Honours Students 2007-2008

Biology Honours students 2007-2008

Brittany Ellerbrok
Predation on Atlantic oysters (Crassostrea virginica) in the Bras d’Or Lakes by the invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas).
Supervisor: Timothy Rawlings

Sylvia Dove
Growth analysis of mummichogs (Fundulus heteroclitus) from Cape Breton estuaries using otoliths
Supervisor: Martha Jones

Kelley McVarish
Fluctuating asymmetry, deformities, and fin erosion as measures of fish condition in the mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus)
Supervisor: Martha Jones

Emily Mizier-Barre
The use of central position by Red-winged Blackbird nestlings for thermoregulation
Supervisor: Barb Glassey

Robert Muir
Costs and benefits of behavioural thermoregulation in Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) nestlings.
Supervisor: Barb Glassey

Steven Nicholson
Heterospecific observational learning in domestic small ruminants, sheep (Ovis aries) and goats (Capra hircus)
Supervisors: Barb Glassey, Geoff Carre

Jared Tomie
Evaluation of the green crab (Carcinus maenas) invasion in eastern Cape Breton
Supervisor: Martha Jones