[MARMAM] New publication on Cook Inlet belugas and disturbance

2023-06-08 Thread Elizabeth A McHuron
Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce our new publication on Cook Inlet beluga whales exploring potential impacts of changes in prey availability and anthropogenic disturbance on behavior, body condition, and vital rates. McHuron, E.A., M. Castellote, G.K. Himes Boor*, K.E.

[MARMAM] New publication on responses of a central-place forager to changes in prey availability

2023-01-04 Thread Elizabeth A McHuron
Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I are excited to share our most recent publication in the Journal of Theoretical Biology that explores how prey availability influences behavioral responses and reproductive success of a central-place forager, using data from northern fur seals. The paper can be

[MARMAM] New publication on key questions in marine mammal bioenergetics

2022-08-28 Thread Elizabeth A McHuron
Dear colleagues, My coauthors and I are excited to announce the publication of our new paper in Conservation Physiology, outlining 11 key unanswered questions in marine mammal bioenergetics. We also discuss existing tools to address these key questions, and highlight particular areas where develop

[MARMAM] New publication: variation in body mass and food intake in northern fur seals

2022-03-08 Thread Elizabeth A McHuron
Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I are excited to share our new paper that is available for early view in Marine Mammal Science that describes how body mass, food intake, and energy intake in northern fur seals varies with age, season, sex, and reproductive status. McHuron EA, Rosen DAS, Carpen

[MARMAM] New publication: Population consequences of acoustic disturbance on western gray whales

2021-08-18 Thread Elizabeth A McHuron
Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce the publication of our new paper that is in early view in Ecological Applications. McHuron E, Aerts L, Gailey G, Sychenko O, Costa DP, Mangel M, Schwarz LK. Predicting the population consequences of acoustic disturbance, with applicatio

[MARMAM] New Publication: Fur seal consumption of commercially important prey

2020-12-03 Thread Elizabeth A McHuron
Dear colleagues, My collaborators and I are excited to announce the publication of our new paper "Practical application of a bioenergetic model to inform management of a declining fur seal population and their commercially important prey" in Frontiers in Marine Science. The abstract is below and t