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

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Marine ecosystems

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

BC is facing a steep decline in sockeye salmon

BC is facing a steep decline in sockeye salmon

The sockeye population has been in decline for a century – since 1913, returns in the Skeena River have dropped by 75% – and while there are many factors at play, says Dr. William Cheung, “climate change is definitely one of them.”

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with British Columbia, Christopher Harley, CORU, ecosystems, Faculty, Indigenous fisheries, Indigenous Knowledge, Marine ecosystems, salmon, seafood, shellfish, William Cheung

5 things you can do to help BC’s marine ecosystems

5 things you can do to help BC’s marine ecosystems

In the face of declining fish stocks like sockeye salmon, marine heatwaves and massive coastal die-offs, it can sometimes feel as though protecting our ocean ecosystems is a hopeless task. But there are things we can do.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Biodiversity, carbon footprint, Christopher Harley, Climate change, ecosystems, Marine ecosystems, Microplastics, plastic, seafood, William Cheung

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, Research | Tagged with Arctic, Awards, Climate change, Freshwater, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Marine ecosystems, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, pollution

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, Research | Tagged with Climate change, CORU, food webs, Gabriel Reygondeau, IOF students, Marine ecosystems, Modelling, Overfishing, 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

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