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  • Biological husbandry and the "nitrogen problem" 

    Patriquin, David G. (Biological Agriculture and Horticulture, 1986)
    Since 1978, the author has been conducting research into the theory and practice of biological husbandry in collaboration with a farmer who stopped using pesticides and mineral fertilizers in 1976. Eggs are exported from ...
  • Can we stop the lobster going the way of the cod? 

    Corkett, Christopher J. (labeled ‘A brief submitted in 2006 to the Fisheries Resource Conservation Council (FRCC)’, 2006)
    This report is a response to the Fisheries Resource Conservation Council (FRCC)’s request for opinion on how to reduce risk and address problems in Atlantic Canada’s lobster fishery. See www.frcc-ccrh.ca for further details ...
  • The Chebucto Peninsula: A Significant Conservation Area 

    Patriquin, David (www.ourhrmalliance.ca, 2015-08-09)
    The Parks and Protected Areas on the Chebucto Peninsula on Nova Scotia’s Atlantic coast and some of the features that make the whole peninsula a significant conservation area are described and illustrated with maps and photos.
  • Critical thinking through the eyes of Richard Paul and Karl Popper 

    Corkett, Chris (2014-10-08)
    This 1993 workshop marks the beginning of my new logical or metaphysical research program on the application of Karl Popper’s non-inductive theory of method to the management of the World’s commercial fisheries. The view, ...
  • Demise of the garden of Acadia 

    Patriquin, David (DVL Publishing Inc., Liverpool, Nova Scotia, 1981-07)
    In the late 1970s, plans were being developed for construction of a tidal power barrage at the mouth of the Annapolis River. Much of the land by the river in that area was dyked and was used by farmers for grazing and ...
  • Distinguishing input controls from ouput controls in Atlantic Canada's fisheries: explaining the decline and collapse of Newfoundland's Atlantic cod stocks 

    Corkett, Christopher J. (2013-03-14)
    The lobster and groundfish fisheries of Atlantic Canada have been managed in very different ways. The Atlantic lobster fishery has been managed by input controls in which regulations have been developed by a posteriori ...
  • Ecological Assessment of the Plant Communities of the Williams Lake Backlands 

    Hill, Nick; Patriquin, David (The Williams Lake Conservation Company, 2014-02-12)
    The Williams Lake Backlands (WLB), covering approximately 200 ha, are the larger, undeveloped part of the Williams Lake Watershed which includes Colpitt Lake and Williams Lake. The WLB are part of "Purcell's Cove Backlands" ...
  • The ecology of transition 

    Patriquin, David G. (COGnition (Eco-Farm & Garden), 1988)
    A popular account of scientific research on the processes involved in the transition of a mixed laying hen-grain farm In the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia from conventional to organic management.
  • Estimation of growth rate, production and age of the marine angiosperm Thalassia testudinum König 

    Patriquin, David (University of Puerto Rico, 1973)
    There is a linear relation between average growth rate and the average maximum leaf length of Thalassia stands. The ratio production-to-standing crop (wet weight including epiphytes) tends to be constant. New foliage leaves ...
  • Evaluation of low external input, sustainable farming practices for livestock farms in Cumberland County 

    Patriquin, David G.; Hubbard, S.; Scott, J. (REAP-Cumberland, Shinimicas, Nova Scotia, 1993-06-01)
    Existing livestock systems in Cumberland Co. rely mainly on grass, clover and spring cereals for home grown forage and grain. There are well known limitations to these systems on the fragipan or basil till soils which ...
  • Faba bean: an alternative to soybean in Nova Scotia, Canada. 

    Patriquin, David G.; Burton, D. (Borkhauser Verlag: Basel, Boston, Stuttgart., 1982-01-01)
    For farmers in Nova Scotia who wish to be self-sufficient in animal feed, and in N fertilizer, the faba bean offers a number of advantages over soybean: (i) no special processing is required; (ii) nodulation is generally ...
  • Farms as ecosystems 

    Patriquin, David G. (University Extension Press, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, 1999)
    Organic farming provides ecosystem services as well as food. The weakest points of organic farming systems are limited use of livestock and declining genetic resources. Organic farming has special research and service ...
  • Fisheries Stock Assessment: an inductive science with the Logical form of Primitive Magic 

    Corkett, Christopher J. (2010-01-20)
    Abstract. A logical analysis of the common fisheries models used in stock assessment has shown that they produce specific predictions with the logical form of existential statements, fail Karl Popper’s falsifiability ...
  • Greenfacts Special Research Edition: The Oaks Experiments on Organic Management of Turf 

    Patriquin, David G.; Reid, D.A.; Walsh, B.D. (Edmonds Landscape and Construction Services Limited, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1998-01)
    This Greenfacts is a summary of a 380 page research report titled The Oaks Experiments on Organic Management of Turfs. The research report documents in detail the results of a four year project for developing an organic ...
  • Karl Popper’s organon and the world’s fisheries: fish stock assessment as a pseudoscience, an inductivism that can bear no fruit 

    Corkett, Christopher J. (2006)
    Recent long term historical studies of commercial fisheries have pointed to a well established pattern of overfishing. Under the principle of transference – what is true in logic is true in psychology and scientific method ...
  • Landscapes of the Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area: A Natural History 

    Patriquin, David (Woodens River Watershed Environmental Organization, 2010-02-17)
    The Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area (FBLWA) lies about 20 kilometers west of downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. It encompasses 8,626 hectares hectares of Crown land located in the centre of the Chebucto Peninsula on Nova ...
  • Marine Resources of Kouchibouguac National Park 

    Patriquin, David G.; Butler, C.R. (Applied Ocean Systems Ltd., Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1976-04-15)
    Kouchibouguac National Park is located on the east coast of New Brunswick, Canada It includes 25 kilometers of barrier islands/sand dunes which shelter three lagoons and face the Gulf of St. Lawrence on their seaward side. ...
  • Marine Resources of Kouchibouguac National Park: Extended Summary 

    Patriquin, David G.; Butler, C.R. (Applied Ocean Systems Ltd., Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, 1976-04-15)
    Kouchibouguac National Park is located on the east coast of New Brunswick, Canada It includes 25 kilometers of barrier islands/sand dunes which shelter three lagoons and face the Gulf of St. Lawrence on their seaward side. ...
  • "Migration" of blowouts in seagrass beds at Barbados and Carriacou, West Indies, and its ecological and geological implications 

    Patriquin, David (Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, 1975)
    Blowouts are grass-free depressions within seagrass beds at Barbados and Carriacou and reported in the literature to be common elsewhere in the Caribbean region. They are typically crescent-shaped in plan view with the ...
  • Multi-aged old growth red oak stand on the Chebucto Peninsula 

    Patriquin, David; Hill, Nick (2016-10-20)
    A Rapid Appraisal study was conducted July 21-22, 2009 to verify existence of and characterize an old growth red oak stand on Umlah Hill southeast of Oak Hill Lake in the Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness area on the Chebucto ...