PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
De Weerdt, J., Patulny C. and ClaphamP. 2021. Marine observations of the yellow-bellied sea snake, Hydrophis platurus, off the Southwestern Pacific coast of Nicaragua, Central America. Revista de Biologia Tropical: 69 (Supp. 2):297-303.
De Weerdt, J., Ramos, E.A., Pouplard E., Kochzius M., Clapham P. 2021. Cetacean strandings along the Pacific and Caribbean coast of Nicaragua from 2014 to 2021. Marine Biodiversity Record. 14, 13. doi:10.1186/s41200-021-00209-5.
De Weerdt, J., Ramos, E.A. & Ted Cheeseman (2020). Northernmost records of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) migrating from the Antarctic Peninsula to the Pacific coast of Nicaragua. Marine Mammal Science. doi: 10.1111/mms.12677
De Weerdt, J. & Ramos, E.A. (2019). Feeding behavior of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua. Marine Mammal Science. doi: 10.1111/mms.12613
SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES
ORAL PRESENTATION
De Weerdt J. 2019. Research and conservation of the cetaceans along the Pacific Ocean of Nicaragua. RSG Conference. 06-07 January 2019. Guatemala City (Guatemala).
De Weerdt J. 2018. Combine science and education for better conservation actions: an example in Nicaragua. Oceans of opportunities and rivers of ideas – OORI conference, 05-09 December 2018. Gent and Brussels (Belgium). Here
De Weerdt J. & Fave M. 2018. Spatio-temporal distribution of coastal spotted dolphins (Stenella attenuata graffmani) during dry season in Nicaragua. XII congreso de la sociedad Latinoamericana de especialistas en mamiferos acuaticos (SOLAMAC) – RT 18, 05-08 November 2018 Lima (Peru). Here
De Weerdt J., Pouplard E. & Lenin O. 2018. Presence and distribution of mother-calf pairs humpback whales in Central American breeding ground. XII congreso de la sociedad Latinoamericana de especialistas en mamiferos acuaticos (SOLAMAC) – RT 18, 05-08 November 2018 Lima (Peru). Here
De Weerdt J. & Pouey-Santalou V. 2015. New records of humpback whales in Nicaragua: extension of the migratory route of the Southern Pacific Breeding stock G? 21st Biennial Conference: Bridging the past toward the future, Society for Marine Mammology, December 2015, San Francisco (USA). Here
SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES
POSTER PRESENTATION
De Weerdt J. & Ramos E.A. Feeding of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Nicaragua, Central American Breeding ground, 2nd World Marine Mammal Conference, Barcelona (Spain) 9-12 December 2019.
De Weerdt J. Pouplard E. & Oviedo L. Occurrence and distribution of False killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) in Central America. World Marine Mammal Conference, Barcelona (Spain) 9-12 December 2019.
Djokic D., Oña J., Duque Mesa E., Buchan S., Sirovic A., Garland E., Malige F., Patris J., May-Collado L. J., Gonçalves M. I. , Castro C., Bouchard B., Rossi-Santos M., Pacheco A., Marcondes M., De Weerdt J., Venturini D., Baumgarten J., Padovese L., De Weerdt J., Sousa-Lima R. Building a dictionary of humpback whale song units as a tool for assessing stock interactions. World Marine Mammal Conference, Barcelona (Spain) 9-12 December 2019.
De Weerdt J., Pouplard E. and Pouey-Santalou V. 2017. Preliminary result of cetacean diversity off the Pacific Ocean of Nicaragua (Central America). 31st annual conference of the European Cetacean Society. 01-03 May 2017, Middelfart (Denmark). Here
De Weerdt J., Pouey-Santalou V. and Pouplard E. 2017. Mark-recapture method applied on two coastal pantropical spotted dolphins (Stenella attenuata graffmani) populations in Nicaragua. 22nd Biennial Conference: A marine mammal Odyssey, Eh! Society for Marine Mammology, 22-27 October 2017, Halifax (Canada). Here
De Weerdt J., Pouey-Santalou V. and Morin-Rivat J. 2015. Cetacean conservation in Nicaragua. Colloque. Capacities for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development. 26 November 2015, Brussels (Belgium).
THESIS, INTERNSHIPS & DISSERTATIONS
- Nerea Perez. Academic year 2021-2022. Mother-calf behaviors in breeding grounds off the Pacific coast of Nicaragua. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
- Leslie Blanchet. Academic year 2021-2022. Bottlenose dolphins social Structure. Université de Guadeloupe, France.
- Emma Coulembier. Academic year 2021-2022. Population genetics of Octopus sp. In Nicaragua. Master in Oceans and Lakes, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
- Laetitia Mitchell. Academic year 2021-2022. Acoustic comparison of two humpback whale populations off the Pacific coast of Nicaragua. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
- Flaviancia Mouyabi. Academic year 2020-2021. Abundance estimate of the pantropical spotted dolphin along the Pacific coast of Nicaraugua. Master Thesis. Master in Marine and Lacustrince Science and Management, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
- Géraldine Mertens. Academic year 2020-2021. Marine distribution of olive ridley turtles along the Pacific Ocean of Nicaragua. Master Thesis. Master in Oceans and Lakes, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
- Maëline Caradec. Academic 2019-2020. Bottlenose dolphin ecology of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. Bachelor thesis. Ecole d’ingénieur EME unilasalle, France.
- Aurélien Boeyen. Academic year 2017-2018. Documentary on whale and dolphin research in Nicaragua. Bachelor student at SAE Institute Brussels, Belgium.
- Margot Fave. Academic year 2016-2017. Spatio-temporal distribution of cetaceans in Nicaragua. Master Thesis. Université de Bordeaux, France.
- Lorenzo Gordigiani. Academic year 2015-2016. Spotted dolphin distribution patterns along the Pacific coast in Nicaragua. Internship as part of an academic course. Master student at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
- Walquiria Zofana Silva. Academic year 2015-2016. Cetacean distribution in Nicaragua. Bachelor student at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Nicaragua (UNAN), Managua.