WiseOceans

1. What inspired you to pursue a career in marine conservation?

I was born in the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada, where the ocean is little more than a rumour. For me, thousands of kilometres away from the nearest coastline cultivated a sense of awe and mystery surrounding the marine realm.

The Conversation, Brett Jameson

In October 2019, I set sail with a team of scientists aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Vessel John P. Tully in the northeast Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Vancouver Island. Battling rough seas and lack of sleep, we spent the better part of a week working shoulder-to-shoulder in a small stand-up refrigerator, analyzing seafloor sediments to learn more about the effects of low-oxygen conditions on deep-sea environments.

BIOS Currents

For five weeks spanning October and early November, Brett Jameson, a doctoral candidate at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada, is working with BIOS biogeochemical oceanographer Damian Grundle on a project investigating the microbial production of nitrous oxide (N2O) in low oxygen marine environments.

L&O Bulletin, Laura Falkenberg

Whether you know it or not, each published research article has an Altmetric Attention Score. Given the success of this article in terms of Altmetrics, I sat down with the lead author, Ph.D. candidate Brett Jameson, to find out more and get tips for how to improve the Altmetric score of future research.

UVic KnowlEdge, Jody Paterson

Deep in the ocean off Vancouver Island’s west coast, a gas associated with climate warming is making its way to the surface…