Center of Expertise in Marine Mammalogy:
Scientific Research Report, 2006-2008

Table of Contents
- Acknowlegements
- Message from the Director of CEMAM
1.0 Overview - 2.0 Population Dynamics
- 2.1 Abundance
- 2.1.1 SPLASH: International Study on Humpback Whales of the North Pacific (John Ford)
- 2.1.2 Abundance of Western Hudson Bay Beluga (Pierre Richard)
- 2.1.3 Abundance of St. Lawrence Estuary Beluga (Jean-François Gosselin)
- 2.1.4 Age Structure, Growth, Mortality, and Density of Beluga in the Canadian Arctic (Steve Ferguson)
- 2.1.5 Continued Reduction in Population Growth of Grey Seals at Sable Island (Don Bowen and Mike Hammill)
- 2.1.6 Timing of Pupping and Abundance of Northwest Atlantic Hooded Seals (Garry Stenson and Mike Hammill)
- 2.1.7 Abundance of Stellar Sea Lions in British Columbia (Peter Olesiuk)
- 2.1.8 Abundance of Eastern Arctic Bowhead Whales (Larry Dueck)
- 2.2 Identifying Population Structure Using Molecular Genetics
- 2.2.1 Distinguishing East Hudson Bay vs. West Hudson Bay Belugas Using Molecular Markers (Lianne Postma)
- 2.2.2 Molecular Genetics for the Identification of Stocks of Narwhal in Nunavut (Lianne Postma)
- 2.2.3 Patterns of Genetic Differentiation in Bowhead Whales from the Eastern Canadian Arctic and Western Greenland (Lianne Postma)
- 2.3 Reproduction and Mortality
- 2.3.1 Condition-Dependent Male Mating Tactics in the Grey Seal: The Importance of Body Size (Don Bowen)
- 2.3.2 An Evaluation of Steller Sea Lion Pup Counts from 35mm Oblique Images (Peter Olesiuk)
- 2.3.3 Life History and Population Dynamics of Northern Resident Killer Whales in British Columbia (Peter Olesiuk, Graeme Ellis and John Ford)
- 2.4 Role of Disease in Marine Mammal Populations
- 2.1 Abundance
- 3.0 How Marine Mammals Fit Into the Ecosystem
- 3.1 Distribution
- 3.2 Habits
- 3.2.1 Diving Characteristics and Sightability Estimates of Eastern Arctic Bowhead Whales Based on Satellite-Linked Telemetry (Larry Dueck)
- 3.2.2 Ringed Seal Ecology (Steve Ferguson)
- 3.2.3 Development of PAM Methodology to Non-Intrusively Monitor Whales in their Environment with Examples from the St. Lawrence Seaway and Arctic (Yvan Simard)
- 3.3 Foraging Ecology and Diet
- 3.4 Predator-Prey Interactions
- 3.5 Marine Mammal Habitat
- 4.0 Human Impacts on Marine Mammals
- 5.0 Publications 2006-2008
- Date Modified:
- 2013-04-22