Dr. Ricardo Scrosati named to second five-year Canada Research Chair

Dr. Ricardo Scrosati, a StFX professor and researcher, has been successful in having his prestigious Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Marine Ecology renewed for a second five-year term. More...

 Dr. Ricardo Scrosati named to second five-year Canada Research Chair
 

Biology Department sponsors local Christmas Bird Count

The Antigonish Christmas Bird Count has been run since 1976. It is one of approximately 2000 Christmas Bird Counts in North America, which have been run since 1900. Eight members of the Department, as well as many community members, participated by surveying birds in the field, or by monitoring their feeders. Results were good this year - 66 species were documented including two new birds, Ruddy Duck and Turkey Vulture. Full results will be available on line soon at the Audubon site.

 
Paddle-assisted Walking in Lobsters
 
Sperm Whale incorporated into the teaching collection.
StFX Biologist Randy Lauff (left in photo) has lead four recovery trips to a Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) which washed ashore dead on a local, remote beach. Although the 11 m whale is too large to fully salvage, representative pieces (pelvic bone, right flipper, rib and lower jaw) have all been saved for the teaching collection and distribution to other museums. Many students, mostly from Mr. Lauff's Comparative Anatomy class, came out to help in the salvage operation.

Photo courtesy of Dave Atkinson, CBC Radio
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Life saving device designed - on its way to development!

Seaweed species named for StFX Biologist!

StFX biology professor David Garbary has had an unusual honour bestowed – he now has a seaweed named after him. The seaweed is called Colaconema garbaryi, and it is common algae on the Pacific coast of North America.

The species is typically less than one mm tall, and normally grows on other seaweeds. It belongs to a group of red algae that Dr. Garbary researched for about 15 years and for which he is recognized as a world authority. The naming in his honour shows the long-standing respect of his scientific peers.

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