• Using Geovisualisation to Show the Outcomes of Invasive Species Management Strategies 

  Willyono, Elvia (2023-05-18)

  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 ...
• An Assessment of Seasonal Source Water Contributions to Streamflow in the Athabasca River Basin, Utilizing a Novel Approach to Obtain a Record of Winter Streamflow From River Ice Stratigraphy 

  Taulu, Jasmine (2023-01-09)

  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 ...
• Assessing RADARSAT Constellation Mission sea ice surface topography retrievals using data from ICESat-2 

  Rezania, Parnian (2023-01-06)

  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, ...
• Mortality and Growth of Residual Whitebark Pine in High Elevation Variable Retention Harvest Sites in Southeastern British Columbia 

  Berg, Jenny (2023-01-04)

  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 ...
• Characterizing the spatial and temporal dynamics of phytoplankton phenology in the British Columbia and Southeast Alaska coastal oceans using satellite ocean colour data 

  Pramlall, Sejal (2023-01-03)

  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 ...
• Between a ship and a hard place: Inferring fin whale behaviours and vulnerability with acoustic localizations in a fjord system 

  Shine, Chenoah (2022-12-19)

  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 ...
• Bio-morphodynamics of the Choked Passage seagrass meadow on Calvert Island, British Columbia, Canada 

  Paterson, Keegan (2022-12-08)

  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, ...
• The influence of winter lake surface cover conditions on under-ice light regimes and primary productivity in small, hydrologically disconnected lentic systems 

  Barrett, David Clem (2022-11-24)

  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 ...
• Drivers of Change in Haida Gwaii Kelp Forests: Combining Satellite Imagery with Historical Data to Understand Spatial and Temporal Variability 

  Gendall, Lianna (2022-10-27)

  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 ...
• Wildlife ecotourism elicits spatial and temporal shifts in grizzly bear activity in Kitasoo Xai’xais Territory on the Central Coast of British Columbia 

  Short, Monica (2022-10-03)

  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, ...
• The effects of kelp canopy submersion on the remote sensing of surface-canopy forming kelps 

  Timmer, Brian (2022-08-05)

  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 ...
• Ḥaaḥuupa and fisheries: an indigenous methodological approach to Tla-o-qui-aht knowledge systems in support of community renewal 

  Milne, Saul D.H. (2022-05-30)

  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 ...
• RPAS-SfM snow depth and snow density mapping in disturbed vegetated mountainous environments of Coastal British Columbia 

  Dickinson, Trevor (2022-05-03)

  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 ...
• Extracting fire behaviour data from georeferenced oblique aerial wildfire photographs 

  Hart, Henry (2022-04-25)

  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 ...
• Optimizing sea urchin gonad enhancement and gastrointestinal parameters with newly formulated feeds at different temperatures with green (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) and red (Mesocentrotus franciscanus) sea urchins in British Columbia, Canada 

  Warren, Emily (2022-01-04)

  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 ...
• Modelling connectivity among resource wave hotspots: bears and spawning salmon of coastal British Columbia 

  Mihalik, Ilona (2021-12-07)

  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. ...
• Investigating the role of Vibrio aestuarianus in summer mortality of farmed Crassostrea gigas in Baynes Sound, British Columbia 

  Khtikian, Natalie (2021-11-24)

  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 ...
• Evaluating applications of shore-based camera monitoring to improve estimates of effort, retention, and compliance of recreational salmon fisheries 

  Morrow, Benjamin (2021-10-04)

  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 ...
• Lyric geography: geopoetics, practice, and place 

  Acker, Maleea (2021-09-29)

  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 ...
• Broadening genetic approaches for interdisciplinary, multi-scale, biocultural research; implications for conceptual and applied research for bear conservation in British Columbia 

  Henson, Lauren Helena (2021-09-28)

  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 ...

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