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Keen, Eric

Student, Biological Oceanography

Degrees:

• B.A., Sewanee: The University of the South

Research Interests:

• Large whales and other cetaceans, regarding...
• Their coastal ecology & acoustic behavior in coastal corridors,
• The oceanographic bases for micro- and meso-scale habitat suitability,
• Foraging ecology,
• and their historical biogeography.

Honors and Awards:

• NSF Graduate Research Fellow
• Environmental Service Award, Sewanee: The University of the South
• Morris K. Udall National Environmental Leadership Award
• Fulbright Scholar, Indonesia. 2008-2009.

2011. “Bubble Net: Encounters with a feeding frenzy.” In Press at Spyhopper (American Cetacean Society).

2011. “The Case for Deifying the Blue Whale.” Dolphin & Whale Soc. Mag. Fall.

2011. “Room at the Table: Indigenous whalers & conservation.” Dolphin & Whale Soc. Mag. Spring.

2011. “One young naturalist vs. Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline.” The Ecologist. 10 March.

2011. “Cracking the Naturalist’s Code: Fight for the Great Bear.” Earth Times. 12 Feb.

2010. At Surface Dwell: Lessons from Lamalera and Its Whales. Self-published: 180 pp.

2007. Oceania in Time-Lapse: Mapping the Story of Life. Self-published: 140 pp.

with N. Hollingshead, eds. 2011. Ways Forward: A Conservation Action Plan for the South Cumberland Plateau. Submitted.

with J.P. Evans. 10 years monitoring relict forest stands on a protected barrier island in Georgia, USA. Submitted.

with Wray, J. & H. Meuter, 2010. Humpback Whales of the Gitga’at Territory: Identification & Natural History. Self-published: 94 pp.

with Pierantonio, N., Lanfredi, C., S. Airoldi, M. Colla, E. Carpinelli., M. Vighi. 2009. Cetacean Sanctuary Research Weekly Reports 16-19. Tethys Research Institute.

with B.L. Padgett. 2007. Report on Excavation of Stout-legged Moa (Euryapteryx geranoides) femur. Department of Biology Collections, Sewanee, TN.