Port of Halifax – Aquatic Ecosystems Literature Review

The Halifax Port Authority (HPA) is launching a study that will examine aquatic ecosystems in the Halifax Harbour. This work will support HPA in better understanding local ecosystems that have the potential to be affected by port operations and thus determine the port’s zones of influence. This research study will help to establish benchmarks for aquatic ecosystem presence, health, diversity, vulnerability/resilience, and fecundity, in the Halifax Harbour and will support HPA in developing an approach to minimizing the potential impacts of the marine transportation sector within the port’s zones of influence. By gaining a better understanding of aquatic ecosystems in the Halifax Harbour, HPA can begin to prioritize efforts to minimize potential impacts.

Faculty Supervisor:

Hannah Harrison

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Partner:

Halifax Port Authority

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Transportation and warehousing

University:

Dalhousie University

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