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Office: 604-827-4325

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Pelagic Ecosystems Lab

Gulf of Alaska 2020 Expedition update

Gulf of Alaska 2020 Expedition update

A second research expedition to study the winter ecology of salmon in the Gulf of Alaska is underway.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, IYSExpedition, News Release | Tagged with Brian Hunt, Evgeny Pakhomov, International Year of the Salmon, IOF students, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, Research, salmon

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

Salmon Science Expo

Salmon Science Expo

Pelagic Ecosystems Lab researchers engage with community at Gulf of Georgia Cannery

Posted in 2019, IOFNews | Tagged with Biodiversity, Hakai Coastal Initiative, IOF students, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, salmon

A large Chinook salmon, getting ready to be released after measurements were taken.

Studying the Spring salmon to help protect BC ecosystems

Chinook, also known as Spring salmon, stocks in have been in decline, which has implications for entire BC marine food web

Posted in 2019, IOFNews | Tagged with British Columbia, Fieldwork, food webs, IOF students, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, Research, salmon, whales

HCI Marine Food Webs – Summer sampling trip to Quadra Island

HCI Marine Food Webs – Summer sampling trip to Quadra Island

Hakai Coastal Initiative Marine Food Webs Working Group (FWWG) undertook a 10-day sampling trip which looked at day/night behaviour of bacteria, protists, zooplankton, and parasites in the Strait of Georgia.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews | Tagged with Brian Hunt, Faculty, food webs, Hakai Coastal Initiative, Hakai Institute, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IOF students, jellyfish, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, Research

Role of top predators in helping ecosystems adapt to climate change

Role of top predators in helping ecosystems adapt to climate change

Researchers found that when predators are not present in the ecosystem, the overall biomass and abundance of algae declined significantly with increasing temperature.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Biodiversity, Climate change, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Jessica Garzke, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, Research, zoology

Caroline Graham. (Credit: NPAFC)

COSMOS Award winner Caroline Graham is putting together the picture of salmon diets across the North Pacific

“Across the Pacific, a lot of data are available on salmon diets but there’s currently no centralized hub for this information,” explained Graham.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Awards, Brian Hunt, IOF students, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, Research, salmon

International Gulf of Alaska Expedition

International Gulf of Alaska Expedition

The IOF has two faculty members on board this international salmon research voyage to the Gulf of Alaska

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Brian Hunt, British Columbia, Canada, Evgeny Pakhomov, Faculty, Fieldwork, food webs, High Seas, Oceanography, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, Research, salmon

How much microplastic is there in the BC marine food web?

How much microplastic is there in the BC marine food web?

Researchers are concerned with the amount of microplastics consumed by zooplankton and herring, which are foundational species in BC’s regional marine food webs.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, Brian Hunt, British Columbia, Faculty, Herring, IOF Research Associates, IOF students, Juan Jose Alava, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, plastic, Research

Super Salmon Science

Super Salmon Science

Hakai Institute’s Juvenile Salmon Program investigates factors affecting juvenile salmon across the Discovery Islands and Johnstone Strait.

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with British Columbia, Fieldwork, Hakai Coastal Initiative, Hakai Institute, IOF students, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, Research, salmon

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