by biodiversity.galiano@gmail.com | Oct 4, 2020 | Research
Diatoms of the Salish Sea Diatoms are a major group of photosynthetic micro-algae living in marine and freshwater environments, which provide vast quantities of oxygen, food and nutrients for a wide range of organisms. The last regional diatom inventories were...
by Hannah Carpendale | Sep 29, 2020 | Research
Operation GaliWatch Wild pollinators are an integral part of native plant communities and are highly effective at pollinating flowers in natural ecosystems. The GaliWatch project is dedicated to developing low-cost data collection and analysis systems for long-term...
by Hannah Carpendale | Sep 29, 2020 | Research
Janszen Legacy Project Harvey Janszen (July 11, 1946–May 10, 2021) was an accomplished amateur botanist and naturalist endeared to many in British Columbia’s natural history community. During his career, Harvey collected over 3,000 vascular plant specimens,...
by Hannah Carpendale | Sep 29, 2020 | Research
Maritime Lichens of the Salish Sea Lichens are able to colonize bare rock communities and live in harsh, nutrient-poor environments on account of their ability to photosynthesize and absorb ambient nutrients from the atmosphere, incident waters and their...
by Hannah Carpendale | Sep 29, 2020 | Research
20/20 Vision on Plant Extirpation This project aims to establish a novel protocol for the detection of species extirpation, drawing on historical baseline data and contemporary citizen science observations recorded on the Biodiversity Galiano project using...
by biodiversity.galiano@gmail.com | Sep 20, 2020 | Research
Eelgrass Community Ecology Eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadows are home to a great diversity of species, including fish, crabs, algae, and microorganisms. Eelgrass ecosystems contribute to many important coastal processes that humans rely on, such as carbon storage and...
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