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Student Research


Each year the students of Dr. Brian Starzomski's ES470 Biodiversity and Conservation class collaborate on research projects on a variety of topics. The 2011-2013 research reports are listed below.

Observing Early Colonizing Species On the Central Coast of British Columbia by Julia Fisher, Rebecca Segal, and Megan Vicente

earlycolonization-2011.pdf
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Intertidal Bivalve Survey of Calvert Island, 2011 by Thalia Christou, Stuart Higgs, and Chanda Turner
bivalvesurvey-2011.pdf
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West Beach Sand Dune: Slope, Exposure and Vegetation Communities on Calvert Island, British Columbia by Gillian Harvey, Maria Shallard, Yuhei Iida

dunes-2011.pdf
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Passerine Bird Communities of Northern Calvert Island: Patterns of Diversity Caused by Location by Kali Gehringer Heather Polowyk Amy Hartzenberg

birdcommunities-2011.pdf
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Species composition on the dock at Hakai Beach Institute: Does dock age and dock substrate influence composition? by Georgia Brander, Kelly Fretwell, and Julie Mundy.

dockspecies-2011.pdf
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Comparisons of relative abundance of western redcedar (Thuja plicata) and western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) on Cedar Island and Calvert Island, and the composition of their associated herbaceous communities by Drew Baker, Sarein Basi-Primeau, and Dawn Fizzard
forestcommunities-2012.pdf
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Clam Species Diversity on Two Stratified Beaches in Kwakshua Channel, Calvert Island, B.C. by Christian Kelly, Jessica Brown, and Teegan Bennington

clamdiversity-2012.pdf
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Plant community structure on the sand dune of West Beach, Calvert Island, British Columbia with a focus on common red paintbrush (Castilleja miniata) by Jennifer Walker, Natalie Graham, and Helen McConnell

sand_dune_2012.pdf
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The Species Specific Arthropod Colonization of Three Species of Beach-Cast Wrack: Fucus, Macrocystis and Nereocystis by Nathaniel Glickman, Alex Laliberte, and Sienna Hamilton
beachwrack_colonization-2012.pdf
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Exploring the effects of distance and dissolved organic carbon on primary producer communities near creeks in Kwakshua Channel, Calvert Island, BC by Elyse Matthews, Shane Morrissey, and Joel White
algae-2013.pdf
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A Study of the Effects of Aspect on the Plant Communities in the Bog Ecosystems of Calvert Island by Charlie Gordon, Laura Kroesen and Cody Gold
alpineplants-2013.pdf
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Banana Slugs Unpeeled: Island biogeography and patterning of Ariolimax columbianus in the Hakai Luxvbalis Conservancy (Banana Slug) by Kate Adams, Rosie Child, and Lisa Wielinga

bananaslugs-2013.pdf
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The Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Species Composition of Big Spring Creek, Calvert Island BC by Alanah Nasadyk and Sara Brooke Benjamin

benthic_macroinvertebrates-2013.pdf
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Living Landscapes: A study of community composition and traditionally managed plants across varying midden depths in the Hakai Luxvbalis Conservancy by Audrey Lane Cockett, Amanda Cook, and Chris Madsen

living_landscapes-2013.pdf
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