Marine Mammals Course
Elevate your career in biological sciences through the Marine Mammals Studies Course. Master budget-friendly field techniques, data mapping with QGIS, and impact assessments to transform sighting and stranding data into actionable, evidence-driven conservation recommendations that support effective monitoring and protection efforts.

4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
This course equips you with practical tools to design and conduct affordable studies on whales, dolphins, and seals. You'll learn to identify human impact issues, choose coastal sites, utilize open data and citizen science, organize data in QGIS, perform statistical analyses, and develop ethical conservation strategies based on evidence.
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Develop skills
- Analyze marine mammal data: calculate effort-corrected rates and spatial trends.
- Conduct low-cost surveys: plan land-based and opportunistic marine mammal observations.
- Design impact studies: create testable questions on shipping, noise, and fishing effects.
- Map with open-source tools: apply QGIS and free data for sightings and risk mapping.
- Report for conservation: produce concise briefs and implementable mitigation actions.
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