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Bioblitz of the Lake Rossignol Wilderness Area
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2012)
The Lake Rossignol Wilderness Area is a 4100 ha protected area in Queens County, Nova Scotia. In July, 2006, the Protected Areas Branch of Nova Scotia Environment invited 34 scientists, students and volunteers to conduct ...
Editorial: Another Notable Anniversary—Rachel Carson’s ‘Silent Spring’ and its Influence
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2011)
Growth and Overpopulation of Yellow Perch and the Apparent Effect of Increased Competition on Brook Trout in Long Lake, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2012)
A fish survey was conducted on Long Lake, Woodens River, Halifax County, Nova Scotia during May 2005. A total of 2711 yellow perch were captured over a twelve day period and were the most abundant fish. Fifty-eight yellow ...
Communicating Knowledge to New Audiences: Victorian Popularizers of Science
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2012)
In the past historians have tended to explain the existence of a cult of science from about 1850 to 1890 as the result of the work of elite scientists such as Darwin, Huxley, and Tyndall. But this explanation leaves out ...
Editorial: Supporting Science in Canada
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2013)
The Fishery for Speckled Trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, Over a 28-Year Period in the Tangier Grand Lake Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2013)
The Tangier Grand Lake Wilderness Area (16,000 ha) is located about 100km east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and supports a popular fishery for speckled trout. The purpose of this study was to assess the status of the trout ...
Coronilla varia L. (Fabaceae): An Invader of a Coastal Barrier Beach in Nova Scotia, Canada
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2013)
Coronilla varia L. (crown vetch) is described as an invasive plant on a coastal sand dune system (Mahoneys Beach) in Nova Scotia facing the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. This is the first time that C. varia has been shown ...
Age-Related Changes in Motor Ability and Motor Learning in Triple Transgenic (3×TG-AD) and Control (B6129SF1/J) Mice on the Accelerating Rotarod
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2013)
Mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) show both cognitive and neuromotor impairments. We measured motor ability and motor learning of male and female triple transgenic (3×Tg-AD) and control (B6129SF1/J) mice on the ...
A Scanning Electron Microscope Analysis of Morphogenesis and Embryos and Juveniles of the Direct Developing Isopod, Cyathura polita (Stimpson, 1855)
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2013)
Isopods are a species rich, morphologically diverse group characterised by direct development of young within a marsupium. Collectively, these traits make isopods excellent models for understanding the changes to morphogenesis ...
Early Spring Flowering in Nova Scotia: An Extreme Spring is Reflected in Advanced Flowering
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2013)
Twenty species of herbaceous plants and four non-amentiferous shrubs were found in flower in March-April in Nova Scotia during the spring of 2012. Plants were observed primarily in Kings and Antigonish Counties, with several ...