G. Carleton Ray

I loko o ʻelima mau makahiki, ua kālele ʻo Carleton Ray i nā hana ma ka noiʻi ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i ke kai. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kāna ʻoihana, ua ʻike ʻo ia i nā kuleana koʻikoʻi o ka mōʻaukala kūlohelohe a me nā ala interdisciplinary. Ua hana nui ʻo ia i ka polar, temperate, and tropical environment. Ua ʻimi nō hoʻi au e hoʻomaopopo i ka lehulehu e pili ana i ka ʻepekema a me ka mālama ʻana i nā kai moana. ʻO ia ka mea mua i hoʻomaka i ka luʻu scuba ma Antarctica no ka noiʻi ʻana i nā mammals moana polar. I ka wā he Curator no ka New York Aquarium, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i ka hana me nā hoahana mai ka Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ma ka thermoregulation a me nā acoustics o nā mammals moana, a ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea mua, me nā hoa hana, e wehewehe i nā leo o lalo o ka wai o nā mammals moana (seals and walruses) ma ke ʻano he "mele" ma ke ʻano koʻikoʻi. I kēia manawa, ke kau nei ʻo ia i ke aʻo ʻana ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ke Kulanui o Virginia Department of Environmental Science conservation-science initiative.