Florence A. Sullivan

Marine Spatial Ecologist. Oceanographer. Research Analyst @PacificWhale Foundation. Views expressed are my own.

[Florence A. Sullivan @Science_w_Sulli]

🎉🎉 congrats to @lisahildy95 for all her hard work!

[Dr. Sarah Kienle @Sarah_S_Kienle]

Blue whales eat so much microplastic when feeding on prey: estimates of 2-43 kg PER DAY!!!! Aaahhhh! Poor whales!!! - Shirel Kahane-Rapport #SMM2022

[Florence A. Sullivan @Science_w_Sulli]

I'm rocking jellyfish earrings today!

[Marine Mammalogy @marinemammalogy]

Late night additions from the SMM student night: Florence was sporting a gifted scarf and a diverse array of earrings: seal earrings were from zeehonden creche in the Netherlands;
Polar bear was from Nat Geo; the others were gifts. #SMMfashion #SMM2022

[Florence A. Sullivan @Science_w_Sulli]

Come talk to me about community science! Poster # 197 #SMM2022

[Florence A. Sullivan @Science_w_Sulli]

Whoops... That 1600+ was meant to reference the number of otoliths analyzed - impressive effort & work towards an otolith catalog for coast of Sonora! #SMM2022

[Florence A. Sullivan @Science_w_Sulli]

Eduardo Pérez very enthusiastic - California Sealions at Isla Lobos have Astoundingly different diets pre and post reproduction! 9spp consumed pre breeding (Anchovy!) But 28 spp post breeding 😲 1600+ excellent work & ideas for next steps. #SMM2022

[Andrew Wright @marinebrit]

A fantastic little video from @Leila_Lemos and crew on photogrammetry, manual assessment of body condition from photos and hormone work in gray whales. In short, fat #whales are healthy whales. #smm2022

[Florence A. Sullivan @Science_w_Sulli]

I'm at poster # 197 ! Come find me 🐳🦭🐬

[Pacific Whale Foundation @PacificWhale]

Look for us at Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference #SMM2022 🐋 👀 Pacific Whale Foundation researchers will be attending educational workshops and delivering 5 presentations, with an additional 11 co-authored presentations from our partners.

[Florence A. Sullivan @Science_w_Sulli]

@marinebrit @WhaleGough Yes Will wasn't able to attend - we saw pre-recording - it should hopefully be on demand?

[Florence A. Sullivan @Science_w_Sulli]

@WhaleGough shows speed of lunging rorquals doesn't scale w/ body size, but all speeds well above known speed of evasive krill? 🤔🐳 Curious to see future work on why lunge speed is so quick! Especially as lunge speed is based on momentum alone - not continuous fluking. #SMM2022

[Ellen Chenoweth @HungryHumpbacks]

Learn more about our 4D virtual Whale Necropsy. Free to the public, this is a tool for education, professional training and research.

Office hours begin at 2pm EDT - 4 pm EDT

Speed talk available here on demand:
https://t.co/SbpmtZMF3l

#SMM2022 #SCIED #SCICOMM

[Florence A. Sullivan @Science_w_Sulli]

@MklJMoore "Without Optimism we might as well go home" we have the road map to rescue North Atlantic Right Whales, so let's get to it! #SMM2022

[Florence A. Sullivan @Science_w_Sulli]

@kuhn_carey Truth!

[Carey Kuhn, PhD @kuhn_carey]

Enjoying the first day of #SMM2022 but I can't seem to find the seal inflatable... 🦭

[Florence A. Sullivan @Science_w_Sulli]

Gustavo Cárdenas Hinojosa gives update on Cuvier's Beaked whales near Guadalupe Island, MX. "It's the Kingdom 👑 of Ziphius" 61% individual resight rates - long term site fidelity with small home ranges. (Would love to see them someday) 😁#SMM2022

[Florence A. Sullivan @Science_w_Sulli]

Alexandre Bernier Gravelines validates wild Beluga drone measurements in aquarium setting - working to detect pregnancy and sex from aerial photos! The dorsal ridge segment shows the greatest change during 15(!) 😱 month pregnancy! 🐳 #SMM2022

[Florence A. Sullivan @Science_w_Sulli]

@Dawn_R_Barlow investigates lag time in wind driven upwelling system in Taranaki bight to accurately forecast blue whale distribution! Blue whales variable in time and space - are ideal for dynamic management schema! #SMM2022 great talk! 🐳

[Gina Lonati, PhD @eubalaenagina]

@MyFWC’s Dr. Chip Deutsch & colleagues found that #manatees responded quickly to changes in warm water sites during winter, based on satellite tags and surveys. In other words, they are like “heat-seeking missiles” 😆 #SMM2022 @marinemammalogy

[Florence A. Sullivan @Science_w_Sulli]

Sarah Kerr studies kinematics in pinnipeds! California sealions have lower cost of transport compared to 3 phocid species, but are less efficient than terrestrial animals - very helpful videos/visualization demonstrating method! #SMM2022

[Florence A. Sullivan @Science_w_Sulli]

Monica DeAngelis has fascinating talk showing model usefulness in assessing damage to melon tissues in small odontocetes from underwater explosions. Diff. tissues in melon transmit impact of compression wave differently. Neat lab tests too! #SMM2022