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Small in size, but mighty in impact

Small in size, but mighty in impact

Salps are fascinating organisms that have a huge impact on the planet’s ability to manage climate change.

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with biodiversity, climate change, Evgeny Pakhomov, faculty, fieldwork, krill, Research, salps, sustainability

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 | Tagged with Brian Hunt, British Columbia, coastline, faculty, fieldwork, food webs, Hakai Coastal Initiative, Hakai Institute, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, Research

Cigarettes account for half of waste recovered on Vancouver and Victoria shorelines

Cigarettes account for half of waste recovered on Vancouver and Victoria shorelines

UBC researchers analysed data from 1,226 voluntary cleanups organized by the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup (GCSC).

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with British Columbia, fieldwork, IOF students, plastic, pollution, Research, Shoreline cleanup

IOF students visit fish farm

IOF students visit fish farm

Students visited the Greig Salmon Farm and the BC Centre for Aquatic Health Sciences to better understand salmon farming.

Posted in 2018, IOFNews | Tagged with biodiversity, British Columbia, fieldwork, fish, IOF Student Society, IOF students, salmon

As penguins dive, their location data takes flight

As penguins dive, their location data takes flight

Data sent from penguins to space and back to UBC could help researchers determine why the species’ breeding population fluctuates so dramatically.

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with animal movement, faculty, fieldwork, IOF students, Marie Auger-Methe, penguins, Research, satellite data, SERG, tagging

Sailing the Southern Ocean – for science

Sailing the Southern Ocean – for science

IOF postdoctoral fellows and researchers, Boris Espinasse, Natasha Henschke, and Marina Espinasse focused on the cycling and diversity-function of zooplankton and metazoans

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Antarctic, biodiversity, Boris Espinasse, Brian Hunt, Evgeny Pakhomov, faculty, fieldwork, IOF postdoctoral fellows, jellyfish, Marina Espinasse, Natasha Henschke, plankton

UBC researchers use drones to track jellyfish blooms

UBC researchers use drones to track jellyfish blooms

Jellyfish blooms are becoming more widespread and scientists ate looking for ways to better understand them.

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Brian Hunt, British Columbia, climate change, Evgeny Pakhomov, faculty, fieldwork, IOF students, jellyfish, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab

Bowhead whales come to Cumberland Sound in Nunavut to exfoliate

Bowhead whales come to Cumberland Sound in Nunavut to exfoliate

“Cumberland Sound serves as a habitat for feeding and moulting,” said Sarah Fortune, a PhD student at UBC’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries.

Posted in 2017, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Arctic, bowhead whales, fieldwork, IOF students, marine mammals, whales

There’s something in the water

There’s something in the water

Research team collected water samples along Canada’s coasts to examine for trace amounts of DNA shed by organisms into the surrounding environment.

Posted in 2017, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with biodiversity, Brian Hunt, Canada, climate change, faculty, fieldwork, fish, marine mammals, ocean ecology, plankton

Researchers investigate the ‘whole enchilada’ in Tasman Sea

Researchers investigate the ‘whole enchilada’ in Tasman Sea

The research voyage focused on establishing the relationship between open ocean production and coastal fisheries off southeastern Australia.

Posted in 2017, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Brian Hunt, Evgeny Pakhomov, faculty, fieldwork, fish, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IOF students, ocean ecology, plankton, pyrosomes

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