Marine Biology faculty Heidi Pearson and Jan Straley to attend Florida Conference
19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals in Tampa, FL, November 27-December 2.
Marine
Biology faculty Marine Biology faculty Heidi Pearson and Jan Straley will attend the 19th
Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals in Tampa, FL, Nov. 27-Dec.
2. Heidi will be giving a talk on her dusky dolphin research entitled: "Managing for robustness: potential
effects of climate change and mussel farming on dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus
obscurus) in Admiralty Bay, New Zealand". Jan is presenting on her
collaborative humpback whale research entitled: "A comparison of the
diet, habitat use, and impact of humpback whale predation upon three
overwintering herring populations in the Gulf of Alaska."
