Low Ozone Episodes at Amphitrite Point Marine Boundary Layer Observatory, British Columbia, Canada

Cryptococcus gattii Dispersal Mechanisms, British Columbia, Canada

Recent Cryptococcus gattii infections in humans and animals without travel history to Vancouver Island, as well as environmental isolations of the organism in other areas of the Pacific Northwest, led to an investigation of potential dispersal mechanisms. Longitudinal analysis of C. gattii presence in trees and soil showed patterns of permanent, intermittent, and transient colonization, reflect...

Wolf Control in British Columbia, Canada

Increasing ozone in marine boundary layer inflow at the west coasts of North America and Europe

An effective method is presented for determining the ozone (O3) mixing ratio in the onshore flow of marine air at the North American west coast. By combining the data available from all marine boundary layer (MBL) sites with simultaneous wind data, decadal temporal trends of MBL O3 in all seasons are established with high precision. The average springtime temporal trend over the past two decade...

Summertime low - ozone episodes at northern high latitudes

By Y. J. ORSOLINI1∗, H. ESKES2, G. HANSEN1, U.-P. HOPPE3, A. KYLLING1, E. KYRÖ4, J. NOTHOLT5, R. VAN DER A2 and P. VON DER GATHEN6 1Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway 2Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, the Netherlands 3Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, Kjeller, Norway 4Finnish Meteorological Institute, Sodankyla, Finland 5University of Bremen, Germa...

Distribution and abundance of marine mammals in the coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada

Information on animal distribution and abundance is integral to wildlife conservation and management. However abundance estimates have not been available for many cetacean species inhabiting the coastal waters of Canada’s Pacific coast, including those species that were heavily depleted by commercial whaling. Systematic sightings surveys were conducted in the inshore coastal waters of the Insid...