Our team is part of the Whales Initiative, in which we are trying to better understand contaminant sources to the habitats of at-risk whale populations. In fall of 2021, we set up samplers to understand atmospheric deposition of PFAS into the habitats of the St. Lawrence beluga whales (in Tadoussac, QC) and the Salish Sea killer whales (on Saturna Island, BC).
Sampling site in Tadoussac, QC
Sampling site and team (Cora, Shira, Trevor) on Saturna Island, BC