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The Atlantic Reference Centre (ARC)—based in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada—is a research museum for Canadian Atlantic marine life and a centre for biodiversity information and applied environmental research.
In 1984, the Huntsman Marine Science Centre and Fisheries and Ocean Canada (DFO) created the ARC to archive samples of Canadian Atlantic marine life collected by research surveys and as a source of taxonomic information. Operationally, DFO provides facilities and partial funding—while the Huntsman provides staffing, additional program funding, and program administration.
Together the ARC and DFO collaborate on marine biodiversity research and planning. The ARC is a primary resource supporting Huntsman and DFO scientific objectives. ARC services include sample processing and specimen identification, information, advice, and research for government, universities, museums, private institutions, industry and the public. In addition, ARC scientists train students, technicians and researchers on the identification and curation of aquatic organisms, and offer a course on the analysis of biological diversity and community structure.
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