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Marine Debris in BC Coastal Waters

Raincoast — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:59:42 +0000

Researchers from the University of St Andrews, Raincoast Conservation Foundation, Oceans Initiative and Environment Canada teamed up to assess the presence and potential threats from floating plastics and other debris to BC’s marine animals. The study is being published in the Marine Pollution Bulletin, April 2011.

Citation: Williams, R.W., Erin Ashe and Patrick D. O’Hara. 2011. Marine Mammals and Debris in Coastal Waters of British Columbia, Canada. Marine Pollution Bulletin. In press.

Download the press release Marine Debris Press Release

Download the paper Williams_etal_MPB[2011]

Distribution and abundance of marine mammals in coastal BC

Raincoast — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:40:44 +0000

Williams, R. and L. Thomas. 2007. Distribution and abundance of marine mammals in the coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. 9(1):15-28

Marine mammal abundance paper.pdf

Designing line transect surveys for the BC coast

Raincoast — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:37:22 +0000

Thomas, L., R. Williams, and D. Sandilands, D. 2007. Designing line transect surveys for complex survey regions. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. 9(1):1-13,

Survey Design Paper.pdf