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2012/13 PARR Research Projects

Region

Project Title

Pacific

Impacts of shellfish aquaculture on marine vegetation (1-year project)

Pacific

Assessing trace-element indicators of benthic organic enrichment associated with aquaculture activities (2-year project)

Pacific

Are shellfish transfers a likely vector for aquatic invasive species movement from the west to the east coast of Vancouver Island? (Project extension 2-year project)

Gulf

Influence of Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) aquaculture overwintering on eelgrass (Zostera marina) (1-year project)

Gulf

Comparing the impact of bottom and suspended oyster culture on bay-scale food resources (Foxley/Trout River, PEI) (1-year project)

Maritimes

Evaluation of the FVCOM modeling system to map the far-field dispersal of aquaculture waste (1-year project)

Maritimes

Exploration of methodologies for environmental monitoring of finfish aquaculture sites in sandy bottom environments with natural disturbances: Shellburn, N.S. (1-year project)

Newfoundland

Identification of the food sources of opportunistic polychaete (OPC) worms found at finfish aquaculture sites on the south coast of Newfoundland (Project expansion 1-year project)(see 2011 project description)