Publications
Lonati, G.L., Durette-Morin, D., Klymentieva, H., Roehl, L., Pavey, S., Baumgartner, M.F. and Davies, K.T.A. (accepted). Groups of foraging North Atlantic right whales occur under diverse prey field conditions in the southwestern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
Davies, K.T.A., Webster, A., Babu, V., Brillant, S., Carlyle, C.G., Edgell, R., Johnston, D., Lonati, G.L., Sharma, H. and Tsui, O. (2025). Semi-automated detection of right whales (Eubalaena spp.) in very high resolution satellite imagery. Marine Mammal Science, Early View: e70024. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.70024
Lonati, G.L., Hynes, N., Klymentieva, H., Warren, A., Zitterbart, D., Richter, S., Moore, M.J. and Davies, K.T.A. (2024). Drone-based infrared thermography to measure the intranasal temperature of large whales. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 46(1): 148–176. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2024.2399326
Napoli, C., Hirtle, N., Stepanuk, J., Christiansen, F., Heywood, E.I., Grove, T.J., Stoller, A., Dodds, F., Glarou, M., Rasmussen, M., Lonati, G.L., Davies, K.T.A., Videsen, S., Simon, M.J., Boye, T.K., Zoidis, A., Todd, S.K. and Thorne, L.H. (2024). Drone measurements reveal differences in humpback whale body condition and mass across North Atlantic foraging grounds. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11: 1336455. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1336455
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Lonati, G.L., Hynes, N., Howe, K., Durette-Morin, D., Brown, M. and Davies, K.T.A. (2022). Observations of adult-calf nonreproductive copulatory behavior in North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis). Aquatic Mammals, 48(6): 639-645. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.48.6.2022.639
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Lonati, G.L., Zitterbart, D.P., Miller, C.A., Corkeron, P., Murphy, C.T. and Moore, M.J. (2022). Investigating thermal physiology in large whales via aerial infrared thermography. Endangered Species Research, 48: 139-154. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01193
Lonati, G.L., Howell, A.R., Schueller, P. and Deutsch, C. (2021). Using tetracycline to validate age estimation in a long-lived aquatic mammal. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 45(2): 340-350. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1192
Bassett, B.L., Leone, E., Hostetler, J.A., Barbeau, B.D., Lonati, G.L., Panike, A.L., Honaker, A. and Ward-Geiger, L. (2020). Quantifying sublethal Florida manatee-watercraft interactions by examining scars on manatee carcasses. Endangered Species Research, 43: 395-408. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01075
Lonati, G.L., Howell, A.R., de Wit, M., Hostetler, J., Schueller, P., Bassett, B.L., Deutsch, C. and Ward-Geiger, L. (2019). Accuracy, precision, and error in age estimation of Florida manatees using growth layer groups in earbones. Journal of Mammalogy, 100(4): 1350-1363. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyz079
Lonati, G.L., Singleton, E.M., Phelps, C.E., Koopman, H.N. and Pabst, D.A. (2019). The density of odontocete integument depends on blubber lipid composition and temperature. Marine Mammal Science, 35(2): 595-616. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12554
Lonati, G.L., Westgate, A.J., Pabst, D.A. and Koopman, H.N. (2015). Nitrogen solubility in odontocete blubber and mandibular fats in relation to lipid composition. Journal of Experimental Biology, 218(16): 2620-2630. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.122606
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Conference & Workshop Presentations
Drones and Unmanned Systems – 1st International Conference, Granada, Spain
Invited Oral Presentation: “Uncrewed aerial vehicles: taking cetacean research to new heights”
Society of Marine Mammalogy – 2024 Biennial Meeting, Perth, Australia
Oral Presentation: “Prey field characteristics that support the aggregation of foraging North Atlantic right whales in the southwestern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada”
MOSAIC Teaching Workshop – 2024 Annual Workshop, Saint John, NB, Canada
Oral Presentation: “A B Seas: the unique teaching and learning environment of UNB Saint John’s ‘Marine Semester’”
North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium – 2023 Annual Meeting, Halifax, NS, Canada
Video Presentation: “Diel patterns in the vertical distribution of North Atlantic right whale prey in the southwestern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada”
Canadian Wildlife Federation’s Right Whale Stakeholder Workshop – 2023 Annual Meeting, Halifax, NS, Canada
Oral Presentation: “Near-seafloor aggregations of North Atlantic right whale prey – implications for fishing ground lines”
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North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium – 2022 Annual Meeting, New Bedford, MA, USA
Video Presentation: “Drone-based measurements of blowhole temperatures of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) and humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)”
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Society of Marine Mammalogy – 2022 Biennial Meeting, hybrid (attended virtually)
Video Presentation: “Blowhole temperature as a health metric for free-swimming large whales”
Award: Best Student Regional Award
The Wildlife Society – 2021 Annual Conference – Drone Applications for Wildlife Research, Management, and Conservation Symposium, virtual
Video Presentation: “Drone-based infrared thermography to study the health of large whales”
North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium – 2021 Annual Meeting, virtual
Video Presentation: “Observations of adult-calf non-reproductive copulatory behavior in North Atlantic right whales”
North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium – 2020 Annual Meeting, virtual
Video Presentation: “New methodology for using remotely piloted aircraft systems to measure body temperature of large whales, especially North Atlantic right whales”
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Society of Marine Mammalogy – 2019 Biennial Meeting, Barcelona, Spain
Oral Presentation: “Investigating growth layer group deposition in the earbones of old Florida manatees via tetracycline marking”
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Atlantic Regional Comparative Physiology Workshop – 2019 Annual Meeting, St. Andrews, NB, Canada
Oral Presentation: “The benefits of being fat: Some studies of lipid physiology in marine mammals”
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Wildlife and Invasive Species Education Workshop – 2018 Annual Meeting, Bushnell, FL, USA
Invited Oral Presentation: “Florida manatee biology and FWC research”
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Society of Marine Mammalogy – 2017 Biennial Meeting, Halifax, NS, Canada
Oral Presentation: “Accuracy, precision, and bias of Florida manatee aging using growth layer groups in earbones”
Society of Marine Mammalogy – 2015 Biennial Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA
Poster: “Blubber density depends on lipid composition and temperature in three deep-diving odontocetes”
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Fifth Florida Marine Mammal Health Conference – 2015 Biennial Meeting, Gainesville, FL, USA
Poster: “Anatomical and ecological patterns in carcass fat depots could provide insight into Florida manatee health”
Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium (SEAMAMMS) – 2014 Annual Meeting, Wilmington, NC, USA
Oral Presentation: “Differences in lipid composition may influence barotrauma risk in odontocete mandibular fats”
Award: Best Masters Student Oral Presentation
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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology – 2014 Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, USA
Oral Presentation: “Nitrogen solubility related to lipid composition in toothed whale fats”
Award: Best Student Oral Presentation in the Division of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, honoring Dr. Jeffery B. Graham
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Society of Marine Mammalogy – 2013 Biennial Meeting, Dunedin, New Zealand
Poster: “Variation in lipid chemistry of odontocete acoustic fats may affect gas loading during dives”
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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology – 2012 Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC, USA
Poster: “Externally visible polyfluorochrome marking of urchins: growth comparisons between lab-reared and tidepool urchins”