav...

  • Atlantic BRS 2018 Field Work Second Update
    Atlantic BRS 2018 Field Work Second Update June 5, 2018

    During the past week we finished deploying satellite tags for the first leg of t...

Contact Andy:

252-504-7590

aread*duke.edu

135 Duke Marine Lab Road

Beaufort, NC 28516

Recent news from our lab:

  • Andy Confirmed by the Senate as a Commissioner of the Marine Mammal Commission
    Andy Confirmed by the Senate as a Commissioner of the Marine Mammal Commission January 13, 2023
  • Atlantic BRS – 2022 CEE with the USS Farragut
    Atlantic BRS – 2022 CEE with the USS Farragut August 25, 2022
  • Atlantic BRS – First CEE of 2021
    Atlantic BRS – First CEE of 2021 August 6, 2021
  • First Tag Deployments for Atlantic BRS 2021
    First Tag Deployments for Atlantic BRS 2021 July 9, 2021
  • Atlantic BRS 2020 – First CEE
    Atlantic BRS 2020 – First CEE July 16, 2020

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