Marine Mammal Ecology Lab
seals lounging on a log

Current Undergraduate Students

Mallory in Bellingham Bay.

Mallory Stonier

(2025-present) Harbor seal behavior and salmon smolt.

Mallory is continuing the long-term project studying the aggregative response and foraging behavior of habor seals to the release of hatchery salmon smolt in downtown Bellingham, WA. She is also coordinating the social media posts from the lab.

Rachel in the forest.

Rachel Ager

(2026-present) Harbor seal foraging behavior in Bellingham.

Rachel is collaborating with Mallory Stonier to continue the long-term study on the foraging behavior of harbor seals along Whatcom Creek in downtwon Bellingham, WA.

Tallis in Semiahmoo Spit.

Tallis Kent

(2026-present) Harbor seal haul-out behavior in Bellingham.

Tallis is continuing the long-term study on the occurrence and haul-out behavior of harbor seals in downtwon Bellingham, WA.