Katie Florko

First PhD paper is out today in @Ecology_Letters! We modelled seal prey in Hudson Bay through year 2100. If we continue #greenhousegas emissions as usual, there's a regime shift in prey (distribution, body size, biomass). With strong mitigation the effects are minimal.

New pub alert! 👀 In this one we used biopsy samples to estimate Eastern Canada-West Greenland bowhead whale population abundance, using a couple different mark-recapture models. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

awesome collaborators: @CourtneyShuert @coru_ubc @IanJonsen @MMeanLab @DrRashidSumaila @trav_es_t @DJYurkowski @AugerMethe @UBCoceans @DFO_Science @DFO_Central

New paper in @BES_Move_SIG! We show that counter to theory, seals appeared to forage more in areas with relatively lower prey diversity and biomass, potentially due to reduce foraging efficiency 🐟 a cautionary tale to validate your models! #openaccess: bit.ly/sealmoves

Friday, Dr. @RTogunov defended his PhD and impressed the examining committee with his stunning presentation and incredibly insightful answers! It was a very cherished moment as a supervisor! Congratulations Dr. Togunov!!!

@AnaLuciaPozas @Mexico_TNC @FondoMexicano @WrldAquaculture Congratulations!! 🎉🐟

We’re #hiring a northern #research assistant to help with #ocean science in Cumberland Sound, Nunavut this August. Opportunities for future employment and an exchange to #Dalhousie University to conduct an independent research study available! Please RT 🌊🐋

Exciting new MSc and PhD opportunities to join our expanding team and conduct research on #Arctic marine mammal ecology! @DFO_Central @UWGradStudies @UManitoba @DesforgesJp Start date is flexible - apply here: tinyurl.com/3vkhvd9u

🎺🎉 Grad studies opportunity 🎉🎺Apply for awesome MSc or PhD Student positions in Arctic marine mammal chronological ecology with @DFO_Central @UWGradStudies @UManitoba. Start date flexible! See details and apply here: tinyurl.com/3vkhvd9u

@RowennaGryba @SSHRC_CRSH YAY!! Congratulations!!

Well I got @SSHRC_CRSH doctoral funding! This comes after soooo many rejections including 2 past NSERCs and 3 rejections in the past 3 weeks. Keep up the good fight peeps, keep applying, and sometimes we get it - and if we don't what we are doing is still worth doing.

rest easy, dad ❤️

New @MEPS_IR paper from Lars Hammer, MS on Arctic char migrations in Nunavut using telemetry int-res.com/abstracts/meps… Collabs @NEHmarine @OceanTracking @fisheriesOceans @FishOceansCAN et al. DM with email for PDF. @COLSA_UNH @UNHMarine @UNHArctic @unhresearchnews

NEW ARTICLE ‼️: We use a lab-LOPC to provide a multi-year, seasonally, and longitudinally-resolved comparison of mesozooplankton size distributions in the NE Pacific between 1997-2019. @KFlorko @FLuskow @UBCzoops @DFO_Pacific authors.elsevier.com/a/1eMuQI7ECqTf…

New paper reviews 50 years of telemetry-based studies tracking movements of decapod crustaceans. This paper covers everything from tag burdens to technology opportunities to allometric scaling between body size and movement for decapods. Read more: bit.ly/meps_679_219

New paper in @MEPS_IR! Great team effort from @OceanTracking synthesis group (#ideasOTN) reviewing 50 years of crustacean telemetry studies🦞🦀 #openaccess: bit.ly/decatrack @ellyn_melon @Scottish_Bird @FisheriesRobert @philbenthos @AugerMethe @FredWhoriskey @NBFurey

This week on #EcolMass I broke down a great study by @KFlorko and colleagues investigating the predicted effects of two emission scenarios on the prey base of Arctic predators. ecologyforthemasses.com/2021/11/24/sta…

Interested in fitting spatially-explicit occupancy models for large data? Check out my new R package spOccupancy (“spock🖖-upancy”) for efficient implementation of single species, multispecies, and integrated spatial occupancy models. Now on CRAN #rstats jeffdoser.com/files/spoccupa…

Recruiting a salmon ecology #postdoc with @DFO_Pacific to explore sockeye survival across life stages. Modeling focused but fieldwork options! 2 yrs, $62-66k CAD/yr, Nanaimo BC. Apply by Dec 15. Feel free to DM w/ questions. Please RT! drive.google.com/file/d/14wvgfH…

Here is my full speech at the #COP26 World Leaders Summit Opening Ceremony with a key message from Earth to COP: "Open your hearts"! The youth voices at the World Leaders Summit will probably get the least coverage! So I'll upload them here! Share widely!

I'm excited to present our recent @Ecology_Letters paper at #TWS2021 next week! It's on how #climatechange shifts the prey for #Arctic seals Read more: wildlife.org/tws2021-climat… photo: @stephenresearch coauthors: @AugerMethe @DJYurkowski @trav_es_t @DrRashidSumaila @coru_ubc