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Kaitlin Frasier

University of California San Diego

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla , CA  92093  

kfrasier@ucsd.edu

Project List:

Center for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems III (C-IMAGE III)

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Post-Doc

Center for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems II (C-IMAGE II)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Task Co-Lead, Post-Doc, Graduate Student - PhD Level

Center for Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems (C-IMAGE)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Post-Doc, GoMRI Scholar, Graduate Student - PhD Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 7

2021

Frasier, K. E., Garrison, L. P., Soldevilla, M. S., Wiggins, S. M., & Hildebrand, J. A. (2021). Cetacean distribution models based on visual and passive acoustic data. Scientific Reports, 11(1).

2020

Bracco, A., Paris, C. B., Esbaugh, A. J., Frasier, K., Joye, S. B., Liu, G., Polzin, K. L., & Vaz, A. C. (2020). Transport, Fate and Impacts of the Deep Plume of Petroleum Hydrocarbons Formed During the Macondo Blowout. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7.
Solsona-Berga, A., Frasier, K. E., Baumann-Pickering, S., Wiggins, S. M., & Hildebrand, J. A. (2020). DetEdit: A graphical user interface for annotating and editing events detected in long-term acoustic monitoring data. PLOS Computational Biology, 16(1), e1007598.

2019

Hildebrand, J. A., Frasier, K. E., Baumann-Pickering, S., Wiggins, S. M., Merkens, K. P., Garrison, L. P., Soldevilla, M. S., & McDonald, M. A. (2019). Assessing Seasonality and Density From Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Signals Presumed to be From Pygmy and Dwarf Sperm Whales in the Gulf of Mexico. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6.

2017

Frasier, K. E., Roch, M. A., Soldevilla, M. S., Wiggins, S. M., Garrison, L. P., & Hildebrand, J. A. (2017). Automated classification of dolphin echolocation click types from the Gulf of Mexico. PLOS Computational Biology, 13(12), e1005823.

2016

Frasier, K. E., Wiggins, S. M., Harris, D., Marques, T. A., Thomas, L., & Hildebrand, J. A. (2016). Delphinid echolocation click detection probability on near-seafloor sensors. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140(3), 1918-1930.

2015

Hildebrand, J. A., Baumann-Pickering, S., Frasier, K. E., Trickey, J. S., Merkens, K. P., Wiggins, S. M., McDonald, M. A., Garrison, L. P., Harris, D., Marques, T. A., & Thomas, L. (2015). Passive acoustic monitoring of beaked whale densities in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientific Reports, 5(1).

Book Chapters - 2

2019

Frasier, K. E. (2020). Evaluating Impacts of Deep Oil Spills on Oceanic Marine Mammals. In Murawski, S. A., Ainsworth, C. H., Gilbert, S., Hollander, D. J., Paris, C. B., Schlüter, M., & Wetzel, D. L. (Eds.), Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills (pp. 419-441) Springer International Publishing.
Frasier, K. E., Solsona-Berga, A., Stokes, L., & Hildebrand, J. A. (2020). Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles. In Murawski, S. A., Ainsworth, C. H., Gilbert, S., Hollander, D. J., Paris, C. B., Schlüter, M., & Wetzel, D. L. (Eds.), Deep Oil Spills (pp. 431-462) Springer International Publishing.

Conference Presentations - 15

2020

Frasier, K. (2020). Growing Up in GoMRI: Finding a Career in Passive Acoustics. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020
Frasier, K. G., L.P.; Soldevilla, M. H., & J.A (2020). Gulf-Wide Marine Mammal Population Monitoring: Integrating Data Sources to Improve Spatiotemporal Prediction. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020
Hildebrand, J. M., M.; Hildebrand, M. F., K.E.; Martinez, A. G., & L.P.; Soldevilla, M. (2020). Insights on Gulf of Mexico Brydes Whale Foraging From Suction Cup Tagging. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020

2019

Solsana-Berga, A. P., N.; Baumann Pickering, S. F., & K.; Hildebrand, J. (2019). Trends and Demographics of Sperm Whale Populations in the Gulf of Mexico: 2010-2017. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019

2018

Hildebrand, J. F., & K.E.; Wiggins, S. (2018). Trends in Deep-Diving Whale Populations in the Gulf of Mexico: 2010 to 2016. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018

2017

Frasier, K. (2017). Declining Pelagic Dolphin Detection Rates in the Gulf of Mexico: 2010 to 2015. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017

2016

Frasier, K. (2016). Gulf of Mexico Pelagic Dolphin Density Trends from Passive Acoustics. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016
Hildebrand, J.; Baumann-Pickering, S. F., K.; Trickey, J. M., K.; Wiggins, S. M., M.; Garrison, L. M., T.; Harris, D. T., & L (2016). Temporal and Seasonal Trends in Deep-Diving Cetacean Presence in the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016

2015

Frasier, K. (2015). Long-term Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Research and Monitoring Meeting

2014

Frasier, K. W., S.M.; Marques, T. M., K.P.; Harris, D. T., & L.; Hildebrand, J. (2014). Passive acoustic monitoring of sperm whales in the GoM: From detection to density estimation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Merkens, K. M., M.A.; Baumann-Pickering, S. F., & K.E.; Hildebrand, J. (2014). Deep-diving cetaceans and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014

2013

Frasier, K. . M., K.; Wiggins, S. M., T.; Harris, D. T., & L.; Hildebrand, J. (2013). Effects of acoustic propagation on echolocation click detectability in the marine environment. In International Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization and Density Estimation of Marine Mammals using Passive Acoustics
Frasier, K. M., K.; McDonald, M. S., M.; Garrison, L. W., S.; Baumann-Pickering, S. R., & M. A.; Hildebrand, J. (2013). Long-term monitoring of dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013
Hildebrand, J. M., K.; Frasier, K. M., M.; Baumann-Pickering, S. W., S.; Marques, T. H., & D.; Thomas, L. (2013). Monitoring deep-diving cetaceans during and after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013
Merkens, K. M., M.; Baumann-Pickering, S. F., K.; Wiggins, S. H., & J (2013). Deep-diving cetaceans and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Acoustical Society Of America