Dr. Helen Gurney-Smith: Flexing your Mussels: Shellfish as Powerful Ecosystem Indicators
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Dr. Helen Gurney-Smith is a research scientist and manager at the Centre for Shellfish Research at Vancouver Island University, and has led the Shellfish Health and Husbandry Group since 2007. Her current shellfish health research includes development of genomic tools and resources to further understand shellfish stress and the examination of th... Read more
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- -: Dr. Helen Gurney-Smith: Flexing your Mussels: Shellfish as Powerful Ecosystem Indicators
January 10, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Dr. Helen Gurney-Smith is a research scientist and manager at the Centre for Shellfish Research at Vancouver Island University, and has led the Shellfish Health and Husbandry Group since 2007. Her current shellfish health research includes development of genomic tools and resources to further und...
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