Session: CP-9
Contributed Papers #9

Chair

Time

13:30 - 14:50 on Wednesday, 18th of July 2018

Venue

SN2101

13:30

Desktop Investigation of Arctic Eelgrass Along the Eastern Coast of James Bay using Multi-date and Multi-sensor Earth Observation data

Heather Ward (Stantec Consulting Ltd), Marc Skinner (Stantec Consulting Ltd), Fred Short (University of New Hampshire)
13:50

Detecting Marine Mammals at Sea in Atlantic Canada: Comparing Detections Made Using a Rotating Thermal Imaging Camera with Traditional Visual and Acoustic Methods

Heather Smith (LGL Limited, environmental research associates), Daniel Zitterbart (AWI: Ocean Acoustics Lab, Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research AND Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), Michael Flau (AWI: Ocean Acoustics Lab, Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research), Olaf Boebel (AWI: Ocean Acoustics Lab, Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research), Valerie Moulton (LGL Limited, environmental research associates)
14:10

eDNA Solutions for Species Detections in Tidal Energy Environmental Effects Monitoring

Marc Skinner (Stantec Consulting Ltd. & Department of Biology, Dalhousie University), Steve Crookes (Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph), Mary Murdoch (Stantec Consulting Ltd)
14:30

Oil spill preparedness in the coastal zone- using lidar to define vulnerable areas and simulate spills

Kate Collins (Nova Scotia Community College), Tim Webster (Nova Scotia Community College), Natasha Fee (Nova Scotia Community College)