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From the atom to the universe, from the cell to the ecosystem, from the theoretical to the applied, we explore the reaches of modern science and mathematics.
Victoria, BC
Joined November 2014
RT @NSERC_CRSNG: 📻.Dori Blakely, PhD candidate @UVic describes how a Canadian instrument on the James #Webb space telescope (NIRISS) is hel….
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RT @Ocean_Networks: Kick off #LoveDataWeek by joining the Ocean of Data Challenge!. Post-secondary students + recent grads are invited to c….
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We're exploring our guts at this week's Café Scientifique talk! Join UVic microbiologist Lisa Reynolds to learn more about how the immune systems manages the intestine and keeps us safe. 📅 Wednesday, February 12 | 7 p.m. | Hermann's Jazz Club. 🔗
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RT @fishsoundsweb: 🦐🐙🦀.We will have our next FishSounds Educate seminar on Friday Jan 24 at 9 am Pacific—all about underwater invertebrate….
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RT @UVic_Alumni: The Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees and Other Forms of Recognition welcomes your suggestions of worthy candidates to….
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Marine protected areas (MPAs) have long been used to protect declining species and habitats. But could they also be used for climate change mitigation? . In a new study, UVic post-doc @graham_epstein and biology prof @baumlab argue YES. 👇.
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More about herring, and how LNG projects may impact herring habitats:
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Unpublished research alert! More eggs are laid when there's more underwater vegetation. Things like eelgrass, rockweed, red algae, flat kelp, and sugar kelp are very important to spawning.
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Predators of herring are mostly visual predators. During the day, herring typically dive into the darkness to hide, and emerge at night to feed on prey.
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Herring can live up to 15 years, although this is very uncommon. More often, they get eaten before then. 😬.
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Female herring can lay up to 20,000 eggs per year. Collectively, a school will lay millions of eggs. The eggs will incubate for about 3 weeks on marine vegetation, hatch into larvae and drift, then grow into juveniles. It takes 2 years for a herring to become an adult and spawn.
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The migratory herring don't migrate using smell or in ways other fish, like salmon, do, but are guided by older, wiser herring. (Note that this fact is still somewhat up for debate!).
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Pacific herring are split into two groups: resident and migratory populations. The resident population used to be much greater in number, but they have been reduced over time by fisheries. The migratory stock now dominates.
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Herring underpin the who marine ecosystem in the Strait of Georgia, and are the most important prey. If chinook salmon don't have access to plentiful herring, they don't grow as large, which then impacts orcas.
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Stuff you (probably) don't know about local herring, courtesy of MSc student @JakeDingwall and.@NorthShoreNews. 🧵Thread featuring our favourite facts from the article!.
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RT @CanJChem: New year, new cover, but a throwback to a 2024 paper by the @UVicScience group of Jeremy Wulff. 📰 Re….
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📢 Hey SEOS alumni, students and friends! . Are you in or near Vancouver during @AMERoundUp? We're hosting a free @UVicSEOS Alumni Night on Sunday, January 19 at Steamworks Brewing Co., and we'd love to see you there! . Register by Jan. 10! 👉
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RT @Ocean_Networks: 1/🧽ONC's seafloor cameras captured 4 years of sea sponge life off BC’s coast—the longest continuous recording of these….
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Join us this Wednesday for the first Café Scientifique event of the year, where we'll be exploring galaxies, the James Webb Space Telescope, satellite constellations, and more!. 📅 Wednesday, January 8, 2025.⏲️ 7 p.m. 📍 Hermann's Jazz Club. 🔗More info:
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Kick off 2025 by looking back at what make 2024 great. From incredible scientific discoveries to major grant funding success to celebrating the accomplishments of our incredible students, it was a remarkable year. 🔗 Read our top 10 stories from 2024:
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