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Folger Passage at a Glance:

• Region: Southwest coast of Vancouver Island, a short sail west of Bamfield, B.C in the mouth of Barkley Sound
• Instrument Platforms: Folger Pinnacle and Folger Deep
• Depths:
  • Folger Pinnacle: 23 m
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Introduction:

Ocean Networks Canada is looking to expand its current observatories in the northeast Pacific by installing a node module at a sixth site, which already possesses much of the required infrastructure. This site, located at the Middle Valley on the Juan de Fuca ridge, was originally...

Strait of Georgia at a Glance:

• Region: Between southern Vancouver Island and the Fraser River Delta of B.C., in the southern portion of the Strait of Georgia, a major shipping route along the Pacific Northwest coast.
• Instrument Platforms: 6 (3 at Central node and 3 at East node)
• Depths:
  • Central node:...

The objective of MicroSquid project is the collection of continuous measurements of oxygen uptake by the seabed in Saanich Inlet, British Columbia. The work is an exceptional international collaboration and is adding pioneering capabilities to the VENUS cabled ocean observatory. The partners in this research are scientists, technicians, and engineers from Oregon State University' Reimers Lab, Rockland Scientific (BC, Canada), and Ocean Networks Canada.

This research focuses on understanding what drives changes in benthic oxygen flux, which is a measure of how much oxygen sediment biota consume from the overlying water. Concurrently, we are testing a new instrument’s ability to collect data via an ocean observatory...