Profile

Dr Thomas Götz

Dr Thomas Götz
Honorary Lecturer


 

Research interests:

  • Sensory and behavioural ecology in marine mammals
  • Impact of anthropgenic noise on marine mammals
  • Echolocation behaviour
  • Psycho-physiological basis of aversivness of sound
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Recent publications


13  (of 13 published available) for tg45. (source: University of St Andrews PURE)
Please click title of any item for full details.

2017 (10)
Animal Conservation
vol.20 pp.425-432
(Article)
Can fear conditioning repel California sea lions from fishing activities?
Schakner Zachary, Thomas Goetz, Vincent Janik, Dan Blumstein 
Keywords: Conservation behavior, Marine mammal fisheries conflict, Fear conditioning, Non-lethal deterrents, Sea lions, Acoustic stimuli, Startle effect, Human-wildlife conflict
2016 (20/6)
Animal Conservation
vol.19 pp.212-221
(Article)
Non-lethal management of carnivore predation: long-term tests with a startle-reflex based deterrence system on a fish farm
Thomas Goetz, Vincent Janik 
2016 (1/1)
pp.1105-1111
(Conference contribution)
Potential uses of anthropogenic noise as a source of information in animal sensory and communication systems
Volker Deecke, Thomas Goetz, Vincent Janik 
2016 (20/6)
Animal Conservation
vol.19 pp.225-226
(Article)
The startle reflex in acoustic deterrence: an approach with universal applicability?
Thomas Goetz, Vincent Janik 
2016 (2)
Journal of Comparative Psychology
vol.130 pp.76-80
(Article)
Ultrasonic vocalizations of female Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) in response to social partners
Annegret Borner, Rebecca Hjemdahl, Thomas Goetz, Gillian Ruth Brown 
Keywords: Communication, Rodents, 50kHz, Frequency modulated calls
2015 (7/1)
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
vol.282 
(Article)
Grey seals use anthropogenic signals from acoustic tags to locate fish
Thomas Goetz, Volker Bernt Deecke, Vincent Janik 
Keywords: Anthropogenic noise, Acoustic fish tags, Dinner bell effect, Chemosensory cues, Pinnipeds
2015 (2)
Animal Conservation
vol.18 pp.102-111
(Article)
Target-specific acoustic predator deterrence in the marine environment
Thomas Goetz, Vincent Janik 
Keywords: Acoustic deterrent device (ADD), Pinnipeds predation, Seal scarer, Startle response, Harbour porpoise, Aquaculture, Fish farm, Habitat exclusion
2014 (15/2)
Marine Pollution Bulletin
vol.79 pp.205-210
(Article)
Behavioral responses by grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) to high frequency sonar
Gordon Drummond Hastie, Carl Robert Donovan, Thomas Goetz, Vincent Janik 
Keywords: Pinnipeds, Acoustic, Behavior, Hearing, AvoidanceNERC
2013 (31/10)
Marine Ecology Progress Series
vol.492 pp.285-302
(Article)
Acoustic deterrent devices to prevent pinniped depredation
Thomas Goetz, Vincent Janik 
Keywords: Acoustic deterrent device, ADD, Noise pollution, Predation, Seal, Hearing damage, Aquaculture, Fisheries, Temporary threshold shift, Permanent threshold shift
2011
BioMed Central Neuroscience
vol.12 
(Article)
Repeated elicitation of the acoustic startle reflex leads to sensitisation in subsequent avoidance behaviour and induces fear conditioning
Thomas Goetz, Vincent Janik 
2010 (1/5)
Journal of Experimental Biology
vol.213 pp.1536-1548
(Article)
Aversiveness of sounds in phocid seals
Thomas Goetz, Vincent Janik 
2010 (8)
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
vol.128 pp.563-566
(Article)
Echolocation clicks of free-ranging Chilean dolphins (Cephalorhynchus eutropia)
Thomas Goetz, Ricardo Nuno Antunes, Sonja Heinrich 
2006 (22/3)
Biology Letters
vol.2 pp.5-7
(Article)
Eavesdropping in wild rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) ?
Thomas Goetz, Ursula K Verfuss, Hans-Ulrich Schnitzler 
Keywords: echolocation, eavesdropping, dolphin

Contact Details:

Dr Thomas Götz
Scottish Oceans Institute
East Sands
University of St Andrews
St Andrews
KY16 8LB
Fife
UK

tel: 01334 463459
fax: 01334 463443
room:
email: tg45@st-andrews.ac.uk

Related:

research@st-andrews

Bird & Mammal Sound Communication Group
Sea Mammal Research Unit
School of Biology
Scottish Oceans Institute

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Contact

The Secretary
Scottish Oceans Institute
Institiud Chuantan na h-Alba
Gatty Marine Laboratory
East Sands St Andrews
KY16 8LB
Scotland
UK

tel: +44 (0) 1334 463472
fax: +44 (0) 1334 463443
email: soi@st-andrews.ac.uk

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