Center of Expertise in Marine Mammalogy

Scientific Research Report
2015-2017

Table of Contents

• Complete Text
• Introduction
• Using aerial infrared images to count ringed seals on ice
• The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
• 2017: A Marine Mammal Odyssey, Eh!
• Mark-recapture analysis from long-term study on Sable Island identifies changes in demographic rates in northwest Atlantic Grey Seals
• OTN – Using grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) as bioprobes to estimate phytoplankton biomass
• Northwest Atlantic International Sightings Survey (NAISS) of Marine Megafauna on the Continental Shelf From Northern Labrador to the Bay of Fundy
• Monitoring Movements of Whelping Seals on Drifting Pack Ice
• Marine Mammal Genomics Research in the Central and Arctic Region
• OTN and predator-prey interactions
• Listening in on the Deep: Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Whales off Nova Scotia
• Sharing Meals Keeps Killer Whale Families Together: Provisioning relatives maintains long-term social bonds and helps pass on shared genes
• New developments in the use of fatty acids to determine marine mammal diets
• More than a mouthful – unlocking bowhead whale foraging and reproductive histories from baleen
• Observing walrus behaviour at haulout sites in quasi real-time
• Moving towards automated counting
• References

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