Marine Mammals Course
Boost your biological sciences career through the Marine Mammals Studies Course. Gain skills in affordable field techniques, data mapping with QGIS, and impact assessments to transform whale, dolphin, and seal sighting and stranding data into strong, actionable conservation strategies and monitoring plans.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Marine Mammals Studies Course equips you with hands-on tools to create and execute affordable, targeted research on whales, dolphins, and seals. Master defining questions on human impacts, picking coastal sites, leveraging open data and citizen science, organising data in QGIS, performing simple stats, and crafting ethical conservation advice based on evidence.
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Develop skills
- Marine mammal data analysis: conduct effort-corrected rates and basic spatial trends.
- Low-cost field surveys: plan land-based and opportunistic marine mammal sampling.
- Impact-focused study design: develop testable questions on ships, noise, and fisheries.
- Open-source mapping: apply QGIS and free layers to map sightings and risk zones.
- Conservation reporting: convert results into clear briefs and practical mitigation steps.
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