Dr. Josh McInnis Determining the Ecology and Community Structure of West Coast Transient Killer Whales along the Pacific Coast Canada-Baja

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This episode is about Dr. Josh McInnis who presented at our 6th Annual Ocean Life Symposium October 2024. Topic: Determining the Ecology and Community Structure of West Coast Transient Killer Whales in the Northeastern Pacific. Josh is from the windy seaside city of Victoria BC, Canada. His research focuses on the ecology and behaviour of marine mammals in British Columbia and Monterey Bay, California, with studies focusing on the foraging behaviour, diet, and ecology of transient (Bigg’s) killer whales and Risso’s Dolphins. They gather information with the help of NOAA, Oregon State University, Pacific Wildlife Foundation, ACCESS (which we interviewed before), and a bunch of whale watchers from Canada to Baja. 

See his publication: Foraging behaviour and ecology of transient killer whales within a deep submarine canyon system 

Josh D. McInnes ,Kevin M. Lester,Lawrence M. Dill,Chelsea R. Mathieson,Peggy J. West-Stap,Stephanie L. Marcos,Andrew W. Trites

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0299291

And this article published: March 20, 2024

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299291

Transient killer whales have been documented hunting marine mammals across a variety of habitats. However, relatively little has been reported about their predatory behaviours near deep submarine canyons and oceanic environments. We used a long-term database of sightings and encounters with these predators in and around the Monterey Submarine Canyon, California to describe foraging behaviour, diet, seasonal occurrence, and habitat use p

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