PacMam Podcast

Cindy Elliser
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Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pacific-mammal-research/subscribe Cindy and Kat from Pacific Mammal Research (PacMam) talk about marine mammals, research, and environmental news in this fun podcast! Become a Paid Subscriber - get ad-free episodes and bonus mini-episodes/content available to subscribers only: https://anchor.fm/pacific-mammal-research/subscribe. Your support helps us continue our research and education programs!

  1. 12/10/2024

    PacMam podcast: 2024 recap and farewell episode!

    After 4 years of the PacMam podcast this will be our last episode! We have enjoyed bringing you marine mammal highlights, interviews, and journal reviews. Although this is the end of the podcast, you will be able to interact with us in other platforms! We will be focusing our outreach in other areas, like our YouTube channel, so be sure to keep up with us there and stay tuned for other updates. But join us for this episode as we recap the awesome things we did this year, and what we are looking forward to next year!

    37 min

  2. 11/16/2024

    PacMam Podcast: eDNA tells the story of harbor porpoises

    One of the biggest questions about harbor porpoises is if the stocks we currently manage are truly one large population, or if there are smaller distinct units within a geographic area. DNA can help answer this question, but getting samples from harbor porpoises using traditional routes (i.e. biopsy darting), is very difficult. That's where eDNA comes in! Scoop some seawater from where an animal just dove, and you can snag some skin cells and extract the DNA. Using eDNA along with previously published data and tissue samples from stranded animals, this paper reveals the community/population structure of harbor porpoises in Alaska, with some intriguing results! Listen to learn more! Paper is open access and available here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mec.17563 Donate to help our work! www.pacmam.org/donate

    59 min

  3. 11/04/2024

    Marine Mammal Highlight 59: Irrawaddy dolphin!

    Join Pacific Mammal Research (PacMam) scientists to learn about different marine mammals each episode! We discuss a little about the biology, behavior and fun facts about each species. Have fun and learn about marine mammals with PacMam! Donate today: https://donorbox.org/donatetopacmamwww.pacmam.org This week: Irrawaddy dolphin Presenters: Cindy Elliser, Katrina MacIver Music by Josh Burns Sources: https://www.marinebio.org/species/irrawaddy-dolphins/orcaella-brevirostris/#:~:text=Irrawaddy%20dolphins%2C%20Orcaella%20brevirostris%2C%20are,sub%2Dtropical%20Indo%2DPacific. https://www.riverdolphins.org/river-dolphins-worldwide/irrawaddy-dolphin/ New Research • Habitat modeling in Thailand Jackson Ricketts et al 2020 - https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/28594 • Long term population and distribution dynamic in Inodonesia and effects of coastal development, Kreb et al. 2020 - https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.533197/full • ID habitat characteristics and crucial areas Peter et al. 2016 - https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-26161-4_15 • Surviving ware and crowded world – in largest brackish water lagoon, Acharyya et al 2023 - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11852-023-00982-8 • Demographic collapse and low genetic diversity in Mekong river, Krutzen et al 2018- https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0189200

    52 min

  4. 10/20/2024

    PacMam Podcast: 10th Anniversary!

    Join us today as we celebrate Pacific Mammal Research's 10th anniversary! We have learned a lot about harbor porpoises and harbor seals, along with how to run a non-profit. We have grown so much, and are so excited for the next 10 years. Listen as we discuss how it all started, what we have learned, and where we are going! Thank you to everyone who has supported us through the years - whether volunteering, sharing about us, donating or listening, we would not be here without you!

    52 min

  5. 10/05/2024

    Marine Mammal Highlight 58: Frasers dolphin!

    Join Pacific Mammal Research (PacMam) scientists to learn about different marine mammals each episode! We discuss a little about the biology, behavior and fun facts about each species. Have fun and learn about marine mammals with PacMam! www.pacmam.org Check out our 10 year anniversary fundraiser: https://www.pacmam.org/news-and-events/10th-anniversary-fundraiser This week: Frasers dolphin Presenters: Cindy Elliser, Katrina MacIver Music by Josh Burns Sources: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/frasers-dolphin https://us.whales.org/whales-dolphins/species-guide/frasers-dolphin/ https://cascadiaresearch.org/hawaii-species/frasers-dolphins-hawaii/ https://www.marinebio.org/species/frasers-dolphins/lagenodelphis-hosei/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser%27s_dolphin https://www.dolphins-world.com/frasers-dolphin/#google_vignette New Research • West et al. 2021, Novel Morbillivirus in rare Fraser’s dolphin, Maui, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-94460-6 • Durante et al 2016 POPs in South Latin America, common and frasers - https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/bitstream/handle/11336/38484/CONICET_Digital_Nro.f76cda30-a15e-4926-a7af-134f876f2aeb_A.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y • Vu et al 2020 – New record of Frasers from Whale Temples and Fishing Communities of Vietnam - https://www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/46.4-Vu.pdf • Chen-Yi Su et al 2022 and 2023, Wound healing in Frasers - https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/5/537 and https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/10/1681 and https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/12/1482

    46 min

  6. 09/06/2024

    Marine Mammal Highlight 57: Pygmy killer whale!

    Join Pacific Mammal Research (PacMam) scientists to learn about different marine mammals each episode! We discuss a little about the biology, behavior and fun facts about each species. Have fun and learn about marine mammals with PacMam! www.pacmam.org This week: Pygmy killer whale Presenters: Cindy Elliser, Katrina MacIver Music by Josh Burns Sources: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/pygmy-killer-whale https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/2021-08/2020-Pacific-SARS-Pygmy.pdf http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=61 https://us.whales.org/whales-dolphins/species-guide/pygmy-killer-whale/ https://cascadiaresearch.org/hawaii-species/pygmy-killer-whales-hawaii/ https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Feresa_attenuata/https://www.marinebio.org/species/pygmy-killer-whales/feresa-attenuata/ Underwater video!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufsEo6bXFoc&t=8s New Research: • Alvarez Aleman et al – First report of pygmy killer whales in Cuba - https://new.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/47.1-Alvarez-Aleman-1.pdf • Berrow et al 2020 – First sighting off Cabo Verde – Atlantic African coast - https://www.scvz.org/zoolcv/Zoologia%20Caboverdiana%20Vol.%208%20No.%202%20complete%20issue.pdf#page=22 • Vanderzee et al – Underwater photos evaluate prevalence of injury - https://cascadiaresearch.org/files/Vanderzee_etal2019WMMC.pdf • Currie et al 2021 – Rapid weight loss in free ranging pygmy killer whales - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-87514-2 • Yahn (Shelby) et al. 2022 – sexually dimorphic characteristics of short-finned pilot, pygmy killer, melon headed, false killer using fin and body morphometrics - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/mms.12963 • Pulis et al. 2018 – Movements and dive patterns of pygmy killer whales released in Gulf of Mexico after Rehab - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eric-Pulis/publication/327669759_Movements_and_Dive_Patterns_of_Pygmy_Killer_Whales_Feresa_attenuata_Released_in_the_Gulf_of_Mexico_Following_Rehabilitation/links/5ceeaea8a6fdcc8475f62e3f/Movements-and-Dive-Patterns-of-Pygmy-Killer-Whales-Feresa-attenuata-Released-in-the-Gulf-of-Mexico-Following-Rehabilitation.pdf?origin=journalDetail&_tp=eyJwYWdlIjoiam91cm5hbERldGFpbCJ9

    52 min

  7. 08/03/2024

    Marine Mammal Highlight 56: Ross seal!

    Join Pacific Mammal Research (PacMam) scientists to learn about different marine mammals each episode! We discuss a little about the biology, behavior and fun facts about each species. Have fun and learn about marine mammals with PacMam! www.pacmam.org This week: Ross seal Presenters: Cindy Elliser, Katrina MacIver Music by Josh Burns Sources: https://www.asoc.org/learn/ross-seals/ https://www.pinnipeds.org/seal-information/species-information-pages/the-phocid-seals/ross-seal https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Ommatophoca_rossii/ https://seaworld.org/animals/facts/mammals/ross-seal/ https://oceaninfo.com/animals/ross-seal/ https://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/animals/seals/ross-seal/ https://animalia.bio/ross-sealhttps://marinemammalscience.org/facts/ommatophoca-rossii/ New Research: • Brault et al 2019 – Trophic position and foraging ecology - https://www.int-res.com/articles/feature/m611p001.pdf • Wege et al 2021 Distribution and habitat suitability of Ross seals in warming ocean - https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.659430/full • Bester et al. 2020: Ross seal distribution in the Weddell Sea: fact and fallacy - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-019-02610-4 • Wege et al 2023 – The nightlife of a Ross seal - https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/C5A2A625A3D0733433C8D0D48BD49B98/S0954102022000438a.pdf/the-nightlife-of-a-ross-seal-diving-and-haul-out-behaviour-from-the-eastern-weddell-sea.pdf • Loza et al 2017 – sensory anatomy of the most aquatic seal - https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0489

    50 min

  8. 07/19/2024

    PacMam Podcast: Cheap Hunting vs. Expensive Dining

    Every animal has to balance the cost of foraging, with the benefit of what they get out of it. They have to make sure the effort is worth the reward! For predators, this means how much energy they expend in the hunt, vs. how much energy they are getting out of the prey the capture. Harbor porpoises generally feed on a lot of small fish, but have a very high metabolism. So they need to eat a lot, and that takes time. In this paper we discuss why this seemingly not effecient strategy is actually pretty effecient and why. For harbor porpoises this strategy is energetically pretty cheap, if not time consuming! Paper is freely available here: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adj7132

    59 min
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