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

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Southern resident killer whales not getting enough to eat since 2018

Southern resident killer whales not getting enough to eat since 2018

The animals have been in an energy deficit, averaged across spring, summer and fall, for six of the last 40 years.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with British Columbia, Carl Walters, Climate change, Faculty, food security, IOF students, Pacific, salmon, sea lions, Villy Christensen, whales

UBC students take on the Strait of Georgia

UBC students take on the Strait of Georgia

Students from IOF and other departments at UBC headed off on a whale-watching adventure.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews | Tagged with IOF Student Society, IOF students, sea lions, whale-watching, whales

You can’t beat a healthy heart

You can’t beat a healthy heart

New research is shedding light on the hearts of healthy marine mammals, and how they compare to human hearts

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with IOF students, Marine Mammal Research Unit, MMean Lab, pinnipeds, Research, sea lions

Balzak, one of two walruses that participated in the study at the Vancouver Aquarium to determine how much energy walruses spend swimming and resting in water.

Sea lions and walruses in managed care reveal how wild animals handle environmental disturbance

Knowledge about resting metabolic rates or energy expenditures can lead to big, meaningful changes for the conservation of wild animals.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with David Rosen, Faculty, Marine mammals, MMean Lab, pinnipeds, Research, sea lions, Vancouver, walrus

What do differences in animal behaviour reveal about the decline of Steller sea lions in Alaska?

What do differences in animal behaviour reveal about the decline of Steller sea lions in Alaska?

More than 50 years of studying Steller sea lion behaviour has yielded one of the most complete life history descriptions for any species of marine mammal.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, Faculty, Marine Mammal Research Unit, pinnipeds, Research, sea lions

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

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

Measuring body fat in Steller sea lions and other pinnipeds

Measuring body fat in Steller sea lions and other pinnipeds

The goal is to provide a quick, reliable tool that can be used to evaluate the physiological status of Steller sea lions and other pinnipeds in the field.

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

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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