from Menziesia: Newsletter of the NPSBC Native Plant Society of British Columbia 7 (1): 8 – 11. Thinking like a dynamic mosaic: Towards a strategy for conserving northern Garry oak ecosystems * part 1 Gordon Brent Ingram Tuesday * October 16, 2001 * The Richmond Natural History 4 Thinking like a dynamic mosaic: Conservation planning
Introduction : By Pam Janszen This research project began in August of 1997 when I was granted permission to do fungal inventory and research work in Winter Cove Provincial Park and Ecological Reserve # 15, both on Saturna Island. Since that time I have made 87 trips into the Reserve and 61 trips to the
Gjerdrum, C. 2001. Nestling growth and parental provisioning of Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhala) on Triangle Island, British Columbia. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 117 pp. Masters of Science Thesis Abstract I studied the reproductive performance of tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) on Triangle Island, British Columbia during two years when reproduction was successful. Complete reproductive
We regularly report and record images of branded Sea Lions which haul out at Race Rocks. The images are sent to Pat Gearin of NOAA in the US who identifies the history of the animal which has been part of their research. In this report, there is a photo index of many of those animals
Taco Niet and Dr. Ged McLean of the Institute for Integrated Energy Systems, University of Victoria presents a renewable energy plan for Race Rocks. This paper was presented at the 11th Canadian Hydrogen conference, June 17, 2001 in Victoria. See the PDF: tacopaper Abstract: Race Rocks is a small archipelago located just Southwest of Victoria,
Kristiina Ovaska has consented to use pictures of one of the slugs referred to in this research paper, Prophysaon foliolatum as being the first record for BC. I have included several pictures here because of the pronounced colour variation of this species. This set of images is from the E-Fauna Photo Gallery: See this reference
http://www.marmots.org/notes_vim.html Andrew A. Bryant Chief Scientist, Marmot Recovery Foundation updated: January 21, 2001 Purpose The purpose of this paper is to serve as a “road-map” to the primary scientific literature concerning Vancouver Island Marmots (Marmota vancouverensis). Contents: Purpose What’s a Vancouver Island marmot? History Prehistoric distribution Historical distribution Current distribution Population trends Habitat characteristics Reproduction
This report by terra Environmental Consultants is an Environmental Impact study of the siting of a proposed Gas Pipeline that could have gone through the ecological reserve. See the full PDF: Sattelite Channel ER Tera Environmental Consultants 2000 EIA
PURPOSE: The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the claims of H.L. Geiger and A.R. Holyoak (1996) that adult dorid nudibranchs displayed a distinct shade preference during laboratory test runs, and then to analyse their conclusions. Ryan M. J. Murphy, November, 2000 A Submission for partial fulfillment of the requirements of the International Baccalaureate
PDF file: laroque Colin P. Laroque, David H. Lewis and Dan J. Smith* Department of Geography—Ring Laboratory University of Victoria Victoria, BC V8W 3P5 This paper describes the nature of treeline dynamics and upper-elevation tree establishment patterns on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. We examined tree growth, climate and seedling relationships at three upper-elevation locations
Race Rocks Ecological Overview by Wright and Pringle, DFO survey of scientific research done in the Race Rocks area, prior to 1999. Canadian technical report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 2353 See the complete 93 page PDF :
Paul Macoun, former Lester Pearson College Student, then at the Ocean Turbulence Laboratory University of Victoria participated in research on vertical upwelling of the current in Race Passage Turbulence and mixing estimates using a towed horizontal microstructure profiler.
Blight, L.K. 2000. Egg neglect and its implications for egg predation in the Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata). MSc, Centre for Wildlife Ecology, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 103 pp. Depredation of island-nesting seabirds by introduced vertebrates is a conservation problem world wide, particularly as marine birds have generally evolved in the
Taco Niet of University of Victoria does a Master’s Thesis on modeling Tidal Energy for Race Rocks, 2000. Abstract of thesis and articles included.
350 Exploring the Dynamics of an Old Growth Forest at Clayoquot Sound Gray C. Clayoquot Biosphere Project student paper 1995 Clayoquot River valley; natural history; ecology 351 Extended Plant List for the Clayoquot Valley Kunze U. Clayoquot Biosphere Project report 1996 Clayoquot River Valley; botany 352 External Threats to National Parks: A Case Study of
500 Kennedy and Muriel Watershed Restoration Program Hyatt Kim Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Pacific Biological Station project watershed; kennedy river; muriel river; salmon habitat restoration 501 Kennedy Lake Sockeye Test Fishing Program Lane Jim Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council summary: project involves seine test fishing and hydro-acoustic traverses in the Fortune Channel and Tofino Inlet areas
900 Stream-Fish Habitat Condition Assessments David Creek, Muriel Ridge, Clayoquot Sound: Kennedy-Muriel WRP (FINAL) NEI; MC Wright & Assoc. BC Environment Lands and Parks (Ministry of) Regional Office, Nanaimo report March 25, 1996 901 Stream-Fish Habitat Condition Assessments David Creek, Muriel Ridge, Clayoquot Sound: Kennedy-Muriel WRP (FINAL) NEI; MC Wright & Assoc. WRP Library report
1001 The rare plants of the Queen Charlotte Islands Ogilvie R. and H.L. Roemer BC Naturalist general magazine article BC Naturalist May 1984 (Summer):17-18 1984 600 species and subspecies of plants known from Queen Charlotte Islands; the rarest are 1 1 plant species and subspecies some of which are found on west coast of Vancouver