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OLESON, ERIN

Assistant Project Scientist

Degrees:

• B.S., University of California, San Diego
• Ph.D., UCSD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Research Interests:

• Acoustic studies of cetacean distribution and abundance
• Developing statistical models for the application of acoustic monitoring data to estimating population abundance and seasonal distribution
• Mitigating the potential impact of anthropogenic

Mentoring:

• Bayless, Alexandra (Undergrad; 2007-2007)
• Iriarte, Veronica (Graduate; 2007-2009)
• Mayhugh, Carl (Graduate; 2007-2009)
• Nowak, Nathan (Undergrad; 2007-2008)
• Blanco, Alex (Undergrad; 2006-2008)
• Mayhugh, Carl (Undergrad; 2006-2007)

Goldbogen, J.A., J. Calambokidis, D.A. Croll, J.T. Harvey, K.M. Newton, E.M. Oleson, G. Schorr, and R.E. Shadwick. 2008. Foraging behavior of humpback whales: kinematic and respiratory patterns suggest a high cost for a lunge. Journal of Experimental Biology, 211: 3712-3719.

Calambokidis, J., Schorr, G. S., Steiger, G. H., Francis, J., Bakhtiari, M., Marshall, G. J., Oleson, E. M., Gendron, D. & Robertson, K. M. 2007. Insights into the underwater diving, feeding, and calling behavior of blue whales from a suction-cup attached video-imaging tag (Crittercam). Marine Technology Society Journal, 41(4): 19-29.

Oleson, E.M., S.M. Wiggins, and J.A. Hildebrand. 2007. Temporal separation of blue whale call types on a southern California feeding ground. Animal Behaviour 74(4): 881-894.

Oleson, E.M., J. Calambokidis, J. Barlow, and J.A. Hildebrand. 2007. Blue whale visual and acoustic encounter rates in the Southern California Bight. Marine Mammal Science 23(3):574-597.

Oleson, E.M, J. Calambokidis, W.C. Burgess, M.A. McDonald, C.A. LeDuc, and J.A. Hildebrand. 2007. Behavioral context of call production by eastern North Pacific blue whales. Marine Ecology Progress Series 330:269-284.

Soldevilla, M.S., S.M. Wiggins, J. Calambokidis, A. Douglas, E.M. Oleson, and J.A. Hildebrand. 2006. Marine mammal monitoring and habitat investigations during CalCOFI surveys. CalCOFI Reports 47:79-91.

Goldbogen, J.A., J. Calambokidis, R.A. Shadwick, E.M. Oleson, M. McDonald, and J.A. Hildebrand. 2006. Kinematics of foraging dives and lunge-feeding in fin whales. Journal of Experimental Biology 209:1231-1244.

Wiggins, S.M, E.M. Oleson, M.A. McDonald, and J.A. Hildebrand. 2005. Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) diel calling patterns offshore Southern California. Aquatic Mammals 31:161-168.

Burtenshaw, J.C, E.M. Oleson, J.A. Hildebrand, M.A. McDonald, R.K. Andrew, B.M. Howe, and J.A. Mercer. 2004. Acoustic and satellite remote sensing of blue whale seasonality and habitat in the northeast Pacific. Deep Sea Research II 51: 967-986.

Oleson, E.M., J. Barlow, J. Gordon, S. Rankin, and J.A. Hildebrand. 2003. Low frequency calls of Bryde’s whales. Marine Mammal Science 19(2): 407-419.

Swartz, S.L, T. Cole, M.A. McDonald, J.A. Hildebrand, E.M. Oleson, A. Martinez, P.J. Clapham, J. Barlow, and M.L. Jones. 2003. Acoustic and visual survey of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) distribution in the eastern and southeastern Caribbean Sea. Caribbean Journal of Science 39(2): 195-208.