Karen Stockin
Karen Ann Stockin is a New Zealand academic marine ecologist, and as of 2021 is a full professor at Massey University. Her research focuses on animal welfare and the impacts of human activities on cetacean populations, including tourism effects, and persistent marine contaminants.
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Born | Karen Ann Stockin |
Alma mater | University of Plymouth Massey University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Marine ecology |
Institutions | Massey University |
Thesis |
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Doctoral advisor | Mark Orams |
Academic career
Stockin obtained a Bachelors of Science (Honours) from the University of Plymouth, and a Masters of Science as a European Union Scholar from the University of Aberdeen. She completed her PhD as a Commonwealth Scholar at Massey University in 2008, with a thesis titled "The New Zealand common dolphin (Delphinus sp.): identity, ecology and conservation", supervised by Mark Orams.[1][2]
Stockin is the strandings coordinator for the International Whaling Commission,[3] and serves on the IWC Strandings Initiative Expert Panel.[4]
Recognition
In 2005, Stockin was awarded a Hutton Award by the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
In 2018, Stockin received a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship for a project title "The application of artificial intelligence (AI), innovative technologies and evolutionary theory to address the conservation-welfare nexus during human-wildlife interactions".[5] She was also made the inaugural Bob Kerridge Animal Welfare Fellow in the same year.[3]
Selected works
- Karen Stockin (2008), The New Zealand common dolphin (Delphinus sp.) : identity, ecology and conservation, Massey Research Online, Wikidata Q106666293
- Anna M Meissner; Fredrik Christiansen; Emmanuelle Martinez; Matthew D M Pawley; Mark B Orams; Karen A Stockin (7 January 2015). "Behavioural effects of tourism on oceanic common dolphins, Delphinus sp., in New Zealand: the effects of Markov analysis variations and current tour operator compliance with regulations". PLOS One. 10 (1): e0116962. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1016962M. doi:10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0116962. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4286237. PMID 25565523. Wikidata Q30421049.
- Ana R. Amaral; Luciano B Beheregaray; Kerstin Bilgmann; et al. (2 February 2012). "Seascape genetics of a globally distributed, highly mobile marine mammal: the short-beaked common dolphin (genus Delphinus)". PLOS One. 7 (2): e31482. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...731482A. doi:10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0031482. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3271111. PMID 22319634. Wikidata Q34154845.
- Ana R. Amaral; Luciano B Beheregaray; Kerstin Bilgmann; et al. (14 August 2012). "Influences of past climatic changes on historical population structure and demography of a cosmopolitan marine predator, the common dolphin (genus Delphinus)". Molecular Ecology. 21 (19): 4854–4871. doi:10.1111/J.1365-294X.2012.05728.X. ISSN 0962-1083. PMID 22891814. Wikidata Q34293967.
- Karen Stockin; R J Law; W D Roe; L Meynier; E Martinez; P J Duignan; P Bridgen; B Jones (11 March 2010). "PCBs and organochlorine pesticides in Hector's (Cephalorhynchus hectori hectori) and Maui's (Cephalorhynchus hectori maui) dolphins". Marine Pollution Bulletin. 60 (6): 834–842. doi:10.1016/J.MARPOLBUL.2010.01.009. ISSN 0025-326X. PMID 20226477. Wikidata Q43131233.
References
- "Karen Stockin". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- Stockin, Karen (2008). The New Zealand common dolphin (Delphinus sp.) : identity, ecology and conservation (Doctoral thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/790.
- "Prof Karen Stockin | CERG Cetacean Ecology Research Group | Auc". CERG. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- Massey University. "Prof Karen Stockin – Professor – Massey University". www.massey.ac.nz. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- "2018 Rutherford Discovery Fellowships to accelerate research careers announced". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
External links
- Karen Stockin publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Publications by Karen Stockin at ResearchGate