Choreography on the Sea: Decision Making, Synchrony, and Formations in Groups of Long-finned Pilot Whales

• Main Author: Zwamborn, Elizabeth
• Other Authors: Department of Biology, Doctor of Philosophy, Lauren Brent, Dara Orbach, Shelley Adamo, Hal Whitehead, Received, Yes, Not Applicable
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: cetaceans; behaviour; pilot whale; decision making; synchrony; formations; Breton Island; Canada
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/84563

The goal of my thesis is to improve our understanding of the group lives of social cetaceans through the quantitative exploration of collective decision making, synchrony and formations in long-finned pilot whales (hereafter also referred to as ‘pilot whales’; Globicephala melas) off Cape Breton Isl...