Part of the AIMM team traveled to O Grove, Galicia, North-Western Spain, to participate in the 34th annual European Cetacean Society Conference, organized by our colleagues of the Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute .
Was 2 days of workshops and 3 days of conference, very intense but very rewarding and productive. We presented our work via an oral presentation and five scientific posters.
Our President Joana gave an oral presentation on “Grouping dynamics of mother-calf pairs of common dolphins in the South coast of Portugal”.
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Our Researcher and Operations Manager André presented his poster on “Common dolphin and bottlenose dolphin communication influenced by touristic vessels in the Algarve, Portugal”.
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Our Senior Researcher Fábio presented his poster on “Mark−recapture estimates of bottlenose dolphins on the south coast of Portugal”.
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Our Researcher Alicia presented her poster on “Investigating laterality and spatial associations in common dolphin mother-calf pairs using an unmanned aerial vehicle”.
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Our Research Assistant Miguel presented his poster on “Habitat preference of Risso’s dolphins (Grampus griseus) in the south coast of Portugal”. He won the ACCOBAMS-ECS Student Awards for Best Poster!
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One of our master’s students Adriana presented her poster on “The use of land-based surveys to monitor small cetaceans in the south coast of Portugal”.
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Check all the info on our communications during this conference here.
See you in the ECS 2024 in Catania, Italy!