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

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Office: 604-822-4636

Marine mammals

STUDENT PROFILE: Ana Pozas

STUDENT PROFILE: Ana Pozas

Focusing her research on the diets of California sea lions, Pozas enjoys working with the ‘dogs of the sea’, proving that the “ocean is not such a scary place and that there’s so much to learn still.”

Posted in 2021, IOFNews | Tagged with David Rosen, IOF students, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Marine mammals, MMean Lab, Pacific, sea lions

SPOTLIGHT: Marine Mammal Energetics and Nutrition Lab carries on with research despite COVID-19 setbacks

SPOTLIGHT: Marine Mammal Energetics and Nutrition Lab carries on with research despite COVID-19 setbacks

“It just means we have to be creative to keep research going,” said David Rosen, assistant professor and principal investigator

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with British Columbia, David Rosen, Faculty, IOF students, Marine mammals, MMean Lab, Research, sea lions, seals

New footage gives whale’s-eye view of northern and southern resident orcas

New footage gives whale’s-eye view of northern and southern resident orcas

UBC and Hakai Institute researchers have just returned from a 30-day research trip in the northern and southern waters of Vancouver Island, where they gathered stunning new aerial and underwater footage of northern and southern resident killer whales that offers an unparalleled glimpse into the underwater lives of these whales. The research is part of […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with Andrew Trites, British Columbia, Faculty, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Marine mammals, Research, salmon, Sarah Fortune, whales

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

Q&A with MSc student Zachary Sherker

Q&A with MSc student Zachary Sherker

Zachary is researching Pacific great blue herons in B.C., which prey on young salmon smolts migrating out of rivers, potentially limiting the salmon available for killer whales in the ocean.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews | Tagged with IOF students, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Marine mammals, salmon

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

Drawing First Blood

Drawing First Blood

Researchers publish first reference ranges for Steller sea lions

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with IOF alumni, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Marine mammals, Research, sea lions

Andrew Trites

Andrew Trites wins the Timothy R. Parsons Medal

Trites has been studying marine mammals (primarily Steller sea lions, harbour seals, northern fur seals, and killer whales), in the North Pacific for over 30 years.

Posted in 2018, Award opportunities, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, Awards, Faculty, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Marine mammals

It’s a drag wearing a tag

It’s a drag wearing a tag

What impacts do tracking tags have on the behavior and swimming costs of marine mammals?

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with David Rosen, IOF Research Associates, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Marine mammals, sea lions, seals

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