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Monika Shields
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Animal Behavior
Conservation Biology
Marine Biology
Population Biology
Zoology

Monika W Shields

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Summary

Monika Wieland Shields it the co-founder of the small, independent non-profit Orca Behavior Institute based on San Juan Island, Washington. Her main research interests are the behavior and acoustic communication of the Southern Resident and transient killer whales in the Salish Sea.

Animal Behavior Conservation Biology Ecology Marine Biology Population Biology

Work details

Director

Orca Behavior Institute
March 2015
Field Research
A small, independent non-profit that focuses on non-invasive behavior and acoustic research on the killer whales of the Salish Sea and beyond.

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 3
  • Answers 1
July 12, 2023
2018–2022 Southern Resident killer whale presence in the Salish Sea: continued shifts in habitat usage
Monika W. Shields
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15635 PubMed 37456871
August 27, 2021
Stereotyped whistles in southern resident killer whales
Marie Souhaut, Monika W. Shields
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12085 PubMed 34532160
December 4, 2018
Increased presence of mammal-eating killer whales in the Salish Sea with implications for predator-prey dynamics
Monika W. Shields, Sara Hysong-Shimazu, Jason C. Shields, Julie Woodruff
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6062 PubMed 30564522

1 Answer

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Precisely how is the estimate of number of days spent in the Salish Sea made for 2017 (Table Dataset_S1.xlsx)?