ACS Monterey Bay Program for August 2008
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Dr. Dan Costa is currently a Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
at the University of Santa Cruz. He has specialized on the physiological
and ecological studies of marine mammals and seabirds for the last 33
years. He has extensive experience in both the lab and the field with
a large number of marine mammals and seabirds including wandering, black
browed and gray headed albatrosses; Chinstrap, adelie and king penguins;
sea otters; bottlenose dolphins; California, Galapagos, Australian and
Steller sea lions; Antarctic, northern, Galapagos, Australian and New
Zealand fur seals and elephant, harbor and Weddell seals.
Dr. Costa continues to be a "prime mover" in the fast developing field
of data collection through instrumentation attached to animals in the
wild. He has extensive experience with the deployment of electronic tags
on marine mammals and seabirds, having been involved in the development
of time depth recorders using both photographic and electronic methods
since 1978. He was involved in the first deployment of time depth recorders
on Weddell seals in 1978-79 and on elephant seals in 1983. Dr. Costa ranks
as one of the founding principal investigators of the Tagging of Pacific
Pelagics Program ("TOPP") and currently supervises the marine mammal and
seabird components of TOPP.
At UCSC, Dr. Costa's Lab studies the adaptations of marine organisms to
life in the marine environment, especially the movements, foraging ecology
and energetics of pinnipeds and seabirds. The research done there contributes
to two major international initiatives: Tagging of Pacific Pelagics and
Southern Ocean GLOBEC.
Please come and join us to take advantage of this opportunity to hear
from this cutting edge scientist.
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