Ongoing Research

CERF's research is concentrated on the coastal interface in the eastern North Pacific. Roughly the range of interest extends from 100' down into the subtidal to 300m back into the coastal forest. Our faculty are all multi-disciplinary (an occupational hazard of living and working in the field and on the ocean), so our research covers a wide range of subjects, ranging from behaviour and ecology to oceanography, ocean engineering and remote sensing.

We are still updating this part of the website. Here you will eventually find links to the kinds of work we have done in the past, and what we are currently up to.

Current Projects

British Columbia

Abundance, distribution and movements of grey whales on the central coast of BC

Abundance, distribution and movements of humpback whales on the southern central coast of BC

Abundance, distribution and movements of red-legged frogs on Bramham Island, BC

Distribution of northern ronquils in Rivers Inlet, BC

Sonar & video investigations of the abundance, distribution & biodiversity of mysids in coastal BC.

Acoustic navigation by grey whales - biomimetic acoustic daylight imaging?

Evaluation of the use of ROVs and the Shorekeepers' protocol for subtidal biodiversity monitoring

Distribution of fish schools around feeding humpback whales

Evaluation of the use of non-experts in the collection of meaningful behavioural observations

Habitat use and ecosystem structuring role of flying squirrels

Baja California

Benthic & epibenthic biodiversity of San Ignacio Lagoon and the nearshore Pacific

Abundance, distribution and movements of bottlenose dolphins in & near San Ignacio Lagoon

Behavioural ecology of black sea turtles on their feeding grounds in San Ignacio Lagoon

Abundance, distribution and movements of grey whales in & near near San Ignacio Lagoon

Saltwater greenhouses as part of sustainable development in San Ignacio Lagoon

England

Development of novel propulsion systems for remotely operated vehicles

Small, inexpensive remotely operated submersible vehicles for coastal ecology research

Novel mechanism of dolphin hearing

Past Projects

Toxicology

Intertidal biodiversity

Biodiversity of the coastal forest

Forest floor insects on Bramham Island

Dungeness crab abundance in the Bramham Archipaelago

Grey whale heart rate measurement

Underwater behaviour of grey whales on the breeding grounds