Marine Science Team
Lance
G. Barrett-Lennard, Ph.D.
Senior Marine Mammal Scientist
Dr. Lance Barrett-Lennard has a broad range of research experience in field studies of marine mammals, with a particular focus on killer whales. He has been an active collaborator in ongoing studies of the behavioural and population biology of killer whales in British Columbia and Alaska since 1984, and has also studied the species in Norway and the sub-Antarctic. A molecular geneticist, Dr. Barrett-Lennard uses DNA analysis to resolve population identity, dispersal patterns, and mating systems. Some of his findings recently served as the basis for the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada's listing of southern resident killer whales as an endangered population. Dr. Barrett-Lennard is co-chair of the Killer Whale Recovery Team convened by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
Jeffrey
Burton Marliave, Ph.D.
Vice President Marine Science
Dr. Jeffrey Marliave has worked at the Vancouver Aquarium for over 25 years. He has been involved in research, fundraising and construction project management. His ongoing ichthyoplankton studies include laboratory culture for taxonomic verification. Seahorses and greenlings are under investigation for potential aquaculture development. Prawn nurseries and glass sponge growth are being monitored as an indicator of environmental quality in Howe Sound. Biological monitoring and video imaging are underway at ecological index sites, in support of developing monitoring methods for Marine Protected Areas. Dr. Marliave has produced 70 scientific and technical publications. The AZA has awarded the Vancouver Aquarium its top award, the Edward H. Bean Award, five times on the basis of Dr. Marliave’s propagation work (1979, 1981, 1983, 1994, 1996).
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