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Email: k.came_at_oceans.ubc.ca
Office: 604-827-4325

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Coastline

2022 Intertidal tour with Dr. Chris Harley

2022 Intertidal tour with Dr. Chris Harley

On Saturday, September 10th, IOF community members met coastal ecology expert, Dr. Christopher Harley, to take advantage of the receding waters and tour one of the intertidal zones at Stanley Park.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews | Tagged with Christopher Harley, Coastline, Ocean ecology, Stanley Park

New FCRRs: Historical Ecology in Burrard Inlet and Reconstructing the pre-contact shoreline of Burrard Inlet

New FCRRs: Historical Ecology in Burrard Inlet and Reconstructing the pre-contact shoreline of Burrard Inlet

These two new Fisheries Centre Research Reports will help us understand the overpowering changes that colonial settlement and development has had on the marine ecosystems surrounding the Lower Mainland area of British Columbia.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, birds, British Columbia, Coastline, FCRR, fish, fish stocks, fishing practices, Indigenous fisheries, IOF students, Ocean ecology, Publications, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Villy Christensen, whales

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Partnership between UBC researchers, marine stewards and K’ómoks First Nation spawns new microplastics findings

What they found helps illuminate the study of microplastics in the ocean, an area of pollution research that is garnering lots of attention due to the many unknowns about how these particles damage the health of organisms that ingest them.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, Brian Hunt, British Columbia, Coastline, Faculty, Herring, Indigenous fisheries, IOF Research Associates, Juan Jose Alava, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, plastic, pollution, zooplankton

Hakai Coastal Initiative’s Marine Food Webs Working Group

Hakai Coastal Initiative’s Marine Food Webs Working Group

This collaborative research unit aims to understand how marine food webs operate, with a particular focus on British Columbia’s coastal ocean.

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Brian Hunt, British Columbia, Coastline, Faculty, Fieldwork, food webs, Hakai Coastal Initiative, Hakai Institute, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton

Sea Stars: the Trilogy

Sea Stars: the Trilogy

Dr. Christopher Harley was co-author on a recent study looking at sea star wasting disease (SSWD). He discusses the impact on the British Columbia coastline.

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Biodiversity, British Columbia, Christopher Harley, Climate change, Coastline, Conservation, Faculty, Marine ecosystems, sea stars

The impacts of climate change on marine systems

The impacts of climate change on marine systems

Professor and Wall Scholar, Chris Harley, shows how mussels and sea stars interact as an example of how climate change is impacting marine life on the coast of British Columbia.

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Christopher Harley, Climate change, Coastline, Faculty, Marine ecosystems

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