Full name: North Slope Borough’s Department of Wildlife Management, Marine Mammal Health Research Program
Geographic focus: Northern Arctic (Alaska)
Description of Activities
- Collection of feces/stomach content from subsistence harvested and found dead marine mammals (cetaceans; pinnipeds, birds)
- Collaboration with Kathy Kathi Lefebvre, Ph.D. Wildlife Algal toxins Research & Response Network (WARRN-West)
- Presentations to Co- management Groups at annual meetings; NSB DWM newsletter; NSB Fish and Game meetings ; North Slope communities
Primary contact person:
Dr. Raphaela Stimmelmayr,raphaela.stimmelmayr@north-slope.org
Veterinary Surgeon, M.Sc. Ph.D., Wildlife Veterinarian/Research Biologist
Link: http://www.north-slope.org/departments/wildlife-management