May 2009 – Friends of Ecological Reserves

Demographic Consequences of Early Development and Extreme Climate Events for Alcids on Trangle Island BC

30MayGarry Fletcher13, Climate change, Issues, Marine Reserves, ResearchCassin’s Auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus), climate change, Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata), Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)

Kyle Morrison – 2009 – Simon Fraser University Master of Science Thesis See complete thesis pdf: http://summit.sfu.ca/system/files/iritems1/9472/etd4466.pdf ABSTRACT In long-lived species like seabirds, population growth rate is most sensitive to changes in adult survival, although juvenile survival and recruitment can also be important. The reproductive success of seabirds often varies greatly depending on climate-driven food

COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Northern Abalone Haliotis kamtschatkana in Canada

27MayGarry Fletcher97, Rare Species, ReportsCOSEWIC, Haliotis kamtschatkana, mollusc, Northern Abalone

COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Northern Abalone Haliotis kamtschatkana in Canada See the PDF: bcabalone Status: Endangered Alpha-numeric code: A2bd Reasons for Designation: Highly valued for its meat, this marine mollusc is patchily distributed along the west coast of Canada. Despite a total moratorium on harvest in 1990, the species was designated as

Handedness during feeding in the green shore crab, Hemigrapsus oregonensis

14MayGarry Fletcher97, ResearchAdam Harding, hemigrapsus oregonensis

Adam Harding performed this research in 2009 on a population of Hemigrapsis oregonensis, the green shore crab near Race Rocks. See the complete PDF file at: adamhee

Mount Maxwell Field Trip, May 3 2009

3MayGarry Fletcher37, Field Trips, Invasive Species, Issues, Management, Reports

From THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER SPRING 2009 Mount Maxwell Day Trip By Mike Fenger, Marilyn Lambert, Stephen Ruttan and Paul Linton On May 3rd three of the FER Board visited Paul Linton and the Mount Maxwell ER. Background In 1972, a 65-hectare parcel of land was preserved under the Ecological Reserve Act