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Can SINEs: A family of tRNA-derived retroposons specific to the superfamily canoidea
A repetitive element of approximately 200 bp was cloned from harbour seal (Phoca vitulina concolour) genomic DNA. The sequence of the element revealed putative RNA polymerase III control boxes, a poly A tail and direct ... -
Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System Investigative Evaluations: Observations and Data
Many countries have employed a coordinated network of government agencies, research institutions, and private companies to establish national integrated Ocean Observing Systems (OOSes). Although Canada boasts a robust and ... -
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Characteristics of predators and offspring influence nest defense by Arctic and Common Terns
Nest defense is a critical aspect of parental care that entails both costs and benefits. The purpose of this study was to examine patterns of nest defense in a colony of Arctic and Common Terns (Sterna paradisaea and S, ... -
Circulation time, blood reserves and extracellular space in a cephalopod
Octopus vulgaris Cuvier has a fully enclosed blood system that includes large blood sinuses behind the eyes and around the gut. It would be useful to know the mean circulation time, the minimal number of heartbeats needed ... -
Coastal food web structure, carbon storage, and nitrogen retention regulated by consumer pressure and nutrient loading
By factorial field experiments we analyzed the relative effects of increased nutrient (N+P) loading and natural grazing pressure on species composition, carbon storage, and nitrogen retention in the Baltic Sea littoral ... -
Community Dynamics on a Subtidal Cobble Bed Following Mass Mortalities of Sea Urchins
The macrobenthic community of a shallow subtidal cobble bed at Eagle Head on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia [Canada] was monitored from ca 4 mo before to 41 mo after mass mortalities of sea urchins Strongylocentrotus ... -
Community structure and organization of tidepools
Although tidepools are conspicuous components of rocky intertidal shores, their biotic communities have not been studied as extensively as those on emergent substrata. We examine processes regulating the structure of ... -
Compartmental models of nitrogen cycling in tropical and temperate marine environments
Time-course measurements of super(15)N tracer kinetics in particulate organic and in NH super(+) sub(4) pools from tropical and temperate regions were used to test several compartmental models describing the exchange of ... -
Competitive interactions between the invasive green alga Codium fragile ssp tomentosoides and native canopy-forming seaweeds in Nova Scotia (Canada)
Two concurrent 2 yr experiments were conducted along the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia (1) to examine competitive interactions between the invasive green alga Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides and canopy-forming native ... -
Complex interactions of climatic and ecological controls on macroalgal recruitment.
Little is known about the cumulative effects of multiple (>2) environmental controls on species performance and interactions in aquatic ecosystems. We asked how changes in climatic (temperature, ultraviolet radiation) and ... -
Computer-Assisted Photo-Identification of Narwhals
Although the narwhal (Monodon monoceros) is economically and culturally important to northern residents, sound management of this species is impaired by large gaps in knowledge. Research on this species has been limited ... -
Concurrent habitat and life history influences on effective/census population size ratios in stream-dwelling trout
Lower effective sizes (Ne) than census sizes (N) are routinely documented in natural populations, but knowledge of how multiple factors interact to lower N-e/N ratios is often limited. We show how combined habitat and ... -
Consequences of farmed-wild hybridization across divergent wild populations and multiple traits in salmon
Theory predicts that hybrid fitness should decrease as population divergence increases. This suggests that the effects of human-induced hybridization might be adequately predicted from the known divergence among parental ... -
Consequences of sexual selection for fisheries-induced evolution: an exploratory analysis
Reproductive behaviour and mating system complexity may influence fisheries-induced evolution. Mate choice and intrasexual competition might favour late-, large-maturing genotypes in contrast to the selection imposed by ... -
Conservation genetics as applied evolution: from genetic pattern to evolutionary process
Conservation genetics can be seen as the effort to influence the evolutionary process in ways that enhance the persistence of populations. Much published research in the field applies genetic sampling techniques to infer ... -
Contemporary effective population and metapopulation size (Ne and meta-Ne): comparison among three salmonids inhabiting a fragmented system and differing in gene flow and its asymmetries
We estimated local and metapopulation effective sizes ((N) over cap (e) and meta-(N) over cap (e)) for three coexisting salmonid species (Salmo salar, Salvelinus fontinalis, Salvelinus alpinus) inhabiting a freshwater ... -
Contemporary nuclear and mitochondrial genetic clines in a north temperate estuarine fish reflect Pleistocene vicariance
Contemporary genetic spatial structure in north temperate marine species is likely the culmination of multiple vicariant and dispersive cycles. Here we evaluate spatial genetic structure in an estuarine fish, rainbow ... -
Correlations among Fertility Components Can Maintain Mixed Mating in Plants
Classical models studying the evolution of self-fertilization in plants conclude that only complete selfing and complete outcrossing are evolutionarily stable. In contrast with this prediction, 42% of seed-plant species ...
