Check it out, pages 210-211.
PCDP Researchers Publish Paper on Barnacle Infestation on Cetaceans
PCDP alumni lab assistant Milan Dolezal along with PCDP Director Dr. Janet Mann, Associate Director Ann-Marie Jacoby, Project Member Melissa Collier, and Lab Assistant Colin Murphy, published an article focused on the impact of temperature and hydrodynamics on the growth of the barnacle species Xenobalanus globicipitis on cetaceans. Dolezal et al. found that both of these factors impact the location of attachment of X. globicipitis on the dorsal fin. These results indicate that with global warning and rising sea surface temperatures, the infestation of these barnacles on cetaceans will be more common due to their affinity for warmer temperatures.
Check out the article here.
AP News on the Intersection of Social Behaviors and Disease Spread in Dolphins
AP News journalists joined PCDP researchers for dolphin sightings and to discuss the importance of understanding the social bonds and behaviors in dolphins to understand disease transmission in a population. Read the article here.
Bay Journal on the Increase in the Potomac Dolphin Population
Whitney Pipkin of the Bay Journal discusses the recent resurgence of the dolphin population in the Potomac and the researchers studying these animals, including the PDCP and Chesapeake DolphinWatch.
Check out their more recent feature on the Potomac dolphins: June 13, 2022.
Earth Island Journal Features PCDP
The Earth Island Journal discusses the PCDP’s work and the current state of dolphins in the Potomac River. Check it out here!
WAMU feature on the Potomac-Chesapeake Dolphin Project
Hear about our work on Kojo Nnamdi, WAMU
Director and Founder of the PCDP, Dr. Janet Mann, talked with the host alongside the President of the Potomac Conservancy, about the significance of the dolphins’ return to the Potomac.
Dolphins’ Return to Potomac River Suggests Improvement of Water Quality
Author Jason Daley from Smithsonian Magazine discusses the repopulation of dolphins in the Potomac River after 50 years of restoration efforts.
Read more on this topic:
Potomac Conservancy Joins PCDP Researchers for Some Dolphin Spotting
Potomac Conservancy’s Communications Manager, Willis Kliefoth, came aboard the “Ahoya” for an update on our research and to spot some dolphins.
PCDP Researchers Document the First Evidence that Dolphins Give Birth in the Potomac!
On August 17th, PCDP researchers witnessed evidence of a dolphin birth! Learn more about the event in the articles below!
Patsy Mink and her newborn calf, Gwendolyn Mink. Taken under NOAA NMFS Permit No. 19403, PCDP
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/10/01/dolphins-are-swimming-mating-even-giving-birth-potomac/
Georgetown University: https://www.georgetown.edu/news/scientists-mark-first-evidence-that-dolphins-give-birth-in-potomac-river
Bay Journal: https://www.bayjournal.com/article/scientists_witness_dolphin_give_birth_in_the_potomac_river
Potomac Conservancy: https://potomac.org/blog/2019/9/3/baby-dolphin-update
Smithsonian: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dolphins-are-living-and-breeding-potomac-river-180973263/
Name the Dolphins Campaign with the Potomac Conservancy
This spring and summer, the PCDP collaborated with the Potomac Conservancy to have a naming contest, allowing the public to name two of our frequently sighted dolphins. This resulted in considerable press and competition to name the dolphins!
The punchline- “Mac” and “Chessie” won (visit https://potomac.org/name-potomac-dolphins). Stay tuned to learn more about them.
Here are the stories….
Morning Edition, NPR, 24 - May 2019
Chesapeake Bay Magazine - May 2019
The Western Journal - May 2019
Dr. Janet Mann interviewed on Big Biology podcast
PCDP Director and Founder Dr. Janet Mann discusses all things dolphin behavior with hosts Cam Ghalambor, Marty Martin, and Art Woods.
Listen below or on the Big Biology website.
Chesapeake Bay Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island by Earl Swift
An Amazon # 1 Best Seller about Tangier Island’s watermen mentions research being done by the PCDP on dolphins in the area!
PBS Outdoors Maryland Episode 3102
Our research was featured on PBS’ Outdoors Maryland TV show!
Dolphin spotting season begins even earlier in the Chesapeake
Dolphins now are appearing by the hundreds in the Chesapeake Bay
It’s great to see Barbara Bush and Richard Nixon in the Potomac
Project director Janet Mann wrote an opinion piece on the Potomac dolphins for the Washington Post.
The Mysterious Dolphins of the Potomac
Learn more about the project's researchers in this fun piece by the Atlas Obscura!
Researchers finding more dolphins than expected in lower Chesapeake Bay
The Baltimore Sun wrote an article about our research and our collaborator Dr. Helen Bailey's acoustics research on the Bay's dolphins!
There Are Dolphins In The Potomac And We Know Almost Nothing About Them ... Yet
The DCist wrote an article on the dolphins in the Potomac River. Check it out here.
August River Update: Dolphins found in Potomac; Legal ways to pollute; 7 local animals rebounding - Potomac Conservancy
The dolphins of the Potomac River got a shout-out in the Potomac Conservancy's August update. To get monthly updates from the Potomac Conservancy, sign up for River News here.
