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Assessing Biorhythms in Saanich Inlet
Studying biorhythms in Saanich Inlet is an ongoing research project supported by the VENUS network. Following the initial deployment and analysis of results, published in Sensors (Aguzzi et al. 2011),...
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State of the Ocean 2011: A VENUS perspective
On February 15 & 16, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans held the annual meeting to assess the State of the Ocean for 2011. We recently submitted our fourth contribution to this important and...
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Research Community Meets to Focus on Saanich Inlet as an Ecosystem Model
On May 28-29 international group of researchers gather at the Institute of Ocean Sciences to share knowledge and discuss research opportunities in Saanich Inlet as a model hypoxia ecosystem. To learn...
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A New Species Named After Saanich Inlet
A group of researchers have successfully identified a new dinoflagellate species. Part of the large group of eukaryotes (approx. 1555 species), the new species has distinct morphological...
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Saanich Inlet Hypoxia Paper Published
For a year, the VENUS camera photographed the same area of seafloor in Saanich Inlet. A recent paper has examined the response of the benthic animals to changing levels of oxygen. Only a few species...
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Averaging Underwater Noise Levels for Environmental Assessment of Shipping
Image 1: Power spectral densities over the range 10–1600 Hz using 5-min averages. (a) Complete dataset: 14 December 2011 to 30 April 2012. (b) Exceptional ship signature: 23–24 February 2012. Note the...
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UBC oceanographer Dr. Mark Halverson using VENUS Coastal Ocean Dynamics...
UBC oceanographer Dr. Mark Halverson has been making use of VENUS Coastal Ocean Dynamics Applications Radar (“CODAR”) data from the Strait of Georgia in his research. His analysis revealed an abrupt...
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Complex Nature of Zooplankton Migration
A recent publication in Marine Ecology Progress (Marine Ecology Progress, 2013 V.480, pp 39-56) sheds more light on the complex process of diel zooplankton migration. A recent graduate of the UVic's...
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Fraser River Plume
by Mark Halverson (University of British Columbia) Fig. 1. Photograph of the plume edge in summer (photo credit: Kevin Bartlett). The Fraser River reaches the ocean near Vancouver, and there the fresh...
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New Data and Science Highlights Pages
Our Image of the Week, Science Highlights and Data Highlights are now hosted on the new oceannetworks.ca website. We also have a new Images home page.
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