The Northwest Atlantic Biological Carbon Pump

About the research

This project will bring together oceanographic researchers, ocean engineers, social scientists, government, industry, and Indigenous partners to:  

• Improve our ability to monitor and measure changes in algal growth and the strength of the BCP  
• Improve our understanding of how environmental conditions affect the BCP  
• Develop high-resolution models to estimate algal growth and the BCP in the past and future  
• Create governance, human rights law, and policy frameworks to improve decision-making from local to international levels

Principal Investigators

Dr. Zoe Finkel (Dalhousie University)

Dr. Uta Passow (Memorial University)

Research Team

• Zoe Finkel, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Marine Microbial Macroecology, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University  
• Erin Bertrand, Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Marine Microbial Proteomics, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University,  
• Carolyn Buchwald, Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Ocean Chemistry, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University,  
• Katja Fennel, Killam Professor, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University,  
• Andrew Irwin, Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Dalhousie University,  
• Patricia Johnson-Castle, Director of Policy, Nunatsiavut Government.  
• Markus Kienast, Professor, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University.  
• Stephanie Kienast, Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University,
• Julie LaRoche, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Marine Microbial Genomics and Biogeochemistry, Dalhousie University,
   
• Eric Oliver, Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University,  
• Uta Passow, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Biological Oceanographic Processes, Ocean Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland,  
• Heather Reader, Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Chemistry of the Ocean and Atmosphere, Department of Chemistry, Memorial University,  
• Jinyu Sheng, Professor, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University  
• Sara Seck, Associate Professor and Associate Dean Research, Schulich School of Law, Marine and Environmental Law Institute, Dalhousie University,  
• Vincent Sieben, Associate Professor and Sexton Research Chair in Ocean Sensing, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dalhousie University  
• Rachel Sipler, Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Ocean Biogeochemistry, Department of Ocean Sciences, Memorial University,  
• David VanderZwaag, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Ocean Law and Governance, Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University  
• Doug Wallace, Professor and Canada Research Chair, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University  

Partners

• DalhousieUniversity (Oceanography, Biology, Math & Stats, Schulich School of Law)
• MemorialUniversity (Ocean Sciences, Chemistry)
• Universityof Alberta (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
• AlfredWegener Institute
• Christian– Albrechts -Universitat zu Kiel
• GEOMARHelmholtz Centre for Oceans Research
• Lamont- Doherty Earth Observatory
• MarineInstitute (Ireland)
• WoodsHole Oceanographic Institution
• RBRLimited
• OceanSchool/NFB
• NunatsiavutGovernment
• AtlanticPolicy Congress of First Nations Chiefs
• DartmouthOcean Technologies
• KrakenRobotic Systems Incorporated