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- Mercury in fish and invertebrates in the Saint John River estuary
- Author(s):
- Reinhart
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Date:
- 2017
- Type:
- Thesis / Dissertation
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- Methylmercury (MeHg) is a common toxin that affects freshwater fish and fish consumers in North America, but its accumulation...
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- Influence of sediment acidification on the burrowing behaviour, post-settlement dispersal, and recruitment of juvenile soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria l.)
- Author(s):
- Clements
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Date:
- 2016
- Type:
- Thesis / Dissertation
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- Ocean acidification (OA) is expected to elicit biological impacts in the near future by impacting the behaviour and...
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- Seasonal and tissue variation of falcarindiol, an antimycobacterial constituent of the Canadian medicinal plant Heracleum Maximum
- Author(s):
- Melvin
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Date:
- 2015
- Type:
- Thesis / Dissertation
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- First Nations peoples of the Canadian Maritime provinces use the roots of Heracleum maximum as a treatment for tuberculosis,...
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- Investigating the recovery of stable isotope values in an aquatic ecosystem after the closure of a pulp mill
- Author(s):
- McMahon
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Date:
- 2015
- Type:
- Thesis / Dissertation
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- The closure of a bleached kraft mill on the Mattagami River in northern Ontario presented an opportunity to study the...
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- Molecular characterization of dieldrin in the zebrafish hypothalamus
- Author(s):
- Cowie
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Date:
- 2015
- Type:
- Thesis / Dissertation
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- Dieldrin is a legacy pesticide that has multiple modes of action (MOA) that include being an estrogen receptor agonist, GABA...
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- The information insects leave behind: spatial and temporal variation of benthic assemblages using novel non-invasive methods
- Author(s):
- O’Malley
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Date:
- 2018
- Type:
- Thesis / Dissertation
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- Rare and elusive benthic macroinvertebrate (BMI) taxa are difficult to detect and sampling methods often require preserving...
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- Turnover rates and trophic discrimination factors of δ34s in brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, Turnover rates and trophic discrimination factors of [lower case sigma][superscript 34]s in brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis
- Author(s):
- Charest
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Date:
- 2015
- Type:
- Thesis / Dissertation
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- Stable isotope analysis (SIA) of sulphur, like carbon and nitrogen SIA, can be applied to understand food webs, animal...
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- Evolution of retroduplicated genes in drosophila
- Author(s):
- O’Neill
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Date:
- 2016
- Type:
- Thesis / Dissertation
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- Gene duplication is a major process that generates new genes. Duplication by retrotransposition (also called retroduplication...
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- Effect of substrate on settlement behaviour, development, growth, and survival of American lobster postlarvae, and evidence that mud bottom can serve as secondary nursery habitat
- Author(s):
- Dinning
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Date:
- 2014
- Type:
- Thesis / Dissertation
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- Postlarval American lobsters, Homarus americanus, prefer settling onto a cobble substrate and delay settling onto other...
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- The utility of growth form for predicting and evaluating aquatic plant nutrient relations
- Author(s):
- Tyrrell
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Date:
- 2015
- Type:
- Thesis / Dissertation
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- My dissertation focuses on the role of agricultural nutrient enrichment in structuring aquatic plant communities in Southern...
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- Testing diagnostic bioindicators in prairie streams: are biological traits and delta 15N of aquatic insects able to detect agricultural impacts?
- Author(s):
- Cormier
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Date:
- 2017
- Type:
- Thesis / Dissertation
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- Agricultural activities in the Red River watershed of Manitoba, Canada, can be significant sources of excess nutrients,...
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- Seasonal migrations of the American eel, Anguilla rostrata, in the Upper Salmon River, New Brunswick
- Author(s):
- Sweezey
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Date:
- 2014
- Type:
- Thesis / Dissertation
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- Stable isotope analysis of American eels (Anguilla rostrata) captured in the Upper Salmon River, New Brunswick, revealed...
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- Impacts of the brown spruce longhorn beetle, Tetropium fuscum (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), on insect community structure in its invaded habitat of Nova Scotia, Canada
- Author(s):
- Heustis
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Date:
- 2016
- Type:
- Thesis / Dissertation
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- Tetropium fuscum (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), a wood boring beetle native to Europe, was accidentally introduced to Halifax,...
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- Impact of attack by gallmakers on their ancestral and novel plant hosts in a goldenrod-insect system
- Author(s):
- Shibel
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Date:
- 2016
- Type:
- Thesis / Dissertation
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- Through coevolution reduced virulence and increased tolerance may evolve. Novel plant hosts may experience greater impact...
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- Assessing the suitability of passive bio-collectors for monitoring biodiversity of subtotal cobble-bottom habitat
- Author(s):
- Wittig
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Date:
- 2018
- Type:
- Thesis / Dissertation
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- This study is part of a larger project aiming to develop a tool and program to monitor biodiversity in rocky subtidal...
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- Using traits-based ecology to inform aquatic insect assemblage structure in relation to environmental flows
- Author(s):
- Orlofske
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Date:
- 2014
- Type:
- Thesis / Dissertation
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- Benthic macroinvertebrate taxonomic data is the foundation of freshwater biomonitoring programs.around the world. Biological...
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- The effects of a dietary selenium exposure on molecular signalling cascades in juvenile rainbow trout
- Author(s):
- Knight
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Date:
- 2015
- Type:
- Thesis / Dissertation
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- Selenium is an essential trace element that is a by-product of mining activities. Se exposure has been observed to have...
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- Movement and activity of the American lobster (Homarus americanus) and implications for the species' ecology and demography
- Author(s):
- Morse
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Date:
- 2017
- Type:
- Thesis / Dissertation
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- The overarching goal of this thesis was to enhance our understanding of the implications of benthic movements by American...
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- Local and landscape effects of industrial forestry on the reproductive activity of forest songbirds in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada
- Author(s):
- Gunn
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Date:
- 2004
- Type:
- Thesis / Dissertation
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- In the northern hardwood forest of New Brunswick, industrial forest management affects within-stand vegetation and the...
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- Larval drift characteristics, habitat use, and environmental determinants of year-class strength in wild age-0 Lake Sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, within a large impounded river
- Author(s):
- Henderson
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Discipline:
- Biology
- Date:
- 2013
- Type:
- Thesis / Dissertation
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- The dynamics of early life stages of Lake Sturgeon ( Acipenser fulvescens) within a large impounded river were studied....
