Dr Barbara Cheney

Dr Barbara Cheney
Dr Barbara Cheney
Dr Barbara Cheney

Advanced Research Fellow

About
Email Address
b.cheney@abdn.ac.uk
Office Address

The Lighthouse Field Station

University of Aberdeen

George Street

Cromarty

Ross-shire IV11 8YL

School/Department
School of Biological Sciences

Biography

I am a research fellow in the School of Biological Sciences, based at the University's Lighthouse Field Station, where I manage our long-term bottlenose dolphin individual based study.

My current research interest centres on the use and development of techniques, including photo-ID, photogrammetry and acoustics, to study aspects of individual marine mammals to inform ecology and conservation.

Qualifications

  • PhD Ecology 
    2017 - University of Aberdeen 

    Temporal variation in the demographics and dynamics of a bottlenose dolphin population.

  • BSc Marine Biology 
    2004 - University of Aberdeen 
  • BA Business Studies 
    1992 - Glasgow Caledonian University 

Latest Publications

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Research

Research Overview

The Lighthouse Field Station research aims to study how natural and anthropogenic variation affects the behaviour, life history and vital rates of marine top predators. I manage our long-term individual based study of bottlenose dolphins on the east coast of Scotland. My current research focuses on the application of individual based studies in marine mammal conservation and I am specifically interested in the use and development of techniques to study the ecology of individual marine mammals.

Research Areas

Biological and Environmental Sciences

Research Specialisms

  • Ecology
  • Marine Biology
  • Population Biology
  • Population Ecology

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Teaching
Publications

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  • Scale-dependent foraging ecology of a marine top predator modelled using passive acoustic data

    Pirotta, E., Thompson, P. M., Miller, P. I., Brookes, K. L., Cheney, B., Barton, T. R., Graham, I. M., Lusseau, D.
    Functional Ecology, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 206-217
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Site Condition Monitoring of bottlenose dolphins within the Moray Firth Special Area of Conservation: 2011-2013

    Cheney, B. J.
    Commissioned by SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE. Inverness: Scottish Natural Heritage. 36 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
  • Using Tooth Rakes to Monitor Population and Sex Differences in Aggressive Behaviour in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

    Marley, S. A., Cheney, B., Thompson, P. M.
    Aquatic Mammals, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 107-115
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Modelling the biological significance of behavioural change in coastal bottlenose dolphins in response to disturbance

    New, L. F., Harwood, J., Thomas, L., Donovan, C., Clark, J. S., Hastie, G., Thompson, P. M., Cheney, B., Scott-Hayward, L., Lusseau, D.
    Functional Ecology, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 314-322
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Analyzing temporally correlated dolphin sightings data using generalized estimating equations

    Bailey, H. R., Corkrey, R., Cheney, B. J., Thompson, P. M.
    Marine Mammal Science, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 123-141
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Integrating multiple data sources to assess the distribution and abundance of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in Scottish waters

    Cheney, B. J., Thompson, P. M., Ingram, S. N., Hammond, P. S., Stevick, P. T., Durban, J. W., Culloch, R. M., Elwen, S. H., Mandleberg, L., Janik, V. M., Quick, N. J., Islas-Villanueva, V., Robinson, K. P., Costa, M., Eisfeld, S. M., Walters, A., Phillips, C., Weir, C. R., Evans, P. G. H., Anderwald, P., Reid, R. J., Reid, J. B., Wilson, B.
    Mammal Review, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 71-88
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Discrete or not so discrete: Long distance movements by coastal bottlenose dolphins in UK and Irish waters

    Robinson, K. P., O'Brien, J. M., Berrow, S., Cheney, B. J., Costa, M., Eisfeld, S. M., Haberlin, D., Mandleberg, L., O'Donovan, M., Oudejans, M. G., Ryan, C., Stevick, P. T., Thompson, P. M., Whooley, P.
    Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 365-371
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • NatureScot Commissioned Report 468: The development of a framework to understand and predict the population consequences of disturbances for the Moray Firth bottlenose dolphin population

    Lusseau, D., New, L., Donovan, C., Cheney, B., Hastie, G., Harwood, J.
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Reports
  • Site Condition Monitoring of bottlenose dolphins within the Moray Firth Special Area of Conservation: 2008-2010

    Cheney, B. J., Corkrey, R., Quick, N. J., Janik, V. M., Islas-Villanueva, V., Hammond, P. S., Thompson, P. M.
    Scottish Natural Heritage. 34 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
  • Distribution, abundance and population structure of bottlenose dolphins in Scottish waters: Scottish Government and Scottish Natural Heritage funded report.

    Thompson, P. M., Cheney, B. J., Ingram, S., Stevick, P., Wilson, B., Hammond, P.
    Scottish Natural Heritage
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
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