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Douglas P. Nowacek

Douglas P. Nowacek

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
49
Citations
9820
World Ranking
4017
National Ranking
1407

Overview

Douglas P. Nowacek is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and focuses on research primarily within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work is distributed among several subfields, including Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Developmental Biology.

The scientist's main research topics revolve around marine animal studies and associated fields. These include marine and fisheries research, animal vocal communication and behavior, underwater acoustics research, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, coral and marine ecosystems studies, and cryospheric studies and observations.

Several recent publications by Douglas P. Nowacek showcase diverse aspects of marine biology and ecological research. Notable papers include:

  • Baleen whale prey consumption based on high-resolution foraging measurements, 2021, Nature
  • Exploring movement patterns and changing distributions of baleen whales in the western North Atlantic using a decade of passive acoustic data, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Marine Mammal Noise Exposure Criteria: Assessing the Severity of Marine Mammal Behavioral Responses to Human Noise, 2021, Aquatic Mammals
  • Microplastics in marine mammal blubber, melon, & other tissues: Evidence of translocation, 2023, Environmental Pollution
  • Intra-seasonal variation in feeding rates and diel foraging behaviour in a seasonally fasting mammal, the humpback whale, 2022, Royal Society Open Science

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Nowacek include Andrew J. Read, Ari S. Friedlaender, Brandon L. Southall, David W. Johnston, and Jeremy A. Goldbogen.

Publications are regularly featured in several scientific venues such as Royal Society Open Science, Aquatic Mammals, Animal Biotelemetry, Journal of Experimental Biology, and Marine Mammal Science, indicating an ongoing contribution to marine and ecological scientific literature.

Best Publications

  • Responses of cetaceans to anthropogenic noise

    Douglas P. Nowacek;Lesley H. Thorne;Lesley H. Thorne;David W. Johnston;Peter L. Tyack

  • Evidence that ship noise increases stress in right whales

    Rosalind M. Rolland;Susan E. Parks;Kathleen E. Hunt;Manuel Castellote

  • Errata: Marine Mammal Noise Exposure Criteria: Updated Scientific Recommendations for Residual Hearing Effects

    Brandon L. Southall;James J. Finneran;Colleen Reichmuth;Paul E. Nachtigall

  • North Atlantic Right Whales in Crisis

    Scott D. Kraus;Moira W. Brown;Hal Caswell;Christopher W. Clark

  • Individual right whales call louder in increased environmental noise.

    Susan E. Parks;Mark Johnson;Douglas Nowacek;Peter L. Tyack

  • North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) ignore ships but respond to alerting stimuli.

    Douglas P. Nowacek;Mark P. Johnson;Peter L. Tyack

  • Integrative Approaches to the Study of Baleen Whale Diving Behavior, Feeding Performance, and Foraging Ecology

    Jeremy A. Goldbogen;Ari S. Friedlaender;John Calambokidis;Megan F. McKenna

  • Super-aggregations of krill and humpback whales in Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctic Peninsula.

    Douglas P. Nowacek;Ari S. Friedlaender;Patrick N. Halpin;Elliott L. Hazen;Elliott L. Hazen

  • Prey detection by bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus : an experimental test of the passive listening hypothesis

    Damon P. Gannon;Nélio B. Barros;Douglas P. Nowacek;Andrew J. Read

  • Diel changes in humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae feeding behavior in response to sand lance Ammodytes spp. behavior and distribution

    Ari S. Friedlaender;Elliott L. Hazen;Douglas P. Nowacek;Patrick N. Halpin

  • Buoyant balaenids: the ups and downs of buoyancy in right whales

    D. P. Nowacek;M. P. Johnson;P. L. Tyack;K. A. Shorter

  • Long-term passive acoustic recordings track the changing distribution of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) from 2004 to 2014.

    Genevieve E Davis;Genevieve E Davis;Mark F. Baumgartner;Julianne M. Bonnell;Joel Bell

  • Does the marine biosphere mix the ocean

    W. K. Dewar;R. J. Bingham;R. L. Iverson;D. P. Nowacek

  • Baleen whale prey consumption based on high-resolution foraging measurements.

    Matthew S. Savoca;Max F. Czapanskiy;Shirel R. Kahane-Rapport;William T. Gough

  • Making sure the blue economy is green

    Jay S. Golden;John Virdin;Douglas Nowacek;Patrick Halpin

  • Studying cetacean behaviour: new technological approaches and conservation applications

    Douglas P. Nowacek;Fredrik Christiansen;Lars Bejder;Jeremy A. Goldbogen

  • Florida manatees, Trichechus manatus latirostris, respond to approaching vessels

    Stephanie M Nowacek;Stephanie M Nowacek;Randall S Wells;Randall S Wells;Edward C.G Owen;Todd R Speakman;Todd R Speakman

  • Why whales are big but not bigger: Physiological drivers and ecological limits in the age of ocean giants.

    J. A. Goldbogen;D. E. Cade;D. M. Wisniewska;J. Potvin

  • Dolphin foraging sounds suppress calling and elevate stress hormone levels in a prey species, the Gulf toadfish.

    Luke Remage-Healey;Douglas P Nowacek;Andrew H Bass

  • Sound production behavior of individual North Atlantic right whales: implications for passive acoustic monitoring

    S. E. Parks;S. E. Parks;A. Searby;A. Célérier;M. P. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Ari S. Friedlaender
Ari S. Friedlaender University of California, Santa Cruz
Andrew J. Read
Andrew J. Read Duke University
Peter L. Tyack
Peter L. Tyack University of St Andrews
Elliott L. Hazen
Elliott L. Hazen National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Brandon L. Southall
Brandon L. Southall University of California, Santa Cruz
Randall S. Wells
Randall S. Wells Chicago Zoological Society
Jeremy A. Goldbogen
Jeremy A. Goldbogen Stanford University
Jeffrey P. Chanton
Jeffrey P. Chanton Florida State University
Michael J. Moore
Michael J. Moore Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Patrick N. Halpin
Patrick N. Halpin Duke University

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