La Dra. Susannah Buchan es investigadora asociada de COPAS Sur-Austral y investigadora invitada de Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, EE.UU. Trabaja también con el Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas. Actualmente lidera dos proyectos sobre la ecología de grandes cetáceos en la costa de Chile
Correo: sbuchan@udec.cl
Teléfono: 56 (41) – 2204520
Área de especialización
Oceanografía biológica y acústica pasiva marina.
Líneas de investigación
Ecología pelágica; ecología y distribución de ballenas en la Patagonia chilena (sur de Chile) y el Archipiélago Humboldt (norte de Chile); monitoreo acústico pasivo de bajas frecuencias; análisis bioacústico.
Antecedentes académicos
| 2015 | Doctora en Oceanografía, Universidad de Concepción, Chile. |
| 2006 | Master of Research, Biología Ambiental, Universidad de St. Andrews, Escocia. |
| 2005 | Bachelor of Science, Oceanografía, University of Southampton, Inglaterra |
| 2004 | Maitrise en Oceanografía, Universite de Bordeaux, Francia. |
Miembro de comités y consejos/otras afiliaciones
| Investigadora Asociada, CEAZA, Chile. | |
| Investigadora Invitada, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Estados Unidos | |
Premios y distinciones
| 2017 | Acoustic Zooplankton Fish Profiler Young Scientist Award. ASL Environmental Science. |
| 2015 | Líderes del Sur 2015 – Reconocimiento a la contribución de la ciencia en la Región del Biobío, Sur de Chile. |
Number of publications: 18
Publicaciones
| Name | Autores | Palabras clave | Año |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presence of Southeast Pacific blue whales (Balaenopteramusculus) off South Georgia in theSouth Atlantic Ocean | Constanza Rojas-Cerda, usannah J. Buchan, Trevor A. Branch, Franck Malige, Julie Patris, Rodrigo Hucke-Gaete, Iain Staniland | Balaenoptera musculus, blue whale, length frequencies, passiveacoustic monitoring, South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia island,South Pacific blue whale, vagrant whales | 2022 |
| Distribution of blue and sei whale vocalizations, and temperature – salinity characteristics from glider surveys in the Northern Chilean Patagonia mega-estuarine system | Susannah J. Buchan, Laura Gutiérrez, Mark F. Baumgartner, Kathleen M. Stafford, Nadin Ramirez, Oscar Pizarro, Jose Cifuentes | Oceanographic conditions, Interannual variation, Generalized Linear Models, blue and sei whale vocalizations | 2022 |
| Song recordings suggest feeding ground sharing in Southern Hemisphere humpback whales | Elena Schall, Divna Djokic, Erin C. Ross‑Marsh, Javier Oña, Judith Denkinger, Julio Ernesto Baumgarten, Linilson Rodrigues Padovese, Marcos R. Rossi‑Santos, Maria Isabel Carvalho Gonçalves, Renata Sousa‑Lima, Rodrigo Hucke‑Gaete, Simon Elwen, Susannah Buchan, Tess Gridley, Ilse Van Opzeeland | Antarctic krill, song and feeding, humpback whales | 2022 |
| Abundance and distribution patterns of cetaceans and their overlap with vessel traffic in the Humboldt Current Ecosystem, Chile | Luis Bedriñana‑Romano, Patricia M. Zarate, Rodrigo Hucke‑Gaete, Francisco A. Viddi, Susannah J. Buchan, Ilia Cari, Ljubitza Clavijo, Robert Bello, Alexandre N. Zerbini | Cetaceans, Bayesian Binomial, Satellite oceanographic | 2022 |
| Intraseasonal variation in southeast Pacific blue whale acoustic presence, zooplankton backscatter, and oceanographic variables on a feeding ground in Northern Chilean Patagonia. | Susannah J. Buchan, Iván Pérez-Santos, Diego Narváez, Leonardo Castro, Kathleen M. Stafford, Mark F. Baumgartner, Arnoldo Valle-Levinson, Paulina Montero, Laura Gutiérrez, Constanza Rojas, Giovanni Daneri, Sergio Neira | Blue whales, Euphausiids, Passive acoustics, Active acoustics, Estuaries, Backscatter, Tidal forcing, Wind stress | 2021 |
| An open access dataset for developing automated detectors of Antarctic baleen whale sounds and performance evaluation of two commonly used detectors. | Brian S. Miller, The IWC-SORP/SOOS Acoustic Trends Working Group, Naysa Balcazar, Sharon Nieukirk, Emmanuelle C. Leroy, Meghan Aulich, Fannie W. Shabangu, Robert P. Dziak, Won Sang Lee & Jong Kuk Hong | N/A | 2021 |
| Prey items of baleen whale species off the coast of Chile from fecal plume analysis. | Susannah J. Buchan, Paulina Vásquez, Carlos Olavarría, Leonardo R. Castro | N/A | 2021 |
| Seasonal acoustic presence of blue, fin, and minke whales off the Juan Fernández Archipelago, Chile (2007–2016). | Susannah J. Buchan, Naysa Balcazar-Cabrera, Kathleen M. Stafford | Baleen whales, Southeast Pacific, Seamounts, Passive acoustic monitoring, Bioacoustics | 2020 |
| Inter-annual decrease in pulse rate and peak frequency of Southeast Pacific blue whale song types. | Franck Malige, Julie Patris, Susannah J. Buchan, Kathleen M. Stafford, Fannie Shabangu, Ken Findlay, Rodrigo Hucke-Gaete, Sergio Neira, Christopher W. Clark & Hervé Glotin | N/A | 2020 |
| A standardized method of classifying pulsed sounds and its application to pulse rate measurement of blue whale southeast Pacific song units. | Julie Patris, Franck Malige, Hervé Glotin, Mark Asch, Susannah J. Buchan | Generalized functions, Linear filters, Electronic noise, Aquatic ecology, Mathematical modeling, Hydrophone, Sound production technology, Vocalization, Animal sounds, Bioacoustics of mammals | 2019 |
| Visual and passive acoustic observations of blue whale trios from two distinct populations. | Elena Schall, Lucia Di Iorio, Catherine Berchok, Diego Filún, Luis Bedriñana‐Romano, Susannah J. Buchan, Ilse Van Opzeeland, Richard Sears, Rodrigo Hucke‐Gaete | Acoustic monitoring, Blue whale, photoidentification | 2019 |
| Seasonal occurrence of fin whale song off Juan Fernandez, Chile. | Susannah J. Buchan, Laura Gutiérrez, Naysa Balcazar-Cabrera, Kathleen M. Stafford | Monitoreo Acústico Pasivo, Juan Fernández,, Ballena Fin | 2019 |
| An unsupervised Hidden Markov Model-based system for the detection and classification of blue whale vocalizations off Chile. | Buchan S.J., Mahú R., Wuth J., Balcazar-Cabrera N., Gutierrez L., Neira S., Becerra-Yoma N. | Blue whale vocalizations, Unsupervised detection and classification, HMM, Machine learning | 2019 |
| First acoustic recordings of critically endangered eastern South Pacific southern right whales (Eubalaena australis). | Duffy M., Magolan J., Galletti B., Cabrera E., Landea R., Buchan S., Sayigh L. | N/A | 2018 |
| Occasional acoustic presence of Antarctic blue whales on a feeding ground in southern Chile. | Buchan S.J., Hucke-Gaete R., Stafford K.M. & Clark C.W | N/A | 2018 |
| First insights into the oceanographic characteristics of a blue whale feeding ground in Northern Patagonia. | Buchan S., Quiñones R. | Foraging ecology, Blue whale, Euphausiid, Biological oceanography, Patagonia | 2016 |
| Seasonal occurrence of southeast Pacific blue whale songs in southern Chile and the eastern tropical Pacific. | Buchan S.J., Stafford K.M., Hucke-Gaete R. | Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus, Passive acoustic monitoring, Whalesong, Chiloense Ecoregion, Southeast Pacific, Eastern tropical Pacific | 2015 |
| A new song recorded from blue whales in the Corcovado Gulf, Southern Chile, and an acoustic link to the Eastern Tropical Pacific. | Buchan S.J., Hucke-Gaete R, Rendell L., Stafford K.M. | Chile, Southeast Pacific, Balaenoptera musculus, Whale song, Bioacoustics | 2014 |
