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Scoters and Shellfish Aquaculture
Research on Sea Ducks
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The Centre for Wildlife Ecology is involved in a collaborative program studying scoters and their interactions with shellfish aquaculture in coastal British Columbia. This research addresses interactions between wintering surf and white-winged scoter populations and shellfish aquaculture, which are concentrated in similar areas and require similar resources. To address this issue, we need to understand the processes by which scoters choose foraging patches, the attributes of habitat patches that influence scoter foraging decisions, the scale over which scoters forage, the effects of scoter foraging on shellfish resources, the effects of variation in prey densities and types on scoter foraging and distribution, and the population-level demographic consequences of these interactions. |
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In turn, this will generate data that will
- Indicate the mechanisms by which conflicts or benefits of the shellfish industry could occur,
- Evaluate the population-level effects of the shellfish industry, and
- Predict effects of current and projected levels of shellfish industry activity.
For more information about this and associated projects, check the Sustainable Shellfish Aquaculture webpage. |
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CWE Researchers on this project:
Dan Esler
Sean Boyd
Ron Ydenberg
Tyler Lewis
Molly Kirk
Sam Iverson
Ramunas Zydelis
Debbie Lacroix
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