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Overview

Peter J. Corkeron is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research spans several areas within environmental and earth sciences, with a strong emphasis on marine animal studies and underwater acoustics.

The main fields of study covered by their work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broader fields, their subfields of study focus on:

  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Developmental Biology

The core topics explored in their publications are diverse, concentrating chiefly on marine and coastal environments as well as animal behavior, including:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Underwater Acoustics Research
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Peter J. Corkeron has published multiple papers in a range of scientific journals. Frequently publishing venues include:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Endangered Species Research
  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Marine Mammal Science

Recent publications illustrate a focus on baleen whale ecology and population dynamics. Notable papers include:

  • Population comparison of right whale body condition reveals poor state of the North Atlantic right whale (2020, Marine Ecology Progress Series)
  • 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)
  • Slocum Gliders Provide Accurate Near Real-Time Estimates of Baleen Whale Presence From Human-Reviewed Passive Acoustic Detection Information (2020, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • Multi-event modeling of true reproductive states of individual female right whales provides new insights into their decline (2022, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • In plane sight: a mark-recapture analysis of North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence (2021, Endangered Species Research)

Corkeron collaborates regularly with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Michael J. Moore
  • Danielle Cholewiak
  • G. E. Davis
  • Mark F. Baumgartner
  • Julianne Bonnell

Best Publications

  • Evidence that ship noise increases stress in right whales

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

  • WHY DO BALEEN WHALES MIGRATE?1

    Peter J. Corkeron;Richard C. Connor

  • Trawling and bottlenose dolphins' social structure.

    B. Louise Chilvers;Peter J. Corkeron

  • Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Hervey Bay, Queensland: behaviour and responses to whale-watching vessels

    Peter J. Corkeron

  • Hierarchical structure of mitochondrial DNA gene flow among humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae, world-wide.

    C. S. Baker;R. W. Slade;J. L. Bannister;R. B. Abernethy

  • Population sizes, site fidelity and residence patterns of Australian snubfin and Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins: Implications for conservation

    Guido J. Parra;Peter J. Corkeron;Peter J. Corkeron;Helene Marsh

  • Evidence for a Sex-Segregated Migration in the Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

    Miranda R. Brown;Peter J. Corkeron;Peter T. Hale;Kenneth W. Schultz

  • Boat traffic affects the acoustic behaviour of Pacific humpback dolphins, Sousa chinensis

    Sofie M. Van Parijs;Peter J. Corkeron

  • State–space mark–recapture estimates reveal a recent decline in abundance of North Atlantic right whales

    Richard M. Pace;Peter J. Corkeron;Scott D. Kraus

  • 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

  • Vocalizations and Behaviour of Pacific Humpback Dolphins Sousa chinensis

    Sofie M. Van Parijs;Peter J. Corkeron

  • Compliance with regulations by "swim-with-dolphins" operations in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.

    Carol Scarpaci;Nugegoda Dayanthi;Peter J. Corkeron

  • Whale Watching, Iconography, and Marine Conservation

    Peter J. Corkeron

  • Microsatellite genetic distances between oceanic populations of the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

    Elena Valsecchi;Per Palsbøll;Peter Hale;Debbie Glockner-Ferrari

  • Entanglement is a costly life-history stage in large whales.

    Julie van der Hoop;Julie van der Hoop;Peter Corkeron;Michael J. Moore

  • Vocalizations of male bearded seals, Erignathus barbatus: classification and geographical variation

    Denise Risch;Denise Risch;Christopher W. Clark;Peter J. Corkeron;Andreas Elepfandt

  • Visual and acoustic surveys for North Atlantic right whales, Eubalaena glacialis, in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, 2001–2005: Management implications

    Christopher W. Clark;Moira W. Brown;Peter Corkeron

  • Spatial distribution and environmental correlates of Australian snubfin and Indo‐Pacific humpback dolphins

    Guido Jose Parra;Robert Schick;Peter Corkeron

  • Grouping and fission–fusion dynamics in Australian snubfin and Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins

    Guido J. Parra;Guido J. Parra;Peter J. Corkeron;Peter J. Corkeron;Peter Arnold

  • Managing whale-watching as a non-lethal consumptive activity

    James E.S. Higham;Lars Bejder;Simon J. Allen;Peter J. Corkeron

  • The importance of migratory connectivity for global ocean policy

    Daniel C. Dunn;Daniel C. Dunn;Autumn Lynn Harrison;Corrie Curtice;Sarah DeLand

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott D. Kraus
Scott D. Kraus New England Aquarium
Michael J. Moore
Michael J. Moore Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Lisa T. Ballance
Lisa T. Ballance Oregon State University
Dayanthi Nugegoda
Dayanthi Nugegoda RMIT University
B. Louise Chilvers
B. Louise Chilvers Massey University
Helene Marsh
Helene Marsh James Cook University
Kristina M. Gjerde
Kristina M. Gjerde Middlebury College
Susanne Åkesson
Susanne Åkesson Lund University
Daniel C. Dunn
Daniel C. Dunn University of Queensland
Paolo Luschi
Paolo Luschi University of Pisa

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