Publications

The potential of satellite imagery for surveying whales

In which we see what’s been done and see where we can go in the future, as regards whales and outer space.

Höschle C, Cubaynes HC, Clarke PJ, Humphries G, Borowicz A. 2021. The potential of satellite imagery for surveying whales. Sensors 21(3): 963.

A global population assessment of the Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)

In which we try to figure out where all the Chinstrap penguins are and what has been happening to them since the last time someone checked.

Strycker N, Wethington M, Borowicz A, Forrest S, Witharana C, Hart T, Lynch HJ. 2020. A global population assessment of the Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica). Scientific Reports 10:19474. OPEN ACCESS

Update on the global abundance and distribution of breeding Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua)

In which we look at all the known Gentoo penguin populations in the world and try to figure out what’s up.

Herman R, Borowicz A, Lynch M, Trathan P, Hart T, Lynch H. 2020. Update on the global abundance and distribution of breeding Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua). Polar Biology.

Adélie penguins north and east of the ‘Adélie gap’ continue to thrive in the face of dramatic declines elsewhere in the Antarctic Peninsula region

In which we head to the Weddell Sea and discover that Adélies are doing pretty well despite the hard times for their neighbors to the West.

Wethington M, Flynn C, Borowicz A, Lynch H. 2023. Adélie penguins north and east of the ‘Adélie gap’ continue to thrive in the face of dramatic declines elsewhere in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Scientific Reports 13(1): 2525. OPEN ACCESS

Social sensors for wildlife: Ecological opportunities in the era of camera ubiquity

In which we mine social media for data on Weddell seals, because getting data in Antarctica is hard and tourists take a lot more pictures than I do.

Borowicz A, Lynch HJ, Estro T, Foley C, Gonçalves B, Herman K, Adamczak SK, Stirling I, Thorne L. 2021. Social sensors for wildlife: Ecological opportunities in the era of camera ubiquity. Frontiers in Marine Science 8: 645288. OPEN ACCESS

Fifty-year change in penguin abundance on Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica: results of the 2019-20 census

In which, on an expedition, we attempt to find all the penguins on Elephant Island, with reasonable success.

Strycker N, Borowicz A, Wethington M, Forrest S, Shah V, Liu Y, Singh H, Lynch H. 2020. Fifty-year change in penguin abundance on Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica: results of the 2019-20 census. Polar BIology.

Presence of King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on Elephant Island provides further evidence of range expansion

In which we go on an expedition to Elephant Island and find some King penguins.

Borowicz A, Forrest S, Wethington M, Strycker N, Lynch HJ. 2020. Presence of King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on Elephant Island provides further evidence of range expansion. Polar Biology 43: 2117-2120.

Aerial-trained deep learning networks for surveying cetaceans from satellite imagery

In which we get some aerial photos of whales, trick a computer into thinking they’re from a satellite, then teach the computer how to find them in images of the ocean.

Borowicz A, Le H, Humphries G, Nehls G, Höschle C, Kosarev V, Lynch H. 2019. Aerial-trained deep learning networks for cetacean surveys from satellite imagery. PLoS ONE 14(10): e0212532. OPEN ACCESS

Distribution extension of the Spectacled Petrel (Procellaria conspicillata) off the Argentine Continental Shelf and oceanic adjacent waters

In which we happen to spot some Spectacled petrels off the coast of Argentina

Hernández MM, Copello S, Borowicz A, Seco Pon JP. 2019. Distribution extension of the Spectacled Petrel (Procellaria conspicillata) off the Argentine Continental Shelf and adjacent oceanic waters. Brazil J Ornithol. 27(2): 135-139.

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