Blue Carbon Project Update

CERCA received a cheque over 5K from the CVRD allocated to the Isotope analysis of the blue carbon project. Tristan with assistance of his supervisor Dr. Juniper and PhD student Brad has collected and conserved the first set of substrate samples associated with the blue carbon project during the last week of May. Brad will be doing his field research for his PhD on the benthos of the mudflats. I will keep you posted on developments. Within this context I would like to extend a big 'Thanks' to Grant Douglas who not only constructed the complicated extraction equipment and work-station at the estuary for this project but also provided most valuable support throughout the field work. Also Thanks to Allan Scott who captured all steps involved on film to be incorporated into the video to be produced on the habitat and blue carbon project. Tristan has introduced his research and presented preliminary findings on June 4th at the IEBS 2017 international conference in Rimouski.