The Namibian Dolphin Project (est 2008) leads a wide range of research and education activities focused on the marine mega-fauna of Namibia. Our research has a strong focus on cetaceans, including bioacoustic, behavioural, genetic and conservation ecology. We are running research internships during our main field season of June to August 2020 in Walvis Bay, Namibia and would like to invite students enrolled in marine biology, ecology and zoology degrees to attend.


Youcan learn more about the Namibian Dolphin Project and ourumbrella organisation Sea Search Research and Conservation (including publications) by following these links (www.namibiandolphinproject.org/   www.seasearch.co.za)

Interns will join an active research programme during an intensive period
of field work aiming to tackle a number of research questions including
long-term population monitoring (photo ID and static acoustic monitoring),
behavioural acoustics of bottlenose and Heaviside's dolphins (linking sounds to
behaviours), behavioural and acoustic responses to anthropogenic activities (tourism and construction) and response to stranded cetaceans (refloatation/data collection). Our
focal study species are Heaviside's dolphins, a small population of common
bottlenose dolphins (<100) and humpback whales with additional data collection on
right whales, sunfish (Mola mola), African Penguins, sea turtles, jackals and Cape fur seals.

Internships are research focused with an emphasis on learning (and using)
field skills in cetacean research such as photo-identification, bioacoustics, biopsy,eDNA, spatially explicit capture-recapture and behavioural data collection, as well as data management and team work.

There is a fee associated with the internship to cover accommodation, food and training costs. . If you are interested in this placement please send a copy of your CV and a letter of motivation to info@seasearch.co.za.


Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any questions regarding this training opportunity.

Kind regards
Dr Simon Elwen and Namibian Dolphin Project Team
www.namibiandolphinproject.org
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Simon Elwen Ph.D. - Director Sea Search Research & Conservation and the Namibian Dolphin Project
Research Associate: Department of Zoology and Botany - Stellenbosch University  & Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria