Theses

PhD

• Megill WM  (2002) The biomechanics of jellyfish swimming. PhD thesis. Dept. of Zoology, University of British Columbia.
• Stelle LL  (2001) Behavioral ecology of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) feeding on mysids in British Columbia, Canada. PhD thesis. Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, UCLA..
• Woodward BL  (2006) Using Dtags to study the underwater behaviour of baleen whales. PhD thesis. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine.

BSc Hons

• Chang Y  (2000) Mysids of Queen Charlotte Strait: Notes on their ecology, swarm composition and distribution. Honours thesis. Dept. of Zoology, University of British Columbia..
• Johnson LS  (2001) The genetics of three-spine sticklebacks in the lakes of the southern central coast of British Columbia. Honours thesis. Dept. of Zoology, University of British Columbia.
• Lamb EG  (1999) The structure and composition of an exposed forest on the central coast of British Columbia. Honours thesis. Dept. of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada..
• Lewis AJ  (2007) Grey whale abundance near Cape Caution. Honours thesis. University of Bangor.
• Witherly NE  (2000) Dungeness crabs in the Bramham Archipaelago. Honours thesis. Dept. of Biology, University of California at Santa Cruz.
• Young H  (2000) Forest floor insect biodiversity of Bramham Island. Honours thesis. Dept. of Zoology, University of British Columbia.

Publications

• Calambokidis J, Darling JD, Deecke VB, Gearin P, Gosho M, Megill WM, Tombach CM, Goley D, Toropova C, Gisborne B  (2002) Abundance, range and movements of a feeding aggregation of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) from California to southeastern Alaska in 1998. J Cetacean Res Manage 4(2).
• Johnson LS, Taylor EB  (2004) The distribution of divergent mitochondrial DNA lineages of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in the northeastern Pacific Basin: postglacial dispersal and lake accessibility. J Biogeography 31: 1073-1083.
• Lamb EG, Megill WM  (2003) The shoreline fringe forest and adjacent bogs of the southern central British Columbia coast. Can Field-Nat 117: 209-217.
• Stelle LL, Megill WM, Kinzel MR  (2008) Activity budgets and diving behavior of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) in feeding grounds off coastal British Columbia. Mar Mamm Sci 24(3): 462-478.
• Woodward B, Winn J  (2006) Underwater behaviour of grey whales measured using D-tags. Mar Mammal Sci.

Reports

Print

• Bertrand Y  (1998) Étude sur le degré de contamination par les BPC de la proie des baleines grises.. Internal report. Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation, Vancouver, BC, Canada..
• Bisson M  (1998) Degre de contamination par le mercure…. Internal report. Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation, Vancouver, BC, Canada..
• Calambokidis J, Darling JD, Deecke VB, Gearin P, Gosho M, Megill WM, Tombach CM, Goley D, Toropova C, Gisborne B  (2000) Range and movements of seasonal resident gray whales from California to southeast Alaska. Report submitted to National Marine Fisheries Service, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Seattle WA.
• Calambokidis J, Gosho M, Gearin P, Darling JD, Megill W, Heath M, Goley D, Gisborne B  (2002) Gray whale photographic identification in 2001: Collaborative research in the Pacific Northwest. Report submitted to National Marine Fisheries Service, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Seattle WA.
• Heath MW, Megill WM  (2002) Surveys for grey whales, Eschrichtius robustus, along the Central Coast of British Columbia, Summer 2001. Report prepared for the National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle..
• Kinzel MR  (1997) Behavioral correlates of grey whale…. Internal report. Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
• Kurth S, Megill WM, Yasue M  (2007) Preliminary report on the epibenthic and benthic environment of San Ignacio Lagoon, BCS, Mexico. Report prepared for the Laguna San Ignacio Wetlands Ecosystem Science Project.
• Lamb EG, Dolmat Y, Holloway J, Shankel C, Megill WM  (1999) Findings of the 1999 CERF survey of coastal biodiversity on the central coast of British Columbia. Report submitted to Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Oceans Directorate, Vancouver, BC..
• Megill WM  (1994) Vocal behaviour of captive Steller sea lion pups.. Internal report. Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation, Vancouver, BC, Canada..
• Megill WM, Kurth S, Graham-Kordich K  (2006) Preliminary report on research activities in Laguna San Ignacio, BCS, Mexico, winter 2006. Report prepared for UABCS and SEMARNAT.
• Megill WM, Kurth S, Wladichuk JL  (2006) Report on cetacean research activities at Cape Caution, British Columbia, summer 2004. Report prepared for Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
• Megill WM, Leblanc D, Lamb EG  (1999) Salamanders of Addenbroke Island. Report prepared for the Canadian Coast Guard..
• Megill WM, Lewis AJ  (2007) Surveys for grey whales, Eschrichtius robustus, on the Central Coast of British Columbia and North Coast of Vancouver Island, summer 2006. Report prepared for the NMFS, National Marine Mammal Lab, Seattle.
• Megill WM, Maud JL  (2008) An anomolous near-absence of grey whales, Eschrichtius robustus, on the Central Coast of British Columbia and the north coast of Vancouver Island, Summer 2007. Report prepared for the National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle..
• Megill WM, Randall DA  (2000) A catalogue of grey whales (Eschrichtius robustus) from the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, 1994-1999.. CD-ROM. Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation, Vancouver, BC, Canada..
• Megill WM, Scott-Ashe JE, Witherly NE, Meissner A  (2003) Surveys for grey whales, Eschrichtius robustus, along the Central and North Coasts of British Columbia, Summer 2002. Report prepared for the National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle..
• Megill WM, Stelle LL, Muise J  (2001) Grey whales of British Columbia: 2000 field report.. Report prepared for the Center for Field Studies at Earthwatch, Maynard, MA.
• Megill WM, Stelle LL, Woodward B, Winn J  (2003) Surveys for gray whales, Eschrichtius robustus, near Cape Caution, British Columbia, Summer 2003. Report prepared for the National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Seattle WA.
• Megill WM, Wladichuk JL, Kurth S  (2006) Grey whales, Eschrichtius robustus, near Cape Caution, British Columbia, during the summer of 2005. Report prepared for NMFS, National Marine Mammal Lab, Seattle WA.
• Randall DA  (2000) Aspects of the behaviour and ecology of grey whales on the southern Central Coast of BC. Internal report. Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation, Vancouver, BC, Canada..

Internet

• Megill WM  (2000) Blue whales off Isla San Fransisco, Baja California Sur, Mexico, February 21st, 2000.. Internet document. Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation, Vancouver, BC, Canada..
• Megill WM  (1996) Observations of Polyorchis penicillatus on the Central Coast of BC.. Internet document. Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation, Vancouver, BC, Canada..
• Megill WM, Gray A  (1996) Pacific white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) feed on salmon (Onchorhynchus sp.) in Johnstone Strait, BC.. Internet document. Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation, Vancouver, BC, Canada..

Presentations

• Bethany M, Stelle LL  (2005) Remote viewing systems: Using video cameras to observe river otter (Lontra canadensis) behavior in wester New York and British Columbia. Poster presented to the 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego.
• Kinzel M, Megill WM, Stelle LL  (2005) Managing marine resources with the aid of GIS. Paper presented to the 25th Annual ESRI International User Conference, San Diego.
• Kinzel M, Scott-Ashe J, Stelle LL, Megill WM  (2006) Using GIS to examine marine processes: Whales and El Nino. Paper presented to the 26th Annual ESRI International User Conference, San Diego.
• Lamb EG, Megill WM  (2001) The shoreline fringe forest of the southern central coast of British Columbia. Paper presented to the Old-Growth Forests in Canada Conference, October 2001.
• Maud JL, Megill WM  (2008) Grey whales and their prey: past, present and future. Poster presented to the European Cetacean Society Conference, Egmond aan Zee, Holland, March 2008.
• Maud JL, Stelle LL, Megill WM  (2008) A "switching" predator in a changing ocean: Is predator-prey cycling in grey whales feeding near Cape Caution, BC, sustainable?. Poster presented to the annual meeting of the American Cetacean Society, Monterrey CA, November 2008.
• McElwee B, Casey J, Stelle LL  (2005) Use of GIS to compare river otter (Lontra canadensis) habitat preferenec in inland and coastal populations. Poster presented to the 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals.
• Megill WM  (2005) Inner space exploration (the sea, etc). Plenary presentation to the 2005 Bironet Easter Symposium, Bath, UK.
• Megill WM, Garcia Carreras B  (2006) La observacion con sonar de alta frecuencia del comportamiento subacuatico de la ballena gris en la Laguna San Ignacio, BCS, Mexico. Presentation to the 1st Sommema-Solamac Latin American conference on marine mammal biology, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
• Megill WM, Garcia Carreras B  (2005) Using multibeam sonar to study the underwater behaviour of grey whales in San Ignacio Lagoon, Mexico. Poster presented to the 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego CA.
• Megill WM, Stelle LL, Kinzel MR, Randall DA  (1999) El Nino-induced changes in grey whale residency patterns on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada: Possible ecosystem shift?. Poster presented to the 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Wailea, HI, November 1999..
• Senko J, Koch V, Megill WM, Templeton RP, Mayoral R, Carthy R, Nickerson M, Nichols WJ  (2008) Fine scale movement patterns of immature black turtles, Chelonia mydas, at a coastal foraging area in BCS, Mexico: Preliminary results. Poster presented to the International Sea Turtle Symposium, Loreto, BCS, Mexico, January 2008.
• Skyer M, Stelle LL  (2005) Assessing dietary differences of river otters (Lontra canadensis) living in marine versus freshwater habitats - Which environment provides optimal foraging opportunities?. Poster presented to the 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego.
• Stelle LL, Megill WM  (2001) Feeding behavior of gray whales on mysid swarms: prey selection based on body size.. Paper presented to the 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Vancouver, BC..
• Stelle LL, Megill WM  (1999) Feeding ecology of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) in British Columbia.. Poster presented to the 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Kihei, HI, November 1999.
• Stelle LL, Megill WM, Kinzel MR  (2008) Activity budget, diving behavior, and foraging ecology of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) off coastal British Columbia. Poster presented to the annual meeting of the American Cetacean Society, Monterrey CA, November 2008.
• Wladichuk JL, Megill WM, Blondel P  (2008) Passive echolocation techniques of eastern Pacific grey whales and biomimetic applications. Presentation to the 9th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics (Acoustics 08), Paris, July 2008.
• Wladichuk JL, Megill WM, Blondel P  (2007) A bioinspired approach to sound localisation in the underwater coastal environment. Sound in the ocean, Vancouver, October 2007.
• Wladichuk JL, Megill WM, Blondel P  (2007) A bioinspired approach to sound localisation in the underwater coastal environment. Presentation to the 2nd International Conference on Underwater Acoustic Measurement Techniques and Results, Crete, Greece, June 2007.

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