Epernicus: Jamie N Womble, Ph.D.

Jamie N Womble, Ph.D.

Position:
Wildlife Biologist

National Park Service

Glacier Bay Field Station, Juneau, Alaska
Degrees:

Ph.D., Wildlife Science, Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR)

M.S., Fisheries, University of Alaska Fairbanks

B.S., Biology, University of Alaska, Southeast (Juneau, AK)

B.S., Finance, Appalachian State University (Boone, NC)
Past Advisors:

Markus Horning (as Graduate Student - Ph.D.)

Brendan P Kelly (as Graduate Student - Masters)

Mary F Willson (as Graduate Student - Masters)
Research:
I have a broad range of interests in behavioral ecology and I am specifically interested in using integrative approaches to study the distribution and spatially-explicit foraging ecology of upper-trophic level marine predators. Specifically, my research interests include the influence of resource and oceanographic variability on the foraging ecology and biogeographic patterns of pinnipeds. My recent work has focused on the influence of resource pulses and prey dynamics on the distribution, foraging ecology, and diving behavior of harbor seals and Steller sea lions in Alaska. I am also interested in the influence of landscape-level processes including deglaciation and subsequent marine succession on the ecology of pinnipeds.
Other Experience:
2011 NSF- ADVANCE Workshop - Selected Participant - George Washington University & Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.

1998-2000 Proyecto Chucao Chiloé, Estación Biológica Senda Darwin, Isla de Chiloé, Ancud, CHILE

1998 The Magellanic Penguin Project (University of Washington) at Punta Tombo Provincial Reserve, Chubut, ARGENTINA

1991 International Economics Study Abroad - FRANCE
Honors:
2011-present University Graduate Laurels Fellowship

2011-present Munson Wildlife Graduate Scholarship

2010 Horace M. Albright-Conrad M. Wirth Fellowship

2009-2012 Mamie Markham Research Fellowship

2001-2003 Rasmuson Fisheries Research Fellowship

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Jamie Womble's Publications (16)

Conserving pinnipeds in Pacific Ocean parks in response to climate change
S Allen, E Brown, K Faulkner, S Gende, J N Womble

Park Science . 2011;28(2):48-52
Population expansion and colonization of Steller sea lions in the Glacier Bay region of southeastern Alaska: 1970s to 2009
E A Mathews, Jamie N Womble, G W Pendleton , L A Jemison , J M Maniscalco, G Streveler

Marine Mammal Science. 2011;27:852-880
Use of glacial ice and terrestrial habitats by harbor seals in Glacier Bay, Alaska: costs and benefits
G M Blundell, J N Womble , G W Pendleton , S A Karpovich, S Gende, J K Herreman

Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2011;429:277-290
Contrasting trends for harbor seals and Steller sea lions in and near Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska.
J N Womble , S M Gende

Alaska Park Science . 2010;9:52-55
Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardii) decline continues in the rapidly changing landscape of Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, 1992-2008
Jamie N Womble, G W Pendleton, E A Mathews, G M Blundell , N M Bool , S M Gende

Marine Mammal Science. 2010;26:686-697
Observation of Steller sea lion predation on a harbor seal in the Glacier Bay region of southeastern Alaska
J N Womble , S Conlon

Aquatic Mammals. 2010;36:129-137
Foraging response of a marine predator, the Steller sea lion, to seasonal changes in prey availability.
M F Sigler , D J Tollit, J J Vollenweider, J F Thedinga, D J Csepp, Jamie N Womble, M A Wong, M J Rehberg, A W Trites

Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2009;388:243-261
Linking seasonal distribution patterns with prey availability in a central-place forager, the Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus)
J N Womble , M F Sigler, M F Willson

Journal of Biogeography. 2009;36:439-451
Dive behavior of a harbor seal in the presence of transient killer whales in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska
Jamie N Womble, S M Gende, G M Blundell

Marine Mammal Science . 2007;23:203-208
Estimation of seasonal energy content of Steller sea lion diet
J J Vollenweider, J N Womble , R Heintz

Sea Lions of the World. 2006:155-176
Seasonal availability of abundant, energy-rich prey influences the abundance and diet of a marine predator, the Steller sea lion
J N Womble , M F Sigler

Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2006;325:281-293
Temporal variation in Steller sea lion diet at a seasonal haulout in southeastern Alaska
J N Womble , M F Sigler

Sea Lions of the World . 2006:141-154
Vertebrate exploitation of pulsed marine prey: a review and the example of spawning herring
M F Willson , J N Womble

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries . 2006;16:183-200
Distribution of Steller sea lions in relation to spring-spawning fish species in SE Alaska
Jamie N Womble, M F Willson , M F Sigler , B P Kelly , G R Van Blaricom

Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2005;294:271-282
Availability to Steller sea lions of an ephemeral prey resource, a pre-spawning aggregation of eulachon in southeastern Alaska
M F Sigler , J N Womble , J J Vollenweider

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences . 2004;61:1475-1484
Cooperative foraging by Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus)
S M Gende , J N Womble , M F Willson , B H Marston

Canadian Field Naturalist . 2001;115:355-356

One Figure

Harbor seals on iceberg in McBride Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park, NPS Photo by Jamie N. Womble

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