Grant Thompson compiled this description of vegetation communities and a comprehensive annotated list of flora in 1985. See the 116 page PDF: Thompson_1985_Vegetation_Classification_UBC_Endownment_Lands
Breeding Populations of Double-Crested Cormorants and Pelagic Cormorants were surveyed in the Strait of Georgia, BC in 1983. Double-crested Cormorant numbers have increased 2.4 fold and Pelagic Cormorant numbers 1.1 fold since 1975 PDF: canoe_islets_cormorant_article By Kees Vermeer and Leo Rankin Click on the introduction to the article below:
Thesis , Department of biology U.Vic Robert Joseph Milko, July 1984 vancouver _island_marmot_foraging_thesis
C.D. Bird published this in The Oystercatcher (2) : 5. June 1983.
Anna Roberts wrote this letter to Lynne Milnes in the Ecological reserves Unit in 1981 . In it she comments on the lichens of Cardiff mountain.
75 species of vascular plants are found in this reserve, Their habitats and general sabundance are listed A species not previously known to QGI , Juncus nevadensis (Watson) forms a large colony in the major inlet of the lake. See complete PDF: vascular_plants_species_list_and_habitat
Anna Roberts, Trevor Goward and Rainer Schuen did the field work for this impressive list of Lichens in September, 1981
The late Anne Vallee and Richard Cannings recorded the breeding of these arctic and subarctic alcids for the First time on the Pacific Coast of Canada in 1981. See the PDF recording this event: thick_billed_murre_breeding_record
## sites on Haida Gwaii were sampled by Mary Morris and Sheila Douglas as part of a natural history Project conducted by the Queen Charlotte Islands Museum for its herbarium. See this PDF file for the complete species list.qci_herbariumqci_herbarium
Original Purpose: To protect colonies of breeding seabirds and their habitat Physical: This is a rugged, elongate island which rises steeply from the sea to a series of pinnacles and humps. The shoreline is rock, rising directly from the water, except for a narrow boulder beach along the northeastern shore. Though steep, most of the
Several species new to science of the class Oligochaeta were sampled in the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii) by Randy Baker in 1980. His samples were from the West side of Anthony Island in the mid-intertidal sediment , and on Kerourd Island from near the the south west side of St. James Island. See the
Barry A. Leach of the Institute of Environmental Studies, Douglas College, NewWestminster, BC presented this report on Grus canadensis. It is comprised of the historical context and the reasons for decline in population. See complete PDF:sandhill_crane_in_lower_fraser_valley
A report of a survey1978 to provide data relevant to Application No. 279. by R.V. Ellis and B. Emerson., Biology Dept, U. Victoria See the PDF: Checleset Bay ER Native Oysters 1978
John Kelsall and Keith Simpson wrote this report for the Canadian Wildlife Service, who have the mandate as custodian of the Migratory Birds Convention Act, to monitor bird populations. See the 16 page PDF: project_plan_ecology_of_gbh_colonies
During the fall of 1977 the vegetation of alpha and Griffin Isalnds …was described and classified. the Braun-Blanquet releve method of phytoassociation was used in conjunction with the Ceska-Roemer computer program. —- Fall, 1977, Trudy Carson and Lynne Milnes: for Biology 418, Dr. Marcus Bell See the complete report in the PDF file:Vegetation(2)
Jim Pojar and R.Carswell in the summer of 1975 collected , described and interpreted animal and plant resources of Gladys Lake ER before it was designated as a reserve in November of 1975. See the 220 page PDF of this comprehensive baseline study.:pojar_vegetation_1976.pdf
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The Sartine Islands are located in the Scott Island group on the NW corner of Vancouver Island. This article is from The Murrelet 57(1), 14-16, 1976 See the full PDF: 1975 Pinniped-Seabirds_Sartine Is