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Lei Lani Stelle, Ph.D.

Research Biologist and Vice-President,
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Dawson's Landing, BC  
Canada
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Email: cerf@cerf.bc.ca
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Lei Lani is an Assistant Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology in upstate New York. Her PhD research at UCLA was focused on the relationship between the grey whales’ feeding behaviour and the population dynamics of their primary prey in our study area, swarming mysid crustaceans. She found that the whales choose feeding sites based on the size of the individual mysids rather than the density of swarms or overall abundance. She spent several years at the Rochester Institute of Technology, in New York, teaching undergraduate biology and studying river otters. Now returned to the west coast, she will be taking a renewed active role in our grey whale research.
Current Research

Behavioural ecology of grey whales
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Biodiversity, distribution and abundance of mysids on the Central Coast of BC
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Movements of toxins through the food chain from mysids to grey whales
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Publications

A "switching" predator in a changing ocean: Is predator-prey cycling in grey whales feeding near Cape Caution, BC, sustainable?
  2008   Poster   :Details

Behavioral ecology of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) feeding on mysids in British Columbia, Canada
  2001   Thesis   :Details

Drag and energetics of swimming in Steller sea lions.
  1997   Thesis   :Details

Activity budget, diving behavior, and foraging ecology of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) off coastal British Columbia
  2008   Poster   :Details

Hydrodynamic drag in Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus).
  2000   Paper   :Details

Grey whales of British Columbia: 2000 field report.
  2001   Report   :Details

Activity budgets and diving behavior of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) in feeding grounds off coastal British Columbia
  2008   Paper   :Details

Surveys for gray whales, Eschrichtius robustus, near Cape Caution, British Columbia, Summer 2003
  2003   Report   :Details

Managing marine resources with the aid of GIS
  2005   Presentation   :Details

Feeding behavior of gray whales on mysid swarms: prey selection based on body size.
  2001   Presentation   :Details

El Nino-induced changes in grey whale residency patterns on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada: Possible ecosystem shift?
  1999   Poster   :Details

Drag and energetics of swimming in Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus)
  1998   Poster   :Details

Using GIS to examine marine processes: Whales and El Nino
  2006   Presentation   :Details

Assessing dietary differences of river otters (Lontra canadensis) living in marine versus freshwater habitats - Which environment provides optimal foraging opportunities?
  2005   Poster   :Details

Remote viewing systems: Using video cameras to observe river otter (Lontra canadensis) behavior in wester New York and British Columbia
  2005   Poster   :Details

Use of GIS to compare river otter (Lontra canadensis) habitat preferenec in inland and coastal populations
  2005   Poster   :Details

Feeding ecology of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) in British Columbia.
  1999   Poster   :Details