Fall at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center means researchers are sifting through all the data they collected over the summer months in the field. For the Steller sea lion team that means reviewing hundreds of thousands of photos.
Since July, satellite tags have been collecting data about fur seal foraging behavior while autonomous Saildrones collect data on fur seal prey. Now it’s time to recover that data—and that requires a down to earth approach.
Scientists are satellite-tracking seal pups starting in summer 2016 as part of an ongoing study to learn about possible effects of ship traffic on harbor seal populations in a glacial fjord. Early results showed some surprises.
