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Office: 604-827-4325

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Modelling

Ecologists and mental health researchers unite to improve patient care, save wild animals using Fitbit-like devices

Ecologists and mental health researchers unite to improve patient care, save wild animals using Fitbit-like devices

Narwhals, sharks, and polar bears can help medical professionals improve care for patients with mental health struggles – and patients with conditions such as depression and bipolar disorder can offer insights that will help the conservation of many wild animals.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Animal movement, bio-logging, biology, Conservation, funding, Marie Auger-Methe, Marine mammals, Modelling, narwhals, physiology, polar bears, SERG, sharks, statistical ecology

Massive “ensemble” climate modelling study includes work of multiple IOF researchers

Massive “ensemble” climate modelling study includes work of multiple IOF researchers

The project used nine different computer models, created by different teams around the world, to illustrate with greater clarity and range how ocean life will be impacted by Earth’s warming climate.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Ecopath with Ecosim (EWE), Faculty, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IPBES, IPCC, Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, Modelling, Villy Christensen, William Cheung

Dr. Villy Christensen

Villy Christensen named Fellow of the American Fisheries Society (AFS)

Fellows are members who have made outstanding or meritorious contributions to the diversity of fields that are included in the American Fisheries Society.

Posted in 2021, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Awards, Biodiversity, Ecopath, Ecopath with Ecosim (EWE), Faculty, Global Ocean Modelling, Modelling, Villy Christensen

St. Lawrence fishery study tests the benefits of collaboration between scientists, government, management and industry members

St. Lawrence fishery study tests the benefits of collaboration between scientists, government, management and industry members

Researchers had the opportunity to test the usefulness of a fashionable fisheries management tool called management strategy evaluation (MSE).

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Canada, Faculty, fisheries management, IOF students, Modelling, Murdoch McAllister, video

IOF researchers find simple solution to Kuwait’s blood snapper woes

IOF researchers find simple solution to Kuwait’s blood snapper woes

The change could help repopulate Malabar blood snapper, whose numbers dropped by 95% between 1995 and 2009

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with fish, fish stocks, fisheries management, IOF students, Kuwait, Middle East, Modelling

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

PROFILE: Finding novel ways to use modelling to solve oceans, fisheries and social problems

PROFILE: Finding novel ways to use modelling to solve oceans, fisheries and social problems

GOM took advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic, moving online, and connecting with researchers from 29 countries.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with British Columbia, Ecopath, Ecopath with Ecosim (EWE), Faculty, Global Ocean Modelling, IOF students, Modelling, Peru, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Villy Christensen, whales

FCRR: Ecosystem modelling to support fisheries management efforts in the Nyali-Mombasa area, coastal Kenya

FCRR: Ecosystem modelling to support fisheries management efforts in the Nyali-Mombasa area, coastal Kenya

Part of the Sustainable Poverty Alleviation from Costal Ecosystem Services project (SPACES), this research addresses how we can best develop sustainable, effective fisheries decisions, while preserving the livelihoods of fishers and their dependents

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Colette Wabnitz, CORU, East Africa, Ecopath with Ecosim (EWE), Faculty, FCRR, fishing gear, food webs, IOF Research Associates, Kenya, Modelling, Publications, William Cheung

Dr. Villy Christensen

Villy Christensen receives AFS Award of Excellence

Dr. Christensen is the principal architect behind Ecopath, and the project leader and core developer of the expanded ecosystem modelling system Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE).

Posted in 2020, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Awards, Biodiversity, Ecopath, Ecopath with Ecosim (EWE), Faculty, fisheries management, Modelling, Villy Christensen

Figuring out total human impact on biodiversity

Figuring out total human impact on biodiversity

A new methodology for documenting the cumulative human impacts on biodiversity, dubbed EPOCH – for Evaluation of Population Change – was developed by scientists from Europe, Asia, and North America.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Biodiversity, Deng Palomares, IOF Research Associates, Modelling, Sea Around Us

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