Kelly Benoit-Bird
Marine scientist
Kelly Benoit-Bird (born 1976) is a marine scientist and senior scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute .[ 1] Benoit-Bird uses acoustics to study marine organisms and was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2010.[ 2] [ 3]
Work and discoveries
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
References
^ "Kelly Benoit-Bird SENIOR SCIENTIST & Science Chair" . Monterey Bay Aquarium . Retrieved 19 March 2021 .
^ Arnold, Carrie (April 1, 2011). "Kelly Benoit-Bird: Sounding the Deep" . The Scientist . Retrieved June 16, 2014 .
^ a b "Kelly Benoit-Bird" . www.macfound.org . Retrieved 2021-03-19 .
^ Char, Kymber-Lee (January 4, 2011). "Kelly Benoit-Bird awarded MacArthur genius grant" . Mālamalama: The Magazine of the University of Hawai'i . Retrieved June 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 . ISSN 0171-8630 .
^ 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 . ISSN 1432-0762 . S2CID 16138683 .
^ 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 . ISSN 0171-8630 .
^ 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 . ISSN 0171-8630 .
^ 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 . ISSN 1939-5590 .
^ 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 . ISSN 0171-8630 .
^ "Why do Beaked Whales Keep Returning to a Navy Sonar Range?" . The Maritime Executive . Retrieved 2021-04-24 .
^ 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 . ISSN 0967-0637 .
^ 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 . ISSN 1541-5856 .
^ "Medwin Prize in Acoustical Oceanography" . Technical Committee on Acoustical Oceanography . Retrieved 2021-03-19 .
^ "Fellows of the Society" . Acoustical Society of America . Retrieved 2021-04-24 .
^ "Kelly Benoit-Bird" . www.nasonline.org . Retrieved 2021-06-18 .
^ "Acoustical Society of America Awards" . Acoustical Society of America . Retrieved 2021-03-19 .
^ 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 . ISSN 2324-9250 .
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