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ISMER-UQAR Aquaculture Station
Discover the ISMER-UQAR aquaculture station.
ISMER-UQAR news story on TVA Est-du-Québec
ISMER-UQAR was featured in the program “À vos affaires,” hosted by Pierre-Olivier Zappa on LCN. A report by journalist Martin Blanchet from the TVA Est-du-Québec station.
Passionate about the Sea?
The Institut des sciences de la mer of the Université du Québec à Rimouski is the foremost French-language academic research institute of marine sciences in North America! ISMER offers graduate programs in oceanography and brings together specialists studying a wide range of maritime issues. With its world-class infrastructure, ISMER provides an exceptional setting for studying marine environments.
Objective Saint Lawrence: The Saint Lawrence and ISMER
ISMER is the foremost French-language academic research institute of marine sciences in Canada. Its students and professors have access to a veritable open-air laboratory, allowing new discoveries about this still little-known neighbour.
Objective Saint Lawrence: Out of Breath
For about thirty years, researchers have agreed that ocean acidification and the gradual decline of deep-water oxygen levels in the Saint Lawrence have a definite impact on the ecosystem and local fauna.
Objective Saint Lawrence: Adrift
While the laws of physics endeavour to explain and model the great phenomena of the universe, ocean physics studies water movements and fluid turbulence.
Objective Saint Lawrence: A Thousand Billion Microbes
The base of the Saint Lawrence ecosystem is invisible to the naked eye. Each drop of water contains more than 250 million microorganisms, barely ten percent of which have been identified.
Objective Saint Lawrence: Prairies in the River
Vast expanses of vegetation cover the shores of the St. Lawrence River and its estuary. A diverse fauna finds refuge there.
Objective Saint Lawrence: We’ve Touched Bottom
The Saint Lawrence is not a long, quiet river, and its depths harbour still unknown phenomena. The physical phenomena observed in the St. Lawrence Channel fascinate Daniel Bourgault, professor of physical oceanography at ISMER.
Objective Saint Lawrence: Seafood stars
The Saint Lawrence River has many edible species. However, most of the species caught are exported, while those consumed by Quebecers are often imported from abroad.
Objective Saint Lawrence: Internship Mission
Training is essential for oceanographers. The experimental oceanography course, part of the graduate program at ISMER, is of great importance since it is often the student’s first contact with fieldwork.
Objective Saint Lawrence: Shell and more
Plastic pollution and climate change are making life difficult for organisms living in the Saint Lawrence River. Émilien Pelletier and Réjean Tremblay have been reflecting on these issues for many years.
Objective Saint Lawrence: The St. Lawrence, My Love
The river is an open-air laboratory for ISMER’s scientific community. At the origin of researchers’ careers always lies a great curiosity and an undeniable love for biodiversity and nature.