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Benthic Dinoflagellates of Greater Vancouver, Canada
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Samples were collected from Boundary Bay and Spanish Banks in the Greater Vancouver area. Vancouver is located at the northern Pacific Coast of Canada. Boundary Bay is southeast of the city of Vancouver and straddles the border between Canada and the United States of America. The bay is so wide-ranging that when discovered by Galiano in 1792, he thought it would allow him to travel further inland. He soon found out he could not and hence called the bay Mistake Bayť. During low tide a large area of mostly sandy sediment is exposed as well as tideways with muddier sand that allow the growth of sea grass, but no other vegetation. Spanish Banks on the other hand is located directly in the city of Vancouver and consists of a long stretch of three beaches with a view of downtown (see picture). Spanish Banks also consists mostly of sandy sediment with some tideways that form during low tide. No vegetation is found here, and the exposed area is not as extensive as Boundary Bay. Dinoflagellates were extracted from the top layer (~5 cm) of the sand collected during low tides in 2005 and 2006. Sarah Sparmann and Mona Hoppenrath, as part of Brian Leanders research lab (http://www3.botany.ubc.ca/bleander/index.html) at the University of British Columbia, conducted the investigation and made the images presented in this collection.
This image was taken by Mona Hoppenrath The copyright holder of this image is Mona Hoppenrath, and the image is used under license
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