New or previously misunderstood species of Lithographa and Rimularia (Agyriaceae) from the southern subpolar region and western Canada

2006 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian J. COPPINS ◽  
Alan M. FRYDAY
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Southern Chile ◽  
Campbell Island

Lithographa serpentina Coppins & Fryday is newly described from Campbell Island (New Zealand), and is unique within its genus and order for having submuriform ascospores. Also newly described are Lithographa opegraphoides Coppins & Fryday from the Falkland Isles, Rimularia actinostoma Coppins & Fryday from Canada (British Columbia), and Rimularia austrolimborina Coppins & Fryday from southern Chile. The new combination Lithographa graphidioides (Cromb.) Imshaug ex Coppins & Fryday is made to accommodate the previously misunderstood Stigmatidium graphidioides Cromb. and the more recently described Lithographa subantarctica Hertel & Rambold. A key to all described species of Lithographa is provided.

Three new species of lichenized fungi with cephalodia from the southern New Zealand shelf islands (Campbell Plateau)

2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (04) ◽  
pp. 283-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan M. FRYDAY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Lichenized Fungi ◽  
Southern Chile ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Campbell Island

Abstract:The new species Miriquidica effigurata, M. squamulosa and Pertusaria stellata are described from the southern subpolar region from collections made by Henry Imshaug and co-workers in the early 1970s. All three species occur on Campbell Island, New Zealand, with M. effigurata and P. stellata also occurring on the Auckland Islands, New Zealand, and P. stellata also being reported from Isla Desolación in southern Chile. Miriquidica effigurata and M. squamulosa are similar to M. complanata but have apothecia with a dark (K+ purple-red) lower hypothecium and thalli containing confluentic acid and norstictic acid respectively. Pertusaria stellata is similar to P. macloviana, but has shorter ascospores and a smoother, generally paler thallus lacking papillate isidia. Cephalodia are reported for the first time in both Miriquidica and Pertusaria.

Sabellidae (Polychaeta) Principally from the Northeast Pacific Ocean

1979 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 869-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl Banse
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Key Words ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Generic Level ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Northeast Pacific ◽  
Specific Rank ◽  
Northeast Pacific Ocean

Morphological and distributional observations are reported for 14 northeast Pacific sabellids, largely using collections from British Columbia and Washington waters, and for one species from New Zealand. For nine of these, additions to the descriptions are provided based on type material. Eudistylia Bush is revised using a new combination of diagnostic characters. Eudistylia catharinae is newly described; E. tenella Bush is regarded as a synonym of E. vancouveri (Kinberg). Diagnostic characters at the generic level, particularly those of Sabella Linnæus, are discussed. Demonax Kinberg, considered to be a subgenus of Sabella, is emended. Distylia volutacornis pacifica Berkeley and Berkeley is elevated to specific rank and referred to Demonax. Jasmineira pacifica Annenkova, Oriopsis gracilis Hartman, and an unnamed species of Sabellastarte Savigny are new additions to the polychaete fauna of British Columbia and Washington. Key words: British Columbia, Demonax, Eudistylia, northeast Pacific, Polychaeta, Sabella, Sabellidae, Washington

Slimacomyces monosporus. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Minter
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Pinus Contorta ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Picea Sitchensis ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
Juniperus Communis ◽  
Campbell Island

Abstract Descriptions are given of Slimacomyces monosporus including its geographical distribution (Canada (British Columbia), Campbell Island, China (Sichuan), Japan, New Zealand, Cuba, Czech Republic, Germany, UK and Netherlands), hosts (Araucaria sp., Juniperus communis, Juniperus sp., Phormium tenax, Picea sitchensis, Pinus contorta, P. mugo, P. nigra, P. resinosa, P. sosnowskyi, P. strobus, P. sylvestris, Pinus sp. and Rhododendron sp.), other associated organisms (Anthostomella pedemontana, Cyclaneusma minus, Kriegeriella mirabilis, Pseudocercospora deightonii and Sympodiella acicola), diagnostic features, biology and conservation status.

scholarly journals Challenging the Stereotypes: Unexpected Features of Sexual Exploitation among Homeless and Street-Involved Boys in Western Canada

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5898
Author(s):  
Elizabeth M. Saewyc ◽  
Sneha Shankar ◽  
Lindsay A. Pearce ◽  
Annie Smith
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Youth Health

Research about the sexual exploitation of homeless and street-involved boys is limited and often combined with that of girls. As aggregation can distort unique issues among genders which are exploited, this study provides information about the context of exploitation for homeless boys. Boys participated in the anonymous, multi-city British Columbia (BC), Canada Homeless and Street-Involved Youth Health paper surveys of 2006 and 2014. Measures included questions about trading sex for money, shelter, or other consideration; age first exploited; for whom; where they were living when first traded sex; gender of exploiters; and demographics. Analyses, separately for younger/older boys, explored the prevalence, timing of exploitation vs. homelessness, and ANOVAs to evaluate the patterns of the age of first exploitation by the genders of exploiters. Just over one in four boys reported exploitation (n = 132), with a median age of 14–15 in most groups. Most were runaway or homeless before their first exploitation, but 25.5% (2006) and 41% (2014) were living with family. Most boys were exploited by women (78%–85%), with 62%–65% were exclusively exploited by women.

Impact of cultivars and herbicides on weed management in alfalfa

2006 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 875-885 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Moyer ◽  
S. N. Acharya
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Weed Control ◽  
Weed Management ◽  
Forage Quality ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Downy Brome ◽  
Weed Species ◽  
Standard Type ◽  
Southern Alberta ◽  
Medicago Sativa L

Weeds, especially dandelion (Taraxacum officinale Weber in F.H. Wigg.), tend to infest a forage alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) stand 2 to 4 yr after establishment. To develop better weed management systems, experiments were conducted at Lethbridge, Alberta, from 1995 to 2002 and Creston, British Columbia, from 1998 to 2001, which included the alfalfa cultivars Beaver (standard type) and AC Blue J (Flemish type) and annual applications of metribuzin and hexazinone. These herbicides are registered for weed control in irrigated alfalfa in Alberta and alfalfa grown for seed. In addition, two sulfonylurea herbicides, metsulfuron and sulfosulfuron, and glyphosate were included. All of the herbicides except glyphosate controlled or suppressed dandelion and mustard family weeds. Metsulfuron at 5 g a.i. ha-1 almost completely controlled dandelion at both locations. However, after metsulfuron application at Lethbridge, dandelion was replaced with an infestation of downy brome, which is unpalatable for cattle. None of the herbicides increased total forage (alfalfa + weed) yield, and in some instances herbicides reduced forage quality by causing a shift from a palatable to an unpalatable weed species. However, it was observed that AC Blue J consistently yielded more than Beaver, and weed biomass was consistently less in the higher-yielding cultivar. AC Blue J was developed primarily for the irrigated area in southern Alberta and for southern British Columbia. Therefore, additional experiments should be conducted to determine which alfalfa cultivars have the greatest ability to compete with weeds in other regions of western Canada. Key words: Alfalfa yield, dandelion, forage quality, weed control

Physoderma alfalfae. [Distribution map].

1973 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
North America ◽  
South America ◽  
Medicago Sativa ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Physoderma alfalfae (Pat. & Lagerh.) Karling. Hosts: Lucerne (Medicago sativa) and Medicago spp. Information is given on the geographical distribution in ASIA, India (Punjab), Iran, Israel, Pakistan, AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA, Australia, New Zealand, EUROPE, Belgium, Britain, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, NORTH AMERICA, Canada (British Columbia), Mexico, USA, SOUTH AMERICA, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru.

Little cherry virus 1. [Distribution map].

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
North America ◽  
South America ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
Distribution In Europe

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Little cherry virus 1 (Closteroviridae: Velarivirus). Hosts: Prunus spp. Information on the geographical distribution in Europe (Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Mainland Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, UK, England and Wales), Asia (China, Hebei, Liaoning, Shandong, India, Japan, Honshu, Korea Republic, Turkey), Africa (Morocco), North America (Canada, British Columbia, USA, California, Oregon, Washington), South America (Chile) and Oceania (Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, New Zealand) is also given.

Black raspberry necrosis virus. [Distribution map].

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
North America ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Black Raspberry ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Necrosis Virus ◽  
Virus Distribution ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
Distribution In Europe

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Black raspberry necrosis virus. Hosts: Rubus spp. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Mainland Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, UK, Scotland), North America (Canada, British Columbia, USA, Michigan, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Wisconsin), Oceania (Australia, New Zealand).

The Caragana Aphid, Acyrthosiphon caraganae (Cholod.) in Western Canada, and its Separation from the Pea Aphid

1962 ◽  
Vol 94 (10) ◽  
pp. 1075-1077 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. Robinson ◽  
G. A. Bradley
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
North America ◽  
Chemical Control ◽  
Pea Aphid ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Forest Insect ◽  
Disease Survey ◽  
Caragana Arborescens

Except for occasional references in the Annual Reports of the Forest Insect and Disease Survey of infestations of an aphid on caragana (Caragana arborescens Lam.) in Western Canada and a note on chemical control (Bradley, 1952), there is no published record known to the authors of the occurrence of the caragana aphid, Acyrthosiphon caraganae (Cholod.), in North America. MacNay (1953) summarized reports that severe infesrations of aphids, “probably mainly the caragana aphid”, occurred on caragana in 1952 in the East Kootenays of British Columbia, and at several places in Alberta and Saskatchewan. At some localities 100 per cent defoliation was reported.

New Zealand sub-Antarctic phytoliths and their potential for past vegetation reconstruction

2007 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa C. Thorn
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Organic Material ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Ecosystem Development ◽  
Grassland Ecosystem ◽  
Vegetation Reconstruction ◽  
Geological Past ◽  
Abundance And Diversity ◽  
Study Sites ◽  
Campbell Island

AbstractPhytoliths in the modern vegetation of sub-Antarctic Campbell Island are compared with those in the soil beneath to assess the accuracy of vegetation reconstructions made from dispersed phytolith assemblages. The soil phytoliths alone suggest the source vegetation is a grassland association for all study sites, which reflects none of the herb, fern or shrub component of the overlying vegetation. It is concluded that at this locality dispersed phytoliths on their own are not reliable indicators of source vegetation and should be used with caution in this context for palaeoecological studies. However, they can provide useful botanical information where all other organic material is absent. With further research, based on the abundance and diversity of Poaceae phytoliths observed in this and other studies, dispersed phytoliths from the fossil record have the potential to contribute significantly to the understanding of grassland ecosystem development in the geological past.

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