Browsing by Subject "invasive species"
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Assessing the current and future risk of ballast-sourced species invasions in Canada’s eastern Arctic under a climate change scenario. [graduate project].
(2016)The use of ballast water is an important and globally accepted method for maintaining vessel stability, as well as a major pathway for nonindigenous species (NIS) introduction. Canada has responded to this threat in the ... -
Interactions Between an Invasive Epiphytic Bryozoan and Species of Rocky Subtidal Habitats of Nova Scotia
(2010-11-02)In Nova Scotia subtidal habitats, the invasive bryozoan Membranipora membranacea interacts with native bryozoan Electra pilosa on kelps, which offer high space availability but are highly dynamic, and on non-kelp algae, ... -
The Phylogeographic History and Contemporary Evolution of the Invasive Species Avena barbata Pott ex Link in California
(2014-10-22)Understanding the factors that precipitate a successful colonization of a new geographic region is a major goal in both ecology and evolution. In my doctoral thesis, I examined evolutionary patterns (Ch. 2), ecological ... -
USING LOCAL AND SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVES TO UNDERSTAND FACTORS AFFECTING THE DISTRIBUTION OF INVASIVE GREEN CRAB (CARCINUS MAENAS L.)
(2015)Environmental management is becoming more informed through the use of less conventional knowledge sources to understand environmental systems. Following this realization, our study accesses both local and scientific knowledge ...
