Megin River Ecological Reserve, Overview: Biological and Physical

MEGIN RIVER ER #105 ORIGINAL PURPOSE To preserve an alluvial Sitka spruce-western redcedar forest OVERVIEW See the complete PDF : megin Location:  At the mouth of Megin River, Shelter  Inlet, 21 km NNW of Tofino. The  reserve is encompassed by Strathcona Provincial Park Total Area:  Land: 50 ha water 50 ha Elevation: 0-100 m Access:

IBA Moore and Byers Islands

http://www.ibacanada.com/site.jsp?siteID=BC106&lang=EN IBA Moore and Byers Islands and Banks Bella Bella, British Columbia Site Summary BC106 Latitude Longitude 52.568° N 129.34° W Elevation Size 0 – 60 m 799.44 km² Habitats: coniferous forest (temperate), coastal sand dunes & beaches, inlets/coastal features (marine), coastal cliffs/rocky shores (marine), other Land Use: Not Utilized (Natural Area) Potential or ongoing

Baeria Rocks Overview

Closed to the public by Order-in-Council no. 1920, 16 June 1977 to protect nesting birds which are very vulnerable to disturbance. A permit is required to land on the rocks and they are accessible by boat. Physical: The terrestrial part of the reserve consists of two low bedrock islands 500 m apart, the southern of

PREDATION ON RHINOCEROS AUKLET EGGS BY A NATIVE POPULATION OF PEROMYSCUS’

LOUISE K. BLIGHT AND JOHN L. RYDER Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC VjA I%, Canada, e-mail: lkbZight@sfu.ca   The Cooper Ornithological Society, 1999 DOUGLAS E BERTRAM Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A lS6, and Canadian Wildlife Service, PaciJc Wildlife Research Centre, RR1 5421 Robertson Road, Delta, BC

EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL: Ten Years Later Technical Background Paper for Alaska Wilderness League

by Pamela A. Miller, Arctic Connections 3/99  This paper was accessed in June 2014 at http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/SEEJ/Alaska/miller2.htm I am satisfied that tanker traffic to and from Port Valdez, and operation of an oil port there will not cause any significant damage to the marine environment or to fisheries interests.” –L.R. Beyon, British Petroleum Environmental Studies speaking for

Identification of a Novel Heterocyclic Compound in Seabird eggs….

PDF FILE: 1,1999 vol.33,no1,p26-33 Identification of a Novel C10H6N2Br4Cl2 Heterocyclic Compound in Seabird Eggs. A Bioaccumulating Marine Natural Product? from Environ. Sci. Technol. 1999, 33, 26-33 S H E RYL A. T I T T LEM I E R , † M ARY S IM O N , ‡WALT E R M . JARM AN

Fledging variability and the application of fledging models to the behaviour of Cassin’s auklets (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) at Triangle Island,

Knechtel, H.A. 1998. EFFECTS OF AGE, GENDER, AND CONDITION ON THE REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT OF CASSIN’S AUKLETS (Ptychorampus aleuticus) ON TRIANGLE ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 96 pp. ABSTRACT The primary goal of my research was to determine the effects of age, gender, and individual phenotypic quality (body reserves and immune function)

Birds of BC : Campbell et al:

Reference to this book ( volume 1) is included here as it includes references to Leach’s Storm Petrels as well as other seabirds from Cleland Island research. (See it in a library or purchase. ) It is summarized at http://books.google.ca/books?id=SjHElegFfOUC&source=gbs_navlinks_s

Inventory Methods for Seabirds: cormorants, gulls, murres, storm-petrels, Ancient Murrelet, auklets, puffins, and Pigeon Guillemot

Inventory Methods for Seabirds: cormorants, gulls, murres, storm-petrels, Ancient Murrelet, auklets, puffins, and Pigeon Guillemot Standards for Components of British Columbia’s Biodiversity No. 13 Prepared by Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks Resources Inventory Branch for the Terrestrial Ecosystems Task Force Resources Inventory Committee March 97 See the complete PDF from BC Parks:Inventory Methods for

Inventory Methods for Seabirds: BC Resources Inventory Committee

Inventory Methods for Seabirds: cormorants, gulls, murres, storm-petrels, Ancient Murrelet, auklets, puffins, and Pigeon Guillemot Standards for Components of British Columbia’s Biodiversity No. 13 Prepared by Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks Resources Inventory Branch for the Terrestrial Ecosystems Task Force Resources Inventory Committee March 97 Version 0.0 © The Province of British Columbia Published

Fledging variability and the application of fledging models to the behaviour of Cassin’s auklets (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) at Triangle Island,

Y.E. Morbey , 1995 wrote this 125 page report : Morbey, Y. 1995. Fledging variability and the application of fledging models to the behaviour of Cassin’s Auklets (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) at Triangle Island, British Columbia. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 125 pp. ABSTRACT: A seasonal decline in fledging mass is commonly reported in the Alcidae.

Conserving Marine Ecosystems: Chapter 28 of Biodiversity : Are BC’s Marine Protected Areas Adequate?

Excerpt from: Michael Hawkes, M.W. 1994. Conserving Marine Ecosystems: Are British Columbia’s Marine Protected Areas Adequate? Chap. 28 in: Biodiversity in British Columbia: Our Changing Environment, edited by E. McCullum & L. Harding. Environment Canada: Vancouver. With permission from: Michael W. Hawkes Department of Botany University of British Columbia University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1

Behavioral Ecology of Transient Killer Whales ( Orcinus orca) around Southern Vancouver Island, B.C. Preliminary Research Summary

Robin Baird and Pam Stacey prepared this report and a summary  and synthesis of data collected on all aspects of Transient Killer whale behaviour, pod dynamics , and ecology in southern B.C. See the complete PDF  ( 41 pages)foraging_behaviour_of_transient_killer_whales