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Thermal Tolerance  Adaptation

Project Lead: Dr. Lauren Dykman

Project Location: Hornby/Denman                                      Island, BC

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Project Overview 

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 Photo: The seeded line array with adult bull kelp next to the Hornby Island Diving boat

PC: Rob Zielinski

Goals and Objectives 

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Photo: Measuring bull kelp ashore with a caliper

PC: Rebecca Benjamin-Carey

Research Methods 

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Photo: A KRI diver measuring blade growth rates on the seeded line array to track performance differences between the five populations

PC: Rebecca Benjamin-Carey

2023

Spring

2023

Summer

2023

Summer -

2024 Fall

2024

Fall

Collecting Sori For Seeding Lines

Seeding Lines With Bull Kelp

Monthly Monitoring of Lines

Data Analysis and Planning for Future Studies

This work was made possible through funding from 

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The Kelp Rescue Initiative is a project of the Western Canadian Universities Marine Sciences Society, a not-for-profit, registered Canadian charity (number 119293041RR0001). 100% of proceeds go directly to funding kelp conservation and restoration.

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