July 2000 – Friends of Ecological Reserves

Benthic Biodiversity and Stability in an Unpolluted Inlet, 1965-1974

30JulyGarry Fletcher67, Reports, Species Listbenthic

Satellite Channel, BC Canada excellent benthic invertebrate species list of the Ecological reserve in Satellite Channel See the PDF: Satellite Channel Ellis 2000

Byers/Conroy/Harvey/Sinnett Islands Ecological Reserve Purpose Statement

21JulyGarry Fletcher103, Management, Marine Reserves, Oil Spill Threat, Reports, Species Listnesting seabirds, Oil Spill, Peregrine Falcons, Tufted Puffin

Purpose Statement Primary Role: The primary role of Byers/Conroy/Harvey/Sinnett Islands Ecological Reserve is to protect terrestrial and marine habitats and prevent the disturbance of nesting seabirds and raptors: The only know occurrence of peregrine falcons nesting in trees. Only significant breeding site of tufted puffins along the mainland coast. Seal pupping areas. Extensive kelp reefs

Egg neglect and its implications for egg predation in the Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata).

15JulyGarry Fletcher13, Marine Reserves, ResearchCerorhinca monocerata, Rhinoceros Auklet

Blight, L.K. 2000. Egg neglect and its implications for egg predation in the Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata). MSc, Centre for Wildlife Ecology, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 103 pp. Depredation of island-nesting seabirds by introduced vertebrates is a conservation problem world wide, particularly as marine birds have generally evolved in the

Predation on seabird eggs by Keen’s mice (Peromyscus keeni): using stable isotopes to decipher the diet of a terrestrial omnivore on a remote offshore island

15JulyGarry Fletcher13, Marine Reserves, ResearchKeen's mice, Midcotus townsendii cowani, nesting seabirds, Seabird colonies

M.C. Drever, L.K. Blight, K.A. Hobson, and D.F. Bertram Abstract: We used stable isotope techniques to analyze tissues of Keen’s mice (Peromyscus keeni) and Townsend’s voles (Microtus townsendii cowani) and a subset of prey items at Triangle Island, British Columbia, western Canada’s largest seabird colony. Isotope analysis allowed us to investigate the importance of seabird

Columbia Lake Ecological Reserve Overview, Biological and Physical

15JulyGarry Fletcher20, Reports, Species Listannual paintbrush-, badger, Bighorn Sheep, Flammulated Owl, Gastony’s cliff-brake, giant helleborine, Hooker’s townsendia, marsh muhly, saltwater cress

ORIGINAL PURPOSE Protection of calcicolous vegetation, hydrology and geology as well as ecosystems representative of the Interior Douglas-fir zone Physical: The reserve lies mostly on the west-facing slope of a north-south trending ridge, about 300 m east of Columbia Lake and 150 m higher in elevation. Slope exposure is mostly to the west and southwest

Modelling an Integrated Energy System for Race Rocks , 2000

3JulyGarry Fletcher97, Management, News, Research

Taco Niet of University of Victoria does a Master’s Thesis on modeling Tidal Energy for Race Rocks, 2000. Abstract of thesis and articles included.

Ten Mile Point FIsheries Regulations

1JulyGarry Fletcher66, Management, Maps, Marine Reserves

From Marine Protected Areas and Fisheries Closures in British Columbia, by Glen S. Jamieson and Joanne Lessard Canadian Special Publications of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 131, 2000