Dr. KC Bierlich

Ever wonder how fat #HumpbackWhales get?? 🐋 Check out our new paper in @FrontMarineSci where we describe how body condition increases over the foraging season in #Antarctic. This work establishes a baseline to monitor future impacts of climate change. frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Such a great and inspiring talk last night by Leigh Torres on all the latest research by the @GemmLabOSU on the Pacific Coast Feeding Group (PCFG) #GrayWhales

Huge shoutout to my amazing team of co-authors! @logan_pallin @kiwijuliandale @FChristiansen83 @KateSprogis @allison_h_dawn @clarabirdferrer @Grogology @michellershero @GoldbogenLab @AndyAread, Josh Hewitt, Rob Schick, Ari Friedlaender, & Ross Nichols!

Ever wonder how fat #HumpbackWhales get?? 🐋 Check out our new paper in @FrontMarineSci where we describe how body condition increases over the foraging season in #Antarctic. This work establishes a baseline to monitor future impacts of climate change. frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Humpback whales really pack it on during Antarctic summers! Cool new paper led by @KCBierlich shows how drone-based photogrammetry helps us better understand how humpbacks increase energy reserves while foraging along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.…

Check out our new study on #humpback #whales in #Antarctica where we monitor changes in population #cortisol levels and show a post #covid-19 #anthropause resulted in lower stress levels across the population #science ⁦⁦@UCSCscience⁩ @iaato_org⁩ nature.com/articles/s4159…

New Paper Alert! Check out our study on #Antarctic #minkewhale using non-lethal methods. #conservation #climatechange @MarineUAS @AusAntarctic @KCBierlich Demography of an ice-obligate mysticete in a region of rapid environmental change royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

GO @clarabirdferrer!!🐳

fat, faT, fAT, FAT! That’s how humpback whales grow when reaching the Antarctic feeding grounds 🇦🇶 🦐 Great way to know more is at the Marine Mammal conference #SMM2022 @marinemammalogy; @KCBierlich et al. #humpbackwhale

So awesome to hear this! Huge congrats to @AndyAread and Sue!!

1/n 🧵 I want to address a narrative that we see around women’s sport and inclusion (particularly from those who seek to exclude trans women & women with sex variations from women’s sport), and how this narrative is part of a bigger pattern that functions to keep women small

Thrilled that our study of rorqual whale distribution & phenology off Oregon is out in the world! This paper enhances ecological knowledge and paves the way for informed management decisions. Congratulations @SoleneDerville and @GemmLabOSU, this project is a joy to be part of!

Check out this week's blog for a quick summary on our recent publication comparing gray whale body condition on foraging and breeding grounds! See link for blog and manuscript below

@KateSprogis @uwanews @SAgE_UWA @uwaoceans @TopUnis @UWA_students @UWAresearch @UWAAlbanyCentre Congrats, Kate!! 🐳

It's a pleasure to now be based at this beautiful campus in Albany at the University of Western Australia, a top 10 University in Australia 🤓🐬🐋

@dom_kone @CaliforniaOST @HayleyCarterOST @anthonomics @lizwhiteman @lidateneva Dude!! Congrats! So awesome to hear!

I'm proud to finally share my first first-author publication (!), a summary + analysis of fine-scale seal and sea lion distributions on land, w/ drone data from a collaboration of @MarineUAS, the Aleut Community of Saint Paul, and NOAA's Marine Mammal Lab. cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

@Grogology @MarineUAS @dioptrica @jomilo75 Riight on! Congrats dude!

Learn more on how to incorporate photogrammetric uncertainty associated with drone-based morphological measurements int-res.com/abstracts/meps… and body condition measurements frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

So excited about this awesome collaborative study that used the methods established during my dissertation to account for uncertainty associated w/ different #drones to measure body condition of #graywhales on their feeding & breeding grounds

@clarabirdferrer from @GemmLabOSU is now a PhD *Candidate*!!! Congratulations for absolutely crushing your qualifying exams! 🐳🐋🐳🐋🐳🐋🐳