| TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD........ i
TRIBUTE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS........ii
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY........ iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS........ v
INTRODUCTION ........1
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Dr. J.M. Anderson ........2
Dr. T.Sephton ........3
Welcome Address
Mr. D. Dennison........ 4
SESSION ONE: THE QUODDY EMAN SITE. ........9
Morning Session Chairman: W. Pilgrim, Chairman
Quoddy EMAN Site Management Committee
The Quoddy EMAN Site (W. Pilgrim) ........10
Sporulation of Chaetoceros furcillatus in Passamaquoddy
Region, N.B., Canada
(I. Kaczmarska, T. D. Peterson, H. L. Schaefer and J. L. Martin)
........15
A protocol for passive ozone monitoring for forest health assessment
(R.M.Cox, J. W. Malcolm and B. A. Pendrel) ........21
After the gold rush: the status and future of salmon aquaculture in
New Brunswick
(I. Milewski, J. Harvey and B. Buerkle)........ 22
Local and regional enrichment effects: an assessment of Lime Kiln
Bay
and Bliss Harbour (G. Pohle and B. Frost)........23
Does aquaculture impact harmful algal blooms in the southwest Bay of
Fundy?
(J. L. Martin and M. M. LeGresley) ........24
Variability in the use of rockweed habitats by fishes: implications
for detecting
environmental impacts (R. W. Rangeley) ........28
Afternoon Session Chairman: R.M.Cox, Quoddy EMAN Site
Management
Committee, Natural Resources Canada Forestry Service
The feeding ecology of the sea cucumber, Cucumaria frondosa,
in the Bay of Fundy
(R. Singh) ........30
Common eiders and great black-backed gulls in the Gulf of Maine:An
overview
(K. Mawhinney and A. W. Diamond) ........31
The use of seabirds as windows into marine foodwebs (A. W.
Diamond)........ 33
Development of marine biodiversity monitoring protocols: The EMAN
initiative
(G. Pohle) ........34
Horse mussel reefs of the Bay of Fundy
(D. J. Wildish, G. B. J. Fader, H. M. Akagi, B. Hatt, and P. Lawton)........ 35
Monitoring bird migration: building a database (T. Dean) ........36
SESSION TWO: EMAN PARTNERS
Session Chairman: H. O'Neill, Chairman,
Maritime Atlantic Ecozone Steering Committee
Fundy National Park and the Greater Fundy Ecosystem (GFE):their
function as an EMAN site
(D. Clay) ........40
Kejimkujik National Park (C. Drysdale) ........41
Terramon (M. Wadleigh [presented by T. Clair])........ 42
Delineation and overlay of critical species habitat as a tool for
their protection
(M. D. B. Burt, C. Bird, G. Chmura, A. W. Diamond, J. Fegley, W. E. Hogans, K.
Mawhinney,
J. McLachlan, L. Murison, G. Pohle, W. B. Scott, R. Vadas, and L. Van Guelpen)
........43
Marine protected areas: Moving from theory to designation (I.
Milewski) ........44
Building a marine protected areas network in the Gulf of Maine:An
ecosystem approach
to management (S. Brody and D. Fenton) ........45
Developing a Canadian biodiversity information infrastructure (L.
Speers) ........47
Guest lecture "Canada's Ecological Monitoring and Assessment
Network"
Tom Brydges, Director, EMAN, Environment Canada ........49
SESSION THREE: BAY OF FUNDY ECOSYSTEMS
Morning Session Co-Chairmen: G. R. Daborn, Director, ACER,
Acadia University
and P. G. Wells, BOFEP, & Environment Canada.
Introduction to the Fundy Marine Ecosystem Science Project
(G.R. Daborn and P. G. Wells) ........56
Storm surge events in the Maritimes
(G. S. Parks, L. A. Ketch, and C. T. O'Reilly)........ 57
Modelling tidal flows in Passamaquoddy Bay
(D. Greenberg, J. Shore, and S. Yingshuo) ........58
Changes in SPM concentration and composition over a tidal cycle in
the
lower Bay of Fundy (D. K. Muschenheim)........ 65
Distribution of scallop larvae in relation to the hydrography of the
Bay of Fundy (S. M. C. Robinson, A. Thomas, J. D. Martin, and F. H. Page)
........69
Field techniques for studying spatial pattern and scale in nearshore
benthic communities (R. Rangeley and P. Lawton) ........71
Benthic communities in the lower Bay of Fundy: linking traditional
systematics with habitat ecology (S. Fuller) ........73
Influence of ice cover and sediment temperature on intertidal
benthic
invertebrates on the Windsor Mudflat, Minas Basin, Bay of Fundy (V. A. Partridge)
........74
Source-sink relationships in recruitment of American lobsters in
theGulf of Maine,
with comments on exchange processes in the southern Bay of Fundy
(L. S. Incze and C. E. Naimie) ........75
Seaweeds: a coastal component to integrate into the ecosystem
research
approach and the sustainable development of the Bay of Fundy (T. Chopin)
........79
Seabird surveys and selected environmental data sets in the Bay of
Fundy:
Findings and conclusions from monthly ferry transects Saint John-Digby-Saint John
(F. Huettman) ........85
The migration of shorebirds in the Bay of Fundy: the El Niņo
effect? (P. Hicklin) ........93
Community consequences of habitat use and predation by common
eiders in Passamaquoddy Bay (D. J. Hamilton) ........94
Acoustic Harassment Device (AHD) use in the aquaculture industry and
implications for harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) (D. W. Johnston)
........95
Afternoon Session Chairman: J. A. Percy, Director, Clean
Annapolis River Project
Metal transport in the Gulf of Maine and outer Bay of Fundy
(P. A. Yeats and J. A. Dalziel) ........96
Environmental chemistry and the Bay of Fundy (V. Zitko)
........97
Petitcodiac River trial gate opening project (H. O'Neill, H.
Dupuis,
B. Burrell and D. Sullivan) ........101
The Bay of Fundy: Current program activities and management issues
of the Federal Natural Resources Departments (P. G. Wells) ........105
Poster Papers
Composition of UVB effects on low and high DOC lakes located in Nova
Scotia,
Canada: preliminary results (T. Clair and K. Day) ........107
Ecological studies of American shad, blue-back herring and alewives
in the
Annapolis River and Gaspereau River watersheds
(A. Jamie F. Gibson and G. R. Daborn) ........109
Age and size structure of spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias
Linnaeus,
1758 of Atlantic Canada (T. M. Moore and M. J. Dadswell) ........111
Using an ecosystem approach for air issues: the Ecological
Monitoring and
Assessment Network (EMAN)-Canada. (W. Pilgrim, J. Knight, R. Hughes,
A. Fenech, J. H. Allen and M. D. B. Burt) ........112
Rockweed and periwinkle harvesting: conflict or harmony?
(G. Sharp, R. Semple and T. MacEachreon) ........113
Dalhousie University Science Co-operative Education: A world of
knowledge
¨ A world of opportunity (A. Silva) ........118
Forest bird monitoring and research at Kejimkujik National Park.
(C. Staicer) ........120
Fisher's knowledge of localized spawning and nursery areas of marine
species
in the Bay of Fundy. (E. A. Trippel) ........121
The Corophium Working Group, BOFEP/FMESP (P. G. Wells, S.
Boates,
M. Brylinsky, G. R. Daborn, K. Doe, R. Elliot, A. J. F. Gibson,
P. Hicklin, and V. Partridge) ........122
Heeding the Bay's cry - The Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Project.
(P. G. Wells, M. Brylinsky, G. R. Daborn, A. Evans, S. Hawboldt,
J. A. Percy, P. Hicklin, and L. White) ........123
Microtox(R) evaluation of mudflat sediments from Upper Bay of Fundy.
(P. G. Wells, N. H. Cook, A. Nimmo, and F. MacArthur) ........126
Association and Institutional Information Sessions
- Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine
Acadian Centre for Estuarine Research (ACER) ........128
Aquaculture Association of Canada (AAC) ........128
Atlantic Coastal Action Program (ACAP) ........129
Atlantic Coastal Action Plan Saint John (ACAPSJ) ........130
Atlantic Cooperative Wildlife Ecology Research Network (ACWERN) ........130
Atlantic Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee (ACZISC) ........132
Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Project (BOFEP) ........134
Bay of Fundy Fisheries Council (BOFFC) ........136
Clean Annapolis River Project (CARP) ........137
Community Action Partnership Program (CAPP) ........137
Coastal Zone Engineering Association (CZEA) ........139
Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB) ........139
Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) ........141
Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) ........142
Eastern Charlotte Waterways (ECW) ........144
Ecology Action Centre (EAC)........145
Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN)........ 145
Federal Natural Resource Departments Steering/Coordinating Committees (4-NR) ........146
First Nations - Passamaquoddy Tribe (FIRST NATIONS) ........148
Fundy Marine Ecosystem Science Project (FMESP) ........150
Fundy Marine Resource Centre (FMRC) ........151
Fundy North Fishermans Association (FNFA) ........151
Friends of the Petitcodiac (FOP) ........152
Global Programme of Action (GPA) ........152
Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment (GOMCME)........ 153
Gulf of Maine Monitoring Network (GOMMN)........ 154
Miramichi River Environmental Assessment Committee (MREAC) ........154
NB Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture (NBDFA) ........155
NB Prospectors and Developers Association (NBPDA) ........155
Oceans Act, Government of Canada (OA) .........156
Regional Association for Research on the Gulf of Maine (RARGOM) ........157
St. Croix Estuary Project (SCEP/ACAP) ........158
St. Croix International Waterways Commission (SCIWC) ........159
World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) ........161
SESSION FOUR: BAY OF FUNDY ECOSYSTEM PROJECT
The Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Project's Virtual Institute -how to get
there from here?
Session Co-Chairmen: G. R. Daborn, ACER, Acadia
University; J. A. Percy, CARP;
and P. G. Wells, BOFEP, Environment Canada
Report on the meeting (J. A. Percy) ........164
Vision statement; principles; objectives; organization ........167
BOFEP Vision, principles, objectives (Draft 2. J.A.Percy)
........170
PRESENTATIONS GIVEN BUT ABSTRACTS/MANUSCRIPTS NOT PROVIDED:
Behavioural responses of Arctic terns (Sterna paradisea) to
marine food supply
(J. Paquet and A. W. Diamond)
Dispersal patterns in coastal southwest New Brunswick: A progress
report
(F. Page, W. Ernst, G. Julien, R. Losier, P. McCurdy, C. Kohler, M. Ringuette,
and T. Johnston)
Terra Nova EMAN Site (H. O'Neill)
Water classification: A tool for managing estuaries (J. Tims)
The marine foodweb in Saint John Harbour in relation to the
accumulation
and movement of toxics (S. Brillant)
POSTER PAPERS GIVEN BUT ABSTRACTS NOT PROVIDED:
Variability of marine resources and local development of fishing
communities
in the Bay of Fundy. (C. Bodiguel)
Water classification: a tool for managing estuaries. (J. Tims
and W. Ayer)
Changes in population structure of Ascophyllum nodosum due to
harvesting
activity in Southern New Brunswick. (R. Ugarte)
Mortality of Ascophyllum nodosum due to harvesting activity
in
Southern New Brunswick (R. A. Ugarte and B. D. Moore)
APPENDICES
Program of Meeting ........174
List of participants ........182
Index of Authors ........194 |