Devonne Gardiner
@wild-devs.bsky.social
PhD candidate at the University of Aberdeen, researching reproductive health and ecophysiology of baleen whales 🐋
This study was made possible by the long-term biopsy work of the Mingan Island Cetacean Study.
Thank you to my co-authors, supervisors @jlkershaw.bsky.social & @davinaderous.bsky.social, and @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding part of this research.
📖 Check it out here: www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
Thank you to my co-authors, supervisors @jlkershaw.bsky.social & @davinaderous.bsky.social, and @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding part of this research.
📖 Check it out here: www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
Sexual segregation and stable pregnancy rates in the Gulf of St. Lawrence’s minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata amidst environmental changes
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April 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
This study was made possible by the long-term biopsy work of the Mingan Island Cetacean Study.
Thank you to my co-authors, supervisors @jlkershaw.bsky.social & @davinaderous.bsky.social, and @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding part of this research.
📖 Check it out here: www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
Thank you to my co-authors, supervisors @jlkershaw.bsky.social & @davinaderous.bsky.social, and @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding part of this research.
📖 Check it out here: www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
🐋♀ 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
🐟 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
April 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🐋♀ 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
🐟 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