Juan José Alava – Dolphin-Pororja-Ecuador (May 2018, Ecuador)
Coastal bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) spyhopping in estuarine waters of the Gulf of Guayaquil (Ecuador). There it is used as the ‘The Canary in the Coal Mine’ to assess chemical pollution and understand the status of the ecosystem health.
Christopher Harley – Sunrise over Kwakshua Channel
Sunrise over Kwakshua Channel, Calvert Island, British Columbia. IOF researchers study biological oceanography and nearshore ecology along this part of the BC coast in association with the Hakai Institute.
Christopher Harley – Dogwhelk Colour Variation
Colour variation in the #dogwhelk, Nucella lamellosa, on Calvert Island, BC. Nucella are important predators on rocky shores, and are a sentinel species for marine pollution. Their populations are recovering in Vancouver and other urban centres following restrictions on the use of tributyl tin as an antifouling paint on boat hulls.
Christopher Harley – Cask Shell
Cask shell (Tonna tankervillii) washed up on Pakiri Beach, New Zealand. These thin-shelled snails live offshore on soft bottoms and can grow up to 25 cm in length. They occasionally wash in to shore during storms, as this broken shell has.
Christopher Harley – Anawhata Beach, New Zealand
Anawhata Beach, New Zealand. IOF researchers are studying long-term change on coastlines around the world, in many cases by repeating surveys of earlier generations of researchers. Anawhata was the site of intensive ecological research in the 1960s.
Cassandra Konecny – Wolf Eel
The wolf eel, Anarrhichthys ocellatus, disappointed that the camera was not a tasty urchin. Port Hardy, BC.