Dr Nicola Quick (Senior Research Scientist)
Nicola has over 9 years experience studying marine mammal biology which has led to the development of a range of practical and analytical skills to lead and manage a variety of field based research.
- Photo-identification and Abundance Estimation: Involved in many studies using photo-id as a primary tool and carried out traditional mark-recapture and Bayesian based analysis
- Marine Mammal Acoustic Behaviour: Studied the functional significance of vocalisations in wild free-ranging dolphins, involving contour categorisation and localisation
- Anthropogenic Impacts on Marine Mammals: Researcher on studies of the impacts of navy sonar on deep diving odontocetes, effects of oil and gas production noise on cetacean stocks and assessing levels of anti-predator devices on Scottish marine fish farms
- RYA Advanced Powerboat Certificate.
Publications
Quick N. J. and Janik V.M. (2008) Whistle rates of wild bottlenose dolphins: influences of group size and behavior. Journal of Comparative Psychology 122: 305-311.
Quick N.J., Rendell, L.R. and Janik. V.M. (2008) A mobile acoustic localisation system for the study of free-ranging dolphins during focal follows. Marine Mammal Science 24: 979-989.
Quick, N. J. and Janik, V. M. (2006). Vocal exchanges in wild bottlenose dolphins. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 119 (5, 2): 3223.
Thompson P.M., Corkrey R., Lusseau D., Lusseau S.M., Quick N., Durban J., Parsons K. & Hammond P.S. (2005). Condition monitoring of the Moray Firth Special Area of Conservation. Final Report, Scottish Natural Heritage, Edinburgh, UK.
Quick, N. J., Middlemas, S. J. and Armstrong, J. D. (2004). A Survey of Anti-Predator Controls at Marine Salmon Farms in Scotland. Aquaculture 230: 169-180.
Quick, N. J., Middlemas, S. J. and Armstrong, J. D. (2002). The Use of Anti-Predator Controls at Scottish Marine Salmon Farms. Scottish Fisheries Research Report Number 03/02. Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen UK.
