MARINE MAMMAL RESEARCH NEWSLETTER
A newsletter focusing on the research conducted by the Marine Mammal Research Unit.
Marine Mammal Research Newsletter – March 2018 – Issue 17
Into the Field
Bowhead rubbing
Sometimes the coolest things happen, when you least expect it. <see full story>
From the Lab
It’s a drag wearing a tag
What impacts do tracking tags have on the behavior and swimming costs of marine mammals? <see full story
Science Outreach
Marine mammalogists share their latest findings
A full house gathered in a hockey rink in eastern Canada as the pinniped scientists took on the cetacean scientists.<see full story>
Science Inreach
Workshop held on the availability of prey for southern resident killer whales
What can be done to make more salmon available to southern resident killer whales? <see full story>
This Just In
7 new publications…
Molting bowhead whales, northern fur seal diets, killer whale foraging behavior, measuring stroke rates of sea lions and fur seals, and more … <see full story>
Marine Mammal Research Newsletter | August 2017 (Issue 16)
Into the Field
Harbour seals prey on salmon smolts
Biologging tags reveal specialist-feeding behaviors by seals that have implications for conservation of salmon
<see full story>
From the Lab
How fat is that sea lion?
Estimating the body condition of Steller sea lions may be as simple as pushing a button
<see full story>
Off the Bench
Steller sea lions as power generators
High school student finds heat given off by Steller sea lions can be used to recharge data loggers
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Science Outreach
21st Annual meeting of the Northwest Student Chapter of Marine Mammalogy
Nearly 60 people from BC, Washington and Oregon came to discuss their marine mammal research and latest findings
<see full story>
This Just In
7 new publications…
Energy expenditure & reproductive success of fur seals, physiological constraints faced by Steller sea lions, reconstructing swimming paths of seals, Dynamic Body Acceleration to estimate cost of swimming, and determining prey encounter rates.
<see full story>
Crunching the Numbers
Stroke Signals
Counting flipper strokes to estimate numbers of calories burned
<see full story>