MARINE DISTRIBUTION AND BEHAVIOR OF JUVENILE AND ADULT MARBLED MURRELETS OFF SOUTHWEST VANCOUVER ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA: APPLICATIONS FOR MONITORING

The Condor ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 110 (2) ◽  
pp. 306-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
SARAH N. P. WONG ◽  
ROBERT A. RONCONI ◽  
ALAN E. BURGER ◽  
BOB HANSEN
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Vancouver Island ◽  
Marbled Murrelets ◽  
And Behavior

Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) foraging with gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) off Vancouver Island, British Columbia

2013 ◽  
Vol 91 (12) ◽  
pp. 847-852
Author(s):  
K.A. Muirhead ◽  
C.D. Malcolm ◽  
D.A. Duffus
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Marine Mammals ◽  
Prey Capture ◽  
Vancouver Island ◽  
Eschrichtius Robustus ◽  
Brachyramphus Marmoratus ◽  
Seabird Species ◽  
Gray Whales ◽  
Marbled Murrelet ◽  
Marbled Murrelets

Seabirds are known to associate with marine mammals to facilitate prey capture. These occur when mammals either force prey near the surface or provide small scraps of larger prey victims. Gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861)) have been observed to provide invertebrate prey to a variety of seabird species; however, there are no published reports of Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus (Gmelin, 1789)) feeding in association with gray whales. We observed Marbled Murrelets foraging within several metres of gray whales off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, feeding on epibenthic zooplankton in 2006 and 2008. Join-count statistics identified significant clustering (p = 0.1) of 258 Marbled Murrelets within 300 m of 39 feeding gray whales in June of 2006, and no association between 3 gray whales and 34 Marbled Murrelets in June and July of 2008, marking a foraging association conditional on the abundance of both gray whales and their prey, but potentially significant to Marbled Murrelet survival and fecundity.

The plainfin midshipman’s soundscape at two sites around Vancouver Island, British Columbia

2018 ◽  
Vol 603 ◽  
pp. 189-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
WD Halliday ◽  
MK Pine ◽  
APH Bose ◽  
S Balshine ◽  
F Juanes
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Vancouver Island

scholarly journals A rare genotype of Cryptococcus gattii caused the cryptococcosis outbreak on Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada)

2004 ◽  
Vol 101 (49) ◽  
pp. 17258-17263 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. E. Kidd ◽  
F. Hagen ◽  
R. L. Tscharke ◽  
M. Huynh ◽  
K. H. Bartlett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Vancouver Island ◽  
Cryptococcus Gattii

Eutardigrada from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, including a description of Platicrista cheleusis n.sp.

1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (9) ◽  
pp. 1880-1895 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Deedee Kathman
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Vancouver Island

Thirty-one species of eutardigrades were collected on five mountains on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, during July 1986 and July 1987. Three of the species found were new to science, including 1 species, Platicrista cheleusis n.sp., described herein and 2 species described elsewhere, and 21 others are new to British Columbia; 13 of these are also new to Canada.

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