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Overview

Andrew W. Trites is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with significant contributions in earth and planetary sciences.

The main fields of study covered in their work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, their subfield specialization emphasizes:

  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Oceanography
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

The predominant topics addressed in Andrew W. Trites' research are:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Underwater Acoustics Research
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Cephalopods and Marine Biology
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Frequently published in scientific venues related to marine biology and ecology, these include:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Marine Mammal Science
  • The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Scientific Reports

Recent significant publications by Andrew W. Trites include:

  • "Behavioural responses of male killer whales to a 'leapfrogging' vessel" (2023) in The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • "A review of recent and future marine extinctions" (2023) in Cambridge Prisms Extinction
  • "Seasonal diving and foraging behaviour of Eastern Canada-West Greenland bowhead whales" (2020) in Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • "Bowhead whales use two foraging strategies in response to fine-scale differences in zooplankton vertical distribution" (2020) in Scientific Reports
  • "Foraging habitat of North Atlantic right whales has declined in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, and may be insufficient for successful reproduction" (2020) in Endangered Species Research

Their research collaborations show frequent coauthorship with:

  • Sarah M. E. Fortune
  • David A. S. Rosen
  • Evan Sidrow
  • Marie Auger-Méthé
  • Nancy Heckman

Best Publications

  • Diet composition and trophic levels of marine mammals

    D. Pauly;A. W. Trites;E. Capuli;V. Christensen

  • Behavioural responses of killer whales (Orcinus orca) to whale-watching boats: opportunistic observations and experimental approaches

    Rob Williams;Andrew W. Trites;David E. Bain

  • The decline of Steller sea lions Eumetopias jubatus in Alaska : a review of the nutritional stress hypothesis

    A. W. Trites;C. P. Donnelly

  • Competition between fisheries and marine mammals for prey and primary production in the Pacific Ocean

    A.W. Trites;V. Christensen;D. Pauly

  • Molecular scatology as a tool to study diet: analysis of prey DNA in scats from captive Steller sea lions.

    B. E. Deagle;D. J. Tollit;S. N. Jarman;M. A. Hindell

  • Mapping world-wide distributions of marine mammal species using a relative environmental suitability (RES) model

    K Kaschner;RA Watson;AW Trites;D Pauly

  • Ecological effects of regime shifts in the Bering Sea and eastern North Pacific Ocean

    Ashleen J Benson;Andrew W Trites

  • DIETARY ANALYSIS FROM FECAL SAMPLES: HOW MANY SCATS ARE ENOUGH?

    Andrew W. Trites;Ruth Joy

  • Quantifying sequence proportions in a DNA-based diet study using Ion Torrent amplicon sequencing: which counts count?

    Bruce E. Deagle;Austen C. Thomas;Amanda K. Shaffer;Andrew W. Trites

  • Prey Patch Patterns Predict Habitat Use by Top Marine Predators with Diverse Foraging Strategies

    Kelly J. Benoit-Bird;Brian C. Battaile;Scott A. Heppell;Brian Hoover

  • Quantitative DNA metabarcoding: improved estimates of species proportional biomass using correction factors derived from control material.

    Austen C. Thomas;Bruce E. Deagle;J. Paige Eveson;Corie H. Harsch

  • Pollock and the decline of Steller sea lions: testing the junk-food hypothesis.

    David A. S. Rosen;Andrew W. Trites

  • A bioenergetic model for estimating the food requirements of Steller sea lions Eumetopias jubatus in Alaska, USA

    Arliss J. Winship;Andrew W. Trites;David A. S. Rosen

  • Predictions of critical habitat for five whale species in the waters of coastal British Columbia

    Edward J. Gregr;Andrew W. Trites

  • Animal-borne telemetry: An integral component of the ocean observing toolkit

    Rob Harcourt;Ana M. M. Sequeira;Xuelei Zhang;Fabien Roquet

  • Estimating mean body masses of marine mammals from maximum body lengths

    Andrew W. Trites;Daniel Pauly

  • Ecosystem Change and the Decline of Marine Mammals in the Eastern Bering Sea : Testing the Ecosystem Shift and Commercial Whaling Hypotheses

    Andrew W. Trites;Patricia A. Livingston;Steven Mackinson;Marcelo Vasconcellos

  • Bottom-up forcing and the decline of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Alaska: assessing the ocean climate hypothesis

    Andrew W. Trites;Arthur J. Miller;Herbert D. G. Maschner;Steven J. Bograd

  • Marine mammals exploring the oceans pole to pole: a review of the MEOP Consortium

    Anne Treasure;Anne Treasure;Fabien Roquet;Isabelle J. Ansorge;Marthán N. Bester

  • Comparison of fatty acid profiles of spawning and non-spawning Pacific herring, Clupea harengus pallasi.

    Minh Dieu Huynh;David D. Kitts;Chun Hu;Andrew W. Trites

  • The effects of prey availability on pup mortality and the timing of birth of South American sea lions (Otaria flavescens) in Peru

    Karim H. Soto;Andrew W. Trites;Milena Arias-Schreiber

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. S. Rosen
David A. S. Rosen University of British Columbia
Christophe Guinet
Christophe Guinet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Bruce E. Deagle
Bruce E. Deagle Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
John P. Y. Arnould
John P. Y. Arnould Deakin University
John K. B. Ford
John K. B. Ford Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Jérôme Spitz
Jérôme Spitz University of La Rochelle
Daniel Pauly
Daniel Pauly University of British Columbia
Rob Williams
Rob Williams Oceans Initiative
David D. Kitts
David D. Kitts University of British Columbia
John R. Speakman
John R. Speakman University of Aberdeen

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