Robin C. Dunkin

University of California, Santa Cruz — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

12h-index624citations31works0.42yr avg
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Research Topics

Marine animal studies overview(17), Underwater Acoustics Research(7), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics(6), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior(5), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies(3)

Publications31 total

Klebsiella pneumoniae in stranded California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) of Central California between 2017-2022
Frontiers in Marine Science·2025Open Access
Perturbations in a pelagic food web during the NE pacific large marine heatwave and persistent harmful diatom blooms
Harmful Algae·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Time to close the knowledge–practice gap in field teaching
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment·2024Open Access
Adapting undergraduate Biology to include science practices by teaching students to generate scientific explanations
Journal of Biological Education·2024Open Access
Assessment of mercury concentrations in fur, liver, and brain tissue from necropsied southern sea otters (<i>Enhydra lutris nereis</i>)
Marine Mammal Science·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Teaching students how to get comfortable with the uncomfortable feeling of not knowing
Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks·2023Open Access
Growth in marine mammals: a review of growth patterns, composition and energy investment
Conservation Physiology·2023· 23 citedOpen Access
Stable isotope analysis reveals differences in domoic acid accumulation and feeding strategies of key vectors in a California hotspot for outbreaks
Harmful Algae·2021· 14 citedOpen Access
The metabolic cost of whistling is low but measurable in dolphins
Journal of Experimental Biology·2020· 4 citedOpen Access
Trophic transfer of domoic acid: trophic niche proxies of the main vectors and predators affected in central California
2020
Engaging in science practices in classrooms predicts increases in undergraduates' STEM motivation, identity, and achievement: A short‐term longitudinal study
Journal of Research in Science Teaching·2020· 90 cited
Assessment of mercury concentrations in fur, liver and brain tissue from necropsied southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis)
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts·2019
Echolocation is cheap for some mammals: Dolphins conserve oxygen while producing high-intensity clicks
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology·2017· 22 citedOpen Access
Comparative physiology of vocal musculature in two odontocetes, the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Journal of Comparative Physiology B·2017· 3 cited
Comparing the metabolic costs of different sound types in bottlenose dolphins
Proceedings of meetings on acoustics·2016· 8 cited
Comparative and cumulative energetic costs of odontocete responses to anthropogenic disturbance
Proceedings of meetings on acoustics·2016· 10 citedOpen Access
Recovery rates of bottlenose dolphin (<i>Tursiops truncatus</i>) carcasses estimated from stranding and survival rate data
Marine Mammal Science·2015· 28 cited
The metabolic costs of producing clicks and social sounds differ in bottlenose dolphins (<i>Tursiops truncatus</i>)
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·2015
COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS AND OTHER SYSTEMIC MYCOSES OF MARINE MAMMALS STRANDING ALONG THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, USA COAST: 1998–2012
Journal of Wildlife Diseases·2015· 52 citedOpen Access
Vocal performance affects metabolic rate in dolphins: implications for animals communicating in noisy environments
Journal of Experimental Biology·2015· 71 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Marla M. Holt(12), Dawn P. Noren(12), Terrie M. Williams(11), Raphael M. Kudela(3), Clarissa R. Anderson(3), John C. Field(3), William A. McLellan(2), James E. Blum(2), D. Ann Pabst(2), Lisa Hunter(2), Susanna E. Honig(2), David R. Casper(2), Sophie Bernstein(2), RI Ruiz-Cooley(2), Nicole M. Thometz(2), Draven W. Hawk(2), P. S. Weiss‐Penzias(2), Christine R. Starr(1), Rafael Palomino Lozano(1), Campbell Leaper(1)