Monitoring environmental impacts of recreational boat anchoring on eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) and benthic invertebrates in the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve of Canada

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dc.contributor.authorLeatherbarrow, Kate Elizabeth
dc.contributor.supervisorDearden, Philip
dc.contributor.supervisorRobinson, Clifford
dc.date.accessioned2009-11-17T19:45:20Z
dc.date.available2009-11-17T19:45:20Z
dc.date.copyright2006en
dc.date.issued2006
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Geography
dc.degree.levelMaster of Applied Science M.A.Sc.en
dc.description.abstractThe goal of this study was to characterize the ecology and recreational boating activity at two popular anchoring sites located in the waters of the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve of Canada (Sidney Spit and Tumbo Island). The three components of the study were to characterize the distribution of eelgrass (Zostera marina L.). build an inventory of anchoring/mooring activity, and characterize the benthic infauna at each site. These observations were used to evaluate the impact of anchoring on the eelgrass and invertebrate communities. No visible loss of eelgrass was documented, but the results at one of the two sites support the hypothesis that benthic communities in high anchoring intensity areas are in poorer health than those in low anchoring intensity or mooring areas, a characteristic of communities residing in disturbed and fragmented eelgrass beds. Recommendations for site management and long-term monitoring are proposed based on these results.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/1858
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben
dc.subjectGulf Islandsen
dc.subjectSidney Spiten
dc.subjectTumbo Islanden
dc.subjecteelgrassen
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Sciences and Engineering::Earth and Ocean Sciencesen
dc.titleMonitoring environmental impacts of recreational boat anchoring on eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) and benthic invertebrates in the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve of Canadaen
dc.typeThesisen

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