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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_252978_7143646.1161642818058 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hello Dusan and Eric, My understanding is that the currently accepted scientific name is *Semibalanus balanoides* (see http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/itisca/next?v_tsn=89687&taxa=&p_format=&p_ifx=cbif&p_lang =) Ron Arsenault Memramcook, N.B. 2006/10/23, Eric Mills <E.Mills@dal.ca>: > > Balanus balanoides is indeed the common (and virtually exclusive) > intertidal > barnacle in our waters. There are other species in deeper water. > Eric > > Quoting Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca>: > > > Hi, > > any barnacle experts out there? My daughter is doing a Grade 11 > > biology project on the effect of tides on a barnacle population in > > Halifax Harbour. (On Saturday afternoon, we have spent a cold and > > windy hour in a canoe at the mouth of Dartmouth's "Sawmill River," > > measuring and counting barnacles on a wooden seawall.) > > All the individuals we saw looked morphologically identical, even > > though there were several size classes present, and we assume that > > they all belonged to the same species, Northern Rock Barnacle > > (Balanus balanoides). Is this the common intertidal zone barnacle > > species in Nova Scotia? Could someone confirm our species ID? Many > > thanks! > > Dusan Soudek > > > > > > > > ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ > Dr Eric L Mills > Professor Emeritus of History of Science > Dept of Oceanography, Dalhousie University > Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4J1, Canada > ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ > ------=_Part_252978_7143646.1161642818058 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>Hello Dusan and Eric,</div> <div> </div> <div>My understanding is that the currently accepted scientific name is <span class="blue-text"><span lang="la"><em>Semibalanus balanoides</em></span></span> (see <a href="http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/itisca/next?v_tsn=89687&taxa=&p_format=&p_ifx=cbif&p_lang"> http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/itisca/next?v_tsn=89687&taxa=&p_format=&p_ifx=cbif&p_lang</a>=)</div> <div> </div> <div>Ron Arsenault</div> <div>Memramcook, N.B.<br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">2006/10/23, Eric Mills <E.Mills@dal.ca>:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Balanus balanoides is indeed the common (and virtually exclusive) intertidal<br>barnacle in our waters. There are other species in deeper water. <br>Eric<br><br>Quoting Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca>:<br><br>> Hi,<br>> any barnacle experts out there? My daughter is doing a Grade 11<br>> biology project on the effect of tides on a barnacle population in <br>> Halifax Harbour. (On Saturday afternoon, we have spent a cold and<br>> windy hour in a canoe at the mouth of Dartmouth's "Sawmill River,"<br>> measuring and counting barnacles on a wooden seawall.) <br>> All the individuals we saw looked morphologically identical, even<br>> though there were several size classes present, and we assume that<br>> they all belonged to the same species, Northern Rock Barnacle <br>> (Balanus balanoides). Is this the common intertidal zone barnacle<br>> species in Nova Scotia? Could someone confirm our species ID? Many<br>> thanks!<br>> Dusan Soudek<br>><br>><br><br><br><br> ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ<br>Dr Eric L Mills<br>Professor Emeritus of History of Science<br>Dept of Oceanography, Dalhousie University<br>Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4J1, Canada<br>ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ <br></blockquote></div><br> ------=_Part_252978_7143646.1161642818058--
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