Biography:

Chad Nordstrom is a Research Assistant with the Marine Mammal Research Unit.  He is responsible for organizing projects and collecting data from studies conducted with captive pinnipeds at the Vancouver Aquarium research facility.  His research interests include predator-prey interactions, foraging ecology, and bio-telemetry.

Previously, he worked as an lab / field technician studying population ecology and foraging ecology of polar bears and ringed seals in Hudson Bay.  As a senior undergrad, Chad attended the Bamfield Marine Station Fall Program where he studied the distribution patterns and behavioural ecology of harbour seals on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

 

Publications:

Nordstrom, C.A., L.J. Wilson, S.J. Iverson and D.J. Tollit. (in press). Evaluating Quantitative Fatty Acid Signature Analysis (QFASA) using harbour seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) in captive feeding studies. Marine Ecology Progress Series

Nordstrom, C.A. 2002. Haul-out selection by Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi): isolation and perceived predation risk. Marine Mammal Science 18(1): 194-205.