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Overview

David A. S. Rosen is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on ecology, atmospheric science, and global and planetary change. Their work also touches on nature and landscape conservation and oceanography as subfields of study.

The scientist's main topics of investigation include marine animal studies, physiological and biochemical adaptations, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, marine and fisheries research, ocean acidification effects and responses, cryospheric studies and observations, and marine bivalve and aquaculture studies.

They have published extensively in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include Conservation Physiology, Marine Mammal Science, Aquatic Mammals, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and the Journal of Experimental Biology.

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Molting strategies of Arctic seals drive annual patterns in metabolism" (2020, Conservation Physiology)
  • "Key questions in marine mammal bioenergetics" (2022, Conservation Physiology)
  • "Growth in marine mammals: a review of growth patterns, composition and energy investment" (2023, Conservation Physiology)
  • "Linking movement and dive data to prey distribution models: new insights in foraging behaviour and potential pitfalls of movement analyses" (2023, Movement Ecology)
  • "What are the Metabolic Rates of Marine Mammals and What Factors Impact this Value: A review" (2023, Conservation Physiology)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Andrew W. Trites, Rhea L. Storlund, Martin Haulena, Elizabeth A. McHuron, and Shawn R. Noren.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Prey capture attempts can be detected in Steller sea lions and other marine predators using accelerometers

    Morgane Viviant;Andrew W. Trites;David A. S. Rosen;Pascal Monestiez

  • QUANTIFYING ERRORS ASSOCIATED WITH USING PREY SKELETAL STRUCTURES FROM FECAL SAMPLES TO DETERMINE THE DIET OF STELLER'S SEA LION (EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS)

    Dominic J. Tollit;Mandy Wong;Arliss J. Winship;David A. S. Rosen

  • Competing conservation objectives for predators and prey : estimating killer whale prey requirements for Chinook salmon

    Robert Williams;Martin Krkošek;Erin Ashe;Trevor A Branch

  • Heat increment of feeding in Steller sea lions, Eumetopias jubatus

    David A.S. Rosen;Andrew W. Trites

  • Thermal and digestive constraints to foraging behaviour in marine mammals

    David A.S Rosen;Arliss J Winship;Lisa A Hoopes

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

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  • Metabolic costs of foraging and the management of O2 and CO2 stores in Steller sea lions.

    Andreas Fahlman;Caroline Svärd;Caroline Svärd;David A S Rosen;David R Jones

  • Digestive efficiency and dry-matter digestibility in Steller sea lions fed herring, pollock, squid, and salmon

    D. A. S. Rosen;A. W. Trites

  • Activity and diving metabolism correlate in Steller sea lion Eumetopias jubatus

    Andreas Fahlman;Rory Wilson;Caroline Svärd;David A. S. Rosen

  • Changes in glucocorticoids, IGF-I and thyroid hormones as indicators of nutritional stress and subsequent refeeding in Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus).

    Tiphaine Jeanniard du Dot;David A.S. Rosen;Julie P. Richmond;Alexander S. Kitaysky

  • Predicting metabolic rate from heart rate in juvenile Steller sea lions Eumetopias jubatus.

    Jan M. McPhee;David A. S. Rosen;Russel D. Andrews;Russel D. Andrews;Andrew W. Trites

  • Changes in metabolism in response to fasting and food restriction in the Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus).

    David A.S. Rosen;Andrew W. Trites

  • Metabolic effects of low-energy diet on steller sea lions, Eumetopias jubatus.

    David A. S. Rosen;Andrew W. Trites

  • Satiation and compensation for short-term changes in food quality and availability in young Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus)

    David A.S Rosen;Andrew W Trites

  • Estimating diet composition in sea lions: Which technique to choose?

    D. Tollit;S. Heaslip;B. Deagle;S. Iverson

  • Examining the potential for nutritional stress in young Steller sea lions: physiological effects of prey composition

    David A. S. Rosen;Andrew W Trites

  • Effects of phylogeny and prey type on fatty acid calibration coefficients in three pinniped species: implications for the QFASA dietary quantification technique

    David A. S. Rosen;Dominic J. Tollit

  • SEASONAL CHANGES IN BLUBBER DISTRIBUTION IN ATLANTIC HARBOR SEALS: INDICATIONS OF THERMODYNAMIC CONSIDERATIONS

    David A. S. Rosen;Deane Renouf

  • COST OF TRANSPORT IN STELLER SEA LIONS, EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS

    David A. S. Rosen;Andrew W. Trites

  • Metabolic response to fasting in 6-week-old Steller sea lion pups (Eumetopias jubatus)

    L. D. Rea;D. A. S. Rosen;A. W. Trites

  • Energetic requirements of North Atlantic right whales and the implications for species recovery

    Sarah M. E. Fortune;Andrew W. Trites;Charles A. Mayo;David A. S. Rosen

  • Digestive efficiency and dry-matter digestibility in Steller sea lions fed herring, pollock, squid, and salmon

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Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew W. Trites
Andrew W. Trites University of British Columbia
Rory P. Wilson
Rory P. Wilson Swansea University
Robert Harcourt
Robert Harcourt Macquarie University
John P. Y. Arnould
John P. Y. Arnould Deakin University
Colin Ware
Colin Ware University of New Hampshire
Frances M. D. Gulland
Frances M. D. Gulland University of California, Davis
Andrew J. Mungall
Andrew J. Mungall BC Cancer Agency
Inanc Birol
Inanc Birol University of British Columbia
Marco A. Marra
Marco A. Marra University of British Columbia
Steven J.M. Jones
Steven J.M. Jones University of British Columbia

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