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Prof Patrick Miller:
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Prof Patrick Miller
Bute Building
University of St Andrews
St Andrews
KY16 9TS
Fife
UK
tel: 01334 463554
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room: B6 (office). B4/5 (lab)
email: pm29@st-andrews.ac.uk
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research@st-andrewsSea Mammal Research Unit
Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolution
School of Biology
Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences
IBANS Animal Cognition
IBANS Behavioural Ecology
Centre for Biological Diversity
Scottish Oceans Institute
BDG
Biology Ethics Committee
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My research focuses on communication and behavioural ecology of marine mammals. I record and describe the behaviour patterns of marine mammals in order to elucidate their function, and how life in the sea affects behaviour and physiology. This research often makes use of novel research tools such as hydrophone arrays to identify which whale within a group is calling, and animal-attached tags. Marine mammals live in a world increasingly affected by anthropogenic activity, and I have conducted several studies of how underwater noise affects behaviour of cetaceans, and the potential that disturbance might lead to lasting harm.
source: research@st-andrews
Recent publications listed in research@st-andrews
Harris, CM, Thomas, L, Falcone, E, Hildebrand, J, Houser, D, Kvadsheim, P, Lam, F-PA, Miller, P, Moretti, DJ, Read, A, Slabbekoorn, H, Southall, BL, Tyack, PL, Wartzok, D & Janik, VM 2018, 'Marine mammals and sonar: dose-response studies, the risk-disturbance hypothesis and the role of exposure context' Journal of Applied Ecology, vol 55, no. 1, pp. 396-404. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12955
Visser, F, Kok, ACM, Oudejans, MG, Scott-Hayward, LAS, DeRuiter, SL, Alves, AC, Antunes, RN, Isojunno, S, Pierce, GJ, Slabbekoorn, H, Huisman, J & Miller, PJO 2017, 'Vocal foragers and silent crowds: context-dependent vocal variation in Northeast Atlantic long-finned pilot whales' Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol 71, 170. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-017-2397-y
Isojunno, S, Sadykova, D, DeRuiter, S, Curé, C, Visser, F, Thomas, L, Miller, PJO & Harris, CM 2017, 'Individual, ecological, and anthropogenic influences on activity budgets of long-finned pilot whales' Ecosphere, vol 8, no. 12, e02044. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2044
Wensveen, PJ, Kvadsheim, PH, Lam, F-PA, von Benda-Beckmann, AM, Sivle, LD, Visser, F, Curé, C, Tyack, PL & Miller, PJO 2017, 'Lack of behavioural responses of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) indicate limited effectiveness of sonar mitigation' Journal of Experimental Biology, vol 220, no. 22, pp. 4150-4161. DOI: 10.242/jeb.161232
Aoki, K, Sato, K, Isojunno, S, Narazaki, T & Miller, PJO 2017, 'High diving metabolic rate indicated by high-speed transit to depth in negatively buoyant long-finned pilot whales' Journal of Experimental Biology, vol 220, no. 20, pp. 3802-3811. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.158287