Personnel

Research assistants working with two Steller sea lions

Faculty and Researchers

Director
Dr Andrew W. Trites

Research Associates
Dr David Rosen
Dr Brian Battaile

Researchers

Adjunct Professors
Dr. John Ford
Dr. Jane Watson
Dr. Marty Haulena
Dr. Stephen Raverty
Dr. Michael Grigg

Students &  Research Questions

Post Doctoral Fellows

PhD Candidates
Frances C. Robertson
Do seismic activities affect bowhead whale behavior and estimates of abundance?
Tiphaine Jeanniard du Dot
Animal energetics, Environmental physiology, Behavioral Responses of top marine predators to environmental changes.
Benjamin Nelson
Multi-species modeling of predator/prey interactions between pinnipeds and Pacific salmon in the Strait of Georgia.
Rachel Neuenhoff
Using a multispecies population dynamics model approach to determine to what extent gray seal predation impacts Atlantic cod fishery recovery.  In addition, I’ll be exploring management options that mitigate predation effects
Austen Thomas
Foraging behavior and prey consumption of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) in the Salish Sea.

MSc Candidates
Beth Atwood
Are northern fur seals suffering from nutritional stress?
Susana Cardenas
Recovery of South American fur seals in Peru
Alex Dalton
How much energy does it take to power a northern fur seal and what is the best way to measure that?
Sarah Fortune
Is nutrition limiting the recovery of the endangered North Atlantic right whale?
Carling Gerlinsky
How do sea lions manage their oxygen and respond to different prey patches while diving?
Mariana Diaz Gomez
Does diet quality affect the ability of Northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) to meet daily energy requirements?
Barbara Koot
Spatial and temporal distribution of large whales off the coast of British Columbia, using passive acoustic methods
Chad Nordstrom
Where does mom get the groceries? – Environmental drivers of lactating fur seal foraging locations
Erin Rechsteiner
How much food do Pacific white-sided dolphins need, & how do they interact with forage fish on the B.C. coast?
Mandy Wong
Does ocean temperature affect the diet of Hawaiian monk seals?
Brianna Wright
How do fish-eating killer whales find their primary prey, Chinook salmon?

Staff

Research Assistants
Rebecca Barrick
Wendi Contois
Morgan Davies
Jody Danielson
Moira Greaven
Rod MacVicar
Brandon Russell

Administration & Support
Pamela Rosenbaum
Renee La Roi

Alumni
Over thirty students have graduated since 1996.  Click on alumni to see our list of graduates and their research.