NSIS Volume 42: Recent submissions
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Proceedings of The NSIS Sessions including Presidential addresses and reports from the Council Officers: Seesion 2000-2001; Session 2001-2002; and Session 2002-2003
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William John Dyer (1913-2003)
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Stirling G. Whiteway (1927-2001)
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John Gray Aldous (1916-2002)
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Ultrastructure and Characteristics of a Deep-Sea Bacterium
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2004)The ultrastructure of a bacterium, isolated from rusticles found on the wreck of the Royal Mail Steamship (R.M.S.) Titanic, was studied. The bacterium was rod-shaped, gram-negative and produced circular, off-white, opaque ... -
The Nova Scotian Institute of Science Student Awards 2003
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Gene Expression During Indirect Somatic Embryogenesis of Plants
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2004)Somatic embryogenesis is the process by which somatic cells are induced into an embryogenic state, followed by differentiation into embryos. Somatic embryogenesis, in addition to being a method of propagation, can serve ... -
Reserve Planning on Private Land Holdings of the Forestry Company Stora Port Hawsbury Limited: Cape Breton Island and Eastern Mainland Nova Scotia
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2004)The forestry company, Stora Port Hawkesbury Limited, owns 280 properties throughout Cape Breton Island and eastern mainland Nova Scotia with a total cumulative area of 24 590 ha. This study utilized a coarse filter analysis ... -
Freshwater Fish Considerations for Aquatic Conservation Systems Planning In Nova Scotia
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2004)Freshwater ecosystems have suffered severe losses of biodiversity as a result of human activities, however there has been limited attention to freshwater conservation planning. Key criteria for biodiversity conservation ... -
A Report on a Conservation Planning Process for a Terrestrial and Marine Biodiversity Conservation Vision in Nova Scotia
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2004)In May of 1999, a workshop was held to lay the groundwork for a conservation plan to maintain and restore terrestrial and marine biodiversity. The products of the workshop include vision maps and recommendations for ... -
Road Density and the Potential Impact on Wildlife Species such as American Moose in Mainland Nova Scotia
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2004)Habitat conversion, degradation and fragmentation, and the introduction of exotic species are among the primary factors causing the loss of biodiversity. Road density is a valuable indicator of these anthropogenic factors. ... -
Developing an Index of Sustainable Coldwater Streams Using Fish Community Attributes in River Philip, Nova Scotia
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2004)An Index of Sustainable Coldwater Streams (ISCS) was developed to quantify fish community changes affected by water temperature and physical habitat quality for small streams in the River Philip Watershed, Nova Scotia. The ... -
The Distribution, Status and Habitat Associations of Moose in Mainland Nova Scotia
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2004)Throughout the Nova Scotia mainland, small and fragmented moose populations remain at varying densities and may be limited or regulated by a number of factors including interspecific competition, disease, habitat ... -
Status and Management of Roseate Terns (Sterna dougallii) in Nova Scotia
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2004)The most important breeding colonies for endangered roseate terns in Canada occur on coastal islands in Nova Scotia. The main threat to productivity at these sites appears to be predation, particularly from gulls. The goal ... -
Changes in Populations of Nesting Seabirds on the Bird Islands, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2004)The Bird Islands support the largest colonies of nesting seabirds in Nova Scotia. From a continental perspective the islands host one of the largest Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) colonies in North America and a ... -
Beetle Diversity Associated with Forest Structure including Deadwood in Softwood and Hardwood Stands in Nova Scotia
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2004)Associations between beetles and forest stand characteristics, as well as beetle diversity, were investigated for 41 forest stands in Nova Scotia, Canada. Over 200 morphospecies from 45 Families of beetles were caught using ... -
Observational Record Epilthic Diatoms of the Stream Outflow of Williams Lake, Halifax, Nova Scotia, with New Records for the Province
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2004)A December 2000 sampling of epilithic diatoms from the outflow of Williams Lake, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, recorded 31 species not previously known from Nova Scotia. -
Do We Know Beetles? Lessons from New Records of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) for Nova Scotia
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2004)The long-horned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) are taxonomically relatively well known in North America and can potentially serve as an important forest biomonitoring tool. For such a tool to work accurate distributional ... -
Annotated List of the Mammals of Nova Scotia
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2004)The latest taxonomic, distributional, habitat and conservation status information is presented for a total of 91 species of marine and terrestrial mammals presently or historically known from Nova Scotia. Four of them are ... -
General Introduction: Conserving Nova Scotia's Biodiversity
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2004)The papers on biodiversity in this issue focus on the richness of life in Nova Scotia, and the means by which this richness might be conserved. Mammals, birds, fish, beetles, and diatoms are examples of the richness of ...