NSIS Volume 47, Part 2
Recent Submissions
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End Matter
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Editorial Board listing
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Voyage of Discovery: Fifty Years of Marine Research at Canada’s Bedford Institute of Oceanography
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2013)Announcement of the forthcoming publication of Voyage of Discovery Fifty Years of Marine Research at Canada’s Bedford Institute of Oceanography, edited by D.N. Nettleship, D.C. Gordon, C.F.M. Lewis and M.P. Latremouille. -
Changes to the Publication of the PNSIS October 2013
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Council Reports NSIS AGM
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Age-Related Changes in Motor Ability and Motor Learning in Triple Transgenic (3×TG-AD) and Control (B6129SF1/J) Mice on the Accelerating Rotarod
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2013)Mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) show both cognitive and neuromotor impairments. We measured motor ability and motor learning of male and female triple transgenic (3×Tg-AD) and control (B6129SF1/J) mice on the ... -
First Verified Record for Shortnose Sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum LeSueur, 1818, in Minas Basin, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2013)A shortnose sturgeon was caught in fisherman Wayne Linkletter’s intertidal fish weir in Minas Basin near Economy, Nova Scotia, on June 29, 2013. It was an adult, 73.7 cm fork length and weighed ~4.5 kg. Fishers in Minas ... -
The Fishery for Speckled Trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, Over a 28-Year Period in the Tangier Grand Lake Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2013)The Tangier Grand Lake Wilderness Area (16,000 ha) is located about 100km east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and supports a popular fishery for speckled trout. The purpose of this study was to assess the status of the trout ... -
A Scanning Electron Microscope Analysis of Morphogenesis and Embryos and Juveniles of the Direct Developing Isopod, Cyathura polita (Stimpson, 1855)
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2013)Isopods are a species rich, morphologically diverse group characterised by direct development of young within a marsupium. Collectively, these traits make isopods excellent models for understanding the changes to morphogenesis ... -
Coronilla varia L. (Fabaceae): An Invader of a Coastal Barrier Beach in Nova Scotia, Canada
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2013)Coronilla varia L. (crown vetch) is described as an invasive plant on a coastal sand dune system (Mahoneys Beach) in Nova Scotia facing the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. This is the first time that C. varia has been shown ... -
Early Spring Flowering in Nova Scotia: An Extreme Spring is Reflected in Advanced Flowering
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2013)Twenty species of herbaceous plants and four non-amentiferous shrubs were found in flower in March-April in Nova Scotia during the spring of 2012. Plants were observed primarily in Kings and Antigonish Counties, with several ... -
Editorial: Supporting Science in Canada
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