OUR GLOBAL
COMMUNITY

Meet our 'MegaMovers'

The MegaMove membership continues to grow!
We are about 400 'MegaMovers' from ~200 institutions from 50 countries around the world - the largest community of researchers tracking marine megafauna in the world. Together, we have created a resource to enable the advancement of global conservation of marine megafauna.

Get to know the team of 'MegaMovers' here!

José Manuel Arcos Marine Programme SEO/BirdLife
Alexis Will Institute of Arctic Biology University of Alaska Fairbanks
Jean-Claude Stahl
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
RA Campbell
The Nature Conservancy
Mark G Meekan
Australian Institute of Marine Science
John D Stevens
CSIRO
R.J. Fitzpatrick
Biopixel Oceans Foundation
Sonia Sanchez
University of Adelaide
Jolene Sim Ascension Island Conservation & Fisheries Directorate
Ascension Island Government, Conservation & Fisheries Directorate
Stephen K. Pikesley
University of Exeter
Rebecca L. McGuire Arctic Beringia Program
Wildlife Conservation Society
Heather Marshall Natural Science
State College of Florida
Abby N. Powell USGS Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
University of Florida
Arturo E. Herrera
Integrated Systems Solutions
Thomas A. Clay Institute of Marine Sciences University of California Santa Cruz
H. Grant Gilchrist Wildlife Research Division Department of Environment and Climate Change Canada
Emma Harrison
St Eustatius National Parks Foundation
Demian Chapman
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
Dení Ramírez Macías Whale Shark México (WSM) Conexiones Terramar AC
Andrew D Lowther Research Department
Norwegian Polar Institute
Michael C Double Science Branch
Australian Antarctic Division
marcus sheaves Marine Data Technology Hub
James Cook University
Sabine Orlowski
UMR ENTROPIE
Mark Bolton Centre for Conservation Science Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Pieter Koen Veterinary Services
Western Cape Department of Agriculture
Alison Towner Icthyology
Rhodes University
S.J.Simpson
Marine Biological Association
Kate L. Mansfield Department of Biology University of Central Florida
Paul M. Sagar
National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Limited
Russel D. Andrews
Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research
Michael J Drew
SARDI - Aquatic Sciences
Julian G Pepperell
Pepperell Research & Consulting Pty Ltd
Kevin Hyland Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project
Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project
Warren Baverstock Research
Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project
Mohammed Y. Jaidah Research
Qatar Whale Shark Research Project
David J. Slip Taronga Institute of Science and Learning
Taronga Conservation Society Australia
Christophe Cleguer
James Cook University
Helene Marsh College of SCience and Engineering
James Cook University
Carl G Jones
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
Kevin Ruhomaun National Parks and Conservation Service
Government of Mauritius
Mark A. Hindell Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
University of Tasmania
Ana Isabel Fagundes
Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (SPEA)
Centre for Conservation Science
RSPB
M. de L. Brooke Department of Zoology
University of Cambridge
Miguel Furtado Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO)
University of Porto
Ignacio M. Bruno
None
Erik Allan Pinheiro dos Santos Centro TAMAR-ICMBio
Instituo Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade - ICMBio
Milagros Lopez Mendilaharsu
Fundação Projeto Tamar
Mary April Goodman-Hall National Marine Fisheries Service
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Demian D Chapman Sharks and Rays Conservation Program Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
Michelle Cronin
University College Cork
John P. Tyminski Center for Shark Research
Mote Marine Laboratory
Michael J. Weise
Office of Naval Research
Jennifer M. Burns Dept of Biological Sciences Texas Tech University
John Filmalter
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
Robert P Van Dam
Chelonia Inc
John Morris Sharks and Rays Conservation Research Mote Marine Laboratory
Leif Nøttestad Pelagic Fish Research Group
Institute of Marine Research
Alistair D.M. Dove Research & Conservation Georgia Aquarium
Thierry Raclot Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien
CNRS UMR 7178 Strasbourg Université
Fischer, C. OCEARCH
PJN de Bruyn Mammal Research Institute University of Pretoria
F. Alberto Abreu-Grobois Unidad Academica Mazatlan
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología -UNAM
Jeremy J Vaudo Guy Harvey Research Institute Nova Southeastern University
Alexandre N. Zerbini Alaska Fiseries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Felipe Ladino Archila Bogotá
Fundación Malpelo
Robert W. Cooper
Oceans Forward
Denise M. Parker
Golden Honu of Oceania
Patricia M Zarate Departamento de Oceanografía y Medio Ambiente
Instituto de Fomento Pesquero
Edgar Mauricio Hoyos Padilla Pelagios Kakunja
Michael E Byrne School of Natural Resources
University of Missouri
L. Dagorn
MARBEC, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD
Milagros Lopez Mendilaharsu
Fundação Projeto Tamar
Kayla P. DaCosta Marine Sciences
University of South Alabama
Natalie E. Wildermann
Texas Sea Grant at Texas A&M University
Andrea U. Whiting
BioMaths Consulting
ANGELA FORMIA
Wildlife Conservation Society - Gabon Program
Kevin D. Powers
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Randall S. Wells Sarasota Dolphin Research Program Chicago Zoological Society
Andrew DiMatteo
CheloniData LLC
Randall Arauz
Fins Attached Marine Research and Conservation
Robert William Henry III Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Universiyt of California Santa Cruz
LANA, F. O. Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture UFRPE - Rural Federal University of Pernambuco
Gustave G. Lopez
Fundação Florestal
Simon R Thorrold Biology Department Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Eliza H K Leat Conservation Department
Ascension Island Government
Jean-benoit Charrassin Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (LOCEAN-IPSL)
Sorbonne Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Sorbonne Université/CNRS/IRD/MNHN)
Gustafson, J Griffith Sciences Centre for Marine and Coastal Research
Jonathan R. Green
Galapagos Whale Shark Project
Gwen Lockhart Visualization and Data Intelligence Group WSP
Sandra Bessudo
Malpelo and other marine ecosystem foundation
Michel VELY
MEGAPTERA
K. Shanker Centre for Ecological Sciences
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
A. Swaminathan
Dakshin Foundation
Christophe Guinet Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé UMR 7372, CNRS-La Rochelle Université
ALan F. Rees Centre for Ecology and Conservation
University of Exeter
David Acuña-Marrero
Massey University
Marie Windstein Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystems
Murdoch University
James T. Ketchum Marine Conservation
Pelagios Kakunjá
Heidi Ahonen
Norwegian Polar Institute
Susanne Åkesson Department of Biology Lund University
Ana Couto
University of Aberdeen
Francisco J. Abascal Centro Oceanográfico de Canarias
CSIC-Spanish Institute of Oceanography
Nicolas E. Humphries Fish Behavioural Ecology
The Marine Biological Association
Nicole Esteban Bioscience
Swansea University
Naveen Namboothri
Dakshin Foundation
Luke Harman
University College Cork
Alex R Hearn Biological and Environmental Sciences Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé
UMR 7372, CNRS – La Rochelle Université
German A. Soler Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
University of Tasmania
Lucy A Howey Biological Sciences
University of Exeter
Timothy D White
Global Fishing Watch
M.A. Samoilys (or Melita Samoilys)
CORDIO East Africa
Lindsay L. Dubbs North Carolina Renewable Ocean Energy Program
East Carolina University
Mônica M. C. Muelbert Departamento de Ciências do Mar (DCMar)
Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP
Jayson M. SEMMENS Fisheries and Aquaculture Centre
University of Tasmania
Michelle VanCompernolle Oceans Graduate School
University of Western Australia
Ari S. Friedlaender Ocean Sciences University of California Santa Cruz
Luis A. Huckstadt Centre for Ecology and Conservation University of Exeter
Hamish A. Campbell Research Institute for Environment & Livelihoods Charles Darwin University
Simon D. Goldsworthy
South Australian Research and Development Institute
Lyon, W.S.
Independent researcher
Wallace J Nichols NA NA
Patrick Pinet
Université de La Reunion
Sabrina Fossette
Megaptera
marina antonopoulou
Emirates Nature-WWF
Alan Zavala-Norzagaray Environmental Department IPN-CIIDIR Sinaloa
Robert E. Hueter Center for Shark Research Mote Marine Laboratory
Gemma Carroll People and Nature
Environmental Defense Fund
Hannah J. Calich
University of Western Australia
Kartik Shanker Centre for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science
Charitha Pattiaratchi Oceans Institute
The University of Western Australia
Annette C Broderick Centre for Ecology and Conservation University of Exeter
Lara, P.H.
Fundação Projeto Tamar
VICENTE GUZMAN HERNANDEZ APFFLT
Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas
W. James Grecian Sea Mammal Research Unit University of St Andrews
Fred Bailleul Aquatic Sciences
South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI)
Matt Pinkerton
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA)
Pedro Afonso Okeanos
University of the Azores
Annabelle M. L Brooks
Cape Eleuthera Institute
Edward J Brooks
Cape Eleuthera Institute
Bradley M Wetherbee Biological Sciences University of Rhode Island
Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto Universidad Cientifica del Sur
A J Gaston National Wildlife Research Centre
Environment Canada
Marie Auger-Méthé Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries The University of British Columbia
David N. Wiley Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
salvador J Jorgensen Institute of Marine Sciences
UC Santa Cruz
Cesar R. Peñaherrera-Palma MigraMar
Larisa Avens
National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center
SG Barco Research & Conservation
Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center
Gabriela S. Blanco Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos (IBIOMAR)
National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)
Neil Hammerschlag Environmental Research and Policy University of Miami
Adolfo Marco Ethology and Conservation of Biodiversity
CSIC
Katya Abrantes Marine Data Technology Hub
James Cook University
Adam Barnett Marine Data Technology Hub
James Cook University
Brendan J Godley Centre for Ecology and Conservation University of Exeter
Toby A Patterson
CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere
V Plot ENTROPIE
University of La Réunion
M.A. Meÿer Forestry, Fisheries and Environment
n/a
Catherine E. Hart
Investigación, Capacitación y Soluciones Ambientales y Sociales A.C.
Ley-Quiñonez, Cesar P.
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Jefferson T Hinke Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division
Southwest Fisherines Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Bruno C L Macena Okeanos and Institute of Marine Research
University of the Azores
Ashley Bennison
University College Cork
Filipe R. Ceia Department of Life Sciences Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre
Nuno Queiroz
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado
Diego Bernal Biology
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Ohiana Revuelta
Cavanilles Institute of biodiversity and evolutionary biology
Ian D Jonsen
Macquarie University
steffen bach Impact Assessment
Ramboll
Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen Birds and Mammals Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
Ken Norris
Natural History Museum
Linda Welch
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Gregory Skomal Shark Research Program
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
Mahmood S Shivji Guy Harvey Research Institute and Save Our Seas Foundation Shark Research Center Nova Southeastern University
Ivo da Costa
CIBIO/ InBIO - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos
Alistair D.M. Dove Research & Conservation Georgia Aquarium
Ruth H. Carmichael University Programs Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Richard D. Reina Monash University
Scott D. Whiting Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
Biodiversity and Conservation Science
Samantha D. Reynolds
The University of Queensland
Mark V Erdmann
Conservation International Aotearoa
Michele Thums
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Alejandra G. Sandoval-Lugo Environment
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Barbara WIENECKE
Australian Antarctic Division
Lucy M. Arrowsmith
The UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia
Patrick W. Robinson Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California, Santa Cruz
Rochelle Constantine School of Biological Sciences & Institute of Marine Science University of Auckland
Matt Heard Conservation and Wildlife Branch
South Australian Department for Environment and Water
DANIEL P COSTA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Institute of Marine Sciences University of California at Santa Cruz
Yan Ropert-Coudert Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé UMR7372
CNRS - La Rochelle Université
Vikash Tatayah Conservation
Mauritian Wildlife Foundation
Sagarminaga van Buiten, R. MEDTOP programme Alnitak
Chris Feare
WildWings Bird Management
Stella Villegas-Amtmann Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of California Santa Cruz
Haritz Arrizabalaga Marine Research
AZTI - Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA)
Janet R D Silk
British Antarctic Survey
Erik Olsen Marine Research in Developing Countries Institute of Marine Research
Scott A. Shaffer Department of Biological Sciences San Jose State University
Alice I. Mackay
outh Australian Research and Development Institute
Matthew J. Witt Biosciences
University of Exeter
Paul M. Thompson Lighthouse Field Station University of Aberdeen
Mark E. Bond Biological Sciences
Institute of Environment
Graeme C. Hays Centre for Integrative Ecology Deakin University
Nicola Weber Centre for Ecology and Conservation University of Exeter
Frederic Vandeperre Institute of Marine Sciences OKEANOS Universidade dos Açores
Nigel E. Hussey Department of Integrative Biology University of Windsor
George L. Shillinger Biology Stanford University
Sarah Wanless
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Jorge P. Rodríguez
CSIC-UIB
Annalea Beard Cardiff School of Biosciences
Cardiff University
James Lea
Save Our Seas Foundation
André S. Afonso Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre
Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
Christoph A. Rohner Marine Megafauna Foundation
Yuuki Y. Watanabe
National Institute of Polar Research
Lara L. Sousa WildCRU, Department of Zoology University of Oxford
Jesús TOMÁS Marine Zoology Unit
University of Valencia
Francesco Ferretti Fish and Wildlife Conservation Virginia Tech
Lauren R. Peel The Manta Trust
T.J. Preston
Monash University
Hector M. Guzman
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Michael L. Berumen Red Sea Research Center King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Lance K.B. Jordan
Unaffiliated
Víctor M. Eguíluz
Instituto de Fisica Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos IFISC (CSIC-UIB)
Nicoll, M. A. C. Institute of Zoology
Zoological Society of London
Mia Wege Department of Zoology and Entomology University of Pretoria
Rui Prieto Okeanos Institute University of the Azores
Marianne Marcoux
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Leigh G Torres Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences Oregon State University
A.M. Pagano Alaska Science Center U.S. Geological Survey
Cortney A. Watt
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
David P. Robinson
Sundive Research
Mónica A. Silva Okeanos - Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar University of the Azores
Brittany Finucci
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
Malcolm P Francis
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
Anthony James Richardson University of Queensland (UQ)
Ian Bell Queensland Department of Environment and Science
Aquatic Threatened Species
Kylie L. Scales
University of the Sunshine Coast
Mirjam van der Mheen
The University of Western Australia
Sam B Weber Centre for Ecology and Conservation
University of Exeter
Dylan T. Irion Department of Statistical Sciences Statistics in Ecology, Environment and Conservation
C A Madden Hof
World Wide Fund for Nature
Lachlan McLeay
SARDI Aquatic Sciences
B.M Norman Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystems
Murdoch University
Sara Abalo-Morla Institut d’ Investigació per a la Gestió de Zones Costaneres (IGIC)
Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
M.J. Smale Zoology
Nelson Mandela University
Ryan Daly
Oceanographic Research Institute
Alison A. Kock Cape Research Centre South African National Parks
Steven E. Campana Life and Environmental Sciences University of Iceland
Marisa Vedor CIBIO-InBIO
Bezerra, N.P.A. Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura (Depaq)
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)
Gail Schofield School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences Queen Mary University of London
Jane MCKENZIE
Private Consultant
Andrew G. Wood Ecosystems British Antarctic Survey
David M.P. Jacoby Lancaster Environment Centre Lancaster University
E J Southall Sims Lab
Marine Biological Association
Santos, A. M. Biology
University of Porto
Steven H. Ferguson
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Jeffrey A. Seminoff Marine Turtle Ecology & Assessment Program
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Federico G. Riet-Sapriza
Vida Silvestre Uruguay
Steffen Oppel RSPB Centre for Conservation Science Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Peter H. Dutton Southwest Fisheries Science Center
NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service
Yannis P. Papastamatiou Biology Institute of the Environment
Laura Prosdocimi Dirección de Panificación Pesquera Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca de la Nación Argentina
Jeffrey C. Mangel
ProDelphinus
Bonnie J Holmes
University of the Sunshine Coast
Clive R McMahon IMOS Animal Tagging
Sydney Institute of Marine Science
J.D. McAllister
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
Charlie Huveneers College of Science and Engineering Flinders University
Rob Harcourt Biological Sciences
Macquarie University
Luciana C Ferreira
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Andre Chiaradia Conservation Department Phillip Island Nature Parks
Brad Page Primary Industries and Regions South Australia
Biosecurity
Jorge Fontes
Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar – OKEANOS
Tristan L. Guttridge Saving the Blue
Jaime A. Ramos Life Sciences
University of Coimbra
Taylor K Chapple Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station Oregon State University
Mark Jessopp School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences
University College Cork
Keith C Hamer
University of Leeds
Enrico Pirotta Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling
University of St Andrews
David J. Yurkowski Arctic and Aquatic Research Division
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Eduardo J. Belda or Belda, E.J.
Universitat Politècnica de València
Javier A Arata
Association of Responsible Krill harvesting companies
José C. Xavier Life Sciences
University of Coimbra
Guy M. W. Stevens
The Manta Trust
Eduardo Cuevas
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) - Universidad Autónoma del Carmen
Daniel M. Palacios Marine Mammal Institute Oregon State University
Philip N. Trathan Ecosystems Programme British Antarctic Survey
Joshua D. Stewart The Manta Trust
Ana M .M. Sequeira UWA Oceans Institute The University of Western Australia
Gordon Hastie Sea Mammal Research Unit
University of St Andrews
Cecile Vincent Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) La Rochelle University
NJ PIlcher
Marine Research Foundation
Edy Setyawan
The Manta Trust
Alastair M M Baylis
South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute
Austin J. Gallagher Beneath the Waves
Frédéric Angelier Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé
CNRS-LRU
Takashi Yamamoto Organization for the Strategic Coordination of Research and Intellectual Properties
Meiji University
Akiko Kato
Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR7372 CNRS-La Rochelle Université
Ewan W. J. Edwards Renewables and Energy Programme Marine Scotland Science
Matthew Gollock
Zoological Society of London
C R Clarke Marine Marine Research Facility
Jesse EM Cochran Red Sea Research Center
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Mark L Mallory Biology Acadia University
Audrey Jaeger UMR ENTROPIE Université de La Réunion
Igor Arregui Sustainable Fisheries Management (TUNA)
AZTI, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA)
Philip D. Doherty Centre for Ecology and Conservation
University of Exeter
Prof. Daniel P. Costa University of California, Santa Cruz, USA

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