PeerJ Editor & Author

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David W Johnston

PeerJ Editor & Author

Summary

Dave Johnston is a biological oceanographer and marine conservation ecologist whose research focuses on the habitat needs of marine vertebrates in relation to pressing conservation issues.

Biological Oceanography Biosphere Interactions Climate Change Biology Conservation Biology Ecology Environmental Sciences Marine Biology Natural Resource Management Zoology

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

Duke University

Work details

Associate Professor of the Practice of Marine Conservation & Ecology

Duke University

Division of Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment

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March 19, 2018

Assessing the disturbance potential of small unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) on gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) at breeding colonies in Nova Scotia, Canada

Lauren Arona, Julian Dale, Susan G. Heaslip, Michael O. Hammill, David W. Johnston

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4467 PubMed 29576950

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August 7, 2018

Incidental catch of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) along the Sicilian coasts by longline fishery

Santo Caracappa, Maria Flaminia Persichetti, Antonio Piazza, Giulia Caracappa, Antonino Gentile, Sandra Marineo, Daniela Crucitti, Marco Arculeo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5392 PubMed 30123712

April 30, 2018

From Chilean Patagonia to Galapagos, Ecuador: novel insights on blue whale migratory pathways along the Eastern South Pacific

Rodrigo Hucke-Gaete, Luis Bedriñana-Romano, Francisco A. Viddi, Jorge E. Ruiz, Juan Pablo Torres-Florez, Alexandre N. Zerbini

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4695 PubMed 29736336

January 2, 2018

Satellite tagging highlights the importance of productive Mozambican coastal waters to the ecology and conservation of whale sharks

Christoph A. Rohner, Anthony J. Richardson, Fabrice R. A. Jaine, Michael B. Bennett, Scarla J. Weeks, Geremy Cliff, David P. Robinson, Katie E. Reeve-Arnold, Simon J. Pierce

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4161 PubMed 29312815

May 4, 2017

Oceanic adults, coastal juveniles: tracking the habitat use of whale sharks off the Pacific coast of Mexico

Dení Ramírez-Macías, Nuno Queiroz, Simon J. Pierce, Nicolas E. Humphries, David W. Sims, Juerg M. Brunnschweiler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3271 PubMed 28484673

March 21, 2016

Evaluation of unmanned aerial vehicle shape, flight path and camera type for waterfowl surveys: disturbance effects and species recognition

John F. McEvoy, Graham P. Hall, Paul G. McDonald

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1831 PubMed 27020132

April 7, 2015

Laser photogrammetry improves size and demographic estimates for whale sharks

Christoph A. Rohner, Anthony J. Richardson, Clare E.M. Prebble, Andrea D. Marshall, Michael B. Bennett, Scarla J. Weeks, Geremy Cliff, Sabine P. Wintner, Simon J. Pierce

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.886 PubMed 25870776

September 16, 2014

Population structure and residency patterns of whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, at a provisioning site in Cebu, Philippines

Gonzalo Araujo, Anna Lucey, Jessica Labaja, Catherine Lee So, Sally Snow, Alessandro Ponzo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.543 PubMed 25279256

September 11, 2014

Modelling foraging movements of diving predators: a theoretical study exploring the effect of heterogeneous landscapes on foraging efficiency

Marianna Chimienti, Kamil A. Bartoń, Beth E. Scott, Justin M.J. Travis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.544 PubMed 25250211

August 12, 2014

Whale shark economics: a valuation of wildlife tourism in South Ari Atoll, Maldives

Edgar Fernando Cagua, Neal Collins, James Hancock, Richard Rees