Kate Sprogis

Experience

• 2024–present
  Lecturer, The University of Western Australia
• 2021–2021
  Researcher, Flinders University
• 2018–2021
  Postdoctoral fellow, Aarhus University
• 2015–2017
  Researcher, Murdoch University

Education

• 2015 
  Murdoch University, PhD
• 2008 
  University of Queensland, Honours

Publications

• 2023
  Effects of whale-watching activities on southern right whales in Encounter Bay, South Australia, Marine Policy
• 2022
  Coastal dolphins and marine megafauna in Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia: Informing conservation management actions in an area under increasing human pressure, Wildlife Research
• 2022
  Human food-provisioning impacts the social environment, home range and fitness of a marine top predator, Animal Behaviour
• 2022
  Occurrence of cetaceans and seabirds along the Indian Ocean 110°E meridian from temperate to tropical waters, Deep Sea Research (Part II, Topical Studies in Oceanography)
• 2022
  Seasonal gain in body condition of foraging humpback whales along the Western Antarctic Peninsula, Frontiers in Marine Science
• 2022
  Body condition and allometry of free-ranging short-finned pilot whales in the North Atlantic, Sustainability
• 2021
  Acute and chronic behavioral effects of kelp gull micropredation on southern right whales, Marine Ecology Progress Series
• 2021
  The behavioural impacts of commercial swimming with whale tours on humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Hervey Bay, Australia, Frontiers in Marine Science
• 2021
  Decreased resting and nursing in short-finned pilot whales when exposed to louder petrol engine noise of a hybrid whale-watch vessel, Scientific Reports
• 2021
  Ontogenetic changes in energy expenditure and resting behaviour of humpback whale mother-calf pairs on a breeding ground studied using unmanned aerial vehicles, Wildlife Research
• 2021
  Whale-watch vessel noise levels with applications to whale-watching guidelines and conservation, Marine Policy
• 2021
  Foraging preferences of an apex marine predator revealed through stomach content and stable isotope analyses, Global Ecology and Conservation
• 2020
  Vessel noise levels drive behavioural responses of humpback whales with implications for whale-watching, eLife
• 2020
  Silver gull harassment of humpback whales in Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia,
• 2020
  Variation in outer blubber lipid concentration does not reflect morphological body condition in humpback whales,
• 2020
  Behavioural responses of migrating humpback whales to swim-with-whale activities in the Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
• 2019
  Food-provisioning negatively affects calf survival and female reproductive success in bottlenose dolphins,
• 2019
  Behavioural development in southern right whale calves,
• 2019
  Morphological differences between coastal bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) populations identified using non-invasive stereo-laser photogrammetry,
• 2018
  Sex-specific differences in the seasonal habitat use of a coastal dolphin population,
• 2018
  El Niño Southern Oscillation influences the abundance and movements of a marine top predator in coastal waters,
• 2018
  Implications of survey effort on estimating demographic parameters of a long‐lived marine top predator,
• 2018
  Frequency and temporal trends of shark predation attempts on bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in temperate Australian waters,
• 2017
  Complex prey handling of octopus by bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus),
• 2016
  Noninvasive unmanned aerial vehicle provides estimates of the energetic cost of reproduction in humpback whales, Ecosphere
• 2016
  Sex-specific patterns in abundance, temporary emigration and survival of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in coastal and estuarine waters,
• 2016
  Seasonal feeding on giant cuttlefish (Sepia apama) by Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in south-western Australia,
• 2016
  Home range size of adult Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in a coastal and estuarine system is habitat and sex-specific,