Department
Department of Biological Sciences
Organization
University of New Brunswick
Email
terhune@unbsj.ca

Location

Saint John , New Brunswick E2L 4L5
Canada

Bio

My research has been mainly involved with marine mammal hearing abilities, underwater calls and the masking effects of natural and anthropomorphic underwater noise. I completed a B. Sc. (Agr) and M. Sc. degree at the University of Guelph in Canada and my doctorate at Aarhus University in Denmark. After a short post-doc at the University of Guelph, I joined the University of New Brunswick and retired after 37 years. My field work has been on sea ice off the coast of Greenland, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and in Eastern Antarctica.

Interests

Sea Ice

Science Specialties

marine mammals, hearing, vocalizations, underwater noise, animal behavior

Current Research

Underwater vocalizations of polar seals, emphasizing ways in which seals can avoid having their calls masked by conspecifics or industrial noises.