What Lies Below at Baeria Rocks Ecological Reserve

In 2016 The Friends of Ecological Reserves provided funding to the Diving Class at Bamfield Marine Station to do an underwater survey in the Ecological reserve to document for baseline Data purposes the species of the Underwater and Terrestrial portion of the reserve. The report by Isabelle Côté and Siobhan Gray is documented in the

Friends Support for Research

Here are a few examples of how the Friends of Ecological Reserves has provided  research grants to support biological and ecological research projects related to ecological reserves in British Columbia. Some of the projects that have or are being supported are profiled below. What Lies Below at Baeria Rocks Ecological Reserve 2016 : The Friends

Baeria Rocks Ecological Reserve Warden Report 2006

Volunteer Warden, Anne Stewart, of the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre,  Bamfield, BC, V0R1B0 Did this report for 2005-2006on the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre Volunteer Biodiversity Monitoring Monitoring Activities Except for one visit made in collaboration with BC Parks personnel (described below as site visit May 31, 2006), biodiversity monitoring activities at the Baeria Rocks Ecological

Haulout and associated behaviour of the Harbour Seal ( Phoca Vitulina) in Barkley Sound

Based on observations of the harbour seal (Phoca Vitulina), at Baeria Rocks and the Geer Islands , BC, a model outlining aspects of haul-out and behaviour is proposed. Seal haul-out and activity levels peak at loew tides. A seconfd peak of activituy is observed at high tide.  —— A report done by Allison M. Peacock,

Field Study of the Harbor Seal ( Phoca vitulina) ER #24

Naturalistic behavior studies are expensive time-wise and tend to yield relatively small amounts of  scientifically pure data those which are easily measured and repeatable when compares to other methods of study. When compared to other methods of study at least partially due to this phenomenon, there appears to be a paucity of data published on

A List of Seabird nesting sites in Barkley Sound, BC– 1971

Provincial Museum and UBC field parties conducted bird and mammal  investigations in Barkley Sound from 1954 to 1970 inclusive. 55 of approx. 55 islands,islets and reefs  were visited. Nesting sites of 6 species of sea birds  previously unrecorded are lsited. See the complete paper –PDF file: barkley_sound_sea_bird_nesting_sites