Voluntariado_Ballenas Jorobadas_Queensland
Neil Castro
The Cetacean Ecology and Acoustics Lab at the University of Queensland
is seeking applications from volunteers for a 3 week behaviour study
on humpback whales from September 09 to October 03 this year. The
study will be conducted at Eden, New South Wales (about 6 hours south
of Sydney). The study will examine the fine scale feeding behaviour of
humpback whales using D-tags, focal follows, acoustics and land based
observations of behaviour.
The volunteer is required mainly to conduct land-based observations of
the whales as they pass our study site. This area is unique as it
represents a supplementary feeding area for humpback whales while on
migration to the main feeding grounds in the Antarctic. We will also
have a boat based team that will be deploying D-tags to look at the
underwater behaviour and acoustics of the feeding whales. Although the
volunteer may get the opportunity to go out on the boat, opportunities
for the volunteer to participate in boat work are limited and most
time will be spent doing the land-based observations.
The volunteer will spend approximately six hours daily counting and
observing passing whales from the headland and will get at least one
day off per week, usually during bad weather.
The volunteer must be sociable as the will be expected to work and
live as part of a team of 7 people with shared cooking and cleaning
duties. The volunteer must organise and pay for their own transport to
the study site (Eden is a 6 hour drive from Sydney, 7.5 hour drive
from Melbourne- flights available to Merimbula (20 mins from Eden)
from both Sydney and Melbourne airports) but food and accommodation
are provided once there. As meals are communal, fussy eaters are
discouraged from applying (vegetarians are fine).
This project will suit people with a background in science (including
recent graduates and graduate students as well as higher level
undergraduate students) keen to gain experience in cetacean survey
techniques. Applicants should also be highly motivated and able to
concentrate for several hours at a time. Those with previous survey
experience, particularly of marine mammals, will be preferred.
Applicants should reply with an email to Kylie Owen
(kylie...@uqconnect.edu.au) outlining why they would be suitable for
this survey, why they would like to participate, an outline of
previous relevant experience, and any other relevant details. The
email should include an attached CV and the names and contact details
of two professional referees, and should be cc-ed to Rebecca Dunlop
(r.du...@uq.edu.au). The closing date for applications is the 12th of
August and successful applicants will be notified by the 19th of
August.
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Neil Javier Castro Guillén
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