Browsing Earth and Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Honours Theses by Title
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Benthic community structure within Eelgrass (Zostera marina) beds in southern Nova Scotia
(2011-03)Seagrass beds are productive coastal habitats that provide numerous ecosystem services. Declines in seagrass beds worldwide will have profound influences on the trophic structure and overall functioning of coastal ecosystems. ... -
Bryophyte dynamics across wetland and lakeshore edges in southwest Nova Scotia
(2011-03)Wetlands are effective carbon sinks, supply clean water, enhance soil nutrition, and are regarded as valuable ecosystems. Bryophytes play a key role in wetland functioning. Previous studies have looked at wetlands as whole ... -
Business Ecosystem Services Review: A Nova Scotia Case Study
(2011-04)Recent efforts to assess the state and value of ecosystems on a global level have been increasing, within this research, ecosystem services and their relation to businesses has also been expanding. Although there are ... -
Cambrian Multichambered Foraminifera from the Halifax and Goldenville Groups of the Meguma Supergroup, Nova Scotia
(1998-04-15)Foraminifera in the Cambrian are rare; only ten genera have been recorded and these were all simple tubular and branching unilocular forms found in West Africa. The discovery of an organic lens within the Goldenville ... -
Canine Scent Detection of an Invasive Wood-Boring Insect, the Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle, Tetropium fuscum, in Laboratory Conditions
(2014-03)The brown spruce longhorn beetle (BSLB), Tetropium fuscum, native to Europe and Asia, is an alien wood-boring insect of quarantine significance with established populations in Atlantic Canada. In their non-native range, ... -
Carbon Storage in the Acadian Forest: Estimating carbon storage and associated dynamics of a privately owned small woodlot in the Acadian Forest Region.
(2009-03)Restoring carbon sinks in the Acadian Forest Region of Canada has the potential to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, subsequently mitigating the effects of anthropogenic climate change and increasing acidification ... -
Carbonate Petrography and Stratigraphy of Holes 96, 100 and 106, Gays River, Nova Scotia: Implications for Depositional Environment
(1977-03-15)The lead-zinc deposit at Gays River, N. S. has been interpreted by previous studies as a Mississippi Valley type deposit hosted by an ecologic reef complex. Evidence now indicates that the host carbonate complex developed ... -
Carboniferous Fluvial Strata of the Inverness Formation at Finlay Point, Southwest Cape Breton Island.
(1986-04-15)A red bed unit of Westphalian C age at Finlay Point, Mabou Mines, Inverness County, Nova Scotia occurs stratigraphically near the base of the Inverness Formation and is correlated with offshore coal seams in the St. Lawrence ... -
Case Study: An examination of agricultural surface water use for crop irrigation in Kings County, Nova Scotia
(2008-04)In 2007, the primary body for managing and protecting our water resources, Nova Scotia Environment (NSE), was directed to develop a comprehensive water resource management strategy for the province. This strategy ... -
CENTRAL SCOTIAN SLOPE STABILITY: THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF GAS HYDRATES
(2002-04-15)Gas hydrates are ice-like solids in which large quantities of methane are trapped in a solid phase as a result of suitable pressure and temperature conditions in the presence of an excess supply of methane gas. They are a ... -
Characteristics of Metamorphic Textures of the Loch Eil Group of the Moine Highlands
(2022-04)Recent studies on the Moine supergroup suggests that ages over a large extent have been poorly constrained, and lack of research conducted is a result of structural complexity and mineralogical monotony. The purpose of ... -
CHARACTERIZATION OF OUTBURST CHANNEL SANDSTONES IN THE PHALEN COLLIERY, CAPE BRETON, NOV A SCOTIA
(1997-04-15)The Phalen Colliery of New Waterford, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia is currently mining coal from the Phalen Seam of the Sydney Mines Formation, part of the offshore Carboniferous Sydney Basin. Since opening in 1984, the ... -
CHARACTERIZATION OF SEISMIC AMPLITUDE ANOMALIES AT HIBERNIA USING 3D SEISMIC DATA
(1998-04-15)The Chevron et al. Hibernia P-15 well penetrated one of many bright spots and encountered gas. Bright spots are one of four 'direct hydrocarbon indicators' and result from the high acoustic impedance contrast from gas ... -
Characterizing acid episode frequency, duration, and severity in Nova Scotia’s acidified streams
(2014-04)Acid episodes are a key factor in determining the state of freshwater ecosystems that have been chronically acidified by acid precipitation. An acid episode can be defined as a rapid drop in freshwater pH to well below ... -
CHARACTERIZING ICI&I TEXTILE WASTE IN HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA
(2018-04)Textile waste is growing problem around the world. Relative to other recyclable materials, textile waste management remains largely unexplored among industrialized countries, particularly for textile waste produced by ... -
Characterizing the Conifer Density Gradient from the Halifax Peninsula to the Hinterlands of the Halifax Regional Municipality
(2023-04)The urban-forest tree-species composition is influenced by the urban environment and thus by daily anthropogenic activity. However, in the naturalized woodlands, species composition is primarily influenced by natural ...