https://bsky.app/profile/alecburslem.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alecburslem.bsky.social/post/3mropf5rs7c24New paper! Lead author @noemiefreymond.bsky.social used a hybrid approach combining tag data & physical modelling to show that the timing & hydrodynamic effects of bubble releases by sperm whales during drift dives indicate deliberate & active buoyancy regulation, even during sleep. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jul 2026 05:44 +0000at://did:plc:gew6jxe2dlycmpabep5bekoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mropf5rs7c24https://bsky.app/profile/alecburslem.bsky.social/post/3mhtpeqjg2c2mNew publication! 'Headbutting Behavior Between Sperm Whales Documented Using Unoccupied Aerial Vehicles' Out in @marinemammalogy.bsky.social in collaboration with @lrendell.bsky.social, @azwhlab.bsky.social and @asociaciontursiops.bsky.social. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.7015324 Mar 2026 23:15 +0000at://did:plc:gew6jxe2dlycmpabep5bekoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhtpeqjg2c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/alecburslem.bsky.social/post/3mfkk6o24jk2mNew publication! @marinemammalogy.bsky.social https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.7014423 Feb 2026 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:gew6jxe2dlycmpabep5bekoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfkk6o24jk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/alecburslem.bsky.social/post/3m6m7ubztvk2aNew paper out today in @ecol-evol.bsky.social https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72472. The total size of the body’s fat stores is a crucial factor in understanding animal health, life history and conservation biology, but no established method exists to measure it in large marine animals without capturing them.27 Nov 2025 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:gew6jxe2dlycmpabep5bekoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6m7ubztvk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/alecburslem.bsky.social/post/3lv2ezdaenc26It's official! I'm now the newest postgraduate research fellow at the marine mammal research program at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. Bio and blog post with more details here: www.mmrphawaii.org/alec-burslem https://www.mmrphawaii.org/post/shippin-out-from-scotland28 Jul 2025 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:gew6jxe2dlycmpabep5bekoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv2ezdaenc26https://bsky.app/profile/alecburslem.bsky.social/post/3ln6nrwpfwc2oHad a great time this week presenting at the Scottish oceans institute seminar series, giving an overview of my PhD work on sperm whale behavior and physiology. Recording here: https://universityofstandrews907-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/acb35_st-andrews_ac_uk/EXSgbXn-IAFKm4VuFc2kPCsBA8fSAteQQvylj8AtMBTPoA?e=p8WNyr @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social19 Apr 2025 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:gew6jxe2dlycmpabep5bekoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln6nrwpfwc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/alecburslem.bsky.social/post/3lhizyr2xl22rA wee bit of r&r with @kztwyman.bsky.social in the high Atlas06 Feb 2025 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:gew6jxe2dlycmpabep5bekoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhizyr2xl22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/alecburslem.bsky.social/post/3ld4g5gmvxk2fThat's me officially all done on my PhD! I'm now full time on the 3S4 project, investigating the drivers of fine scale baseline behavior and sonar response of killer whales in the Norwegian Arctic. Stay tuned!12 Dec 2024 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:gew6jxe2dlycmpabep5bekoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld4g5gmvxk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/alecburslem.bsky.social/post/3lbrf7pzwks25Hi everyone! Good to see lots of familiar faces here. For everyone else: Research profile: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/persons/alec-burslem PhD abstract: https://doi.org/10.17630/sta/1160 If that seems like your kind of thing, consider giving me a follow25 Nov 2024 11:11 +0000at://did:plc:gew6jxe2dlycmpabep5bekoo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbrf7pzwks25