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Jellyfish size might influence their nutritional value, UBC study finds

Jellyfish size might influence their nutritional value, UBC study finds

Researchers confirmed what was already known: jellyfish eat bigger prey as they grow, which means they also occupy a higher position in the food web as they grow. They also found that some of the concentrations of ‘healthy fats,’ increase as jellyfish grow. These changes might be influenced by their diet, and as they feed on bigger prey with higher levels of fatty acids, the jellyfish accumulate more of these fatty acids.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Brian Hunt, British Columbia, Faculty, food webs, IOF students, jellyfish, Marine ecosystems, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab

Food quality matters for southern resident killer whales, UBC study states

Food quality matters for southern resident killer whales, UBC study states

If southern resident killer whales ate just low-lipid salmon, they would have to eat around 80,000 more Chinook salmon every year than if they just ate high-lipid salmon.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with biology, Brian Hunt, British Columbia, Faculty, fish, fish stocks, food webs, IOF students, Pacific, salmon, whales

Team of four marine biologists taking on the Atlantic Ocean Challenge

Team of four marine biologists taking on the Atlantic Ocean Challenge

The team of marine biologists, including IOF Master’s student Lauren Shea, will row across the Atlantic Ocean – a race that will run 24 hours a day for almost 2 months

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Atlantic, Conservation, crowdfunding, International Day of Women and Girls In Science, IOF students, ocean, rowboat, team

‘This is a wake-up call for the world’: UBC researchers at the forefront of championing for change

‘This is a wake-up call for the world’: UBC researchers at the forefront of championing for change

The Galápagos islands are under severe threat from ocean pollution, climate change, and illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing pressures

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Biodiversity, Climate change, Conservation, Galápagos, IOF Research Associates, IOF students, Juan Jose Alava, OPRU, penguins, pollution

Darwin’s Eden awash in plastics

Darwin’s Eden awash in plastics

Penguin guano from the Galápagos is helping UBC researchers track microplastic pollution from around the globe

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Galápagos, IOF Research Associates, IOF students, Juan Jose Alava, Microplastics, OPRU, penguins, zooplankton

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Climate change may mean more jellyfish in our oceans

On World Jellyfish Day, as climate change kills off competition, jellyfish numbers may rise. UBC researcher Jessica Schaub is working on increasing what we know about these marine creatures and their future.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Climate change, IOF students, jellyfish, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab

Jellyfish and gelatinous zooplankton need to be a part of climate change conversations

Jellyfish and gelatinous zooplankton need to be a part of climate change conversations

On World Jellyfish Day, UBC researcher Florian Lüskow, who focuses on freshwater jellyfish says that existing models often poorly include, and heavily oversimplify, these gelatinous organisms.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Climate change, Freshwater, IOF students, jellyfish, Marine Zooplankton and Micronekton Laboratory, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, zooplankton

Expect shorter food chains in more productive coastal ecosystems

Expect shorter food chains in more productive coastal ecosystems

“We provided evidence for bottom-up omnivory in nutrient-rich temperate pelagic ecosystems, where food chain length is determined by the level of diatom production,” said Jacob Lerner. “This is very different from the global model for pelagic ecosystems.”

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with biology, Brian Hunt, British Columbia, Faculty, fish, food webs, IOF students, Krill, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, salmon, zooplankton

IOF finds fun fighting fire and fatigue in footslog up (and down) Frosty Mountain

IOF finds fun fighting fire and fatigue in footslog up (and down) Frosty Mountain

“I’d walk through a burning building if there was a golden larch on the other side,” Adam Hicks remarked

Posted in 2022, IOFNews | Tagged with British Columbia, IOF students

IOF Student Society does Shoreline Clean Up

IOF Student Society does Shoreline Clean Up

A group of IOF and zoology students joined shoreline clean up event to celebrate International Coastal Cleanup Day

Posted in 2022, IOFNews | Tagged with IOF students, Shoreline cleanup, Vancouver

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