Multi-disciplinary research at BMSC
The Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre provides year-round research facilities, basic and specialty equipment, and technical assistance to scientists from the five western Canadian universities as well as visiting scientists from other Canadian and international institutions.
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BMSC offers unparalleled access to a wide array of environments – including unique coastal, freshwater, marine, and rainforest habitats and exceptional species diversity.
Research Themes:
- Evolution of sex determination in a polygenic system
- Rockfish recruitment on the borders of MPA’s
- Invasive species
- Molecular evolution in subtidal marine invertebrates
- Interactions between ecological processes
- Climate change on intertidal communities
- Predicting the occurrence and strength of selection on the rate of adaptation to new environments in stickleback
- Fish physiology
- Evolution and adaptation of form and function across wave exposure gradients
Contact us to discuss how we can support your next research endeavors.
Tao Eastham
Research Coordinator
ph: 250-728-3301 ext. 255