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Lars Bejder

@lbejder1971.bsky.social

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Professor at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. Marine mammal conservation biologist. I work with management agencies to optimize conservation outcomes. Proud Dad! www.mmrphawaii.org

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Lars Bejder @lbejder1971.bsky.social · 12d

Go Team Europe #RyderCup

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Lars Bejder @lbejder1971.bsky.social · 15d

Looking forward to reading his !

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Darren Croft @darrencroft.bsky.social · 15d

We are hiring (Post number 2) - join us as a graduate research assistant to support killer whale research. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social Prof Dan Franks (York) start 1st Nov (or ASAP) end 31st Oct 2028. Apps close on 19th Oct.

jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 16d

New! Longer body size means more female calves in baleen whales! By Zoe Rand, Sarah Converse and myself

Paper: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Press:
www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...

Longer body size means more female calves for baleen whale moms

University of Washington researchers found, in historical whaling data, that longer baleen whale mothers were more likely to birth female calves than males. These results run contrary to a leading...

www.washington.edu

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Lauren Eckert, Ph.D. @laureneeckert.bsky.social · Aug 21

New collaborative research out today with @raincoast.org explores the deep-roots of conflict over killer whale and Chinook management in the Salish Sea - proposing new approaches to transform intractable conflicts.

www.timescolonist.com/environment/...

Study reveals anglers, conservationists share surprising common ground in orca-chinook fight

Amid debate over protecting chinook salmon for southern resident killer whales, a study found anglers and conservationists share key values, which could resolve the conflict.

www.timescolonist.com

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Lars Bejder @lbejder1971.bsky.social · Aug 19

Impressive work by Cam Nemeth (not on BlueSky). We hypothesized that the significant lift force produced by the humpback whale’s large pectoral flippers result in them being the only species executing tight, high-speed, sustained turns characteristic of bubble-net feeding doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · Aug 19

You can find the first JEB additional language abstract by Cameron Nemeth and colleagues in #Hawaiian accompanying their paper, The key to bubble-net feeding: how humpback whale morphology functionally differs from other baleen whales at

journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Screenshot of the Research Article, The key to bubble-net feeding: how humpback whale morphology functionally differs from other baleen whales, by Cameron Nemeth, William T. Gough, Paolo S. Segre, Frank E. Fish, Andrew Szabo et al. The publishing information states: © 2025. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2025) 228, jeb249607. doi:10.1242/jeb.249607. The first line of the Abstract reads, 'Maneuverability in cetaceans is facilitated by pectoral flippers, flukes and spinal flexibility, features that are pronounced in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).'. The Research article includes an Additional Language Abstract, in Hawaiian. The first sentence of the Additional Language Abstract reads, 'Kōkua ʻia ka huli ʻana o nā cetaceans e ka ʻēheu, hiʻu a me ka palupalu o ka iwikuamoʻo, ahuwale nō kēia mau mea i ke koholā (Megaptera novaeangliae)'.

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Alec Burslem @alecburslem.bsky.social · Jul 28

It's official! I'm now the newest postgraduate research fellow at the marine mammal research program at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. Bio and blog post with more details here:
www.mmrphawaii.org/alec-burslem
www.mmrphawaii.org/post/shippin...

Shippin' out from Scotland

Written by MMRP PostDoc Alec BurslemFor a while it looked like I was going to be a chef. It was 2009, and after a couple of disappointing A-level results in biology and chemistry had shaken my confide...

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Inka Cresswell @inkacresswell.bsky.social · Nov 20

Our Oceans lighting up Times Square 💙🦑🪸🌊 #ouroceans #timessquare

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Lars Bejder @lbejder1971.bsky.social · Jun 8

Happy World Oceans day : youtu.be/xmrksxoTYEk

In the Wake of Whales: New Discoveries That Could Change Ocean Conservation

YouTube video by Dolphin Quest

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Lars Bejder @lbejder1971.bsky.social · May 22

Am intrigued!

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Corey Bradshaw @conservbytes.bsky.social · May 7

Journal editors struggling to find reviewers — there are some bloody good reasons why

conservationbytes.com/2025/05/07/j...

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Alec Burslem @alecburslem.bsky.social · Apr 19

Had a great time this week presenting at the Scottish oceans institute seminar series, giving an overview of my PhD work on sperm whale behavior and physiology. Recording here: universityofstandrews907-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/person... @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

universityofstandrews907-my.sharepoint.com

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Olivier Gimenez 🦦 @oaggimenez.bsky.social · Apr 11

🚨🎉 New paper "Ten quick tips to get you started with Bayesian statistics", hope you'll like it 😇🤗

✍🏽 w/ Andy Royle, Marc Kéry and Chloé Nater

🔗 dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

@plos.org @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social

Graphical summary of 10 quick tips to get started with Bayesian statistics and how they fit into a larger view of an analytical workflow with Bayesian models.

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Lars Bejder @lbejder1971.bsky.social · Apr 8

Just two more days to support Marine Mammal Research in Hawaii. Please join us: givingday.uhfoundation.org/giving-day/9...

UH Giving Day : April 9, 2025

Join us for our opportunity to uplift every island, every campus, and every student in our UH ‘ohana.

givingday.uhfoundation.org

Lars Bejder @lbejder1971.bsky.social · Apr 3

We’d love your support to protect marine mammals in Hawaii givingday.uhfoundation.org/giving-day/9...

UH Giving Day : April 9, 2025

Join us for our opportunity to uplift every island, every campus, and every student in our UH ‘ohana.

givingday.uhfoundation.org

Lars Bejder @lbejder1971.bsky.social · Apr 2

The Marine Mammal Research Program at the University of Hawaii needs your help. See link for donation page: lnkd.in/gzC5KCWZ #marinemammals

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AU Bioacoustics @bioacousticsau.bsky.social · Apr 2

📢Exciting news 1: We just launched our new Center for Active Sensing with Sound 🎧🥳
📢Exciting news 2: We are looking for 2 new PhD students 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 in “Echolocation in bats🦇 and toothed whales 🐬” – read more here:

Echolocation in bats and toothed whales

phd.nat.au.dk

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Lars Bejder @lbejder1971.bsky.social · Feb 22

Looking forward to reading this. Thanks for posting !

Lars Bejder @lbejder1971.bsky.social · Feb 5

A huge congratulations to Martin van Aswegen for successfully defending his PhD discussing on the energetic costs of pregnancy and growth in humpback whales ! #marinemammals

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Alex Knapp @thealexknapp.bsky.social · Feb 2

The National Science Foundation says that it is complying with Friday's court order and will resuming funding to grants and projects.

new.nsf.gov/executive-or...

NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders

Information for the NSF community regarding executive orders.

new.nsf.gov

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Lars Bejder @lbejder1971.bsky.social · Jan 30

Could I please be added to this list? With thanks, Lars.

Lars Bejder @lbejder1971.bsky.social · Jan 17

3/3: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Lars Bejder @lbejder1971.bsky.social · Jan 17

2/n: Incredible effort with >50 co-authors, across 39 photo-ID datasets representing 24 cetacean species.

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Lars Bejder @lbejder1971.bsky.social · Jan 17

1/n: New publication in Conservation Biology led by @ptpatton.bsky.social
Title: Optimizing automated photo identification for population assessments. #marinemammals conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Lars Bejder @lbejder1971.bsky.social · Jan 16

Looking forward to heading to Hawaii for field work soon ….

Lars Bejder @lbejder1971.bsky.social · Jan 14

#marinemammals

Lars Bejder @lbejder1971.bsky.social · Jan 14

Honor to present @aiasdk.bsky.social on collaborative humpback whale research seeking to understand pop. consequences of climate change. Included results from van Aswegen et al
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
Thx @cjaw.bsky.social :sketch

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SMRU Ecophysiology Lab @smruecophys.bsky.social · Jan 13

Some of our group’s research published last November quantifying and reducing the costs from animal-borne tags on study animals #biologging

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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joeymaier 🌊 @joeymaier.bsky.social · Jan 2

Since early December, there have been six entangled #humpback #whales in Hawaii – "more than what is typical at this time in the season."

www.khon2.com/local-news/s...

Six entangled whales reported since early December

Since early December, there have been six confirmed cases in Hawaii – more than what is typical at this time in the season.

www.khon2.com

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