(—THIS SIDEBAR DOES NOT PRINT—) Physical, chemical, and biological observaons of ‘the Blob’ on the Brish QUICK START (cont.) DESIGN GUIDE Columbia central coast How to change the template color theme This PowerPoint 2007 template produces a 44”x44” You can easily change the color theme of your poster by going to presentation poster. You can use it to create your research 1 1,2 the DESIGN menu, click on COLORS, and choose the color theme of poster and save valuable time placing titles, subtitles, Jennifer M. Jackson and Brian P.V. Hunt your choice. You can also create your own color theme. text, and graphics. 1 Hakai Instute, Heriot Bay BC, CANADA

We provide a series of online tutorials that will guide you 2 Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Brish Columbia, Vancouver CANADA through the poster design process and answer your poster production questions. To view our template tutorials, go online to PosterPresentations.com and click on HELP Central coast core staons Results - Nutrients DESK. The Hakai Instute • Five stations on the British Columbia central coast have been When you are ready to print your poster, go online to • The Hakai Institute is a scientific research institution that advances designated core stations, where biological, chemical, and physical You can also manually change the color of your background by PosterPresentations.com long-term research at remote locations on the coastal margin of British variables are sampled year-round. All stations are sampled more going to VIEW > SLIDE MASTER. After you finish working on the Columbia frequently in summer and about every 6 weeks from October to March master be sure to go to VIEW > NORMAL to continue working on • The Hakai Institute is a not for profit organization your poster. Need assistance? Call us at 1.510.649.3001 • These stations are:

• Research focuses of the Hakai Institute are: /L) • PRUTH – in Kwakshua Channel /L) How to add Text • Oceanographic monitoring (physical, chemical, /L)

• HKP01 – in Hakai Pass, north of Calvert Island µmol The template comes with a number of pre- µmol

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• QCS01 – NW of Calvert Island in Queen Charlotte Sound ( • Archaeology 4 blocks. You can add more blocks by copying • FZH01 – in Fitzhugh Sound, east of Calvert Island SiO4 ( SiO4 ( • Marine Ecology PO and pasting the existing ones or by adding a Zoom in and out • DFO2 – in Rivers Inlet text box from the HOME menu. As you work on your poster zoom in and out to the • Fisheries ecology and oceanography level that is more comfortable to you. Go to VIEW > Text size ZOOM. Adjust the size of your text based on how much content you have Figure 5: Observed phosphate (blue circles), silicate (red circles) and to present. The default template text offers a good starting point. Title, Authors, and Affiliations nitrate plus nitrite (green circles) from June 2012 – June 2015. All Follow the conference requirements. Start designing your poster by adding the title, the names of the samples were collected by Niskin bottles at PRUTH at 5 m depth. authors, and the affiliated institutions. You can type or paste text How to add Tables into the provided boxes. The template will automatically adjust • Nutrient data show lower concentrations in the summer of 2014 than To add a table from scratch go to the INSERT menu and the size of your text to fit the title box. You can manually override the previous two summers. click on TABLE. A drop-down box will help you select this feature and change the size of your text. • Nitrate, nitrite and silicate were lowest, suggesting rows and columns. nutrient limitation for phytoplankton in the summer of You can also copy and a paste a table from Word or TIP: The font size of your title should be bigger than your name(s) 2014 another PowerPoint document. A pasted table may and institution name(s). • All nutrients were lower in the winter of 2014-2015, suggesting need to be re-formatted by RIGHT-CLICK > FORMAT SHAPE, TEXT BOX, Margins. reduced replenishment of nutrients to the surface waters

Graphs / Charts Results - Biology You can simply copy and paste charts and graphs from Excel or Figure 1: The Hakai Explorer on its way to sample a station in Word. Some reformatting may be required depending on how the Adding Logos / Seals the Discovery Islands (Photo credit: Grant Callegari ) original document has been created. Most often, logos are added on each side of the title. You can insert a logo by dragging and dropping it from your desktop, copy Hakai Field Program Footprint How to change the column configuration and paste or by going to INSERT > PICTURES. Logos taken from web Figure 3: Location of core sampling stations on BC central coast RIGHT-CLICK on the poster background and select LAYOUT to see sites are likely to be low quality when printed. Zoom it at 100% to • The Hakai Institute has 2 field stations the column options available for this template. The poster see what the logo will look like on the final poster and make any • Quadra Island (northern Strait of Georgia) Results – Observaons of the Blob columns can also be customized on the Master. VIEW > MASTER. necessary adjustments. • Calvert Island (BC central coast)

TIP: See if your school’s logo is available on our free poster • Research focuses on regions that are accessible from those field stations How to remove the info bars templates page. • Data are sampled year-round at daily to monthly intervals (station If you are working in PowerPoint for Windows and have finished dependent) your poster, save as PDF and the bars will not be included. You can also delete them by going to VIEW > MASTER. On the Mac adjust Photographs / Graphics • Physical data collected are: the Page-Setup to match the Page-Setup in PowerPoint before you You can add images by dragging and dropping from your desktop, • Temperature, salinity, atmospheric data Figure 6: Total chlorophyll-a biomass in the upper 50 m at QCS01, create a PDF. You can also delete them from the Slide Master. copy and paste, or by going to INSERT > PICTURES. Resize images PRUTH, FZH01, and DFO2. All chlorophyll-a samples were collected proportionally by holding down the SHIFT key and dragging one of • Chemical data collected are: from Niskin bottles at 0m, 1m, 5m, 10m, 30m, and 50m. the corner handles. For a professional-looking poster, do not • Nutrients, carbon system data, oxygen, pH Save your work Save your template as a PowerPoint document. For printing, save distort your images by enlarging them disproportionally. • Biological data collected are: • Chlorophyll concentrations were reduced during the summer of 2015 as PowerPoint or “Print-quality” PDF. • Bacteria and viruses, phytoplankton, zooplankton • Zooplankton biomass was lower during the summer of 2015 than the summer of 2014 (not shown) Print your poster When you are ready to have your poster printed go online to PosterPresentations.com and click on the “Order Your Poster”

Summary button. Choose the poster type the best suits your needs and ORIGINAL DISTORTED Figure 4: Observed temperature with salinity contour lines at a) QCS01, submit your order. If you submit a PowerPoint document you will Corner be receiving a PDF proof for your approval prior to printing. If your handles b) HKP01, c) PRUTH, d) FZH01, and e) DFO2 for June 12, 2012 – • The Hakai Institute collects biological, physical, and chemical data in order is placed and paid for before noon, Pacific, Monday through November 3, 2015. Magenta lines denote the surface mixed layer depth, remote regions of British Columbia’s coastal margin Friday, your order will ship out that same day. Next day, Second defined as the first depth where the density was at least 0.5 kgm-3 • The Blob first appeared on British Columbia’s central coast during the day, Third day, and Free Ground services are offered. Go to greater than the surface density. Small black triangles represent when winter of 2014-2015 PosterPresentations.com for more information. Image Quality Check CTD profiles were sampled. Zoom in and look at your images at 100% magnification. If they • The Blob resulted in increased temperatures to about 100 m and look good they will print well. If they are blurry or pixelated, you • CTD data reveal warm temperatures to at least 100 m starting in reduced near-surface nutrients, phytoplankton, and zooplankton will need to replace it with an image that is at a high-resolution. October 2014 at all core stations • Continuous sampling during the winter of 2015-2016 will offer insight • The surface mixed layer was shallower in the winter of 2014-2015 into the impact of the Blob and the El Niño on British Columbia’s • Surface temperature in the summer of 2015 were warmer than central coast Student discounts are available on our Facebook page. Go to PosterPresentations.com and click on the FB icon. prinng quality prinng quality previously recorded in this area Bad Good Figure 2: Location of research stations on the British Columbia central • Warm waters to 100 m were observed until at least November 2015 coast (red circles), Johnstone Strait (green and open blue circles), and © 2015 PosterPresentaons.com Discovery Islands (yellow and orange open circles). 2117 Fourth Street , Unit C Berkeley CA 94710 RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION DESIGN © 2015 [email protected] www.PosterPresentations.com