Abdominal Width and Sexual Maturity of Female Lobsters on Canadian Atlantic Coast

1944 ◽  
Vol 6c (3) ◽  
pp. 281-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilfred Templeman
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Sexual Maturity ◽  
Abdominal Segment ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Relative Width ◽  
Maritime Provinces ◽  
Nova Scotian

The relative width of the second abdominal segment was used for comparing onset of sexual maturity of female lobsters in 18 different localities of the Maritime Provinces, after establishing a correlation between them. Judging by the abdominal width, the smallest lobsters to carry eggs range from 17.6 to 22.6 cm. long, and the sizes when approximately half the female lobsters are mature range from 23.5 to 29.2 cm. in the whole southern part of the gulf of St. Lawrence and along the outer Nova Scotian coast at least as far as Jeddore; in southern Nova Scotia and Grand Manan the corresponding ranges in size are higher, being 29 to 32 cm. and 36.7 to 40.4 cm. respectively. Graphs are given showing the relative abdominal width in 189 berried lobsters.

scholarly journals Not for Alms but Help: Fund-raising and Free Education for the Blind1

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna L. Pearce
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Fund Raising ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
Blind People ◽  
Maritime Provinces ◽  
Municipal Governments ◽  
Charitable Donations ◽  
Blind Children ◽  
Nova Scotian

When the Halifax Asylum for the Blind opened its doors to students in 1872, its funding came from charitable donations, with only limited financial support from the provincial government. However, sighted children in Nova Scotia had been entitled to tax-based funding for their education since the 1864 Free Schools Act. To ensure sufficient funding for his students, Charles Frederick Fraser, the blind Superintendent of the Asylum, began an appeal to bring in additional donations. Fraser then used the same appeal to persuade the Nova Scotian government to provide tax-based funding in a similar manner to that available for educating sighted students, arguing that his students were citizens just as much as their sighted counterparts. Fraser contended that funding the education of blind children was a sound fiscal move on the part of the provincial and municipal governments as it would eliminate the far greater expense of caring for unemployable, despondent blind adults. This paper explores the importance of Fraser’s campaign in the fight for rights for blind people in the Maritime provinces.

Holocene sea levels, paleoceanography, and late glacial ice configuration near the Northumberland Strait, Maritime Provinces

1987 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 668-675 ◽  
Author(s):  
David B. Scott ◽  
Franco S. Medioli ◽  
Ann A. L. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Late Glacial ◽  
Bay Of Fundy ◽  
Maritime Provinces ◽  
Glacial Ice ◽  
Sea Levels ◽  
Ice Caps ◽  
Present Rate ◽  
Nova Scotian

Work on new cores from old core sites in Baie Verte, New Brunswick, led to the identification of submerged salt-marsh peats, reported earlier as freshwater ones. A comprehensive sea-level curve, between 9 and 15 m below present, is based on marsh foraminiferal assemblages. These data indicate that between 4500 and 5400 BP relative sea-level (RSL) rise was comparatively slow (about 10 cm/100 years); the rate increased dramatically between 4500 and 4000 BP (1 m/100 years) and decreased between 2000 and 4000 BP to its present rate of 15 cm/100 years. We suggest RSL was falling before 5400 BP and that the sequence in our deepest core is similar to some observed in the Bay of Fundy and Nova Scotian Atlantic coast where early RSL fall is documented. To account for this sea-level record and others nearby we suggest that the ice history here is complex, with three separate ice caps thinning towards this area in late glacial times.Earlier work also indicated a number of sediment sequences barren of benthonic foraminifera, suggesting a complex marine–freshwater history for the area. The study of new cores containing the same sequences indicates no barren zones but a simple transgressive sequence with a warm-water calcareous fauna followed by an agglutinated transitional estuarine foraminiferal fauna.

Nova Scotian fungi. New and noteworthy species of Hygrophorus

1974 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 1243-1247
Author(s):  
Darryl W. Grund ◽  
K. A. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Maritime Provinces ◽  
First Time ◽  
Nova Scotian

This brief paper considers five species of Hygrophorus collected in Kings Co., Nova Scotia, during 1972–1973. One variety is described as new, and three species are reported for the first time from the Maritime Provinces. Three of the five species included are not adequately described or illustrated in previous publications.

Occurrence, Size, and Sexual Maturity of Long-Finned Squid (Loligo pealei) at Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, Canada

1990 ◽  
Vol 47 (9) ◽  
pp. 1830-1835 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. G. Dawe ◽  
J. C. Shears ◽  
N. E. Balch ◽  
R. K. O'Dor
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Sexual Maturity ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Biological Data ◽  
Species Range ◽  
Atlantic Canada ◽  
Loligo Pealei ◽  
Nova Scotian ◽  
Sexually Mature

A major extension of the geographic range of Loligo pealei, in quantitative as well as spatial aspects, is described. The species' range is extended northward and eastward to approximately 47°30′N: 53°06′W, based on its occurrence in Newfoundland inshore trap samples in the autumn of 1986. Biological data from these samples, as well as from collections from Nova Scotian inshore traps from 1974 to 1986, indicate that L. pealei becomes sexually mature and spawns in Nova Scotian waters but not at Newfoundland. Loligo pealei appears to be prevalent in Canadian waters at times when its sympatric competitor, the short-finned squid Illex illecehrosus, is not abundant. The reported catch of L. pealei in Atlantic Canada for 1986 was 67 t, which suggests that this species could possibly support a small Canadian fishery in some years.

Redefining Community: The Elusive Legacy of The Dramatists' Co-op of Nova Scotia

2000 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-115
Author(s):  
Bruce Barton
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Prince Edward Island ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Maritime Provinces ◽  
Point Of Entry ◽  
Theatre Companies ◽  
Current Context ◽  
Dramatic Practice ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Nova Scotian

By many indications, playwriting in the Canadian Maritime provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island) has never been more accomplished, diverse, and energetic. At the same time, however, many dramatists in this region experience a distinct and, for some, defining sense of isolation and disconnection from the rest of the country, particularly in terms of production opportunities beyond the East Coast. Aware of the limitations of local production, however enthusiastic the support of regional theatre companies and groups, a significant number of Maritimes playwrights lament the absence of vehicles—such as publication with national distribution—that may lead to increased profile for Maritimes drama within this country and internationally. At this juncture, it is particularly intriguing to consider the precedent of the Dramatists' Co-op of Nova Scotia. A boisterous offspring of the Nova Scotia Writers Federation, the Co-op took upon itself the challenge to foster, promote, distribute, and generally champion Nova Scotian and, ultimately, Atlantic Canadian (including Newfoundland) drama for two decades following its inception in 1976. A fundamental difference between the dominant (although not exclusive) philosophy of Co-op members and their contemporary counterparts, however, is in the definition of the concept of ‘community.' For, unlike the distinctly national and international interests regularly expressed in the current context, the Co-op placed a significant (although, again, not exclusive) emphasis on the establishment of a local community of theatre artists and, even more fundamental, of local theatre audiences. The contrast, while neither simple nor absolute, provides a productive point of entry into the complex reality of contemporary Maritimes dramatic practice.

Local Differences in the Life History of the Lobster (Homarus americanus) on the Coast of the Maritime Provinces of Canada

1936 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Templeman
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Life History ◽  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Sexual Maturity ◽  
Homarus Americanus ◽  
Summer Temperature ◽  
Maritime Provinces ◽  
Commercial Catch ◽  
History Of ◽  
Sexually Mature

The hatching and moulting of the lobster are earlier in waters with a high than in those with a lower summer temperature. Moulting is about one week later for each degree lower summer temperature. In such high temperature areas as Malpeque bay two moultings occur during the year in most lobsters between 14 and 22 cm. in length. In the whole southern gulf of St. Lawrence area female lobsters as small as 18 to 21 cm. in length may carry eggs, while in the Grand Manan area with a summer temperature 5 to 8 °C. lower, the smallest sexually mature females are about 34 cm. in length. The growth per moult of the female lobster falls considerably below that of the male when sexual maturity approaches, thus in the southern gulf of St. Lawrence the female growth rate slows down rapidly after 18 to 21 cm. and in southern Nova Scotia at about 30 cm. In the southern gulf area at small sizes more males than females appear in the commercial catch, at larger sizes more females and at very large sizes nearly all the lobsters caught are males. Average sizes of lobsters in the commercial catch are considerably smaller in the southern gulf area than in southern Nova Scotia and at Grand Manan.

Alternative environment activities on both sides of the Atlantic: A Canada-Ireland consideration and comparison

2021 ◽  
pp. 1356336X2098588
Author(s):  
Daniel B Robinson ◽  
Nathan Hall ◽  
José da Costa ◽  
Brent Bradford
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Administrative Support ◽  
Vigorous Physical Activity ◽  
Comparative Investigation ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Traditional Sports ◽  
Development Participation ◽  
Ice Water ◽  
Nova Scotian

Due to the overemphasis of traditional sports at the expense of other movement domains in physical education (PE) programmes, there is a need to consider what factors might enable or limit PE teachers’ incorporation of some of these other domains that can support student learning. The focus of this article is on one such marginalized domain – alternative environment activities (AEAs). AEAs can afford students a breadth of opportunities for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in different environments (i.e. land, snow and ice, water, air) and improve environmental awareness and stewardship. This article reports on a comparative investigation of Nova Scotian (Canadian) and Irish PE teachers’ incorporation of AEAs in their PE programmes. To understand what similarities or differences might exist with respect to these PE teachers’ incorporation of AEAs, along with existing enablers and barriers, a self-selected sample of current PE teachers (Nova Scotia = 53; Ireland = 64) completed a 22-item online questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were employed to conduct comparisons among the two data sets. PE teachers’ understandings of curricular requirements for AEAs were found to be an issue in both Nova Scotia and Ireland. Reported significant differences include: AEA-related professional development participation; most important factors for deciding not to include AEAs; and feelings of school administrative support towards AEA incorporation. Findings also suggest that various issues may be hindering incorporation of AEAs in PE programmes, and that some of these issues do differ based on where the PE programme is situated.

Eighteenth-Century Sierra Leone English

1999 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
African American ◽  
Nova Scotia ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
American English ◽  
African American English ◽  
History Of ◽  
Nova Scotian

This essay examines the language of an expatriate community as found in letters and petitions written by African Americans who migrated to Sierra Leone by way of Nova Scotia in 1792. These documents provide some of the earliest first-hand evidence of African American English and contribute to debates about the history of that variety. The paper compares selected grammatical features in that variety to modern-day African Nova Scotian English for insights to the history of African American English and develops a case for the principled use of manuscript documents for reconstructing earlier stages of colloquial English.

STUDIES ON THE APOIDEA OF WESTERN NOVA SCOTIA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO VISITORS TO APPLE BLOOM

1933 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 443-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. E. Atwood
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Social Organization ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Pupal Stage ◽  
Simple Type ◽  
Nest Construction ◽  
Wild Bees ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Nova Scotian

This paper describes the results of studies on the wild bees of Nova Scotia, which were carried out in connection with apple pollination investigations in the Annapolis-Cornwallis Valley, Nova Scotia.The biology of the Apoidea in general is reviewed from the literature, and a list of bees taken on apple bloom is given. As the members of the genera Halictus and Andrena were found to be the most important native pollinators, the greater part of the paper is devoted to accounts of the habits and life histories of representative species.The members of the genus Andrena were found to have a simple type, such as is generally found among solitary bees. The females provision the nest and then die; the larvae develop to the pupal stage in their underground cells, then emerge as adults the following season. All Nova Scotian species studied were one-generation forms.The bees of the genus Halictus show a primitive social organization, more complex in some species than in others. The first brood consists of females only, which are apparently sterile and work at nest construction, the gathering of pollen, etc. They are followed later in the season by a brood of males and females; these females, after being fertilized, hibernate for the winter, while the males die in the fall. The hibernating habits of different species are described, and notes are given on some parasites and inquilines of the two genera.

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