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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

International Year of the Salmon Expedition helps IOF researchers map North Pacific food webs

International Year of the Salmon Expedition helps IOF researchers map North Pacific food webs

For scientists in the IOF’s Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, the trip represents a chance to trace the outline of North Pacific food webs, in which salmon play a central role as both predator and prey.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, IYSExpedition, News Release, Research | Tagged with Anna McLaskey, Brian Hunt, Faculty, food webs, Genyffer Troina, Gulf of Alaska, International Year of the Salmon, IOF postdoctoral fellows, jellyfish, plankton, salmon, squid, zooplankton

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Partnership between UBC researchers, marine stewards and K’ómoks First Nation spawns new microplastics findings

What they found helps illuminate the study of microplastics in the ocean, an area of pollution research that is garnering lots of attention due to the many unknowns about how these particles damage the health of organisms that ingest them.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, Brian Hunt, British Columbia, Coastline, Faculty, Herring, Indigenous fisheries, IOF Research Associates, Juan Jose Alava, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, plastic, pollution, zooplankton

UBC scientists sail the high seas for salmon

UBC scientists sail the high seas for salmon

The third International Year of the Salmon Pan-Pacific Winter High Seas Expedition will continue to answer questions about a crucial salmon life stage that is poorly understood

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, IYSExpedition, News Release, Research | Tagged with Anna McLaskey, Evgeny Pakhomov, food webs, Genyffer Troina, International Year of the Salmon, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IOF students, Pacific, plankton, salmon, zooplankton

These bodies of water are right next to each other, but oceans apart

These bodies of water are right next to each other, but oceans apart

Areas of B.C.’s coastal ocean may look similar from above water, but under the water, they can be completely different worlds, in terms of temperature, salinity, ocean acidification, and nutrient concentrations.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Brian Hunt, British Columbia, environment, Hakai Institute, heatwaves, plankton, salinity, salmon, temperatures, water

2021 World Ocean Day – Dr. Jacqueline Maud

2021 World Ocean Day – Dr. Jacqueline Maud

Marine protected areas aim to preserve ecosystem health in the oceans from the top down; Maud’s research looks at the ecosystem more from the bottom-up, and thinks that MPAs can “be tricky.”

Posted in World Ocean Day 2021 | Tagged with food webs, Hakai Coastal Initiative, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Jacqueline Maud, Marine protected areas, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, Women in Science, World Ocean Day, zooplankton

2021 World Ocean Week – June 7-11

2021 World Ocean Week – June 7-11

We asked ocean researchers from the IOF to envision how the target of protecting at least 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030 might be achieved.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release, Research, World Ocean Day 2021 | Tagged with Blue economy, bottom trawling, Conservation, CORU, FERU, fisheries economics, food webs, Gabriel Reygondeau, Hakai Coastal Initiative, human dimensions, international trade, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IOF Research Associates, Jacqueline Maud, Louise Teh, Marine protected areas, Overfishing, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, Project Seahorse, Sarah Foster, Sustainability, Vicky Lam, Women in Science, World Ocean Day, zooplankton

PROFILE: A universe of undiscovered viruses: Inside the Marine Virology and Microbiology Lab

PROFILE: A universe of undiscovered viruses: Inside the Marine Virology and Microbiology Lab

People need to know that viruses, despite their frightening reputation, have a role to play in Earth’s many ecosystems.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Biodiversity, Curtis Suttle, Faculty, Marine Virology and Microbiology Lab, plankton, viruses

Feast and famine for juvenile salmon as they navigate BC’s complex coastal waters

Feast and famine for juvenile salmon as they navigate BC’s complex coastal waters

Zooplankton communities are profoundly shaped by BC’s complicated coastlines, creating a mosaic of foraging conditions for the juvenile salmon that depend on them for sustenance.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Brian Hunt, British Columbia, Evgeny Pakhomov, food webs, Hakai Institute, Pacific, plankton, salmon

IOF researchers use salmon scales to track sockeye in the high seas

IOF researchers use salmon scales to track sockeye in the high seas

Knowing where different salmon stocks forage will be essential for identifying the unique environmental threats they will face as oceans become more inhospitable due to climate change and other cumulative impacts.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Animal movement, Brian Hunt, Evgeny Pakhomov, Pacific, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, salmon, Species distribution

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