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Devonne Gardiner
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PhD candidate at the University of Aberdeen, researching reproductive health and ecophysiology of baleen whales 🐋
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🐋♀ We found evidence of sex & reproductive-state segregation — specifically biased toward pregnant females.

🐟 Species-specific prey availability the year before pregnancy didn’t explain yearly changes in pregnancy rates, possibly due to minke whales' generalist diet.

Photo credit: Christian Ramp
Three minke whales surfacing in calm, glassy water under a blue sky in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Their dark dorsal fins are visible above the surface, with distant landforms and soft clouds on the horizon.
April 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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🎉 Excited to share my 1st first-author paper has been published in @meps-ir.bsky.social

We used biopsy samples to investigate population demographics & ecophysiology of free-ranging #minkewhales in the northern Gulf of St Lawrence

www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...

#marineconservation #marinemammals
Title page of a scientific article published in Marine Ecology Progress Series on April 10, 2025. The article is titled 'Sexual segregation and stable pregnancy rates in the Gulf of St. Lawrence's minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) amidst environmental changes.' Authors listed include Devonne Gardiner, Christian A. Ramp, Richard Sears, Laura Paling, Davina Derous, Martine Bérubé, Per Palsbøll, and Joanna L. Kershaw, with affiliations in the UK, Canada, the Netherlands, and the USA. The page displays the Inter-Research Science Publisher logo and a note indicating open access.
April 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM