DR. DENISE L HERZING

DR. DENISE L HERZING

P.O. Box 8436
Jupiter FL, 33468
USA

561 746 9193
wdpdenise@earthlink.net

DEGREES

Ph.D. 1993 Behavioral Biology/Environmental studies, Union Graduate School Cincinnati, OH.

M.A. 1988 Physiological and Behavioral Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

B.S. 1979 Marine Zoology, Oregon State University

Dr. Denise Herzing, Research Director of the Wild Dolphin Project has completed 20 years of her long-term study of the Atlantic spotted dolphins inhabiting Bahamian waters. She received her B.S. in Marine Zoology from Oregon State University in 1979; her M.A. in Behavioral Biology from San Francisco State University in 1988; and her Ph.D. in Behavioral Biology/Environmental Studies from Union Graduate School, Cincinnati, Ohio in 1993. She is Research Faculty in Biological Sciences and Psychological Sciences at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida and Scientific Advisor to the American Cetacean Society.

Dr. Herzing has authored and co-authored many papers in the fields of whale biology, animal communication and human consciousness. Coverage of her work with the spotted dolphins has appeared in National Geographic, BBC Wildlife, Ocean Realm and Sonar magazines. Her work has also been featured on the Nature series in the U.S., Discovery Channel, PBS, ABC network television, BBC in England and NHK channel in Japan.

Her fields of interest are animal consciousness, behavior and communication of cetaceans, and environmental ethics. Dr. Herzing has given presentations and lectures to the following research, education and conservation organizations: Society for Marine Mammalogy, European Cetacean Society, International Fund for Animal Welfare, and others. Dr Herzing is also a Fellow of the Explorers Club.

Click here to link to the Wild Dolphin Project's website

The Wild Dolphin Project was founded in 1985 and is a 501 (c) (3). All contributions are tax deductible as allowed by law and support the long-term study of dolphins in the Bahamas.

Wild Dolphin Research Fund - Florida Atlantic University

We have also established a fund through Florida Atlantic University to support the project and graduate students working with us.

Please contact me @ wdpdenise@earthlink.net for further info

or contact kmoore34@fau.edu, about Project ID: SCI885

Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations
Florida Atlantic University
Division of University Advancement &
Division of Research

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Herzing, D.L. (2005). Transmission mechanisms of social learning in dolphins:underwater observations of free-ranging dolphins in the Bahamas. Autour de L'Ethologie et de la Cognition Animale. Presses Universitaires de Lyon.

Herzing,D.L. and dos Santos, M. (2004). Functional Aspects of Echolocation in Dolphins. In: Advances in the Study of Echolocation in Bats and Dolphins. Springer-Verlag Press. pp.386-393.

Herzing,D.L. (2004). Social and Non-Social uses of Echolocation in Free-Ranging Stenella frontalis and Tursiops truncatus. In: Advances in the Study of Echolocation in Bats and Dolphins. Springer-Verlag Press.pp. 404-410.

Lammers, M.O., Au, W.W.L. and Herzing, D.L. (2003). The broadband social acoustic signaling behavior of spinner and spotted dolphins.. J. Acoustical. Society of America. 114(3):1629-1639.

Au, W.E.L. and Herzing, D.L. (2003). Echolocation signals of wild Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis). J. Acoustical Society of America 113(1): 598-604.

Herzing, D. L, Moewe, K. and BJ. Brunnick (2003). Interspecies interactions between Atlantic spotted dolphins, Stenella frontalis, and bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, on Grerat Bahama Bank, Bahamas. Aquatic Mammals 29 (30), 335-341

Miles, J, and D.L. Herzing (2003). Underwater analysis of the behavioural development of free-ranging Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) calves (birth to 4 years of age). Aquatic Mammals, 29 (3), 363-377.

Psarakos, S, Herzing, D.L. and K. Marten. (2003). Mixed-species associations between Pantropical spotted dolphins (Stenella attenuata) and Hawaiian spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) of Oahu, Hawaii. Aquatic Mammals 29 (3), 390-395.

Frantzis, A., and Herzing, D.L. (2002). Mixed species associations of striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba), common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) and Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus), in the Gulf of Corinth (Greece, Mediterranean Sea). Aquatic Mammals 28 (2) 188-197.

Au, W. W.L. and Herzing, D. L. (2003). Echolocation signals of wild Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis). J. Acoustical. Society of America 113 (1) 598-604.

Marten, K., Herzing, D.L., Poole, M. and Newman-Allman, Kelly (2001). The acoustic predation hypothesis: linking underwater observations and recordings during odontocete predation and observing the effects of loud impulsive sounds on fish. Aquatic Mammals, 27 (1) 56-66.

Herzing,D.L. (2000). Acoustics and Social Behavior of Wild Dolphins: Implications for a sound society. In: Hearing in Whales, Springer-Verlag Handbook of Auditory Research, pp. 225-272.

Herzing, D.L. and White, T.J. (1999) Dolphins and the Question of Personhood. Special Issue: Etica Animali, 9/98 pp. 64-84.

Rossbach,K.A. and Herzing, D.L. (1999). Inshore and Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Communities Distinguished by Association Patterns, near Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas. Canadian J. Zoology, 77:581-592.

Herzing, D.L. (1997) The natural history of free-ranging Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis): Age classes, color phases, and female reproduction. Marine Mammal Science 13(4): 576-595.

Herzing D.L., and Johnson, C.M. (1997) Interspecific interactions between Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) and bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Bahamas, 1985-1995. Aquatic Mammals 23 (2) 85-99.

Rossbach, K. A. and Herzing D.L. (1997) Underwater observations of benthic-feeding bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) near Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas. Marine Mammal Science 13 (3): 498-504.

Herzing, D.L. and Brunnick, B.J. (1997) Coefficients of Association of reproductively active female Atlantic spotted dolphins, Stenella frontalis. Aquatic Mammals 23 (3): 155-162.

Herzing, D.L. (1996). Vocalizations and associated underwater behavior of free-ranging Atlantic spotted dolphins, Stenella frontalis, and bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus. Aquatic Mammals 22 (2): 61-79.

Herzing, D.L. (1993) Dolphins in the Wild: An Eight Year Study on Dolphin Communication and Interspecies interaction. Dissertation. Union Institute, Cincinnati, OH

Herzing, D.L. (1988). A quantitative description and behavioral associations of a burst-pulsed sound, the squawk in the bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus. Thesis. San Francisco State University.

Pelletier, K.R. and Herzing, D.L. (1988). Psychoneuroimmunology: Towards a Mindbody Model. A critical review. Advances, 5 (1): 26-56.

Bayer, R.D. and Herzing, D.L. (1985). Pre-laying assemblages of common murres on the colony at Yaquina Head, Oregon. The Murrelet, 66: 94-95.

Herzing, D.L. and Mate, B.R. (1984). Gray Whale Migrations along the Oregon Coast, 1978-1981. In The Gray Whale, (Eds. ML Jones, SL Swartz, & SF Leatherwood). Academic Press, pp. 289-306.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Society of Marine Mammalogy - Founding Member 1979
Animal Behavior Society Member
European Cetacean Society
Fellow of the Explorers Club