Where: Bamfield, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

When: March 2 – 4, 2012.

The Pacific Ecology and Evolution Conference (PEEC) is an annual conference for graduate, post-doctoral, and advanced undergraduate students conducting ecological and evolutionary research at Western Canadian and American universities. This conference provides a forum for presenting current research advances in the fields of ecology and evolution, and gives students an excellent opportunity to make contacts, obtain feedback, and exchange ideas with their peers. The remote setting of this conference at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre allows attendees to be immersed in a dynamic coastal environment at a unique teaching and research facility. Evening festivities are a tradition.

MER students scheduled to present at the upcoming Pacific Ecology and Evolution Conference meeting:

9:30am What Helps and Hinders Engagement in Public Policy and Science-based Advocacy? Saturday – Gerald Singh

12:00pm Calming the waves of marine spatial planning: modelling ecosystem services on the west coast of Vancouver Island – Joey Bernhardt

1:45pm Diversity and function in eelgrass meadows: A matter of scale – Ross Whippo

2:30pm How does Crassostrea gigas respond to ocean acidification at early developmental stage and are there any signs of acclimation? – Manon Picard

3:15pm What a drag: Do intertidal algal epiphytes increase the risk of algal host dislodgement? – Laura Anderson

Poster –  Stuck in the mud: inducing morphological changes in Fucus distichus – Carolyn Prentice