2018:

Esenkulova, S.; Suchy, K.; Perry, I.; Young, K.; Costa, M.; Flagg, R.; Galbraith, M.; Pearsall, I. (2018, April 4-6). Seasonal dynamics of oceanographic conditions, phytoplankton, and zooplankton in the Malaspina Strait, Strait of Georgia. Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference, Seattle, WA, USA – oral. 

Nahirnick, N.; Costa, M.; Schroeder, S.; Sharma, T. (2018, April 4-6). Long-term spatial-temporal eelgrass (Zostera marina) habitat change in the Salish Sea (1932-2016). Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference, Seattle, WA, USA – oral. 

Nahirnick, N.; Reshitnyk, L.; Hessing-Lewis, M.; Costa, M. (2018, April 4-6). The role of environmental conditions and site characteristics in UAV eelgrass mapping reliability. Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference, Seattle, WA, USA – poster. 

Schroeder, S. (2018, April 4-6). Temporal changes in bull kelp (nereocystis luetkeana) in the Salish Sea using high resolution satellite imagery. Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference, Seattle, WA, USA – oral. 

Suchy, K.; Costa, M.; Perry, I. (2018, April 4-6). Influence of environmental drivers on satellite-derived chlorophyll a in the Strait of Georgia from 2003-2016. Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference, Seattle, WA, USA – oral. 

Suchy, K.; Perry, I.; Costa, M.; Young, K.; Galbraith, M.; Hunt, B.; Esenkulova, S.; Boldt, J.; Thompson, M. (2018, April 4-6). Comparison of bottom-up processes in Canadian subregions of the Salish Sea. Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference, Seattle, WA, USA – oral. 

Schroeder, S. (2018, March 20). Investigating Kelp as Salmon Habitat. Kelp Recovery Plan Workshop, NOAA and Northwest Straits Commission. Seattle, WA, USA.

Suchy, K.; Costa, M.; I. Perry (2018, February 11-16) Synchrony between phytoplankton and zooplankton phenology in the Salish Sea. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, USA – poster.

Hilborn, A.; Costa, M.; Suchy, K.; Sastri, A. (2018, February 11-16) Application and validation of DINEOF to satellite chlorophyll-a: Insights for phytoplankton phenology in the Salish Sea of British Columbia.  Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, USA – oral.

Wang, Z.; Costa, M. (2018) Autonomous in situ hyperspectral reflectance data for validation of ocean colour imagery: the Sentinel-3 study. ASLO 2018 Summer meeting, Victoria, Canada – oral.

2017:

Hilborn, A.; Costa, M. (2017) Gaining data of surface chlorophyll-a in the Salish Sea through multi-sensor merging and cloud-filling interpolation. Earth Observation Summit 2017, Montreal, QC, Canada - poster.

King, S.; Suchy, K.; Hilborn, A.; Esenkulova, S.; Costa, M.; Gower, J. (2017) Phytoplankton in the Salish Sea, 2015-2017. Pacific Salmon Foundation Annual Meeting, Nanaimo, BC, Canada - poster.

Hilborn, A.; Costa, M. (2017) Gaining data of surface chlorophyll-a in the Salish Sea through multi-sensor merging and cloud-filling interpolation. MEOPAR Annual Scientific Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada – poster.

Costa, M.;  Wang, Z.;  Vandenberg, N.;  Hilborn, A.; Esenkulova, S. (2017) Ferry Ocean Colour Observation System (FOCOS): acquisition of autonomous, continuous above-water hyperspectral reflectance data from ferry platforms for validation of Sentinel-3. MEOPAR  Annual Scientific Meeting, Montreal, Canada – poster.

Wang, Z.;  Costa, M.; Wernand, M.; Yang, Y.; Leithoff, V. (2017) Autonomous in situ hyperspectral reflectance data for validation of ocean colour imagery: the Sentinel-3 study. 2017 NetCOLOR Meeting, Dartmouth, Canada – poster.

Suchy, K.; Hilborn, A.; Costa, M.; Perry, I. (2017) Examining how environmental drivers influence chlorophyll a in the Strait of Georgia: Pairing citizen science data with satellite time series. Pacific Salmon Foundation Annual Meeting, Nanaimo, Canada – oral.

Suchy, K.; Hilborn, A.; Costa, M.; Perry, I. (2017) Environmental drivers and spatiotemporal patterns of satellite-derived chlorophyll a in the Strait of Georgia from 2003-2016. Salish Sea Marine Survival Project US-Canada Retreat, Vancouver, Canada – oral.

Suchy, K.; Hilborn, A.; Costa, M.; Perry, I. (2017) Pairing citizen science data with satellite time series: examining how environmental drivers influence chlorophyll a in the Strait of Georgia. Pacific Salmon Foundation Annual Meeting, Nanaimo, BC, Canada – oral.

Vandenberg, N.; Costa, M.; Coady, Y.; Agbaje, T. (2017, August 21-23). PySciDON: A Python Scientific Framework for Development of Ocean Network Applications. IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, Victoria, BC.

Suchy, K.; Costa, M.; Hilborn, A.; Wang, Z.; Vandenberg, N.; Yang, Y.; Le Baron, N.; Cowen, L.; Coady, Y.; Perry, I. (2017, June 21-22). Assisting fisheries management by integration of data from non-specialized assets: ferries, citizens, and satellites. MEOPAR Annual Science Meeting, Montreal, QC.

Yang, Y.; Cowen, L.; Costa, M.; Wang, Z. (2017, June 10). Evaluation of ocean colour spectra acquired by ferry passengers in the Salish Sea. The Fifth Annual Canadian StaUsUcs Student Conference, Winnipeg, ON.

Nahirnick, N.; Hunter, P.; Schroeder, S.; Costa, M.; Sharma, T. (2017, July). Long-term and UAV mapping of eelgrass habitat in the Southern Gulf Islands and associated land use and shoreline activity change. Saturna Island Parks Day Intertidal Safari, East Point (Saturna Island), BC – oral.

Nahirnick, N.; Schroeder, S.; Costa, M.; Sharma, T.  (2017, June). Long-term spatial-temporal eelgrass habitat change (1932-2016) in the Salish Sea. Earth Observation Summit / Canadian Remote Sensing Symposium, Montreal, QC – poster.

Nahirnick, N.; Hunter, P.; Schroeder, S.; Costa, M.; Sharma, T. (2017, June). Unmanned Aerial Photographic Mapping of Eelgrass. Earth Observation Summit / Canadian Remote Sensing Symposium, Montreal, QC – poster.

Nahirnick, N.; Hunter, P.; Schroeder, S.; Costa, M.; Sharma, T. (2017, May). Benefits and challenges of UAV mapping for seagrass ecology and conservation. Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Victoria, BC – oral. 

Nahirnick, N.; Hunter, P.; Schroeder, S.; Costa, M.; Sharma, T. (2017, March). UAV Imagery for mapping eelgrass (Zostera marina) in the Southern Gulf Islands, BC. Bridging the Gap Student Conference, Victoria, BC – oral.

2016:

Nahirnick, N.; Hunter, P.; Schroeder, S.; Costa, M.; Sharma, T. (2016, October). Mapping and monitoring eelgrass (Zostera marina) using UAV technology and OBIA. Poster presented at the Ocean Optics Conference, Victoria, BC.

Nahirnick, N.; Schroeder, S.; Costa, M.; Sharma, T. (2016, June). Mapping historic eelgrass (Zostera marina) using an object-based image analysis approach. Poster presented at the Canadian Association of Geographers Conference, Halifax, NS.

Nahirnick, N.; Schroeder, S.; Costa, M.; Sharma, T. (2016, April). Long-term trends in eelgrass (Zostera marina) and coastal development in the Salish Sea. Poster presented at the Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference, Vancouver, BC. Awarded Honourable Mention. 

Wang, Z.;  Costa, M.; Wernand, M.;  Yang, Y.;  Leithoff, V. (2016) Autonomous in situ hyperspectral reflectance data for validation of ocean colour imagery: the Sentinel-3 study. Ocean Optics XXIII, Victoria, Canada – poster.