Rochelle Constantine
Rochelle Constantine ONZM | |
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Other names | Rochelle Lee Constantine |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Auckland |
Thesis | |
Doctoral advisor | Scott Baker, Dianne Brunton, Nick Gales, Bernd Würsig |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Auckland |
Rochelle Lee Constantine
Academic career
Constantine completed a
Constantine's research focuses on marine mammal conservation. Her research into accidental deaths of Bryde's whales in the Hauraki Gulf led to lower speed limits in shipping lanes to protect the whales.[3] Constantine has also worked on Hector's and Māui dolphin threat management plans. In 2016 she co-led an expedition to the Kermadecs and her research has traced the migration patterns of humpback whales through Oceania, the Kermadec Islands and Antarctica.[3][4]
Constantine is a member of the Executive Committee of the South Pacific Whale Consortium and co-founded a charitable trust to research technologies for marine conservation. Since 2010 Constantine has been Chair of the International Whaling Commission – Southern Ocean Research Partnership humpback whale research since 2010.[3]
Honours and awards
Constantine's work on ship-strike of Bryde's whale won her one of three inaugural Holdaway Awards in 2013.[5][6]
In the
Selected works
- Rochelle Constantine; Wikidata Q55970324.
- Rochelle Constantine (October 2001). "Increased avoidance of swimmers by wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) due to long-term exposure to swim-with-dolphin tourism". Wikidata Q119080377.
- Ellen Garland; Anne W Goldizen; Melinda L Rekdahl; et al. (14 April 2011). "Dynamic horizontal cultural transmission of humpback whale song at the ocean basin scale". Wikidata Q51601731.
- Mark Hindell; Ryan R Reisinger; Yan Ropert-Coudert; et al. (18 March 2020). "Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems". Wikidata Q90836193.
References
- ^ Constantine, Rochelle (2002). The behavioural ecology of the bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) of northeastern New Zealand: a population exposed to tourism (PhD thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland.
- ^ University of Auckland. "Profile: Rochelle Constantine". profiles.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d "The King's Birthday and Coronation Honours List 2023 – Citations for Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ "Rochelle Constantine". Blake NZ. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ Dickey, Delwyn (8 October 2013). "Protector of the gulf". Stuff. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ "Wildlife heroes honoured". The New Zealand Herald. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.