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B. Louise Chilvers

B. Louise Chilvers

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
34
Citations
4098
World Ranking
7667
National Ranking
102

Overview

B. Louise Chilvers is affiliated with Massey University in New Zealand and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Pollution.

Their research contributions focus on topics including Marine animal studies overview, Avian ecology and behavior, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Marine and fisheries research, Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, and Cephalopods and Marine Biology.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Ocean & Coastal Management, and Animals.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Sources and reporting of oil spills and impacts on wildlife 1970-2018, 2020, Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Reducing the "cost of caring" in animal-care professionals: Social work contribution in a pilot education program to address burnout and compassion fatigue, 2021, Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment
  • Potential changes in the recreational use value for Coastal Bay of Plenty, New Zealand due to oil spills: A combined approach of the travel cost and contingent behaviour methods, 2022, Ocean & Coastal Management
  • What Helps Oiled Wildlife Responders Care for Animals While Minimizing Stress and Compassion Fatigue, 2021, Animals
  • Foraging areas and plasticity of yellow-eyed penguins Megadyptes antipodes in their subantarctic range, 2021, Marine Ecology Progress Series

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Rebecca K. French
  • Alexandra L. Egan
  • Sue Cassells
  • Alasdair A. Hall
  • Jody S. Weir

Best Publications

  • Trawling and bottlenose dolphins' social structure.

    B. Louise Chilvers;Peter J. Corkeron

  • Dolphins restructure social system after reduction of commercial fisheries

    Ina C. Ansmann;Guido J. Parra;Guido J. Parra;B. Louise Chilvers;Janet M. Lanyon

  • Conservation status of New Zealand marine mammals (suborders Cetacea and Pinnipedia), 2009.

    Charles Baker;BL Chilvers;Rochelle Constantine;S DuFresne

  • New Zealand sea lions Phocarctos hookeri and squid trawl fisheries: bycatch problems and management options

    B. Louise Chilvers

  • The population decline of the New Zealand sea lion Phocarctos hookeri: a review of possible causes

    Bruce C. Robertson;B. Louise Chilvers

  • Summer foraging areas for lactating New Zealand sea lions Phocarctos hookeri

    B. Louise Chilvers;Ian S. Wilkinson;Padraig J. Duignan;Neil J. Gemmell

  • ABUNDANCE OF INDO‐PACIFIC BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS, TURSIOPS ADUNCUS, OFF POINT LOOKOUT, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

    B. Louise Chilvers;Peter J. Corkeron

  • Foraging behavior of lactating South American sea lions (Otaria flavescens) and spatial-temporal resource overlap with the Uruguayan fisheries

    Federico G. Riet-Sapriza;Daniel P. Costa;Valentina Franco-Trecu;Yamandú Marín

  • Diving behaviour of dugongs, Dugong dugon

    B Louise Chilvers;Steven Delean;Nicholas J Gales;Dave K Holley

  • NEONATAL MORTALITY IN NEW ZEALAND SEA LIONS (PHOCARCTOS HOOKERI ) AT SANDY BAY, ENDERBY ISLAND, AUCKLAND ISLANDS FROM 1998 TO 2005

    A. Castinel;P. J. Duignan;W. E. Pomroy;N. López-Villalobos

  • Extinction and recolonization of coastal megafauna following human arrival in New Zealand

    Catherine J. Collins;Nicolas J. Rawlence;Stefan Prost;Christian N. K. Anderson

  • Male harassment of female New Zealand sea lions, Phocarctos hookeri: mortality, injury, and harassment avoidance

    B Louise Chilvers;Bruce C Robertson;Ian S Wilkinson;Padraig J Duignan

  • Diving to extremes: are New Zealand sea lions (Phocarctos hookeri) pushing their limits in a marginal habitat?

    B. L. Chilvers;I. S. Wilkinson;P. J. Duignan;N. J. Gemmell

  • Association patterns of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) off Point Lookout, Queensland, Australia

    B Louise Chilvers;Peter J Corkeron

  • Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia: an example of the co-existence of significant marine mammal populations and large-scale coastal development

    B. L. Chilvers;I. R. Lawler;F. L. Macknight;H. W. Marsh

  • Philopatry and site fidelity of New Zealand sea lions (Phocarctos hookeri)

    B. Louise Chilvers;Ian S. Wilkinson;Ian S. Wilkinson

  • Dispersal of breeding, adult male Phocarctos hookeri: Implications for disease transmission, population management and species recovery

    Bruce C. Robertson;B. Louise Chilvers;B. Louise Chilvers;Padraig J. Duignan;Ian S. Wilkinson

  • Influence of trawling on the behaviour and spatial distribution of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in Moreton Bay, Australia

    B Louise Chilvers;Peter J Corkeron;Marji L Puotinen

  • New Zealand sea lion, Phocarctos hookeri, pup production—1995 to 2006

    Unknown

  • Quantitative fatty acid signature analysis on New Zealand sea lions: model sensitivity and diet estimates

    Laureline Meynier;Patrick C. H. Morel;B. Louise Chilvers;Duncan D. S. Mackenzie

  • Age- and sex-specific survival estimates incorporating tag loss for New Zealand sea lions, Phocarctos hookeri

    B. Louise Chilvers;Darryl I. MacKenzie

  • Growth and survival of New Zealand sea lions, Phocarctos hookeri: birth to 3 months

    B. Louise Chilvers;Bruce C. Robertson;Ian S. Wilkinson;Padraig J. Duignan

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce C. Robertson
Bruce C. Robertson University of Otago
Pádraig J. Duignan
Pádraig J. Duignan University of Calgary
Phil F. Battley
Phil F. Battley Massey University
Neil J. Gemmell
Neil J. Gemmell University of Otago
Daniel P. Costa
Daniel P. Costa University of California, Santa Cruz
Peter J. Corkeron
Peter J. Corkeron National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Martin Krkošek
Martin Krkošek University of Toronto
Nicholas J. Gales
Nicholas J. Gales Australian Antarctic Division
Patrick C. H. Morel
Patrick C. H. Morel Massey University
Renaud Mathieu
Renaud Mathieu International Rice Research Institute

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