Deanna Clement

Team Leader – Marine Mammal Ecology

Role at Cawthron

Deanna is a Marine Ecologist, specialising in marine mammal ecology. Deanna has worked on a variety of projects including impact assessments and the design of several resource consent monitoring studies.

Technical skills, experience and interests

• Spatial and temporal distribution patterns of wildlife populations, especially marine mammals (GIS-based)
• Environmental influences on habitat preference and utilisation of populations
• Sustainable coastal development and marine mammals

Professional affiliations

• Society for Marine Mammalogy
• American Society of Mammalogists
• New Zealand Marine Sciences Society

Qualifications

• PhD (Zoology/Marine Science). University of Otago, 2006
• MSc (Marine Ecology). Florida Institute of Technology, 1998
• BA (Biology). University of Nebraska – Lincoln, 1993