The Baleines en direct team is pleased to share Sous la surface avec Baleines en direct with you—a podcast in french made possible thanks to the support of Quebec’s Ministry of Economy, Innovation, and Energy.
To inspire you to pursue a career in the field of marine mammals, we’ll be speaking with professionals in the field over the course of five episodes. Enjoy the listening!
In this first episode of Sous la surface, we spoke with Dr. Émilie L. Couture, a veterinary specialist and assistant professor of wildlife health at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Montreal. Among other things, Dr. Couture discusses her career path, the realities of her work, and what a whale necropsy entails! Did you know that seal skin damages knives faster than whale skin?
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Odélie and Thalia speak with Dr. Jory Cabrol, a research scientist at the Maurice Lamontagne Institute for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Dr. Cabrol discusses how he left the beaches of southern France to come to Quebec and work on the trophic ecology of zooplankton. He tells us about his current research on the trophic ecology of marine mammals and how, among other things, he uses beluga teeth to track changes in their diet and understand their ability to adapt!
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For this third episode, we’re welcoming biologist Élizabeth Melis, a whale rescue and research technician with the Campobello Whale Rescue Team. Élizabeth talks to us about the process of removing large whales from their entanglements and scientific monitoring at sea focused on North Atlantic right whales, an endangered species.
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In this episode, we are pleased to speak with Dr. Anaïs Remili, a postdoctoral researcher in biological sciences at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia and a science communicator for Whale Scientists. She is also the director of the Center for Research and Education on Cetacean Ecotoxicology (CETOX). Her work focuses on the impact of industrial contaminants on the health of orcas and other marine predators. In this interview, Anaïs discusses her career path and research projects—which are sure to inspire many—as well as her deep love for whales, which dates back to her childhood.
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Christophe Ronveaux looks back on his academic journey and his daily life as a biologist at the Mingan Islands Research Station (MICS). From June through October, he is out on the water observing cetaceans and collecting all kinds of data: photos, behavioral observations, biopsies, and other samples. He also works as an interpreter at the MICS interpretation center, located in Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan. In the winter, he processes data and collaborates with other regional organizations.
Read the transcript of the episode here (in english).
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