Late night additions from the SMM student night: Florence was sporting a gifted scarf and a diverse array of earrings: seal earrings were from zeehonden creche in the Netherlands;
Polar bear was from Nat Geo; the others were gifts. #SMMfashion#SMM2022
Whoops... That 1600+ was meant to reference the number of otoliths analyzed - impressive effort & work towards an otolith catalog for coast of Sonora! #SMM2022
Eduardo Pรฉrez very enthusiastic - California Sealions at Isla Lobos have Astoundingly different diets pre and post reproduction! 9spp consumed pre breeding (Anchovy!) But 28 spp post breeding ๐ฒ 1600+ excellent work & ideas for next steps. #SMM2022
A fantastic little video from @Leila_Lemos and crew on photogrammetry, manual assessment of body condition from photos and hormone work in gray whales. In short, fat #whales are healthy whales. #smm2022
Look for us at Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference #SMM2022 ๐ ๐ Pacific Whale Foundation researchers will be attending educational workshops and delivering 5 presentations, with an additional 11 co-authored presentations from our partners.
@WhaleGough shows speed of lunging rorquals doesn't scale w/ body size, but all speeds well above known speed of evasive krill? ๐ค๐ณ Curious to see future work on why lunge speed is so quick! Especially as lunge speed is based on momentum alone - not continuous fluking. #SMM2022
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Gustavo Cรกrdenas Hinojosa gives update on Cuvier's Beaked whales near Guadalupe Island, MX. "It's the Kingdom ๐ of Ziphius" 61% individual resight rates - long term site fidelity with small home ranges. (Would love to see them someday) ๐#SMM2022
Alexandre Bernier Gravelines validates wild Beluga drone measurements in aquarium setting - working to detect pregnancy and sex from aerial photos! The dorsal ridge segment shows the greatest change during 15(!) ๐ฑ month pregnancy! ๐ณ #SMM2022
@Dawn_R_Barlow investigates lag time in wind driven upwelling system in Taranaki bight to accurately forecast blue whale distribution! Blue whales variable in time and space - are ideal for dynamic management schema! #SMM2022 great talk! ๐ณ
@MyFWCโs Dr. Chip Deutsch & colleagues found that #manatees responded quickly to changes in warm water sites during winter, based on satellite tags and surveys. In other words, they are like โheat-seeking missilesโ ๐ #SMM2022@marinemammalogy
Sarah Kerr studies kinematics in pinnipeds! California sealions have lower cost of transport compared to 3 phocid species, but are less efficient than terrestrial animals - very helpful videos/visualization demonstrating method! #SMM2022
Monica DeAngelis has fascinating talk showing model usefulness in assessing damage to melon tissues in small odontocetes from underwater explosions. Diff. tissues in melon transmit impact of compression wave differently. Neat lab tests too! #SMM2022