Browsing by Subject "Conservation"
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Addressing key conservation priorities in a data poor species
(2012-08-23)Conserving biodiversity is suggested to be one of the most important challenges being faced by the global community. The field of conservation biology has been developed to examine the threats that drive species to low ... -
If These Walls Could Talk: Exploring Architecture as a Narrative Medium through the Rehabilitation of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
(2012-08-07)This thesis explores how architecture, like literature and fi lm, uses narrative techniques to tell a story. The museum exemplifies this concept of architecture as a narrative medium, as its social mandate is to articulate ... -
Linking Jellyfish and Leatherback Sea Turtle Distributions in Atlantic Canada
(2018-08-15)Every year, endangered leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) migrate to Atlantic Canadian waters to feed on gelatinous zooplankton (‘jellyfish’). This thesis examined spatio-temporal patterns, and environmental ... -
Multiple brooding in Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica): Extrinsic determinants and implications on population growth
(2021-03-16)In many species of birds, the number of broods produced in a breeding season is an extremely important component of reproductive success. However, for many multi-brooded species, we have a poor understanding of both the ... -
On the Importance of the Study of Past Connectivity to Understand Present and Future Patterns in a Freshwater Fish
(2018-08-13)Conceptually, in evolution, the variable “time” is fundamental. Extant populations are the result of long- and short-term historical processes affecting them through time. Populations in areas near the poles have been ... -
Probability and mitigation of vessel encounters with North Atlantic right whales
(Inter-Research, Nordbuente 23 Oldendorf/Luhe 21385 Germany, 2009-03)Successful mitigation of vessel-whale encounters requires quantitative estimates of vessel strikes, how strike rates change over time, where strikes are most likely to occur, and options for minimizing strikes. In addressing ... -
The role of marine macrophytes in providing essential ecosystem services: Their relative contribution and how services are impacted by eutrophication
(2012-12-14)Most coastal ecosystems are dominated by marine macrophytes that deliver a range of ecologically and economically important services such as carbon and nitrogen cycling and storage, and habitat provision to a range of ... -
Salinity Tolerance of the Endangered Atlantic Whitefish (Coregonus huntsmani): Unravelling the Conservation Physiology of an Enigmatic Fish
(2024-04-26)Amidst the ongoing global decline in biodiversity, the preservation of at risk, endemic species is increasingly important. The Atlantic Whitefish (Coregonus huntsmani) is an endangered, anadromous fish endemic to Nova ... -
Secrets of the ultimate trophy fish: the physiological ecology and behaviour of white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus Richardson, 1836) after angling
(2019-12-16)Around the world, human activities and climate change are altering ecosystems at unprecedented rates, which in many cases is outpacing our capacity to understand and predict the potential impacts on biodiversity. Fishing ... -
SPACE TO ROOST: WORKING WITH RECREATIONAL BEACH USERS TO SET ASIDE HIGH-TIDE ROOSTING SPACE FOR MIGRATORY SHOREBIRDS IN THE MINAS BASIN OF THE BAY OF FUNDY, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
(2020-05-14)Migratory shorebird numbers are dropping, making shorebird conservation a necessity. Although conservation must incorporate human values, it is uncommon to develop strategies in collaboration with those seen as causing ... -
Spatial Protection for Porbeagle Sharks, Lamna nasus, in the Northwest Atlantic: The Road to Recovery? [graduate project].
(2016)Sharks have dominated the seas as apex predators for more than 400 million years, but today they are being fished by humans at an unprecedented rate. Many of the biological characteristics of sharks make them particularly ... -
Vessel needs, preferences, and restrictions related to minimizing risk to whales without compromising vessel operations and the safety of navigation [graduate project]
(2015-11-23)New approaches to large whale conservation make use of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs such as ocean gliders) to acoustically detect whales in near real-time, and send ‘whale alert’ information on whale locations to ...