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Predicting Physical & Biogeochemical Properties on the BC Central Coast

By February 3, 2021January 4th, 2023No Comments
Institution: University of British Columbia
Theme: Environmental change
Area of Vulnerability: Marine ecosystems/living resources

Project Complete

Principal investigator

Dr. Stephanie Waterman, University of British Columbia 

Call

 Cycle II, Early Career Faculty 

Determining the coastal ocean response to large-scale, open ocean drivers is required to identify the dominant mechanisms that influence near-shore physical and biogeochemical patterns. This project will determine responses to open ocean forcing in Queen Charlotte Sound (QCS) and adjacent near-shore waterways in order to develop a predictive capacity for short-range forecasting of physical-biogeochemical parameters. Predictive capabilities in QCS are underdeveloped, and yet the region is extremely productive, important for commercial fisheries, a crucial conservation zone, and a site of increasing human activity and economic development.