RIEL seminar series
ARC funded Marine Megafauna Project - First Year Summary (Mid-March to December 2021)
| Presenter | Dr Carol Palmer | |
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| Contact person | E: riel.outreach@cdu.edu.au | |
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Yellow 1.1.39 ZOOM: https://charlesdarwinuni.zoom.us/j/85297850100 |
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| Open to | Public | |
Dr Carol Palmer, senior research associate (dolphins, whales, and marine megafauna) will give an overview of the data collected so far for the seminar talk and the discuss the plan for ongoing vessel-based fieldwork in 2022.
The Marine Megafauna Project is a collaborative partnership with Larrakia Rangers, Kakadu National Park and Cobourg Marine Park rangers and managers, Marthakal Rangers and scientist from CDU, Macquarie, James Cook and Edith Cowan Universities, Taronga Conservation Society, Sea Darwin and AIMS.
The two main aims of the project are to 1) develop best science for conservation management and decision making for marine megafauna and 2) develop the most appropriate approaches for cross-cultural and trans-disciplinary collaboration with Indigenous Traditional Owners, Rangers, and managers.
During the first 10 months of the new project there has been a really positive exchange between the partner organisations who have undertaken extensive vessel-based field work in amazing parts of the NT. The work has focused on sat/gps tagging green turtles though rodeo capture, DNA sampling of false killer whales, manta rays, dolphins, and green turtles and sighting locations of marine megafauna species.
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