Student Life - Recent Graduates-- Ari Friedlaender
DUML
Lab 2 Room 8
Box: 135 Pivers Island Road
Beaufort, NC 28516
Phone: 252 504 7570
Fax: 252 504 7648
email: asf7@duke.edu
Research Interests:
- Antarctic cetacean habitat and spatial ecology
Education:
- B.A. Biology (high honors) Bates College, Lewiston, ME
- M.S. Marine Biology, UNC at Wilmington
Bio:
My research focuses on using multidisciplinary data sets to undersdtand
how environmental variability (both physical and biological) effects cetacean
distribution in Antarctica. I am interested in determining the habitat
requirements for individual species, and how this relates to their foraging
abilities, and the potential effects of climate change and variability
on their environment. Closer to home, I am involved in long term health
assessment and conservation projects with bottlenose dolphins, and remain
active in the marine mammal stranding network as part of the large whale
necropsy team.
Publications:
Thiele, D., .A.S. Friedlaender, et al. 2004. Seasonal variability in whale
encounters in the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Deep-Sea Research II 51(17-19):2311-2326.
Johnston, D.W., A.S. Friedlaender, L.G. Torres, and D.M. Lavigne. In Press. Variation in ice cover on the east coast of Canada, 1969-2002: climate variability and implications for harp and hooded seals. Journal of Climate Research.
Thayer, V.G. et al. 2003. Reproductive Seasonality of Western Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins off North Carolina, USA. Marine Mammal Science 19(4).
McLellan, W.A., A.S. Friedlaender, J.G. Mead, C.W. Potter, and D.A. Pabst. 2002. Analysis of Bottlenose Dophin Strandings Along the U.S. Atlantic Coast, 1972-1997. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 4(3).
Friedlaender, A.S., W.A. McLellan, and D.A. Pabst. 2002. Bottlenose Dolphin and Gillnet Interactions In Southeastern North Carolina. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 4(1).
Moore, S., Sirovic, A., Thiele, D., Hildebrand, J., Friedlaender, A.S., McDonald, M., Wiggins, S., and E. Hofmann. In review. Mysticete whale occurrence in the SO GLOBEC West Antarctic Peninsula region investigated by acoustic and visual methods. Fisheries Oceanography
Hobbies:
I love being outside and enjoy hiking, kayaking and photography. I don't
mind the cold.