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Katherine Came
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Email: k.came_at_oceans.ubc.ca
Office: 604-827-4325

Sachi Wickramasinghe
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Office: 604-822-4636

Cetaceans

What’s Killing Killer Whales?

What’s Killing Killer Whales?

Despite there being no singular common cause of death, the study found a common theme: Human-caused deaths occurred in every age class — from juveniles to subadults and adults.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with British Columbia, Canada, Cetaceans, Conservation, Faculty, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Research, Stephen Raverty, whales, zoology

Swimming with the pod

Swimming with the pod

For the past two weeks, Marine Mammal Research Unit (MMRU) researchers led by Dr. Andrew
Trites have been studying the feeding behaviours of northern resident killer whales.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, Cetaceans, Fieldwork, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Marine mammals, Research, Sarah Fortune, whales

Protecting Canada’s endangered whales through scientific research and collaboration

Protecting Canada’s endangered whales through scientific research and collaboration

Dr. Andrew Trites will receive $1 million over five years for research on Southern Resident Killer Whales

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, British Columbia, Canada, Cetaceans, Faculty, Marine ecosystems, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Marine mammals, salmon, whales

Using sound to unravel how animal behavior in complex environments

Using sound to unravel how animal behavior in complex environments

MMRU Research Associate, Mei Sato, uses bio-acoustic data to study the interactions between Chinook salmon and killer whales

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Cetaceans, IOF Research Associates, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Marine mammals, Mei Sato, Research, whales

Andrew Trites and David Rosen go to Ottawa

Andrew Trites and David Rosen go to Ottawa

They addressed Bill S-203, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and other Acts (ending captivity of whales and dolphins), in front of the Senate Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans.

Posted in 2017, IOF Honours, IOFNews | Tagged with Andrew Trites, Cetaceans, David Rosen, Faculty, IOF Research Associates, whales

“Whale breath” reveals bacteria threatening endangered killer whales

“Whale breath” reveals bacteria threatening endangered killer whales

Bacteria including salmonella and fungi such as penicillium were found in the whales.

Posted in 2017, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Cetaceans, Contaminants, Faculty, Marine mammals, pollution, Stephen Raverty, whales

Aerial drone offers insights into bowhead whale behaviour

Aerial drone offers insights into bowhead whale behaviour

Research team, including UBC zoology PhD candidate Sarah Fortune, undertook what is believed to be the first intensive effort to study bowhead whales with the use of an aerial drone in the Eastern Canadian Arctic.

Posted in 2016, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, Arctic, Cetaceans, Faculty, IOF students, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Marine mammals, whales

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