University of St Andrews
 
 

Dr Sonja Heinrich
Senior Teaching Fellow

Scottish Oceans Institute
East Sands
University of St Andrews
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 8LB
UK

Departmental duties

Course director MRes in Marine Mammal Science

Chair, Postgraduate Teaching Committee

Module organiser:

  • BL5201 - Biology of marine mammals
  • BL5202 - Case studies in marine mammal biology
  • BL5103 - Population biology of marine mammals
  • BL5104 - Conservation & management of marine mammals
  • BL5112 - Essential methods in marine mammal science II
  • BL5124 (&BL4301) - Predator ecology in polar regions (Antarctic field trip)
  • BL5199 - MRes MMS Research Projects

 

PhD student: Marina Costa (jointly with Prof Hammond), Project: Sympatric ecology of delphinids in the Egyptian Red Sea.

 

Research Interests:

Marine mammal ecology (distribution & habitat use, species interactions, conservation of vulnerable species, polar regions),

 

Research Project:

Conservation ecology of small cetaceans in southern Chile

 

 

Publications

Gotz, T , Antunes, R & Heinrich, S 2010, ' Echolocation clicks of free-ranging Chilean dolphins ( Cephalorhynchus eutropia ) ' Journal of the Acoustical Society of America , vol 128, no. 2, pp. 563-566.
Heinrich, S , Elwen, E & Bräger, S 2010, ' Patterns of sympatry in Lagenorhynchus and Cephalorhynchus : dolphins in different habitats '. in B Würsig & M Würsig (eds), The dusky dolphin: master acrobat off different shores . Elsevier Academic Press, pp. 313-332.
Samuels, A, Bejder, L, Constantine, R & Heinrich, S 2003, ' Swimming with wild cetaceans, with a special focus on the Southern Hemisphere '. in N Gales, M Hindell & R Kirkwood (eds), Marine mammals: fisheries, tourism, and management issues. CSIRO Publishing, pp. 277-302.
Kemper, CM, Pemberton, D, Cawthorn, M , Heinrich, S , Mann, J, Würsig, B, Shaughnessy, P & Gales, R 2003, ' Aquaculture and marine mammals: co-existence or conflict? '. in N Gales, M Hindell & R Kirkwood (eds), Marine mammals: fisheries, tourism, and management issues. CSIRO Publishing, pp. 208-225.
McConkey, SD, McConnell, H, Lalas, C , Heinrich, S , Ludmerer, A, McNally, N, Borofsky, C, Schimanski, K & McIntosh, G 2002, ' A northward spread in the breeding distribution of the New Zealand sea lion Phocarctos hookeri ' Australian Mammalogy , vol 24, pp. 97-106.
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