James R. Gilbert
Professor of Wildlife Ecology
Dr. Gilbert's research interests center on large mammal population dynamics
and assessment. His experience has included work with whales and seals on the
coast of New England, in Alaska and Russia, and in the Antarctic. He also has worked with
bears in Alaska and moose and predators in Maine. Presently he is working with harbor
seals and gray seals in New England, including research on food habits, pup
mortality, habitat selection,
population dynamics, and interactions with commercial fisheries and aquaculture. He
teaches courses in the wildlife population dynamics and conservation and marine
mammal ecology and conservation.
Recent Publications
Nelson, M.L., J.R.
Gilbert, and K. J.
Boyle.
in press. The influence of sighting and deterrence methods on seal
predation at Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) farms in Maine, 2001-2003. Canadian
Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.
Waring, G.T., J.R.
Gilbert,
J. Loftin, and N. Cabana.
2006.
Short-term movements of radio-tagged harbor seals in New England.
Northeastern Naturalist 13:1-14.
Gilbert, J.R.,
G.T. Waring, K.M. Wynne, and N. Guldager.
2005.
Change in abundance of harbor seals in Maine, 1981 – 2001. Marine Mammal
Science, 21(3):519-535.
Udevitz,
M.S.,
J.R. Gilbert, and G.A. Fedoseev. 2001.
Comparison of methods used to estimate numbers of walruses on sea ice.
Marine Mammal Science 17(3):601-616.
Recent Abstracts with Graduate Students and Colleagues
Dow, W. E., J.
Gilbert, and A. J. Reed. 2005. Comparison of harbor seal, Phoca vitulina, distribution and haul-out
site use during pupping and molting seasons in Maine. Poster & Abstract
accepted for the 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San
Diego, CA., 12-17 December, 2005.
Skinner, J.,
J. Gilbert,
and J. Schreer.
2005. Behavior and life history characteristics of neonate harbor seals in
Maine. Poster & Abstract accepted for the 16th Biennial Conference on the
Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego, CA., 12-17 December, 2005.
Wood, S.,
J. Gilbert, and S. Brault.
2005. Historical changes in grey seal populations in New England. Poster
Abstract accepted for the 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine
Mammals, San Diego, CA., 12-17 December, 2005.
Kiernan, J.
R., J. Schreer, and J. Gilbert.
2005. Comparison of diving capabilities of neonate and weaned harbor seal pups
in Maine. Poster & Abstract accepted for the 16th Biennial Conference on the
Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego, CA., 12-17 December, 2005.
Gilbert, J.
R.
2005. Alternative approaches to estimating harbor seal numbers: the role of
spatial scale. Poster & Abstract presented to the Annual Scientific Meeting of
the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Aberdeen, Scotland,
September, 2005.
Other Materials
Dow,
W.E., J.R. Gilbert,
G.T. Waring, and A.J. Reed.
2006. Atlas of harbor seal haul-out sites in Maine, 1981 – 2001. Presented
on-line through the Ocean Biogeographic Information System-Sea Map (OBIS).
http://seamap.env.duke.edu/.
An XML
version of the atlas that can be integrated with
GoogleEarth is
zd_315.kml.
Please download and save to your hard drive before opening. This version shows
all sites on the Coast of Maine where seals were observed in any survey flight
between 1981 and 2001. |
