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Ecological Assessment of the Plant Communities of the Williams Lake Backlands
(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" ...
Demise of the garden of Acadia
(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 ...
Water quality measurements on Williams Lake and Colpitt Lake (Halifax, N.S.) Dec 7-13, 2015 with reference to possible impacts of road salt
(Williams Lake Conservation Company, 2016-01-06)
Concerns have been expressed by the Williams Lake Conservation Company (WLCC) about possible effects of renewed salting of roads close to Williams Lake on water quality of the lake. Such salting was replaced by sand and ...
Landscapes of the Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area: A Natural History
(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 ...
The Chebucto Peninsula: A Significant Conservation Area
(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.
Multi-aged old growth red oak stand on the Chebucto Peninsula
(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 ...
"Migration" of blowouts in seagrass beds at Barbados and Carriacou, West Indies, and its ecological and geological implications
(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 ...
Preliminary observations of the status of shallow water reefs at Sandy Island, Carriacou, Grenada
(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, ...
Estimation of growth rate, production and age of the marine angiosperm Thalassia testudinum König
(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 ...