Kelly Benoit-Bird
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 |
Kelly Benoit-Bird(born 1976) is a marine scientist and senior scientist at theMonterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.[1]Benoit-Bird uses acoustics to study marine organisms and was named aMacArthur Fellowin 2010.[2][3]
Work and discoveries
[edit]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]
Awards
[edit]- 2020: Medwin Prize in Acoustical Oceanography,Acoustical Society of America(ASA)[14]
- 2017: Fellow, Acoustical Society of America[15]
- 2007, 2013: Kavli Frontiers Fellowship,United States National Academy of Sciences[16]
- 2010:MacArthur Genius Award.[3]
- 2009: R. Bruce Lindsay Award, for contributions in marine ecological acoustics, Acoustical Society of America[17]
- 2008: Ocean Sciences Early Career Award,American Geophysical Union[18]
- 2005:Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
References
[edit]- ^"Kelly Benoit-Bird SENIOR SCIENTIST & Science Chair".Monterey Bay Aquarium.Retrieved19 March2021.
- ^Arnold, Carrie (April 1, 2011)."Kelly Benoit-Bird: Sounding the Deep".The Scientist.RetrievedJune 16,2014.
- ^ab"Kelly Benoit-Bird".macfound.org.Retrieved2021-03-19.
- ^Char, Kymber-Lee (January 4, 2011)."Kelly Benoit-Bird awarded MacArthur genius grant".Mālamalama: The Magazine of the University of Hawai'i.RetrievedJune 16,2014.
- ^Benoit-Bird, Kelly J.; Battaile, Brian C.; Nordstrom, Chad A.; Trites, Andrew W. (2013-04-08)."Foraging behavior of northern fur seals closely matches the hierarchical patch scales of prey".Marine Ecology Progress Series.479:283–302.Bibcode:2013MEPS..479..283B.doi:10.3354/meps10209.ISSN0171-8630.
- ^Benoit-Bird, Kelly J.; Au, Whitlow W. L. (2003-05-01)."Prey dynamics affect foraging by a pelagic predator (Stenella longirostris) over a range of spatial and temporal scales".Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.53(6): 364–373.doi:10.1007/s00265-003-0585-4.ISSN1432-0762.S2CID16138683.
- ^Benoit-Bird, Kelly J. (2009-12-09)."Dynamic 3-dimensional structure of thin zooplankton layers is impacted by foraging fish".Marine Ecology Progress Series.396:61–76.Bibcode:2009MEPS..396...61B.doi:10.3354/meps08316.ISSN0171-8630.
- ^Benoit-Bird, KJ; Southall, BL; Moline, MA; Claridge, DE; Dunn, CA; Dolan, KA; Moretti, DJ (2020-11-12)."Critical threshold identified in the functional relationship between beaked whales and their prey".Marine Ecology Progress Series.654:1–16.Bibcode:2020MEPS..654....1B.doi:10.3354/meps13521.ISSN0171-8630.
- ^Benoit-Bird, Kelly J.; Au, Whitlow W. L.; Wisdoma, Daniel W. (2009). "Nocturnal light and lunar cycle effects on diel migration of micronekton".Limnology and Oceanography.54(5): 1789–1800.Bibcode:2009LimOc..54.1789B.doi:10.4319/lo.2009.54.5.1789.ISSN1939-5590.
- ^Benoit-Bird, Kelly J.; Dahood, Adrian D.; Würsig, Bernd (2009-12-03)."Using active acoustics to compare lunar effects on predator–prey behavior in two marine mammal species".Marine Ecology Progress Series.395:119–135.Bibcode:2009MEPS..395..119B.doi:10.3354/meps07793.ISSN0171-8630.
- ^"Why do Beaked Whales Keep Returning to a Navy Sonar Range?".The Maritime Executive.Retrieved2021-04-24.
- ^Benoit-Bird, Kelly J.; Au, Whitlow W.L.; Kelley, Christopher D.; Taylor, Christopher (2003-02-01)."Acoustic backscattering by deepwater fish measured in situ from a manned submersible".Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.50(2): 221–229.Bibcode:2003DSRI...50..221B.doi:10.1016/S0967-0637(02)00160-7.ISSN0967-0637.
- ^Benoit-Bird, K. J.; Welch, T. Patrick; Waluk, C. M.; Barth, J. A.; Wangen, I.; McGill, P.; Okuda, C.; Hollinger, G. A.; Sato, M.; McCammon, S. (2018)."Equipping an underwater glider with a new echosounder to explore ocean ecosystems".Limnology and Oceanography: Methods.16(11): 734–749.doi:10.1002/lom3.10278.ISSN1541-5856.
- ^"Medwin Prize in Acoustical Oceanography".Technical Committee on Acoustical Oceanography.Retrieved2021-03-19.
- ^"Fellows of the Society".Acoustical Society of America.Retrieved2021-04-24.
- ^"Kelly Benoit-Bird".nasonline.org.Retrieved2021-06-18.
- ^"Acoustical Society of America Awards".Acoustical Society of America.Retrieved2021-03-19.
- ^Benoít-Bird, Kelly (2009)."Benoít-Bird Receives 2008 Ocean Sciences Early Career Award".Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union.90(12): 103.Bibcode:2009EOSTr..90..103B.doi:10.1029/2009EO120004.ISSN2324-9250.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Kelly Benoit-Birdpublications indexed byGoogle Scholar
- Living people
- American marine biologists
- Oregon State University faculty
- 1976 births
- Brown University alumni
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni
- Fellows of the Acoustical Society of America
- MacArthur Fellows
- Recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
- American biologist stubs