3D geovisualisations are potential tools that can facilitate spatial decision-making processes by providing realistic representations of the local environment. Geovisualisations allow decision-makers to explore scenarios ...
The objective of this thesis is to quantify seasonal source water contributions to the Athabasca River in Alberta Canada. A secondary objective was to evaluate a novel method for reconstructing the isotopic composition of ...
Recent sea ice dynamics research and ice forecasts focus on the importance of sea ice topography and thickness. Sea ice topography is a critical component in sea ice drag forces, understanding sea ice motion and extent, ...
The rapid decline of whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) throughout its range is a pressing conservation issue. This keystone species endures multiple pressures toward local extirpation including forest health agents, forest ...
The coastal waters of British Columbia (B.C.) support diverse food webs and provide habitats for various species of Pacific salmon, which are of vital importance to the regional economy and for First Nations culture and ...
Large whales face increased threats from vessel traffic. Current threat mitigation strategies are difficult in constricted geographies, such as fjords, and direct observations of whales during nighttime, which can inform ...
Seagrasses are ecosystem engineers, forming extensive meadows that provide critical habitat and modulate local morphodynamics. Their canopies induce drag on flow to attenuate mean flow and reduce near-bed flow velocities, ...
As the Earth undergoes continued climatic change, shifts in the cryosphere are occurring at increasingly rapid rates. As a significant proportion of global freshwater is located in the mid- to high-latitudes of the northern ...
Globally, kelp forests provide the foundation of temperate coastal ecosystems through the creation of three-dimensional habitat which supports many significant economic, cultural, and ecological species. With the increasing ...
Ecotourism offers a non-consumptive form of economic activity globally. Human activity, however, might negatively affect the ecology of areas and their biota, likely varying with type and intensity of ecotourism. Wildlife, ...
Kelp forests are highly productive three-dimensional marine ecosystems that provide valuable ecosystem services globally. Along the coast of British Columbia, Macrocystis pyrifera and Nereocystis luetkeana are two key ...
Indigenous research methodologies encourage indigenous scholars and allies to re-make research. Deliberately positioning academic inquiry as part of a research design, research can sustain and renew a community’s ability ...
Concurrent advancements in Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) and Structure from Motion (SfM) processing technologies have added powerful new methods for remotely sensing the cryosphere. Highly accurate snow depth ...
Wildfires are a natural process critical to the health of forests around the world. However, recent decades have witnessed unprecedented wildfire seasons in many forested regions, leading to a range of unprecedented ...
Sea urchins are an ecologically important species that can drastically alter marine communities due to their consumption and destruction of macroalgal beds (e.g. kelp forests). These beds form highly productive ecosystems ...
Understanding how important landscape features are connected can provide key information for the management of ecological systems, particularly insight into how species move through and interact with their environment. ...
Marine aquaculture is already vital to global food security and will continue to become more important in the coming years. Crassostrea gigas (Pacific oysters) is the primary oyster species cultivated worldwide. The FAO ...
In addition to being primary targets of recreational fisheries, Pacific salmon provide key ecosystem value in British Columbia, Canada. While data on commercial fisheries are historically well-researched, less is known ...
Recent work in the geohumanities has renewed a call for the inclusion of creative work within the discipline of geography. This dissertation works both creatively and critically to answer that call, and to contribute to ...
The use of genetic evidence to facilitate management outcomes for species of conservation or cultural concern can benefit from broadening the scope of inquiry. These efforts can include not only multiple geographic and ...