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WIGGINS, SEAN

Project Scientist

Degrees:

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

Research Interests:

• Marine mammal acoustics
• Near-surface geophysical imaging
• Oceanographic instrumentation

Mentoring:

• Roth, Ethan (Masters; 2007-2008)
• Soldevilla, Melissa (Graduate; 2002-2008)
• Munger, Lisa (Graduate; 2001-2007)
• Sirovic, Ana (Graduate; 2000-2006)
• Oleson, Erin (Graduate; 1999-2005)

2009. Blue and fin whale acoustic presence around Antarctica during 2003 and 2004. Sirovic, A., J. A. Hildebrand, S. M. Wiggins, and D. Thiele. Marine Mammal Science 25(1):125-136.

2008. North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica) seasonal and diel calling patterns from long-term acoustic recordings in the southeastern Bering Sea, 2000-2006. Munger, L. M., S. M. Wiggins, S. E. Moore, and J. A. Hildebrand. Marine Mammal Science 24(4):795-814.

2008. Comparison of Machine Learning Techniques for the Classification of Echolocation Clicks from Three Species of Odontocetes. Roch, M. A., M. S. Soldevilla, R. Hoenigman, S. M. Wiggins, and J. A. Hildebrand. Canadian Acoustics 36(1):41-47.

2008. Classification of Risso's and Pacific white-sided dolphins using spectral properties of echolocation clicks. Soldevilla, M. S., E. E. Henderson, G. S. Campbell, S. M. Wiggins, J. A. Hildebrand, and M. A. Roch. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 124(1): 609-624.

2008. Temporal patterns in the acoustic signals of beaked whales at Cross Seamount. Johnston, D. W., M. McDonald, J. Polovina, R. Domokos, S. Wiggins and J. Hildebrand. Biology Letters 4(2):208-211.

2008. Anatomic Geometry of Sound Transmission and Reception in Cuvier's Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris). Cranford TW, McKenna M, Soldevilla M, Wiggins SM, Shadwick R, Goldbogen, J.A.., Shadwick, R.E., Krysl, P., St. Leger, J.A. and John Hildebrand. Anatomical Record 291:353-378.

2007. High-frequency Acoustic Recording Package (HARP) for broad-band, long-term marine mammal monitoring. Wiggins, S. M. and J. A. Hildebrand. International Symposium on Underwater Technology 2007 and International Workshop on Scientific Use of Submarine Cables & Related Technologies 2007 Pages 551-557, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Tokyo, Japan.

2007. Gray whale calls recorded near Barrow, Alaska, throughout the winter of 2003-04. Stafford, K.M., S.E. Moore, M. Spillane and S. Wiggins. Arctic, 60 (2): 167-172.

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

2007. Blue and fin whale call source levels and propagation range in the Southern Ocean. Sirovic, A, J. A. Hildebrand, and S. M. Wiggins, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 122(2):1208-12

2007. Rapid seismic reflection imaging at the Clovis period Gault site in central Texas. Hildebrand, J. A., S. M. Wiggins, J. L. Driver, and M. R. Waters. Archaeological Prospection 14: 245-260.

2006. Simulating the effect of high-intensity sound on cetaceans: Modeling approach and a case study for Cuvier’s Beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris). Krysl, P, T. W. Cranford, S. M. Wiggins and J. A. Hildebrand. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 120:2328-39.

2006. Increases in deep ocean ambient noise in the Northeast Pacific west of San Nicolas Island, California. McDonald, M. A., J. A. Hildebrand and S. M. Wiggins. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 120 (2), 1-

2005. Sei whale sounds recorded in the Antarctic. McDonald, M. A., J. A. Hildebrand, S. M. Wiggins, D. Thiele, D. Glasgow, and S. E. Moore. Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America. 118 (6):3941-3945.

2005. Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) diel call patterns offshore of Southern California. Wiggins, S., E. Oleson, M. McDonald, and J. A. Hildebrand. Aquatic Mammals. 31 (2):161-168.

2005. Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) head tissues: physical properties and CT imaging. Soldevilla, M. S., M. F. McKenna, S. Wiggins, R. E. Shadwick, T. W. Cranford, and J. A. Hildebrand. J. Experimental Biology. 208:2319-2332. (2005).

2005. Performance of spectrogram cross-correlation in detecting right whale calls in long-term recordings from the Bering Sea. Munger, L. M., D. K. Mellinger, S. Wiggins, S. Moore, and J. A. Hildebrand. Canadian Acoustics. 33 (2):25-34.

2004. Seasonality of blue and fin whale calls and the influence of sea ice in the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Sirovic, A., J. A. Hildebrand, S. M. Wiggins, M. A. McDonald, S. E. Moore, and D. Thiele. Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies In Oceanography. 51 (17-19):2327-2344.

2004. Waveguide propagation allows range estimates for North Pacific right whales in the Bering Sea. Wiggins, S., M. McDonald, L. M. Munger, S. Moore, and J. A. Hildebrand. Canadian Acoustics. 32 (2):146-154.

2003. Autonomous Acoustic Recording Packages (ARP's) for long-term monitoring of whale sounds. Wiggins, S.M. MTS Journal, Vol. 37, No.2, 13-22.

2002. Geothermal State and Fluid Flow within ODP Hole 843B: Results from Wireline Logging. Wiggins, S.M., J. A. Hildebrand, and J. M. Gieskes. Earth and Planetary Science Letts., 195, 239-248.

2002. A Comparison of Seismic Reflection and Ground-Penetrating Radar Imaging At the Controlled Archaeologic Test Site, Champaign Illinois. Hildebrand, J.A., S.M. Wiggins, P.C., Henkart, and L.B., Conyers. Archaeological Prospection, 9, 9-21.

1997. Topography can affect linearization in tomographic inversions. Wiggins, S.M., L.M. Dorman and B.D. Cornuelle. Geophysics, 62, (6), 1797-1803.

1996. Hess Deep rift valley structure from seismic topography. Wiggins, S.M., L.M. Dorman, B.D. Cornuelle and J.A. Hildebrand. J. Geophys. Res. 101, (10), 335-353.