Exploring the Salish Sea

Marine Life Field Guide v.2

Underwater cameras are placed on the seafloor across large sections of Canada’s coastline. View the schedule & watch live.

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Live Cameras

Listen to real-time underwater audio recordings from ONC’s hydrophones.

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Live Audio

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Go beneath the surface with our vast multimedia array of live undersea cameras and archived videos, imagery, sounds, and maps.


View maps of ONC’s extensive Canada-wide infrastructure.

Maps

ONC’s digital media library includes a collection of high-resolution images.

Images

From hydrothermal vents to creatures of the abyss, explore ONC’s unique video footage.


Videos

Listen to archived hydrophone audio recordings, including Arctic sounds, whales & dolphins, & human sounds.

Sounds

Take an interactive journey to explore Ocean Networks Canada.

Touchscreens

Browse ONC’s collection of ocean science books, including field guides.

Books

Multimedia

Welcome to *Exploring the Salish Sea*, an interactive guide to coastal marine ecosystems in British Columbia’s Salish Sea.

Within these pages you’ll find information on the different environments of the Salish Sea where Ocean Networks Canada has instrumentation, the science taking place at each location, a guide to common and locally important marine species, and data access tutorials for Ocean Networks Canada’s data management system, Oceans 3.0.


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# Marine Life Field Guide v.2

Ocean Networks Canada's **Marine Life Field Guide v.2** is a visual reference guide designed for tablet computers introducing the deep-sea creatures of the north-east Pacific Ocean. These species—some newly discovered or little-known—are observed through cameras
installed on the Ocean Networks Canada subsea observatories, as well as during semi-annual expeditions.