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Marine scientist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kelly Benoit-Bird (born 1976) is a marine scientist and senior scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.[1] Benoit-Bird uses acoustics to study marine organisms and was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2010.[2][3]
Kelly J. Benoit-Bird | |
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Born | 1976 (age 47–48) |
Alma mater | Brown University (BS) University of Hawaii at Manoa (PhD) |
Awards | 2010 MacArthur Fellowship |
Scientific career | |
Thesis | Dynamics of the Hawai'ian mesopelagic boundary community and their effects on predator foraging behavior (2003) |
Website | www |
Benoit-Bird has been fascinated by the ocean since fourth grade, and is the first in her family to attend college.[4]
Benoit-Bird's research uses acoustical tools to study the interactions between predators and their prey in marine environments. Key linkages characterized in the lab's research include simultaneous tracking of predator-prey pairs such as northern fur seals and their prey juvenile pollock,[5] spinner dolphins and micronekton,[6] fish and zooplankton in thin layers in Monterey Bay,[7] and beaked whales and squid.[8] Benoit-Bird's research has also used acoustic measurements to examine how changes in the phase of the moon impact the migration of small marine organisms[9] and the ability of predators such as spinner and dusky dolphins to find their prey.[10] In research conducted off California, Brandon Southall and Benoit-Bird determined that beaked whales prefer to forage within a Navy test range due to the high density of prey available to the peaked whales in that region.[11] Benoit-Bird has also developed instrumentation to make acoustic measurements with submersibles[12] and autonomous vehicles.[13]
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