Howe Sound Research – Ocean Wise's AquaBlog

Átl’ḵa7tsem/Howe Sound Reference Guide Launching for World Oceans Day

June 3, 2021

RSVP here for your chance to be one of the first to experience the interactive Marine Reference Guide Átl’ḵa7tsem/Howe Sound is an ecologically rich coastal fjord located in the Salish Sea, just north of V...

Diving Arctic Waters

November 2, 2017

Arctic Connections, Ocean Wise

This past August, four Ocean Wise divers motored to a remote Arctic islet to conduct a BioBlitz survey. A BioBlitz is a snapshot of Canada’s biodiversity, recorded by scientists and citizen scientists, to mark ...

Bioblitz 150: Exploring Our Own Backyard

August 23, 2017

Ocean Wise

When I started at Ocean Wise I had never heard of a bioblitz, but they were going to be the focus of my new job—so I quickly learned. In summary, a bioblitz is when scientists and citizen scientists document th...

Vancouver Aquarium Glass Sponge Reef Research

Early El Niño Effects Evident in Damaged Glass Sponges

September 8, 2015

Vancouver Aquarium

On August 10, 2015, Vancouver Aquarium scientist Jeff Marliave videotaped damage occurring to glass sponges off the coast of Bowen Island in Howe Sound. In sponge gardens (cloud sponges growing on rock surfaces...

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