*OneNOAA Science Seminar Series <https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/seminars/>* *Please forward to colleagues who may be interested; thanks.* *Title: The presence of large whale species in Clayoquot Sound and its offshore waters* *Speaker: *Rianna Burnham, PhD, Senior Researcher, Whale Research Lab, University of Victoria and Post Doctoral Research Scientist at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Presenting from Victoria. When: Tomorrow, Wednesday, June 5, 2019, 12-1pm EDT Where: Via webinar (see below), or for NOAA Silver Spring staff, SSMC4, Room 8150 *Sponsor: *NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar; coordinator is Tracy Gill <tracy.gill@noaa.gov>. *Webinar Access: *Register for webinar at https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/burnhamclayoquotsound/event/registrat... Users should use either IE or Edge on Windows or Safari if using a Mac. Audio will be available thru the computer only; no phone. Questions will be addressed in the chat window. This Webcast will be recorded, archived and made accessible in the near future. You can test your ability to use Adobe Connect at the following link: https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.h... Audio is over the computer, so adjust volume on your computer speakers or headsets. Questions? Email Tracy Gill <tracy.gill@noaa.gov> *Abstract: *Rianna will discuss the findings from two offshore ocean glider missions aiming to map the habitat use of large whale species in offshore waters. First we will look at the acoustic presence of species in passive acoustic recordings made by the gliders, and compare them to recordings from stationary units deployed in deep coastal and deep shelf break locations. Then, she will focus on the vocalizations of the fin whale. This species shows spatial and temporal separation in area use between spring and winter deployments in the study area on the west coast of Vancouver Island, indicated by the dominant call type heard. Finally she will look at methods of reconciling the habitat data collected by the glider and the whale presence data, which is collected on much broader spatial scales, in hopes to identify important habitat units for sensitive species. *About the Speaker: *Rianna Burnham is an acoustics ecologist, who uses acoustics as a tool for ecological study and understanding the life histories of marine species. She completed her graduate work with the Whale Lab at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on the foraging ecology and vocalisation behaviours of whale species. She was a lead researcher in the Whale Habitat and Listening Experiment (WHaLE) project, collaboration of project teams on the east and west coast of Canada, that used acoustic technologies to mitigate acoustic disturbance and ship strike threat. She has worked both in academia and the private sector. She continues to work in the Whale Research Lab, while taking on a new role of Post Doctoral Research Scientist with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada *Subscribe to the OneNOAA Science Seminar weekly email: *Send an email to OneNOAAscienceseminars-request@list.woc.noaa.gov with the word `subscribe' in the subject or body. See the OneNOAA science Seminar Series website <https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/seminars/> -- Tracy A. Gill tracy.gill@noaa.gov 240-533-0349 Physical Scientist , NOAA/NOS Science Seminar Coordinator NOAA/NOS National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS <https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/>) Marine Spatial Ecology Division, Biogeography Branch 1305 East-West Hwy, N/SCI-1, # 9208, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3278 *Check out **the OneNOAA Science Seminar Series website <https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/seminars/> for the schedule and to **sign up <https://list.woc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/onenoaascienceseminars> for the weekly seminar email.* o o

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