Vol. 50 No. 2 (2020)

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Published: 2020-03-11

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Editorial

Reflecting on the importance of scientific anniversaries - the SS Arrow oil spill in Chedabucto Bay, NS, in 1970

Peter G. Wells

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Commentaries

Ethnobiology of Northeastern Turtle Island Food & Medicine: Summary of an NSIS Lecture

Jonathan Ferrier

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Identifying Lichen-Rich Areas in Nova Scotia

Robert Cameron, Duncan M. Bayne

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The City Nature Challenge 2020

Mary Kennedy, David Ireland, Andrea Hart

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Responding to the Call for Climate Action

Daniel E. Lane

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Genetically engineered genes: when have we gone too far?

Julia Odendaal

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Contributions

Absence of recovery in a degraded eelgrass (Zostera Marina) bed in Nova Scotia, Canada: Results from a transplant study

Erin Wilson, David J. Garbary

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Evaluating out-planting success and mycorrhizal status of endangered Geum peckii Pursh (Rosaceae), the Eastern Mountain Avens, in Nova Scotia

Sarah Fancy, Juan C. López-Gutiérrez, Allison K. Walker, Diane LaRue, Robin Browne

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Diversity, abundance and size structure of fishes and invertebrates captured by an intertidal fishing weir at Bramber, Minas Basin, Nova Scotia

Michael J. Dadswell, Aaron D. Spares, Erica Porter, Darren Porter

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Early entanglement of Nova Scotian marine animals in pre-plastic fishing gear or maritime debris: indirect evidence from historic ‘sea serpent‘ sightings

Robert L. France

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Into the Wilderness: Rediscovering Titus Smith Jr‘s philosophy of nature

Richarld H. Field

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Student Papers

Optimising 3-phenyl-1,4,2-dioxazol-5-one as an electrolyte additive for Lithium-Ion cells

Toren Hynes

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Book Reviews

Hot Carbon: Carbon-14 and a Revolution in Science.

Donald C. Gordon

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Abraham Gesner: the Lure of the Rocks and a Burning Ambition

Tim J. Fedak

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NSIS Council Reports

Reports from the Annual General Meeting, May 2019

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Membership Form

2020-2021 Membership Form

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Instructions to Authors

Instruction to Authors

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