Toni Frohoffi, Ph.D.Dr. Toni Frohoff, Director of Research, is a behavioral and wildlife biologist who has been studying marine mammal behavior and communication for over 20 years. She specializes in stress and welfare in captive and free-ranging dolphins in response to human activity and has written numerous publications on this subject. Frohoff has a doctorate in Behavioral Biology, an M.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, and a B.S. in Psychology. Currently, Frohoff is Research Director for both TerraMar  Frohoff’s research is unique in that she has studied the impacts of human interaction on cetaceans in so many different contexts; dolphins in captivity and in the wild, solitary dolphins and those in groups, various types of interactive programs, and a diversity of species. She conducted the first study of the behavior of captive dolphin behavior during a “swim-with-the-dolphins” program and later conducted the earliest comparison of these captive programs with ‘swim’ programs in the wild. Other previous research includes studying free-ranging, solitary, sociable bottlenose dolphin in Belize, the effects of boat and swimmer activities on free-ranging, sociable spotted dolphins in the Bahamas and spinner dolphins in Hawaii, and assessment of the behavior of captive dolphins in numerous public display facilities. She has also served on a variety of boards, task forces, and committees, including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Technical Consultant Group on Southern Sea Otter Recovery, Advisory Group for the Reintroduction of Keiko to the Wild, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Wildlife Diversity Advisory Council, The Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans L98 Scientific Panel, the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Ballard Locks Pinniped-Fisheries Task Force, Board of Directors for the Marine Animal Resource Center and the Island Wildlife Rehabilitation Shelter, and the Mexican Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries’ Programa de Recuperacón de Especies Prioritarias and the Scientific Consultant Team for Fundación Promar, Costa Rica. |
