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Thesis topic:

Studying the impacts of ocean acidification on planktonic snails (pteropods) in the northeast Pacific

Publications:

• Miller, M.R., Oakes, R.L., Covert, P., Ianson, D., and Dower, J.F. 2023. Evidence for an effective defence against ocean acidification in the key bioindicator pteropod Limacina helicina. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 80(5): 1329-1341.
• Duke, P.J., Richaud, B., Arruda, R., Länger, J., Schuler, K., Gooya, P., Ahmed, M.M.M., Miller, M.R., Braybrook, C.A., Kam, K., Piunno, R., Sezginer, Y., Nickoloff, G., and Franco, A.C. 2023. Canada’s marine carbon sink: an early career perspective on the state of research and existing knowledge gaps. FACETS, 8: 1-21.
• Sastri, A., Davelaar, M., Caleb, D., Covert, P., Ianson, D., Gatien, G., Scozzafava, K., Miller, M.R., Belton, M., Nemcek, N., Fraser, T., and Wietzke, J. (2022). Discrete profile measurements of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), total alkalinity (TA), salinity, oxygen, nutrients, and temperature during the CCGS John P. Tully cruise 2019.23 (EXPOCODE 18DD20190829) in the Salish Sea and off the west coast of Vancouver Island of the North American Pacific coast from 2019-08-29 to 2019-09-06 (NCEI Accession 0252614). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset.
• Byrne, A.A., Pearce, C.M., Cross, S.F., Jones, S.R.M., Robinson, S.M.C., Hutchinson, M.J., Miller, M.R., Haddad, C.A., and Johnson, D.L. (2018) Field assessment of Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) growth and ingestion of planktonic salmon louse (Lepeoptheirus salmonis) larvae at an Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) farm in British Columbia, Canada. Aquaculture, 490: 53-63.
• Byrne, A.A., Pearce, C.M., Cross, S.F., Jones, S.R.M., Robinson, S.M.C., Hutchinson, M.J., Miller, M.R., Haddad, C.A., and Johnson, D.L. (2018) Planktonic and parasitic sea lice (Lepeoptheirus salmonis and Caligus clemensi) at a commercial Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) farm in British Columbia, Canada. Aquaculture, 486: 130-138.
• Cox, K.D., Black, M.J., Filip, N., Miller, M.R., Mohns, K., Mortimor, J., Ricardo, T.R., Greiter Loerzer, R., Gerwing, T.G., Juanes, F., and Dudas, S.E. (2017) Community assessment techniques and the implications for rarefaction and extrapolation with Hill numbers. Ecology and Evolution, 7(24): 11213-11226. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3580
  
  

Presentations:

• 2024 “Testing assumptions and critically evaluating the impact of ocean acidification on pteropods in the North-East Pacific” Miller, M.R.* Departmental Seminar, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, B.C.
• 2022 “An experimental approach to testing the role of the periostracum in protecting the pteropod Limacina helicina from dissolution via ocean acidification.” Miller, M.R.*, Oakes, R., Covert, P., Ianson, D., Dower, J.F. Ocean Sciences Meeting, virtual conference.
• 2020 “Resolving the vertical distribution of the pteropod Limacina helicina from a 24-year time series off the coast of British Columbia to estimate experienced ranges in aragonite saturation states.” Miller, M.R.*, Gibb, P., Galbraith, M., Ianson, D., Dower, J.F. Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, USA.
• 2018 “Acidifying oceans, sea butterflies, and tiny CAT-Scans.” Miller, M.R.*, Dower, J.F., Ianson, D. Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, University of Victoria, B.C. Awarded “First Place Presentation”, Science Heat.
• 2017 “Influence of subtidal and intertidal shellfish farming on microplastic contamination in cultured Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) from British Columbia.” Miller, M.R.*, Dudas, S.E. 2017 Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Meeting, Victoria, B.C.
• 2017 “Microplastic contamination in cultured Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas): Does aquaculture method play a role?” Miller, M.R.*, Dudas, S.E. VIU CREATE Conference, Nanaimo, B.C. Awarded “Meritorious Best Presentation”.
  
  
  

Awards:

• 2022 Diana and Martin Hocking Graduate Scholarship, University of Victoria

• 2020-22 Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship-Doctoral, NSERC

• 2019 Dr. Arne H. Lane Graduate Fellowship in Marine Science, University of Victoria

• 2019-20 President’s Research Scholarship, University of Victoria

• 2018 Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master’s, NSERC

• 2017 University of Victoria Graduate Fellowship

• 2017 Graduate Entrance Award, University of Victoria

• 2017 Undergraduate Student Research Award, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada