Live @ Lunch: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Find out what's happening at the museum and archives in these monthly talks featuring curators, staff and researchers. 

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Intertidal Plants and Marine Invertebrates of Estuaries on the Mid-Coast of British Columbia.
Dr. Henry Choong, Curator of Invertebrate Zoology, Dr. Ken Marr, Curator of Botany and guest Matthias Herborg, Ministry of Environment, Aquatic Species Coordinator

Last fall, natural history staff from the Royal BC Museum joined provincial invasive species experts on a survey of some mid-coast estuaries aboard the MV Forest Patrol. The team was tasked with searching for and documenting the spread of invasive species including Cordgrass (Spartina spp.) and the European Green Crab (Carcinus maenas). Along the way, Royal BC Museum biologists took the opportunity to collect specimens of native estuary plants and lesser-known invertebrates such as hydroids. Join us for a look at what they found (and what they didn’t) on this five day adventure!