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Katherine Came
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Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Email: k.came_at_oceans.ubc.ca
Office: 604-827-4325

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UBC Media Relations
Email: alex.walls_at_ubc.ca
Office: 604-822-4636

Marine ecosystems

Kyra St. Pierre wins Banting Fellowship

Kyra St. Pierre wins Banting Fellowship

The fellowship, for postdoctoral fellows, is to develop recipients’ leadership potential and is granted based on the applicant’s research excellence, the quality of their proposed research, and the match between the applicant and the strategic priorities of their academic institute.

Posted in 2021, IOF Honours, IOFNews | Tagged with Arctic, Awards, Climate change, Freshwater, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Marine ecosystems, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, pollution, Research

Ecosystem modelling paints a devastating picture for top marine predators by 2099

Ecosystem modelling paints a devastating picture for top marine predators by 2099

Without effective carbon mitigation the ocean would lose 18% of animal biomass by 2099 relative to the present day.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Climate change, CORU, food webs, Gabriel Reygondeau, IOF students, Marine ecosystems, Modelling, Overfishing, Research, William Cheung

Women in Science 2020 – Vanessa Fladmark

Women in Science 2020 – Vanessa Fladmark

The only thing stopping you is you: once you get out of your own way an entire universe of possibilities opens up.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with fish, IOF students, Marine ecosystems, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plastic, salmon, Women, Women in Science

Protecting Canada’s endangered whales through scientific research and collaboration

Protecting Canada’s endangered whales through scientific research and collaboration

Dr. Andrew Trites will receive $1 million over five years for research on Southern Resident Killer Whales

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, British Columbia, Canada, Cetaceans, Faculty, Marine ecosystems, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Marine mammals, salmon, whales

© Filip Staes, Guylian Seahorses of the World Photography Competition 2016

Project Seahorse and Guylian Belgian Chocolates celebrate 20 years of partnership

Guylian has created Belgian chocolates in the shape of seashells and seahorses and has been the major sustaining sponsor of Project Seahorse since 1999

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Amanda Vincent, Conservation, Faculty, Marine ecosystems, Project Seahorse, seahorses

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

Steller sea lion research front and centre at the Vancouver Aquarium

Steller sea lion research front and centre at the Vancouver Aquarium

The Aquarium’s new Steller Bay highlights research done by IOF’s Marine Mammal Research Unit’s Drs. Andrew Trites and David Rosen.

Posted in 2017, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, British Columbia, David Rosen, Faculty, Marine ecosystems, Marine Mammal Research Unit, sea lions

Project Seahorse celebrates 20 years of advancing marine conservation

Project Seahorse celebrates 20 years of advancing marine conservation

They have integrated research and management, from community to global scales, to make a difference for seahorses and the seas.

Posted in 2017, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Amanda Vincent, Conservation, Faculty, Marine ecosystems, Project Seahorse, seahorses

Global trends show seabird populations dropped 70 per cent since 1950s

Global trends show seabird populations dropped 70 per cent since 1950s

The dramatic decline is caused by an number of factors including overfishing, fishing gear entanglements, pollution, invasive predators, habitat change, and climate change.

Posted in 2015, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, Faculty, IOF students, Marine ecosystems, Overfishing, Sea Around Us, seabirds

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