Michael Scheer

Michael Scheer is a behavioral biologist and bioacoustics specialist from Bremen as well as managing director of the Society for Integrative Employment in Gröpelingen , where he has been working since 1999. He researches communication between wild whales and dolphins . In 1999 he received his doctorate from the University of Bremen on the vocalizations and behavior of short-finned pilot whales .

Publications (selection)

• with Bianka Hofmann, Itay Peter Behr: Discrete pod-specific call repertoires among short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) off the SW coast of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Poster presented at the World Marine Mammal Science Conference in Monaco, 20. – 24. January , 1998.
• with Bianka Hofmann, Itay Peter Behr: Interactions between whale watching vessels and short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) off the southwest coast of Tenerife, Canary Islands: behavioral implications , report for the Viceconsejeria de Medio Ambiente, Tenerife, 1998.
• Sounds and behavior of short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) off the southwest coast of Tenerife , dissertation , University of Bremen 1999.
• with Bianka Hofmann: The Dolphin Space Program , in: Krankendienst 1 (2004) 12–15. ( online, PDF )
• with Bianka Hofmann, Itay Peter Behr: Ethogram of selected behaviors initiated by free-ranging short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) and directed to human swimmers during open water encounters , in: Anthrozoös 17 (2004) 244-258.
• with Ralph Tiedemann, Katja Moll, Kirsten B. Paulus, Patrick Williot, Ryszard Bartel, Jörn Gessner, Frank Kirschbaum: Atlantic sturgeons (Acipenser sturio, Acipenser oxyrinchus): American females successful in Europe , in: Naturwissenschaften 94 (2007) 213–217 .
• Can Dolphins Heal? New scientific findings on the topic of "dolphin-assisted therapy" , in: Krankendienst 7 (2008) 208–211.
• Swim encounters with wild whales and dolphins: a mutual pleasure? in: The Whale and Dolphin Magazine 1 (2009) ( online , PDF).
• with C. Pagel, M. Lück: Swim encounters with killer whales (Orcinus orca) off northern Norway: interactive behaviors directed towards human divers and snorkellers obtained from opportunistic underwater video recordings , in: Journal of Ecotourism 16 (2017) 190-200.

literature

• Frauke Fischer: Faces of the City: Michael Scheer is at home with the whales and at the shipyard , in: Weserkurier , June 22, 2015

Web links

• Michael Scheer's website (English), German version (under construction)
• Anke Plautz: Who knows who episode 110 , buten and within , June 2, 2014 (4:13 min)