Current Research Program:

I have broad interests in marine ecology and fisheries, and in the application of diving technology and procedures to investigations of marine organisms and communities. Until recently, my research has focused on studies in cold ocean environments and benthic ecology. I have supervised a variety of studies of marine invertebrates with applications to fisheries, aquaculture and environmental problems.I continue to be active also in the development of procedures, standards and regulations for cold ocean scientific diving. Most recently, my interests have shifted to the warm ocean environment, the East African coastal reef system and reef management/fisheries. Diving expeditions and studies are in collaboration with the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Selected Publications:

Hartwick, B., S. Morariu and E. Banister. Eds.,1998. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences 18th Annual Symposium and the Canadian Association for Underwater Science Annual Meeting. Vancouver, BC.

Bureau, D., A. Campbell and B. Hartwick. 1997. Roe enhancement in the red sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus, fed the bull kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana. Bull. Aquacul. Assoc. Canada 97-1:26-30.

Hartwick B.,and I. Barriga. 1997. Biology and fisheries of Octopus dofleini. In Fishery and market potential of octopus in California. M. Lang and F. G. Hochberg eds.

Peitso,E., E. Hui, B. Hartwick and N. Bourne. 1994. Predation by the naticid gastropod Polinices lewisii on littleneck clams Protothaca staminea in British Columbia. Can. J. Zool. 72; 319-325.

Scientific diving is a useful tool for the study of coastal marine organisms.