Maycira Costa
Nautical maps from century ago help BC researchers chart kelp
National Post
New digital map of kelp forests
Media release
More eyes on the ocean
The Ring
Citizen science on BC Ferries
The Ring
Nautical maps from century ago help BC researchers chart kelp
A new tool for understanding kelp decline and its impact on BC coastal habitats drew upon British admiralty charts from 1858 to 1956. UVic geographer Maycira Costa and research
colleagues have created the first historical digital map of BC’s coastal kelp forests to further investigate this loss of kelp.
UVic geographer Maycira Costa has received $361,500 in funding from the Marine Environmental Observation, Prediction and Response Network (MEOPAR) and UVic’s Ocean Networks Canada
(ONC) to study biophysical processes in ocean waters along the migration route of juvenile salmon.
Citizen scientists helped researchers this summer better understand ocean health and declining salmon populations in the Salish Sea. Approximately, 1270 passengers on BC Ferries
took part in an onboard coastal naturalist program and learned how to use a tablet and app to collect images of the sea and sky.