Katie R.N. Florko

Katie R.N. Florko

Research Scientist katie.florko@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Publications

Please get in touch (katieflorko@gmail.com) to obtain reprints of any of the following publications.

Preprints

[18] Florko, K.R.N., Togunov, R.R., Gryba, R., Ferguson, S.H., Yurkowski, D.J., Auger-Méthé, M. 2024. A comparison of statistical methods used to characterize species-habitat associations with movement data. arXiv.2401.17389. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2401.17389.
[17] Florko, K.R.N., Ross, T.R., Ferguson, S.H., Northrup, J.M., Obbard, M.E., Thiemann, G.W., Yurkowski, D.J., Auger-Méthé, M. 2023. The dynamic interaction between predator and prey drives mesopredator movement and foraging ecology. bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2023.04.27.538582.

Publications

[16] MacLean, R.D., Florko, K.R.N., Johnson, K.F., Ferguson, S.H., Michel, C., Thiemann, G.W., Yurkowski, D.J. 2024. Summary of marine mammal aerial surveys around Ellesmere Island, Nunavut in 2023. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 3618: vii + 20 p. LINK.
[15] Low, E.B., Florko, K.R.N., Mahoney, H.K., Barclay, R.M.R. 2024. Effects of a severe wildfire on a bat community in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Forest Ecology and Management. 563: 121983. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2024.121983.
[14] Florko, K.R.N., Shuert, C.R., Cheung, W.W.L., Ferguson, S.H., Jonsen, I.D., Rosen, D.A.S., Sumaila, U.R., Tai, T.C., Yurkowski, D.J., Auger-Méthé, M. 2023. Linking movement and dive data to prey distribution models: new insights in foraging behaviour and potential pitfalls of movement analyses. Movement Ecology. doi:10.1186/s40462-023-00377-2.
[13] Florko, K.R.N., Edkins, T., Ferguson, S.H., Yurkowski, D.J., Michel, C. 2023. Summary of marine mammal aerial surveys in Norwegian Bay and Ellesmere Island, Nunavut in 2022. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 3534: vii + 19 p. LINK.
[12] Kwong, L.E., Ross, T., Lüskow, F., Florko, K.R.N., Pakhomov, E.A. 2022. Spatial, seasonal, and climatic variability in mesozooplankton size spectra along a coastal-to-open ocean transect in the subarctic Northeast Pacific. Progress in Oceanography. doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102728.
[11] Florko, K.R.N., Davidson, E.R., Lees, K.J., Hammer, L.J., Lavoie, M.-F., Lennox, R.J., Simard, E., Auger-Méthé, M., Archambault, P., McKindsey, C., Whoriskey, F.G., Furey, N.B. 2021. Tracking movements of decapod crustaceans: a review of a half-century of telemetry-based studies. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 679: 219-239. doi:10.3354/meps13904.
[10] Sumaila, U.R., Cisneros-Montemayor, A., Schuhbauer, A., Sinan, H., Skerritt, D., … Florko, K.R.N., et al. 2021. WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies. Science, 376: 554. doi:10.1126/science.abm1680.
[9] Florko, K.R.N., Tai, T.C., Cheung, W.W.L., Sumaila, U.R., Ferguson, S.H., Yurkowski, D.J., Auger-Méthé, M. 2021. Predicting how climate change threatens the prey base of Arctic marine predators. Ecology Letters, 24: 2563-2575. doi:10.1111/ele.13866.
Florko, K.R.N., Tai, T.C., Cheung, W.W.L., Sumaila, U.R., Ferguson, S.H., Yurkowski, D.J., Auger-Méthé, M. 2021. Predicting how climate change threatens the prey base of Arctic marine predators [Dataset]. doi:10.5061/dryad.x69p8czjs.
[8] Florko, K.R.N., Carlyle, C.G., Young, B.G., Yurkowski, D.J., Michel, C., Ferguson, S.H. 2021. Infrared detection of narwhal (Monodon monoceros) flukeprints from aerial survey imagery. Ecosphere, 12: e03698. doi:10.1002/ecs2.3698.
[7] Florko, K.R.N., Thiemann, G.W., Bromaghin, J.F. Richardson, E.S. 2021. Diet composition and body condition of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in relation to sea ice habitat in the Canadian High Arctic. Polar Biology, 44: 1445–1456. doi:10.1007/s00300-021-02891-8.
[6] Carlyle, C.G., Florko, K.R.N., Young, B.G., Yurkowski, D.J., Michel, C., Ferguson, S.H. 2021. Marine mammal biodiversity and rare narwhal observations in the Canadian high-Arctic. Ecosphere, 12: e03534. doi:10.1002/ecs2.3534.
[5] Florko, K.R.N., Thiemann, G.W., Bromaghin, J.F. 2020. Drivers and consequences of apex predator diet composition in the Canadian Beaufort Sea. Oecologia, 194: 51-63. doi:10.1007/s00442-020-04747-0.
[4] Florko, K.R.N., Derocher, A.E., Breiter, C.C., Ghazal, M., Hedman, D., Higdon, J.W., Richardson, E.S., Sahanatien, V., Trim, V., Petersen, S.D. 2020. Polar bear denning distribution in the Canadian Arctic. Polar Biology, 43: 617-621. doi:10.1007/s00300-020-02657-8.
[3] Florko, K.R.N., Bernhardt, W., Breiter, C.C., Ferguson, S.H., Hainstock, M., Young, B.G., Petersen, S.D. 2018. Decreasing sea ice conditions in western Hudson Bay and an increase in abundance of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) in the Churchill River. Polar Biology, 41: 1187-1195. doi:10.1007/s00300-018-2277-6.
[2] Bohn, S.J., Webber, Q.M.R., Florko, K.R.N., Paslawski, K.R., Peterson, A.M., Piche, J.E., Menzies, A.K., Willis, C.K.R. 2017. Personality predicts ectoparasite abundance in an asocial sciurid. Ethology, 123: 761-771. doi:10.1111/eth.12651.
[1] Florko, K.R.N., Bohn, S.J., Kalcounis-Rueppell, M.C., Brigham, R.M. 2017. A 23-year-old little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) record from southwest Saskatchewan, Canada. Northwestern Naturalist, 98: 57-59. doi:10.1898/NWN16-19.1.

Unpublished reports

[2] Petersen, S.D., Florko, K.R.N., Menzies, A.K., and the IPBCC Advisory Board. 2018. Management rational and options for orphan polar bear cubs in Manitoba. White paper report prepared by the Assiniboine Park Conservancy. Winnipeg, MB. 24p.
[1] Florko, K.R.N., Petersen, S.D. 2019. Polar bear denning distribution in the Canadian Arctic. Report to World Wildlife Fund Canada. 24p.

Degree Theses

[3] Florko, K.R.N. 2023. The effects of trophic interactions and climate change on the space use of an Arctic marine mesopredator. Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia. Vancouver, BC. Link.
[2] Florko, K.R.N. 2018. Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) foraging ecology in the Western Canadian Arctic. Department of Biology, York University. Toronto, ON. Link.
[1] Florko, K.R.N. 2015. Haul-out patterns and natural history of harbour seals in the Churchill River Estuary. Department of Biology, University of Winnipeg. Winnipeg, MB.

I gratefully acknowledge that the research highlighted in these publications has taken place on the territories of the Inuit Nunangat.