Teleost Research
US Dept of the Interior (USF&WS); Yukon River Chinook and Chum Salmon Hormone and Stable Isotope Biochronology. K. Howard (ADF&G), S. Trumble (BU): graduate student, Jake Patterson
Whale Earplug Research
Completing ONR research in 2022.
Reconstructing Stress and Stressor Profiles in Baleen Whale Earplugs. PIs; SJT (BU) and S. Usenko (BU).
Foraging Ecology and Physiology
Leopard seal foraging ecology and physiology
Collaborative Research: Foraging ecology and physiology of the leopard seal (Hydruga leptonyx). PIs. D. Costa (UCSC), D. Crocker (SSU), S. Kanatous (CSU), S. Trumble (BU).
Collaborative Research: Move, adapt, or perish: Examining adaptive capacity in a Southern Ocean apex predator, the leopard seal. Kienle (BU), Trumble (BU), Lewallen (Hampton U).
Fatty Acid Research
Comparison of blubber fatty acid signatures of yearling and juvenile Alaskan harbor seals and Steller sea lions in Prince William Sound and Southeast from 2000-2004
PI: V.M. Neises PhD (LEAP alumni)
Collaborators: M Keogh PhD, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Fatty acid transcriptomics in N. elephant seals
S.J. Trumble (BU), D. Crocker (SSU), and J. Khudyakov (UoP)
Examination of blubber fatty acids in pregnant and lactating Alaskan harbor seals (Phoca vitulina)
PI: V.M. Neises PhD (LEAP alumni)
Collaborators: M. Keogh PhD, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Endocrinology Research
Assessing changes in physiology to environmental changes in long-lived fish species using steroid hormones extracted from opercula growth layers.
PI: S. Trumble PhD
Collaborators: D. Oxman PhD, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Graduate Student: Patrick Charapata, PhD student
Funding: North Pacific Research Board
Contaminants
Assessing total mercury concentrations along Leopard seal whiskers
PI: S. Trumble PhD
Collaborators: S. Kanatous PhD, Colorado State; D. Crocker PhD, Sonoma State; D. Costa PhD UCSC
Graduate Student: Patrick Charapata, PhD student
Funding: National Science Foundation
The effects of changes in prey availability and type on muscle tissue physiology heavy metal exposure in Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)
PI: S. Trumble PhD
Graduate Student: Jen Godfrey, PhD candidate
Funding: Gus Glasscock Fund, Baylor University