My research interests focus on how marine mammals’ utilise the dynamic nature of their environment and how they adjust their behaviour in response to changes in their environments. This includes natural environmental changes and responses to man-made perturbations. As we see the increasing urbanisation of marine environments, I am particularly interested in how marine mammals perceive and respond to novel man-made sources in the ocean.

Graham, I, Pirotta, E, Merchant, N, Farcas, A, Barton, T, Cheney, B, Hastie, GD & Thompson, P 2017, 'Responses of bottlenose dolphins and harbour porpoises to impact and vibration piling noise during harbour construction' Ecosphere. Rosen, D, Hindle, A, Fahlman, A, Gerlinsky, C, Goundie, E, Hastie, GD, Volpov, B & Trites, A 2017, 'Physiological constraints and energetic costs of diving behaviour in marine mammals:: a review of studies using trained Steller sea lions diving in the open ocean' Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systems, and Environmental Physiology, vol 187, no. 1, pp. 29-50. DOI: 10.1007/s00360-016-1035-8 Lucke, K, Hastie, GD, Ternes, K, McConnell, BJ, Moss, S, Russell, DJ, Weber, H & Janik, VM 2016, 'Aerial low frequency hearing in captive and free-ranging harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) using auditory brainstem responses' Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, vol 202, no. 12, pp. 859-868. DOI: 10.1007/s00359-016-1126-8 Hastie, GD, Russell, DJ, Benjamins, S, Moss, S, Wilson, B & Thompson, D 2016, 'Dynamic habitat corridors for marine predators: intensive use of a coastal channel by harbour seals is modulated by tidal currents' Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol 70, no. 12, pp. 2161–2174. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-016-2219-7 Russell, DJF, Hastie, GD, Thompson, D, Janik, VM, Hammond, PS, Scott-Hayward, LAS, Matthiopoulos, J, Jones, EL & McConnell, BJ 2016, 'Avoidance of wind farms by harbour seals is limited to pile driving activities' Journal of Applied Ecology, vol 53, no. 6, pp. 1642-1652. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12678