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Do a deep dive into… The Falkland Gentoo Penguins!

Do a deep dive into… The Falkland Gentoo Penguins!

Discover the Falkland gentoo penguin and learn from experts at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries!

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with birds, energetics, faculty, Falkland Islands, Gentoo penguins, hemoglobin, IOF alumni, IOF students, Marie Auger-Methe, penguins, seabirds

Diving, snacking, laying eggs! What do different hemoglobin levels mean for gentoo penguins?

Diving, snacking, laying eggs! What do different hemoglobin levels mean for gentoo penguins?

Gentoo penguins have to food forage before laying eggs. The amount of hemoglobin in their blood may increase diving capacities. Increased diving may mean more tiny penguin chicks.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with biology, birds, energetics, faculty, Falkland Islands, foraging, hemoglobin, IOF alumni, IOF students, Marie Auger-Methe, penguins, reproduction, seabirds

Surprising insights into the migration pattern of world’s farthest-migrating species

Surprising insights into the migration pattern of world’s farthest-migrating species

The Arctic tern—which has the world record for the longest annual migration—uses just a few select routes, a key finding that could help efforts to conserve the species

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with biodiversity, conservation, IOF students, Marie Auger-Methe, seabirds, SERG, statistical ecology, sustainability

Blue herons identified as a significant juvenile salmon predator

Blue herons identified as a significant juvenile salmon predator

Looking for predators that ate salmon, an Indigenous biologist suggested looking at heron. Discarded tags proved Pacific great blue herons could be scooping up as many as 3-6% of all juvenile salmon.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, birds, British Columbia, faculty, herons, Indigenous fisheries, IOF students, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Research, salmon, seabirds

Greater conservation efforts needed to protect Galápagos bird populations, a new study shows

Greater conservation efforts needed to protect Galápagos bird populations, a new study shows

Researchers found that unless current conservation measures are increased, the birds’ future conservation is precarious.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with climate change, conservation, IOF Research Associates, Juan Jose Alava, Nereus Program, Research, seabirds

Industrial fisheries are starving seabirds all around the world

Industrial fisheries are starving seabirds all around the world

Birds that feed on squid, Antarctic krill and small ‘mid-water’ fish such as herrings and sardines are suffering the most

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Deng Palomares, industrial fishing, IOF Research Associates, Research, Sea Around Us, seabirds

Global trends show seabird populations dropped 70 per cent since 1950s

Global trends show seabird populations dropped 70 per cent since 1950s

The dramatic decline is caused by an number of factors including overfishing, fishing gear entanglements, pollution, invasive predators, habitat change, and climate change.

Posted in 2015, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, faculty, IOF students, marine ecosystems, overfishing, Sea Around Us, seabirds

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