Learn about marine calcifying algae called corallines, and their community structure within urchin ‘barrens’ and kelp forests.
Blog 2017
Seminar today, 7pm. Dr. Isabelle Côté, “Predatory aliens in paradise.”
Seminar today, 7pm. Dr. Isabelle Côté, “Predatory aliens in paradise.”
BMSC Alumnus Sam Starko awarded best poster at CSEE 2017
Congratulations to Sam Starko for being awarded the best poster award at the recent Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution meetings in Victoria BC, May 7 – 11, 2017.
Earthquake early warning sensor installed at BMSC
One of many earthquake early warning sensors being deployed along the west coast was recently installed at BMSC.
Implications of asymmetrical gain and loss of barnacle feeding appendages
Asymmetrical gain and loss of barnacle feeding appendages, in terms of ease or time lag of development, identifies a new cost associated with developmentally plastic change.
Research request application form now on-line
Are you planning to do research this year at BMSC? Apply now for research space and accommodation, it’s going to be another busy summer!
We have learned with regret the death of Dr. Paul J. Harrison, who suddenly and tragically passed away on December 17, 2016.
Dr. Paul J. Harrison suddenly passed away on December 17, 2016 from complications of the influenza A virus.
The Field Trips crew returns for a new season of marine science education!
BMSC is gearing up for another season of Field Trips, with the first group arriving on the weekend.
A novel mechanism controlling heart rate in the ancestral Pacific hagfish
This study documents the discovery of a novel control pathway to increase heart rate, and is the first to report a chordate heart implicating HCO3 stimulation of intracellular sAC to produce cAMP and stimulate the spontaneous heartbeat.
Essential facilities upgrades are now possible at BMSC.
The Government of Canada and five western universities, led by UVic, are contributing a total of $3 million to enhance facilities here at the Bamfield Marine Science Centre.