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Animal movement

As sea ice retreats, narwhals are changing their migration patterns

As sea ice retreats, narwhals are changing their migration patterns

Climate change and loss of sea ice is creating stressors for these animals, and they are adapting to a new life in the Arctic.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Animal movement, Arctic, Climate change, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Marie Auger-Methe, migration, SERG, whales

Decoding the secret lives of killer whales one micro-second at a time

Decoding the secret lives of killer whales one micro-second at a time

Using methods to detect when the animals are catching prey and to model their energy expenditure will be key to understanding the differences between these neighbouring whale populations.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Andrew Trites, Animal movement, Faculty, Marie Auger-Methe, Marine Mammal Research Unit, SERG, statistical ecology, tagging, whales

Enhanced statistical models will aid conservation of killer whales and other species

Enhanced statistical models will aid conservation of killer whales and other species

The whale used to develop the model preferred to save energy by gliding through the water when making deep dives, and when it was closer to the surface, it moved more actively, accelerating faster and ‘fluking’ its tail more often.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Animal movement, Marie Auger-Methe, statistical ecology, whales

Ecologists and mental health researchers unite to improve patient care, save wild animals using Fitbit-like devices

Ecologists and mental health researchers unite to improve patient care, save wild animals using Fitbit-like devices

Narwhals, sharks, and polar bears can help medical professionals improve care for patients with mental health struggles – and patients with conditions such as depression and bipolar disorder can offer insights that will help the conservation of many wild animals.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Animal movement, bio-logging, biology, Conservation, funding, Marie Auger-Methe, Marine mammals, Modelling, narwhals, physiology, polar bears, SERG, sharks, statistical ecology

Food for seals and other Arctic predators is shrinking — literally

Food for seals and other Arctic predators is shrinking — literally

Unchecked climate change may leave some Arctic predators, such as seals and whales, surviving off of marine “junk food”.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Animal movement, Arctic, fish stocks, IOF students, seals, SERG

PROFILE: Using mathematical ingenuity to solve ecological puzzles

PROFILE: Using mathematical ingenuity to solve ecological puzzles

“Ecology has a lot of difficult data to handle, and a big part of my research is developing new statistical methods to tackle these problems,” says Dr. Marie Auger-Méthé.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Animal movement, Faculty, IOF students, Marie Auger-Methe, observation, polar bears, satellite data, seals, SERG, tagging, whales

Rowenna Gryba

Indigenous Knowledge is helping statisticians better understand a changing Arctic

Posted in 2021, IOFNews | Tagged with Alaska, Animal movement, Arctic, Indigenous fisheries, IOF students, SERG, statistical ecology, tagging

How to spot the elusive narwhal

How to spot the elusive narwhal

“We brought an infrared camera mostly to see if we could find walruses, seals, and polar bears on the ice, but when we looked at the infrared footage, we saw these narwhals swimming.”

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Animal movement, IOF students, SERG, whales

Q & A: Big data meets big (polar) bears

Q & A: Big data meets big (polar) bears

Goal: to learn how polar bears find food and understand how they use wind to guide them in their search for prey.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Animal movement, IOF students, polar bears, SERG, statistical ecology

Orca Quest 2020: In Search of Killer Whales

Orca Quest 2020: In Search of Killer Whales

In August 2020, Marine Mammal Research Unit (MMRU) researchers set sail to determine whether there are enough chinook salmon to support southern resident killer whales in the Salish Sea.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Andrew Trites, Animal movement, British Columbia, Faculty, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IOF students, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Marine mammals, Pacific, Sarah Fortune, whales

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