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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
Samarra, FIP, Tavares, SB, Béesau, J, Deecke, VB, Fennell, A, Miller, PJO, Pétursson, H, Sigurjónsson, J & Víkingsson, GA 2017, 'Movements and site fidelity of killer whales (Orcinus orca) relative to seasonal and long-term shifts in herring (Clupea harengus) distribution' Marine Biology, vol 164, 159. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-017-3187-9
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 2017, 'Marine mammals and sonar: dose-response studies, the risk-disturbance hypothesis and the role of exposure context' Journal of Applied Ecology, vol Early view. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12955
Kvadsheim, PH, DeRuiter, S, Sivle, LD, Goldbogen, J, Roland-Hansen, R, Miller, PJO, Lam, F-PA, Calambokidis, J, Friedlaender, A, Visser, F, Tyack, PL, Kleivane, L & Southall, B 2017, 'Avoidance responses of minke whales to 1–4 kHz naval sonar' Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol In press. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.05.037
Tavares, SB, Samarra, FIP & Miller, PJO 2017, 'A multilevel society of herring-eating killer whales indicates adaptation to prey characteristics' Behavioral Ecology, vol 28, no. 2, pp. 500-514. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arw179
Dunn, C, Tyack, PL, Miller, P & Rendell, LE 2017, 'Short first click intervals in echolocation trains of three species of deep diving odontocetes' Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol 141, no. 2, pp. 900-907. DOI: 10.1121/1.4976084