Features
2017
October
Undergraduate Program in Ocean Sciences
DISCOVER OCEAN SCIENCES
Ocean Sciences, or Oceanography, is a field that encompasses the study of the global marine environment from broad geographic and disciplinary perspectives. It essentially looks at the interaction between marine life and oceanic processes, covering such diverse topics as coastal and deep-sea food webs, marine animal ecology, physiology and behaviour, plankton dynamics, the effects of pollution or climate change on ocean life and ecosystems, the management and conservation of aquatic resources, and much more.
2016
January
Introducing Our New Minors in Oceanography and Sustainable Aquaculture and Fisheries Ecology
Education and training is one of the department’s principal mandates, and is achieved by providing a stimulating, research-intensive environment in which students can develop and thrive. The uniqueness of the department’s resources provides an opportunity for interdisciplinary training in cold ocean research, whether it is related to physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology; biological and chemical oceanography; behavioral and population ecology; or aquaculture and fisheries.
2014
July
Getting to Know More About Ocean Sciences Graduate Students
Michael Piersiak, MSc Candidate
What do you study at Memorial?
I study the ecology of anthropogenic impact of environmental predictability and the resulting effects on the ecology of predator-prey interactions.
Who is your supervisor?
My supervisor is Dr. Mark Abrahams
May
Getting to Know More About Ocean Sciences Graduate Students
Kyle Millar, M.Sc. Student
What do you study at Memorial?
I am studying the ecology of rhodoliths, a type of coralline red algae that live as unattached balls. Rhodoliths aggregate into enormous beds that exist all along the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. Since rhodoliths can’t roll on their own, they are vulnerable to burial by sediment and overgrowth by other forms of seaweed. I’m studying how the organisms that live in rhodolith beds prevent burial, as well as the physical and oceanographic forces that act in rhodolith bed persistence.
April
Getting to Know More About Ocean Sciences Graduate Students
Anne Provencher St-Pierre, MSc student
What do you study at Memorial?
I am working on sea star behavior, mostly on the effect of
wave action on the displacement and feeding behavior of the common sea star.
Who is your supervisor?
I am working with Dr. Patrick Gagnon, in the Cold Ocean
Benthic Ecology Lab (COBEL).
January
Getting to Know More About Ocean Sciences Graduate Students
Gwyn Mason, MSc student
What do you study at Memorial?
I am studying the rate of rapid evolution of introduced Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) populations, both genetically and physically, as well as making comparisons with it's founder population
2013
December
Getting to Know More About Ocean Sciences Graduate Students
Stefanie Hixson, PhD student
What do you study at Memorial?
I am studying new sustainable feeds in aquaculture. My thesis title is: Use of n-3 rich oilseed camelina (Camelina sativa) as a fish oil replacement in aquaculture feeds: Implications for growth and lipid biochemistry of farmed Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)