Dr Barry McGovern
PhD, MSc, BSc
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- Environmental Science, Marine Ecology, Ecological Monitoring, Data Analysis, Bioacoustics, Technical Reporting,
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- Marine Fauna Observer, Remote Pilot Licence (UAV/Drone), Construction White Card, First Aid/CPR, RYA/SAMSA Powerboat
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Taylor, I. A. R., Fettermann, T., McGovern, B., Schoeman, D.S., McCallum, A.B. and Stack, S.H. (2026) Comparing Drone and Vessel-Based Imaging to Quantify Epibiont Coverage on Humpback Whales. Marine Mammal Science 42, no. 4: e70255. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.70255
McGovern, B., Machernis, A.F., McCordic, J.A., Olson, G.L., Sullivan, F.A., Barber-Meyer, S.M., Currie, J.J. and Stack, S.H. (2025) Prevalence, composition, and behaviour of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) groups containing multiple mother-calf pairs in East Australia. Aquatic Mammals. 51(2), 163-177; https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.51.2.2025.163
Ovsyanikova, E., McGovern, B., Hawkins, E., Huijser, L., Dunlop, R. and Noad, M. (2025) Balance between stability and variability in bottlenose dolphin signature whistles offers potential for additional information. JASA. 157(4), 2982-2993; http://doi.org/10.1121/10.0036433
Cipriani, P., Palomba, M., Giulietti, L., Marcer, F., Mazzariol, S., Santoro, M., Alburqueque, R.A., Covelo, P., López, A., Santos, M.B., Pierce, G.J., McGoverm, B. and Mattiucci, S. (2022) Distribution and genetic diversity of Anisakis spp. in cetaceans from the Northeast Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Scientific Reports, 12(1), p.13664
James, B.S., Gridley, T., McGovern, B., Fearey, J.L. and Elwen, S.H., 2022. Dorsal fin mark changes for assigning sexes to individual bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus. Marine Mammal Science, 38(3), pp.1140-1159
Longden, E.G., Elwen, S.H., McGovern, B., James, B.S., Embling, C.B. and Gridley, T. (2021) Mark-recapture of individually distinctive calls – a case study with signature whistles of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Journal of Mammalogy. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa081
Culloch, R.M., Foley, A., Haberlin, D., McGovern, B., Pinfield, R., Jessop, M. and Cronin M.A. (2019) Occurrence, site-fidelity and abundance of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Broadhaven Bay, northwest Ireland during long-term construction of a gas pipeline. Regional Studies in marine Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2019.100983
McGovern, B., Gridley, T., James, B.S. and Elwen, S. (2019) Risky business? A note on repeated live strandings of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) while foraging in a shallow water environment. Marine Mammal Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12634
Foster, G., Nymo, I.H., Kovacs, K.M., Beckmen, K.B., Brownlow, A.C., Baily, J.L., Dagleish, M.P., Muchowski, J., Perrett, L.L., Tryland, M., Lydersen, C., Godfroid, J., McGovern, B. and Whatmore, A.M. (2018) First isolation of Brucella pinnipedialis and detection of Brucella antibodies from bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03211
Morell M., Brownlow, A., McGovern, B., Raverty, S., Shadwick, R.E. and André, M. (2017) Implementation of a method to visualize noise-induced hearing loss in mass stranded cetaceans. Scientific Reports. 7, 41848; DOI:10.1038/srep41848
McGovern, B., Culloch, R.M., O’Connell, M. and Berrow S. (2016) Temporal and spatial trends in strandings records of cetaceans on the Irish coast, 2002-2014. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315416001594
Culloch, R.M., Anderwald, P., Brandecker, A., Haberlin, D., McGovern, B., Pinfield, R., Visser, F., Jessopp, M. and Cronin, M. (2016) Effect of construction-related activities and vessel traffic on marine mammals. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 549 231-242
Davison, N., Brownlow, A., McGovern, B., Dagleish, M., Perrett, L., Dale, E., Koylass, M. and Foster G. (2015) The first report of Brucella ceti associated meningoencephalitis in a long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 116(3):237-241
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