Six science talks on "Trophic energy flow in the Salish Sea: Marine mammals" (2020 SSEC)
Channel: Beam Reach
Date: 2020-05-21

Recording of six presentations made on 4/21/20 as part of the remote-only 2020 Salish Sea Ecosystems Conference. Topics include humpback whales, gray whales, Pacific white-sided and common dolphins, harbor porpoises, harbor seals, sea lions, and Southern Resident Killer  Whales. 

More info at -- https://ssec.confex.com/ssec/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Session/1499

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1 (4:34): Overview of baleen whale feeding behavior and prey in the Salish Sea
John Calambokidis, Cascadia Research Collective, Olympia, WA and Scott Veirs, Beam Reach, SPC, Seattle, WA

2 (22:24): Dolphins and herring of the Salish Sea: understanding responses of a top predator to fluctuating prey and human disturbance
Erin Ashe, Oceans Initiative, Seattle, WA, Leslie New, Washington State University, Vancouver, WA, Alexandra Morton, Raincoast Research, Sointula, BC, Canada and Rob Williams, Oceans Initiative, Vancouver, BC, Canada

3 (36:15): Harbor Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena vomerina) Catching and Handling Large Fish on the U.S. West Coast
Katrina MacIver1, Cindy Elliser1, Sanne Hessing2, Katrina MacIver1, Marc Webber3 and William Keener3, (1)Pacific Mammal Research, Anacortes, WA, (2)CetaScience, Houten, Netherlands, (3)The Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito, CA

4 (50:30): Reconstructing a century of coastal productivity and predator trophic position in the Salish Sea using archival harbor seal bone.
Megan L Feddern, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

5 (1:03:35): California sea lions, harbor seals, and long-beaked common dolphins forage on anchovies in south Puget Sound
Steven Jeffries1, Steven Jeffries1, Phill Dionne2 and Nicholas Wenzel3, (1)WDFW, Lakewood, WA, (2)WDFW, Olympia, WA, (3)Seattle Shellfish, Olympia, WA

6 (1:19:11): Shifting phenology of an apex/specialist predator tracks changes in its favored prey
Ailene Ettinger1, Jameal Samhouri2, Candice Emmons3, Chris J Harvey3, Brad Hanson3, Eric Ward3 and Jennifer K Olson4, (1)The Nature Conservancey- Washington Field Office, Seattle, WA, (2)NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA, (3)NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA, (4)Everett Community College, Everett, WA