Whale Earplug Research
Anthropogenic and physiological data reconstructed from whale earwax plugs
PI: S. Trumble PhD
Collaborators: S. Usenko PhD, Baylor University
Graduate Student: Dani Crain, PhD candidate
Funding: Marine Mammal Commission
Determining baseline stress-related hormone values in large cetaceans
PI: S. Trumble PhD
Collaborators: S. Usenko PhD, Baylor University
Graduate Student: Dani Crain, PhD candidate
Funding: Office of Naval Research
Reconstructing possible pregnancy intervals using progesterone values from baleen whale earplugs
PI: S. Trumble PhD
Collaborators: S. Usenko PhD, Baylor University
Graduate Student: Dani Crain, PhD candidate
Funding: Office of Naval Research
Using radio isotopes to age bowhead whale earplugs
PI: S. Trumble PhD
Collaborators: S. Usenko PhD, Baylor University
Funding: North Slope Borough
Foraging Ecology and Physiology
Leopard seal foraging ecology and physiology
PI: S. Trumble PhD
Collaborators: S. Kanatous PhD, Colorado State; D. Crocker PhD, Sonoma State; D. Costa PhD UCSC
Funding: National Science Foundation
Fatty Acid Research
Comparing blubber fatty acid signatures of Steller sea lions and harbor seals in Prince William Sound and Southeast, Alaska from 1997-2010: Possible historic evidence of dietary niche partitioning
Graduate Student: Tori Neises, PhD candidate
Collaborators: M Keogh PhD, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Fatty acid analysis in Northern elephant seals
PI: S. Trumble PhD
Collaborators: D. Crocker PhD, Sonoma State University; S. Kanatous PhD, Colorado State University
Graduate Student: Aaron Kirkpatrick, PhD candidate
Funding: Gus Glasscock Fund, Baylor University
Regional blubber fatty acid signature analysis of harbor seals in Alaska from 1997-2010
Graduate Student: Tori Neises, PhD candidate
Collaborators: M Keogh PhD, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Fatty acid transport and binding proteins in Northern elephant seals
PI: S. Trumble PhD
Collaborators: D. Crocker PhD, Sonoma State University; S. Kanatous PhD, Colorado State University; J. Vázquez-Medina, University of California Berkeley
Graduate Student: Aaron Kirkpatrick, PhD Candidate
Examination of preferential mobilization of blubber fatty acids in lactating Alaskan harbor seals
Graduate Student: Tori Neises, PhD candidate
Collaborators: M Keogh PhD, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Identifying fuel mobilization from adipose to skeletal muscle for non-foraging activity in Northern Elephant Seals during translocation studies
PI: S. Trumble PhD
Collaborators: D. Crocker PhD, Sonoma State University; S. Kanatous PhD, Colorado State University
Graduate Student: Aaron Kirkpatrick, PhD Candidate
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
Marking and stress in Chinook salmon
PI: S. Trumble PhD
Collaborators: D. Oxman, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Graduate Student: Rebel Sanders, PhD candidate
Funding: Alaska Sustainable Salmon Fund
Stress analysis of harbor seal scat in relation to controlled diet variation
Graduate Student: Aaron Kirkpatrick, PhD candidate
LEAP Collaborators: Tori Neises, PhD candidate; S. Trumble PhD
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
Aging Techniques
Bone mineral density using dual energy Xray absorptiometry: A potential new technique for aging stranded marine mammals
Graduate Student: Aaron Kirkpatrick, PhD candidate
LEAP Collaborators: Tori Neises, PhD candidate; S. Trumble PhD;
Collaborators: D. Willoughby PhD, S. Norman PhD, Baylor University; Jim Rice, Oregon State University, Marine Mammal Institute; Jessie Huggins, Cascadia Research Collective; Victoria Souze, Whatcom County Marine Mammal Stranding Network; Jennifer Olson, Whale Museum, San Juan County Marine Mammal Stranding Network; Susan Dubpernell and Susan Berta, Central Puget Sound Marine Mammal Stranding Network
Funding: Gus Glasscock Fund, Baylor University