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Evaluation of Closed-containment Technologies for Saltwater Salmon Aquaculture
This book informs proponents and opponents of saltwater salmon aquaculture of the current state of closed-containment technologies to restrict and control interactions between farmed fish and the external aquatic environment. In addition to an introductory chapter, there are six chapters written by renowned experts, including a review of past experiences and 42 case studies from around the world, reviews of biological and animal health requirements for commercial-scale rearing of salmon, a review of engineering designs for floating systems and a review of the five types of production system available for rearing of Atlantic salmon. [more]
This book informs proponents and opponents of saltwater salmon aquaculture of the current state of closed-containment technologies to restrict and control interactions between farmed fish and the external aquatic environment. In addition to an introductory chapter, there are six chapters written by renowned experts, including a review of past experiences and 42 case studies from around the world, reviews of biological and animal health requirements for commercial-scale rearing of salmon, a review of engineering designs for floating systems and a review of the five types of production system available for rearing of Atlantic salmon. [more]
Impacts of water diversion on biotic communities of a river in a dune watershed
This monograph marks the culmination of over 10 years of research, writing, and editing; the specific task being to examine the consequences of human-induced changes to a small section of the Ausable River in southwestern Ontario ― the Old Ausable River Channel (OARC). [more]
This monograph marks the culmination of over 10 years of research, writing, and editing; the specific task being to examine the consequences of human-induced changes to a small section of the Ausable River in southwestern Ontario ― the Old Ausable River Channel (OARC). [more]
Manual of Central America Diptera
Volume 2
True flies, or Diptera, are an exceedingly diverse and tremendously important group of animals not only because of their impact on human health, but also because of their varied roles as decomposers, herbivores, predators and parasites of other animals. This two-volume book, a collaboration of over 70 experts on Diptera, is the first-ever resource for the identification and understanding of Central American flies. [more]
Volume 2
True flies, or Diptera, are an exceedingly diverse and tremendously important group of animals not only because of their impact on human health, but also because of their varied roles as decomposers, herbivores, predators and parasites of other animals. This two-volume book, a collaboration of over 70 experts on Diptera, is the first-ever resource for the identification and understanding of Central American flies. [more]
Late Ordovician and Early Silurian stromatoporoid sponges from Anticosti Island, eastern Canada
crossing the O/S mass extinction
During Late Ordovician and Early Silurian time, from 450 to 428 million years ago, stromatoporoid sponges were some of the most common and abundant fossils in shallow water tropical settings of the Anticosti Basin (Gulf of St Lawrence). They formed dense, massive coralline skeletons of calcium carbonate, some up to a meter or more across, especially in reef environments, but also in deeper waters of the Anticosti shelf, down to the margins of the photic zone, where light faded. The Anticosti Basin reveals one of the most fossiliferous carbonate sequences worldwide for rocks of this age, straddling a global mass extinction boundary, and thus revealing not only those taxa that became extinct, but also how the seas were repopulated in an equatorial setting after the mass extinction. [more]
crossing the O/S mass extinction
During Late Ordovician and Early Silurian time, from 450 to 428 million years ago, stromatoporoid sponges were some of the most common and abundant fossils in shallow water tropical settings of the Anticosti Basin (Gulf of St Lawrence). They formed dense, massive coralline skeletons of calcium carbonate, some up to a meter or more across, especially in reef environments, but also in deeper waters of the Anticosti shelf, down to the margins of the photic zone, where light faded. The Anticosti Basin reveals one of the most fossiliferous carbonate sequences worldwide for rocks of this age, straddling a global mass extinction boundary, and thus revealing not only those taxa that became extinct, but also how the seas were repopulated in an equatorial setting after the mass extinction. [more]
Assessment of Species Diversity in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone
This illustrated volume provides the first comprehensive introduction to species diversity in the ecozone that encompasses New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and parts of Quebec. It describes the regional flora and fauna, from fungi to mammals, and explores post-glacial history, aquatic habitats, and protected areas. [more]
This illustrated volume provides the first comprehensive introduction to species diversity in the ecozone that encompasses New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and parts of Quebec. It describes the regional flora and fauna, from fungi to mammals, and explores post-glacial history, aquatic habitats, and protected areas. [more]
