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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

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

Bowhead whales feed year-round in Cumberland Sound, Nunavut

Bowhead whales feed year-round in Cumberland Sound, Nunavut

Satellite telemetry and time-depth recorders are providing new and surprising insights into the secret lives of bowhead whales

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

Aerial drones offer new perspective on resident killer whale behaviour

Aerial drones offer new perspective on resident killer whale behaviour

Scientists got a rare glimpse into the underwater behaviour of killer whales off the B.C. coast, with the help of aerial drones.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, Faculty, Hakai Institute, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IOF Research Associates, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Mei Sato, Research, salmon, whales

A large Chinook salmon, getting ready to be released after measurements were taken.

Studying the Spring salmon to help protect BC ecosystems

Chinook, also known as Spring salmon, stocks in have been in decline, which has implications for entire BC marine food web

Posted in 2019, IOFNews | Tagged with British Columbia, Fieldwork, food webs, IOF students, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, Research, salmon, 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

Climate change fuels accumulation of pollutants in Chinook salmon, killer whales

Climate change fuels accumulation of pollutants in Chinook salmon, killer whales

Southern resident killer whales that exist along the Pacific Northeast Coast eat Chinook salmon, and these two predators are impacted by increased pollutant bioaccumulation driven by climate change

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with British Columbia, Climate change, Contaminants, Faculty, IOF Research Associates, Juan Jose Alava, Nereus Program, OceanCanada, pollution, Research, salmon, whales, William Cheung

DFO announces funding for research on Southern Resident Killer Whales

DFO announces funding for research on Southern Resident Killer Whales

Andrew Trites and Brian Hunt are co-PIs on the project to examine how changes in the food web affect the abundance and quality of Chinook salmon in critical habitat areas of the Southern Resident Killer Whale

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, Brian Hunt, British Columbia, Conservation, Faculty, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Marine mammals, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, salmon, whales

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