The collaboration with the U.S. will enable ship-challenged Canada to carry out the first spring survey of its Atlantic zone monitoring program in several years.
Canadian scientists on board U.S. research ship Atlantis measuring chemical, physical and biological conditions.Canadian scientists are back at sea this spring monitoring ocean climate conditions on the East Coast thanks to a data- and ship-sharing agreement between the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts.
"This collaboration builds on decades of collaboration between U.S. and Canadian scientists, trying to understand the dramatic fluctuations that we're seeing in the ocean environment off of our shores," says Dennis McGillicuddy, chief scientist at Woods Hole. The submersible instrument takes very high-resolution images of phytoplankton from streams of water samples that are continuously fed onto the ship. The images are then fed back to shore where software identifies the phytoplankton — doing in minutes what would take a person several hours.
The Imaging FlowCytobot is sending automated data back to the Woods Hole Centre. DFO scientists are also collecting water samples that will be brought back to Massachusetts for analysis.Next mission off NewfoundlandIt will also carry out monitoring in much deeper water as part of the complementary Atlantic zone off-shelf monitoring program in the Maritimes.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
‘Our lobsters are gold plated now:’ Atlantic Canada lobster exports, prices soar | Globalnews.caCanadian lobster exports reached a staggering $3.26 billion last year, beating the previous record of $2.59 billion, set in 2019, by more than 25 per cent.
Read more »
Victoria welcomes first cruise ship to dock in Canada in more than 2 yearsThe cruise ship passengers were required to have two shots of the COVID\u002D19 vaccine and a negative test at least 24 hours before they boarded.
Read more »
Victoria welcomes first cruise ship to dock in Canada in more than two yearsPassengers were required to have two shots of the COVID-19 vaccine and a negative test at least 24 hours before they boarded, according to the CEO of Greater Victoria Harbour Authority
Read more »
Federal government streamlines resettlement process for Ukrainians seeking to come to CanadaImmigration Minister Sean Fraser says more than 30,000 applications already approved under the program
Read more »