There is truth in the saying “you are what you eat”; even more so if you are a salmon or herring swimming off the British Columbia coast, a recent UBC study discovered.
Hear Pelagic Ecosystems Lab PI Brian Hunt discuss plastics in marine ecosystems
Read about researchers experiences aboard the RV Professor Kaganovskiy during the 2019 International Year of the Salmon expedition to the Gulf of Alaska
Learn about about our research with the Hakai Coastal Initiative Food Web Working Group, figuring out how plankton food webs work and support our marine ecosystems.
On Saturday, November 9, 2019, UBC IOF’s Pelagic Ecosystems Lab participated in the Salmon Science Expo at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery. This was a community engagement event and an opportunity to allow visitors of all ages to investigate and appreciate wild salmon by exploring interactive displays, examining specimens, and conducting experiments.
Chinook, also known as Spring salmon, stocks in have been in decline, which has implications for entire BC marine food web
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.
“Across the Pacific, a lot of data are available on salmon diets but there’s currently no centralized hub for this information,” explained Graham.
In winter 2019 an international group of 21 scientists voyaged to the Gulf of Alaska to shed light on the high seas life history of Pacific salmon.
Working with Hakai Institute to research early life history of Pacific salmon on the British Columbia Coast.