Browsing Retired Biology Faculty Research, Publications and Presentations by Author "ea23bd9d-abfe-4328-bda2-6ff022dcce3b"
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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. -
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 ... -
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 ... -
"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 ... -
Preliminary observations of the status of shallow water reefs at Sandy Island, Carriacou, Grenada
Patriquin, David; Hunte, Wayne (1996-10-29)Sandy Island is an uninhabited cay lying off the west coast of Carriacou. Surrounded by clear waters and coral reefs, with an extensive white sand beach and quiet water on its south side and a palm canopy on the island, ... -
A Rare, Fire-Dependent Pine Barrens at the Wildland-Urban Interface of Halifax, Nova Scotia
Hill, Nick; Patriquin, David (2014-10-06) -
Regeneration of Forest and Barrens after the Spryfield Fire
Patriquin, David; Beazley, Richard (2010-09-02)This set of annotated photos illustrates the regeneration of vegetation over 16 months after an intense fire that swept through forest and barrens in the vicinity of Spryfield, Nova Scotia on April 30/May 1 of 2009. The ...