British Columbia Shore Station Oceanographic Program information
Water temperature and salinity monitoring program
Amphitrite point
Departure Bay
Race Rocks
Nootka
Kains Island
Entrance Island
Langara Point
Pine Island
McInnes Island
Bonilla Island
Chrome Island
Egg Island
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Lightstations part of the British Columbia Shore Station Oceanographic Program.
The British Columbia Shore Station Oceanographic Program is a sea surface temperature and salinity monitoring program on the Canadian coast of the northeast Pacific Ocean.[1] The program is administered by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and regroups 12 lighthouse stations in British Columbia. Most lighthouses are staffed by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, but some have independent contractors instead.[2]
The practice of recording ocean water temperature and salinity levels in the area was initiated in 1914 at the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo. Data is collected daily around the time of the daytime high tide. The methodology of the sampling was originally designed by oceanographer John P. Tully, and was never modified in order to maintain the homogeneity of the data. The program expanded to 12 stations in the 1930s. Over time, more stations joined the programs while others stopped reporting. Currently, twelve stations remain in the program.[3][4]
Data from the Amphitrite point and Kains island lightstations, which started reporting in the mid-1930s, show an increase in coastal water temperatures of 0.08 °C per decade. On the other hand, data from the Entrance Island station, which started reporting around the same time, show an increase in coastal water temperatures of 0.15°C per decade. These trends are a result of anthropogenic climate change.[5]
The stations currently being monitored as part of the program are:[3]
Lightstation / location
Active since
Amphitrite point lightstation
1934
Bonilla island lightstation
1960
Chrome island lightstation
1961
Departure bay (PBS)
1914
Egg island lightstation
1970
Entrance island lightstation
1936
Kains island lightstation
1935
Langara point lightstation
1936
Mcinnes island lightstation
1954
Nootka point lightstation
1934
Pine island lightstation
1937
Race Rocks Light
1921
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^"Data from BC lightstations". www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca. Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 2019-03-21. Archived from the original on 2019-06-19. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
^ ab"British Columbia Lightstation Sea-Surface Temperature and Salinity Data (Pacific), 1914-present - Open Government Portal". open.canada.ca. Treasury Board of Canada. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
^"British Columbia Lightstation Sea-Surface Temperature and Salinity Data (Pacific), 1914-present". zoology.ubc.ca. 2017-03-27. Archived from the original on 2021-02-11. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
^"Canada's Changing Climate Report (CCCR)". 2019. p. 358. Archived from the original on 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2021-02-10. There is only a 1% possibility that the trend is due to chance
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