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Modelling the Critical Habitat of the Bicknell’s Thrush in the Cape Breton Highlands
(2020-04)Bicknell’s Thrush (Catharus bicknelli) is listed as a threatened species under SARA, and identification of critical habitat is a key priority in the species’ recovery. LiDAR data was used to create a habitat suitability ... -
MONITORING BIOREMEDIATION AFTER OIL SPILLS, OLD AND NEW, USING MARSH FORAMINIFERA AS INDICATORS
(2002-04-15)Salt marshes of Nova Scotia are highly susceptible to marine oil spills. Removal of oil by natural processes is slow in low-energy environments, allowing oil to remain unaltered for many years. Marsh foraminifera, microfossils ... -
MONITORING OIL SPILL BIOREMEDIATION USING MARSH FORAMINIFERA AS INDICATORS
(2001-04-15)A controlled experiment was conducted in June 2000 to identify the impacts of an artificial oil spill on an Atlantic coastal salt marsh and to evaluate in situ biological remediation techniques to help restore the environment. ... -
Morphological Changes in Chezzetcook Inlet: An Historical Study Using Air Photography Composites
(1999-04-15)This thesis provides an analysis of the sedimentological and morphological changes observed in Chezzetcook Inlet from 1766 to 1998 using air photograph composites and maps from 1766 and 1854.This study explores the ... -
A Mug-Share Program at Dalhousie University
(2015-04)Single-use cups represent a large quantity of needless waste produced on the Dalhousie Campus. This research projects focuses on single-use cups waste minimization initiatives on the Dalhousie’s Studley Campus. In particular, ... -
Muscovite 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology of the Western Parry Sound and Britt Domains, Central Gneiss Belt, Grenville Province
(1991-04-15)40Ar/39Ar analysis of ten muscovite samples from the western Central Gneiss Belt, Grenville Province, Ontario, yielded good argon spectra. The ages calculated show a trend of decreasing age southward into the orogenic ... -
Nature Appropriation and Associations with Population Health in Canada's Largest Cities
(2013-04)Earth is a finite system with a limited supply of resources. As the human population grows, so does the appropriation of Earth's natural capital, thereby exacerbating environmental concerns such as biodiversity loss, ... -
Nature vs. Nurture: Studying the Influence of Formal Environmental Education Receivedfrom Ages 4-18 on the Interpretation of Environmental Consciousness for Domestic Undergraduate Students of Dalhousie University’s Studley Campus
(2024-04)Our study’s purpose was to investigate the relationship between environmental education prior to post-secondary education and current participation in sustainable behaviour and or beliefs. The issue of protecting our ... -
New insight into the South Tibetan detachment system: Not a single progressive deformation
(2012-03)Low-angle normal faults (LANF), typically regarded as accommodating crustal or lithospheric extension, may also form during lithospheric shortening. The best-studied system of syn-contractional LANFs is the South Tibetan ... -
A NEW METHOD FOR PRIORITIZING CATCHMENTS FOR TERRESTRIAL LIMING IN NOVA SCOTIA
(2015-04)Freshwater acidification is a chronic issue in South Western Nova Scotia (SWNS). Despite reductions in emissions causing acid deposition in SWNS, water quality in the region is not predicted to improve for another 60 years ... -
Nova Scotia’s low-bush blueberry industry: Identified areas of concern, what needs done and visions for the future
(2009-04)The low-bush blueberry industry is Nova Scotia’s most important agricultural industry, occupying the largest area under horticultural production and contributing the most economically. The blueberry industry has become ... -
Occurrence and Origin of Garnet in the South Mountain Batholith
(1980-03-15)Garnet occurs around the margin of the South Mountain batholith as an accessory mineral in three distinct comagmatic phases. Electron microprobe analyses and textural relationships of 50 garnet-biotite pairs indicates that ...