Community-Driven App Reveals Dolphin Patterns in Chesapeake - The Southern Maryland Chronicle

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Community-Driven App Reveals Dolphin Patterns in Chesapeake - The Southern Maryland Chronicle

SOLOMONS, MD — In an ongoing effort to track bottlenose dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay, researchers from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s (UMCES) Chesapeake Biological Laboratory have tapped into a powerful resource: the public. Since the introduction of the Chesapeake DolphinWatch App in 2017, over 14,600 users have registered, contributing to more than 7,000 reported dolphin sightings. UMCES Professor Tom Miller, w…