Ocean climate and El Niño impacts on survival of Cassin’s Auklets from upwelling and downwelling domains of British Columbia

Douglas F. Bertram, Anne Harfenist, and Barry D. Smith  Abstract: We report on the survival of populations of Cassin’s Auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) that breed on two oceanic colonies in British Columbia: Triangle Island, near the northern end of the California Current Ecosystem, and Frederick Island to the north in the Alaska Current Ecosystem. We captured

Will Honeymoon Bay Ecological Reserve Still Have Erythroniums 50 years from now?

From: THE LOG • FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER • AUTUMN 2005 by David F. Polster, M.Sc., R.P.Bio. Plant Ecologist Construction of the logging road bridge across Sutton Creek at the upstream edge of the ecological reserve has caused a significant change in the hydrology of the creek and consequently the ecology of the reserve.

Liumchen Lake photos

Photographer Erik  Kehler of Scenic Arts , a Division of Viewmaps.com , Inc has the following images of Liumchen Lake linked here to his website: Gallery 1 Gallery 2 The Liumchem Lake images are by Eric Kehler, Copyright 2012 by ScenicArt a division of Viewmaps.com, Inc. 604-538-4905,  www.scenicart.ca or http://www.scenicart.ca/search/node/Liumchen.

An assessment of abundance and growth of the sea otter population (Enhydra lutris) in British Columbia

An assessment of abundance and growth of the sea otter population (Enhydra lutris) in British Columbia By Nichol, L.M., J.C. Watson, G.M. Ellis, J.K.B. Ford Abstract Sea otters were re-introduced to British Columbia from Alaska between 1969 and 1972. The first population count was made in 1977. Since 1988, field surveys have been undertaken using small boat or helicopter,

Forage fish quality and implications for rhinoceros auklet chick growth.

Beaubier, J.  2005.  Thesis Proposal Summary.  Forage fish quality and implications for rhinoceros auklet chick growth.  University of British Columbia. Rhinoceros auklets breeding at Triangle Island provision their chicks with 4 main species of forage fish: pacific saury (Cololabis saira), pacific sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus), juvenile rockfish (Sebastes spp.), and juvenile salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), supplemented with a variety of other, less utilized species.  The relative composition of each species

An Outing to Rolla Canyon, 2005

An Outing to Rolla Canyon Clay banks along the Pouce Coupe River in Rolla Canyon By Phil Haight From THE LOG– FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER • SPRING 2006 On June 12, 2005, five canoeists in two canoes undertook a trip down the Pouce Coupe River to reach Rolla Canyon Ecological Reserve. Three biologists/ birders