Felicia Vachon

@_fvachon

PhD student in the Whitehead lab studying Eastern Caribbean sperm whales and how culture can affect behaviour, social structure and distribution.

Joined April 2019

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Felicia Vachon @_fvachon May 18, 2022

First PhD chapter published in RS Open Science! with
@taylorahersh @_lrendell @sgero and H.Whitehead!

"Ocean nomads or island specialists? Culturally driven habitat partitioning contrasts in scale between geographically isolated sperm whale populations"

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

royalsocietypublishing.org Ocean nomads or island specialists? Culturally driven habitat partitioning contrasts in scale... Abstract. The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) is a deep-diving cetacean with a global distribution and a multi-leveled, culturally segregated, social

Felicia Vachon @_fvachon May 31, 2021

And what a great adventure it was ! Thanks to Lukes 10/10 skippering skills!!

Luke Rendell @lrendell.bsky.social @_lrendell May 29, 2021

1600 miles, 13 days 7hrs, and home ❤️ Balaena

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Felicia Vachon @_fvachon Jun 7, 2020

I pledge to continue opposing racism and hate, including systemic racism in science. And to do this work everyday, beyond social posts like this. (Thanks @sgero ) Whitehead lab join me ! @anaeguiguren2 @jr4science @deepdivewhales @taylorahersh

Felicia Vachon @_fvachon May 25, 2020

Thank you @UWI_StAugustine and @MarkFHulme for inviting me and @_lrendell to share our research! For those interested in sperm whale distribution and culture the recorded seminar is now available🙂 *Please do not cite without permission, results are preliminary and unpublished

Mark Hulme @MarkFHulme May 25, 2020

The recording of this great @UWI_StAugustine @univofstandrews @DalhousieU seminar by @_lrendell and @_fvachon on #Caribbean #SpermWhales is now available to watch! Some results are not yet published so please don't cite without the presenters' permission ca-lti.bbcollab.com/recording/2ae5…
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Felicia Vachon @_fvachon May 19, 2020

Very excited about this ! Thank you @MarkFHulme for the opportunity !

Mark Hulme @MarkFHulme May 19, 2020

I'm delighted that the covid19-delayed @UWI_StAugustine seminar by @_lrendell and @_fvachon on The Distribution and Population Structure of Sperm #Whales in the #Caribbean will now go ahead online on Thursday 21st May. Can't wait! sta.uwi.edu/news/ecalendar…

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