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BMSC is committed to providing resources to collaborative research groups in the areas of marine ecology, evolutionary biology, comparative physiology, molecular and cell biology, neuroscience, marine botony, developmental and reproductive biology, conservation biology, physical and chemical oceanography and rainforest ecology.

Please inform the of your intentions with regards to collaborative research and requirements for your research activities approximately six months before your arrival at BMSC. This not only gives BMSC adequate time to prepare for your arrival but it also allows researchers in the collaborative groups to foresee specialized equipment, facility and organism requirements that could be provided by BMSC or brought by themselves to the Centre for their studies.

Currently, BMSC supports collaborative research in the fields of Northern Abalone Restoration and Fish Physiology.

Northern Abalone Restoration - This project, "Integrating ecological research and hatchery operations for the restoration of the threatened northern abalone Haliotis kamtschatkana", is funded by a NSERC Strategic Project Grant to , and . The research project has two major goals: 1) optimize culture conditions prior to outplanting 2) improve outplanting strategies for rebuilding wild populations.

Recent Publications and Conference Presentations:

Lemay, Matt. 2009. Microsatellite pedigree analysis reveals high variance in reproductive success and reduced genetic diversity in hatchery-spawned northern abalone. Aquaculture (June 18 2009).

Hansen SC, Gosselin LA (2009) Designing an effective strategy for the restoration of the threatened mollusc Haliotis kamtschatkana using hatchery-raised individuals. Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems Conference, Camp Alexandra BC, April 2009

Read KD, Boulding EG (2009) Restoration methods of northern abalone (Haliotis
kamtschatkana) in Barkley Sound, Canada.  Canadian Society of Zoologists  Annual Meeting, Scarborough ON, May 2009

Read KD, Boulding EG (2009) Restoration methods of northern abalone (Haliotis
kamtschatkana) in Barkley Sound, Canada.  Yodzis colloquium in Fundamental Ecology, Guelph ON, May 2009.

Read KD, Lessard J, Boulding EG (2009) The effect of predator exclusion on
survival rates of outplanted juvenile northern abalone, Haliotis kamtschatkana, in Barkley Sound, Canada.  7th International Abalone Symposium, Pattaya, Thailand, July 2009.

The Collaborative Association of Fish Physiologists at BMSC extends an invitation to all scientists wishing to participate and carry out research with members of the association.

The collective membership of this association, composed of investigators from Canada, the United States of America and Europe has published over twenty articles in the last three years from work completed at BMSC. This association of collaborative scientists has also attracted investigators working on other systems and animals, thus growing in size.

Dr. Gudrun De Boeck

Recent Publications:

Bucking, C., Fitzpatrick, J.L., Nadella, S.R., and Wood, C.M. (2009) Post-prandial metabolic alkalosis in the seawater-acclimated trout : the alkaline tide comes in. J. Exp. Biol. In Press.

Wood, C.M., Schultz, A.G,. Munger, S,. and Walsh, P.J. (2009) Using omeprazole to link the components of the postprandial alkaline tide in the spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias. J. Exp. Biol. 212 pp: 684-692.

Fitzpatrick,J.L., Craig, P.M., Bucking, C., Balshine, S., Wood, C.M., McClelland, G.B. (2009) Sperm performance under hypoxic conditions in an intertidal fish (Porichthys notatus) Can. J. Zool. In Press.

Nadella, S. R., Fitzpatrick, J.L, Franklin, N., Bucking, C.P., Smith, S., and Wood, C.M. (2009) Toxicity of dissolved Cu, Zn, Ni and Cd to developing embryos of the blue mussel (Mytilus trossolus) and the protective effect of dissolved organic carbon. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C. 149 pp: 340-34811:

Fitzpatrick, J.L., Nadella, S., Bucking, C.P., Balshine, S., and Wood, C.M. (2008) The relative sensitivity of sperm, eggs and embryos to copper in the blue mussel (Mytilus trossulus). Comp. Biochem. Physiol.C. 147 pp: 441-449

Wood, C.M., Bucking, C.P., Fitzpatrick, J., and Nadella, S.R. (2007) The alkaline tide goes out and the nitrogen stays in after feeding in the dogfish shark, Squalus acanthias. Respir. Physiol. Neurobiol. 159 pp: 163-170.

De Boeck G., Hattink, J., Franklin, N.M., Bucking, C.P., Wood, S., Walsh, P.J., Wood, C.M. (2007) Metal toxicity in the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias): role of urea loss. Aquat. Toxicol. 84 pp: 133-142.

Wood, C.M., Kajimura, M., Bucking, C.P., Walsh, P.J. (2007) Osmoregulation, ionoregulation, & acid-base regulation by the gastrointestinal tract after feeding in the dogfish shark. J. Exp. Biol. 210 pp: 1335-1349

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