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Emilie Stepien

@EmilieStepien

#PhD student at @MarineMammalAU, droning for science whilst looking at #seals in the Wadden Sea 🦭 🚁 #marinemammals #drones

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Joined June 2022
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"How low can you go? 🐾 Using drones for behavioural studies means ensuring they don't disturb the animals. We investigated the impact of various drone heights on the behavior of hauled-out harbor - and grey seals. 🦭📡 #WildlifeResearch #Drones #Seals frontiersin.org/journals/mar…
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Ever wondered if an acoustic seal scarer would affect an Eurasian otter? Then we just published the paper for you! We investigated the underwater hearing of two #otters to 1 and 14 kHz AHD sounds, and how that affected their foraging #behaviour. nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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1/ Baleen whales depend on acoustic communication to find each other in vast marine environments. But how do baleen whales make their calls and iconic songs while holding their breath? We are thrilled to share our newest paper in #Nature! nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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#Hybrid #sealpup is still going strong at #Denmark 's Museum of the Sea 🦭🥳It is most likely a female and seems to resemble the #harbourseal in appearance but with the #greyseal coloration😃She went for her first swim when she was 3 days old and shred the fur after a week.
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How to weigh a #porpoise through #positiveconditioning 🐋 👌 It's work like this, that helps us better understand the #development, #seasonalvariations and #energetic needs of these wonderful little whales 👏 tiktok.com/@fjordbaelt/video… – at Kerteminde, Danmark
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7 days later and the #hybrid #harbourseal #greyseal is alive and well at Denmark's museum of the sea 🦭 Check out the videos -the news are in Danish, but the pictures says it all. It seems like the #sealpup is nursing and interacting with mama #seal 🥳 🤞 tvsyd.dk/nyheder/15-02-2023/… – at Esbjerg, Danmark
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First documented #hybrid harbour-grey #sealpup at Denmark's museum of the sea! Though #greyseal DNA has been found in the uterus of female #harbourseals, a hybrid has never been documented - until this morning 😲Fathered by a harbour seal and born by a grey seal 🦭
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It's finally here - the paper about porpoise growth and seasonal variations + prediction models !🥳 Exciting data over 23 years with continuous measurements of 17 living porpoises. Thank you to all my coauthors for their help & support during this work🙏 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
• We used von Bertalanffy growth curve to enable age prediction of harbour porpoises. • Harbour porpoises grow 66% during the first year. • Asymptotic length was reached after 4 years. • Large seasonal variations in body mass, girth and blubber thickness were evident. • It is possible to predict individual body mass ± 2 kg using length and girth. • Enables investigations of nutritional state by measurements of the Body Mass Index.

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Graphical abstract by @CaraAGallagher and @EmilieStepien
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New Paper Out this week led by our group!! We present a methods for diagnosing, quantifying, and monitoring a persistent & pervasive skin disease in Endangered Arabian Sea humpback #whales using #drones #DroneDermatology rdcu.be/c3pb0
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Dream Team 🥳 I feel honored to be on board 🛥️
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After a two day seminar, we are ready and excited about our 2023 #marinemammal research goals. Stay tuned! @jacobnabe @TougaardJakob @frantsjensen @melanthropics @etgriffonage @caitlinfrankish @EmilieStepien @laia_rojano @FChristiansen83 @haoxiuqing @CharlotteHviid1
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DamesOfDrones@DamesOfDrones2 Nov 2022
.@EmilieStepien from @MarineMammalAU is studying #seals using #drones, looking into how the seals in @WaddenseaUNESCO are affected by tourist activities and which health conditions & age groups are most vulnerable using #Photogrammetry & #DeepLearning #WomeninDronesWednesday
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37 days in the field, 209 flights and this is the first day with only 'minor' technical issues 🥳 #neverupdate #droneswillbedrones #rtk Photo: @zl_guillerm – at Esbjerg, Danmark
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Adi@IDdocAdi2 Jul 2022
Co authors when manuscript gets accepted with minor revisions
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Casually reading the @nationalpark #magasin where we just published a little article about our work with #sealtourism in the #waddensea Can also be found online, (but that didn't look as cool as posing in the field) issuu.com/nationalpark_vadeh…
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Female #harbourseals has delayed implantation: this gives the mother time to recover from her last pregnancy, and assures that the pup will be born when she considers the environmental conditions optimal for its survival. It is her decision.
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Starting your #research #career feels like this newborn #seal pup: it can crawl and it can wiggle, it's definitely going places, but it sure is nice with a little bit of support when you're knee-deep in your own placenta♥️😊@MarineMammalAU #PhD #droningforscience #drone #wildlife
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