Greetings MARMAM! We invite everyone to join us this *Thursday, March 11, 2021 from 8-9:30PM (EST)* for the Society for Marine Mammalogy Editor's Select Series event:* Impact of warm water anomalies on Guadalupe fur seal foraging habitat*
*The SMM Seminar Editor's Select Series highlights the latest and most exciting marine mammal science published in the Marine Mammal Science Journal. This is your chance to engage with marine mammal scientists, learn and ask questions from anywhere in the world. All are welcome. * *About this talk: *The Guadalupe fur seal (GFS), currently is recovering from near extinction. As this species continues to recover, it is important to understand how its foraging success may be affected by warm water and other oceanographic anomalies in the northeastern Pacific. We assessed the foraging ecology of the GFS over a period that was characterized by normal (2013) ocean temperatures followed by warm conditions (2014–2016). We used scat analysis to identify differences in GFS prey between 2013 and anomalous years. The most important prey species among these years was the jumbo squid, followed by the neon flying squid during warmer years. An additional analysis based on stable isotope suggested a broader northerly or offshore foraging areas during these anomalous conditions. Our findings are an important step toward better understanding the impacts of climate change on the recovery of the GFS *About the Presenter:* Maria Jose Amador-Capitanachi is an MSc student at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional The event is free to attend but registration is required. You can register for the talk on Zoom here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_63ShGwXDTsqkzJBh4q73lw Or join us on Facebook like on our page here: https://www.facebook.com/marinemammalogy Looking forward to an exciting presentation! Best regards, -- Eric Angel Ramos, Ph.D. Candidate *Ayça Eleman, Ph.D. *Candidate *Theresa-Anne Tatom-Naecker, Ph.D. Student* *Student Members-at-Large* Society for Marine Mammalogy SMM Students: https://www.marinemammalscience.org/for-students/ Check us out on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/marinemammalogy/ <http://www.facebook.com/events/1060310684008883/>
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