Student
Erin Rechsteiner
Name: Erin Rechsteiner
Email: e.rechsteiner@fisheries.ubc.ca
Program: Zoology, MSc
Thesis: Diet, Distribution and Food Requirements of Pacific white-sided dolphins on the British Columbia Coast
Supervisor: Andrew Trites
Degree Held: BSc, Biology & Geography (Vancouver Island University)
Biography
Research Interests
Foraging ecology, predator-prey dynamics, bioenergetics, animal behaviour, cetacean biology
Research Questions
I am addressing the following questions: 1) What are the daily prey requirements of individual dolphins and of the population of dolphins in BC? 2) What are the resting and field metabolic rates? 3) What patterns predict dolphin distribution in BC, and do dolphin and prey distributions overlap seasonally?
For more information, please see my profile on the Marine Mammal Research Unit website.
Selected Publications
Research in the News
http://www.bclocalnews.com/greater_vancouver/northshoreoutlook/news/119799829.html
http://wildwhales.org/2010/07/the-dolphin-diet/
http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/story.html?id=a55913fa-cacc-4ba9-8e5f-1daaa04cf071
Presentations
Rechsteiner, E. 2011. Seasonal distribution of Pacific white-sided dolphin in British Columbia waters. 19th annual B.C. Marine Mammal Symposium, Northwest Student Chapter of the Society of Marine Mammalogy, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Rechsteiner, E*., Barrett-Lennard, L., Ford, J.K.B., & Trites, A.W. 2011. Natural history, diet, distribution, and foraging ecology of Pacific white-sided dolphins. 25th Annual Pacific Rim Whale Festival. Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, Vancouver Island, B.C.
Rechsteiner, E. 2010. Diet, distribution, and food requirements of Pacific white-sided dolphins in BC. 18th annual B.C. Marine Mammal Symposium, Northwest Student Chapter of the Society of Marine Mammalogy, Western Washington University, WA, USA.
Rechsteiner, E.*, Flottat, P., Millar, C., Trites, A.W. 2010. A bioenergetics model to predict the food requirements of Pacific white-sided dolphins. Canadian Society of Zoologists Conference, Vancouver, B.C.
Rechsteiner, E.*, Flottat, P., Millar, C., Trites, A.W. 2010. A bioenergetics model to predict the food requirements of Pacific white-sided dolphins. Northwest Student Chapter Meeting for the Society of Marine Mammalogy. Western Washington University, Seattle, W.A., U.S.A.
Rechsteiner, E*., & Trites A.W. 2009. Food requirements of Pacific white-sided dolphins: How much do they need? 17th annual B.C. Marine Mammal Symposium, Northwest Student Chapter of the Society of Marine Mammalogy, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Rechsteiner, E. 2008. Size-selective and species-selective predation by the painted sea star, Orthasterias koehleri on three sympatric species of subtidal gastropods. Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting, Vancouver, B.C.
Anaka J., Berlinghof S., Flood S., Ramsden K., Rechsteiner, E., Stinchocombe M.*. 2006. A field based investigation of Nanaimo’s urban heat island effect. Western Division: Canadian Association of Geographers Conference, Kamloops, B.C.
Technical Reports
Rechsteiner, E. 2006. Baikie Island Preserve Ecological Baseline Monitoring Report. Nature Conservancy of Canada, Victoria, B.C.
Rechsteiner, E. 2006. North Vancouver Outdoor School Ecological Baseline Monitoring Report. Nature Conservancy of Canada, Victoria, B.C.
