Bioacoustics group

Postal address
United Kingdom

Douglas Gillespie
- dg50st-andrews.acuk
- School of Biology - Principal Research Fellow
- Sea Mammal Research Unit
- Scottish Oceans Institute
- Sound Tags Group
- Bioacoustics group
- Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland
Person: Academic - Research
Vincent Janik
- vjst-andrews.acuk
Person: Academic
Patrick Miller
- pm29st-andrews.acuk
Person: Academic

The diffusion of cooperative and solo bubble net feeding in Canadian Pacific humpback whales
Wray, J., O'Mahony, É., Baer, G., Robinson, N., Dundas, A., Gaggiotti, O., Rendell, L. & Keen, E., Jan 2026, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 293, 2063, p. 1-12 12 p., 20252409.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
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Acoustic characteristics and context of buzzes and rasps produced by northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus)
Haas, C. E., Wensveen, P., Hooker, S. K. & Miller, P. J. O., 18 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Bioacoustics. Latest Articles, 27 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
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Behavioural response thresholds for the assessment of noise impact on Antarctic marine mammal species
Darias-O'Hara, A. K., Booth, C. G., Erbe, C., Isojunno, S., Janik, V. M., Lucke, K., Southall, B. L., Tougaard, J., von Benda-Beckmann, A. M. & Verfuss, U. K., Sept 2025, In: Marine Policy. 179, p. 1-11 11 p., 106738.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
File

The role of vocal learning in call acquisition of wild grey seal pups (dataset)
Stansbury, A. (Creator) & Janik, V. (Creator), University of St Andrews, 7 Sept 2021
DOI: 10.17630/080c0f26-0a9e-4483-ab12-ab8985191371
Dataset

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Passive acoustic methods for tracking the 3D movements of small cetaceans around marine structures (dataset)
Gillespie, D. M. (Creator), Palmer, L. E. (Contributor), MacAulay, J. D. J. (Contributor), Sparling, C. E. (Contributor) & Hastie, G. D. (Creator), University of St Andrews, 2 Apr 2020
DOI: 10.17630/de341ca6-6754-43ed-b1ac-a55aae6ccfaa
Dataset

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ARTwarp - automated categorisation of tonal animal sounds (v1.1)
Deecke, V. (Creator), Janik, V. (Creator), Gillespie, D. (Creator), Konovalov, O. (Creator), Kerlaff, K. (Creator), Babu, A. (Creator), Kumar, R. (Creator), Leitner, F. (Creator) & Tham, H. (Creator), Zenodo, 29 Oct 2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17476144, https://github.com/dolphin-acoustics-vip/artwarp/wiki
Dataset: Software

Fellow of the Collegium Budapest, Centre for Advanced Study, Hungary
Janik, V. (Recipient), 2003
Prize: Election to learned society
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Tyack, P. L. (Recipient), Mar 2016
Prize: Election to learned society
Kobe Award
Miller, P. (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

How did the marine environment shape unique features in dolphin communication?
Janik, V. (Speaker)
25 Sept 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Enhancing Marine Mammal surveys: Integrating acoustic and movement tags (DTAGs) for improved acoustic monitoring. Talk at the IMarEST Defra mNCEA Marine Mammal Monitoring Innovation Stakeholder Workshop
Gkikopoulou, K. C. (Speaker), Macaulay, J. D. J. (Speaker), Gillespie, D. M. (Speaker) & Tyack, P. L. (Speaker)
25 Feb 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Presentation
Primary school talk - "El mundo sonoro de las ballenas y los delfines"
Gkikopoulou, K. C. (Participant) & Gillespie, D. M. (Participant)
28 Nov 2024
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a public festival/exhibition/event

Green and novel: the future of energy generation
Gillespie, D. M.
4/09/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
Killer whales taking food from fishing lines reveal something intriguing about human evolution
Rendell, L. E.
2/02/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
The people who listen to whales
Miller, P.
20/11/17
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other