SCIENCE REVIEW 1987 - Bedford Institute of Oceanography

Projects
W E present below a listing of the projects and individual investigations (1, 2, 3, etc.)
being undertaken by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Scotia-Fundy Region
laboratories and by the Atlantic Geoscience Centre of the Department of Energy, Mines
and Resources. For more information on these projects and those of other components at
the BIO, feel free to write to the: Regional Director of Science, Scotia-Fundy Region,
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, c/o Bedford Institute of Oceanography, P.O. Box
1006, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B2Y 4A2.
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
BRANCH
A. MARINE FISH AND MARINE MAMMAL
STOCK ASSESSMENTS AND ASSOCIATED
RESEARCH
1. Herring Assessments and Associated Research
(T.D. Isles)
2. Haddock Assessments and Associated Research
(W.D. Bowen)
3. Cod Assessments and Associated Research
(W.D. Bowen)
4. Pollock Assessment and Associated Research
(C. Annand)
5. Silver Hake Assessments and Associated
Research
(D. Waldron)
Redfish Assessments and Associated Research
(R. Halliday)
Flatfish Assessments and Associated Research
(J. Neilson)
Continental Shelf Margin Studies Including
Argentine Assessment
(R. Halliday)
9. Dogfish Assessment and Related Research
(C.Annand)
10. Population Ecologv and Assessment of Seals
(W.D. Bowen)
11. Fisheries Management Studies
(W.D. Bowen)
12. Stock Assessment Methods
(G. White)
13. National Sampling Program
(K. Zwanenburg, J. Hunt)
14. International Observer Program
(D. Waldron)
15. Groundfish Surveys
(S. Gavaris)
16. Groundfish Age Determination
(J. Hunt)
17. Ichthyoplankton Research
(P. Hurley)
18. Fisheries Recruitment Variability
(K. Frank)
19. Otolith Studies
(S. Campana)
20. Tagging Studies
(W.T Stobo)
21. Groundfish Distribution and Community Studies
(J.S. Scott)
22. Bioenergetics of Marine Mammals
(P.F. Brodie)
23. Acoustics Research
(U. Buerkle, L. Dickie)
24. Parasitology of Scotian Shelf Fishes
(J.S. Scott)
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Oceanography and Fish Distribution
(I. Perry)
Juvenile Fish Ecology and Surveys
(J. Neilson)
Alternate Approaches to Resource Assessment
and Management: Size-Dependent Processes in
Fish Production Systems
(S. Kerr)
Alternate Approaches to Resource Assessment
and Management: Mathematical Analysis of Fish
Production Systems
(W. Silvert)
Statistical Consulting and Special Projects
(R. Mohn)
B. INVERTEBRATE AND MARINE PLANT
STOCK ASSESSMENTS AND ASSOCIATED
RESEARCH
1. Alternate Approaches to Resource Assessment
and Management: Fish-Fishermen Interaction
(R. Mohn)
2. Scallop Research
(R. Mohn)
3. Shrimp Research
(R. Mohn)
4. Invertebrate Recruitment Studies
(M. Sinclair)
5. Juvenile Scallop Biology
(M.J. Dadswell)
6. Scallop Stock Assessment and Related Research
(G. Robert)
7. Offshore Clam Research and Assessment
(T.W. Rowell)
8. Inshore Clam Stock Assessment and Related
Research
(T. Amaratunga, T.W. Rowell)
9. Crab Assessment and Research
(R.W. Elner)
10. Marine Plant Stock Assessment and Related
Research
(G.J. Sharp)
11. Lobster Stock Assessment - LFAs 34-39
(A. Campbell)
12. Lobster Stock Assessment and Related Research
- Cape Sable Island to Bay St. Lawrence, N.S.
(LFAs 27-33)
(R.J. Miller, J.D. Pringle)
13. Lobster Stock Assessment and Related Research
- Offshore (LFAs 40,41)
(D.S. Pezzack)
14. Lobster Research - Habitat and Trapping
(R.J. Miller)
15. Lobster Research - Larval Biology
(G.C. Harding, J.D. Pringle, R.W. Elner)
16. Lobster Research - Juvenile and Adult Biology
(A. Campbell)
17. Inshore Molluscan Habitat Studies
(T.W. Rowell)
18. Mussel Assessment and Biological Studies
(T. Amaratunga, G.J. Sharp)
C. ENVIRONMENTAL ECOLOGY
1. Acid Rain Research
(W.D. Watt)
2. Freshwater Fish Habitat Assessment and Related
Research
(W.D. Watt)
3. Organic Carbon Bioavailability
(PD. Kaizer)
4. Trophic Relations in Near-Shore Kelp and
Seagrass Communities
(K.H. Mann)
5. Interactions Between Physical and Biological
Processes in the Marine Environment
(K.H. Mann)
6. Deep-Ocean Food Webs
(B.T Hargrave)
7. Contaminant Fluxes in Arctic Ocean Food Webs
(B.T. Hargrave)
8. Distribution and Activity of Benthic Organisms
(D.L. Peer)
9. Benthic and Pelagic Exchanges
(K. Muschenheim)
10. Chemical Tracers in Food Webs
(P. Keizer)
11. Evaluation of Estuarine and Continental Shelf
Habitats
(D.C. Gordon)
12. Field and Laboratory Studies of Diapause in
Copepods
(N. Watson)
13. Fish Habitat Assessment Advice
(D.C. Gordon)
14. Sublethal Effects of Hydrocarbon Exploration on
Scallops
(D.C. Gordon)
D. ANADROMOUS SPECIES ASSESSMENTS,
SALMON ENHANCEMENT AND
ASSOCIATED RESEARCH
1. Salmon Assessment Research
(T.L. Marshall)
2. Non-Salmonid Assessment Research
(B.M. Jessop)
3. Salmon Enhancement Research
(Enhancement Biology)
(B.M. Jessop)
4. Enhancement and Fish Passage Engineering
(H. Janson)
5. Fish Culture Engineering
(H. Janson)
6. Hatchery Operations and Production
(G. Robbins)
7. Fish Culture Research
(G. Farmer)
8. Anadromous Species Statistical Data Collection
and Analysis
(S.E O’Neill)
9. Special Projects
(D.J. Scarratt)
10. Invertebrate Nutrition
(J. Castell)
11. Fish Nutrition
(S.P. Lall)
12. Fish Disease Research
(G. Oliver)
13. Parasitology
(G. Oliver)