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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_95724_21260512.1163478904544 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hello Jim, While I understand there is disagreement in the litterature, DFO reasearcher Dr. Andrea Locke is of the opinion that Corophium volutator is an introduced species (pers. comm. via e-mail, Feb.6, 2006). Comments?? If so, it would have had a dramatic impact on the Semipalmated Sandpiper. Ron 2006/11/9, Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>: > > Thanks, Pete, and I will share your reply with NatureNS readers -- perhaps > Dave Christie will forward also to NatureNB? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville > ---------- > From: "Hicklin,Peter [Sackville]" <Peter.Hicklin@EC.GC.CA> > Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:48:33 -0400 > To: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: RE: re Quirks and Quarks, Nov. 4/06, on mud shrimp & omega-3 oils > & sandpiper metabolism > > Thanks, Jim. > > This work was done by an MSc student (Dominique Maillet; University of > Ottawa) and based on birds collected at our banding site (with all the > necessary permits, of course) at Johnson's Mills, near Sackville. She > published an excellent paper in the Journal of Experimental Biology > which has received considerable attention (as further shown by the > Quirks & Quarks item). I've always said that Corophium is a very special > critter and Dominique's excellent work is clear proof of that! And I'm > glad to see that it gets all the attention it deserves. It is simply > further proof of how important the Bay of Fundy mudflats are and why > they deserve full protection. Thanks for informing me as I had not seen > the program. > > Cheers from Pete in Sackville. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Wolford [mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca] > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 10:49 AM > To: NatureNS > Cc: Hicklin,Peter [Sackville]; Mike Dadswell; Mark Butler; Tyler Schulz; > Gretchen Fitzgerald; Trevor Avery; Anna Redden; Jon Percy; Graham > Daborn; Mike Brylinsky > Subject: re Quirks and Quarks, Nov. 4/06, on mud shrimp & omega-3 oils & > sandpiper metabolism > > Pete, This past Saturday's Quirks and Quarks at noon on CBC Radio One > had an item called something like "performance-enhancing shrimp" and was > about the omega-3 fatty acids being high in mud shrimps and how these oils > help the metabolism on the semipalmated sandpipers on their non-stop > flight > from Fundy to South America by enhancing permeability of cell membranes, > other pharmalogical effects, etc. (John Michel Weber (sp.?), Univ. of > Ottawa). > > You can check it out by going to the Quirks Web-site and then choosing > the most recent program -- just type "quirks" and Google it, then choose > Quirks and Quarks Web-site, then Most Recent Program, then choose whatever > item you wish to listen to. Also there will be links to abstracts of > published work, other Web-sites, etc. > > However, at the moment CBC.Ca is experiencing problems with their > Web-sites, and you may have to be a bit patient about accessing the Quirks > site. > > Even if it takes a week or so to get at the site, they have an extensive > archive of all their past shows going back many years, so that you will > be able to find the Nov. 4th show without any trouble by clicking on Past > Shows, where they are arranged chronologically by year and date. > > Other items on the Nov. 4 show concerned the seafood scare for 2048 > (Boris Worm of Dal. Univ. et al., in Science), Archaeopteryx having flight > feathers along its hind limbs as well as wings, toadfishes using urea > rather > than ammonia for waste removal (urea makes it more difficult for predators > to detect toadfish by scent), performance-enhancing shrimp, Canada's math > whiz Dr. Coxiter? (sp.?), and question about orbits of Neptune and Pluto > and > possible collision some day? > > Finally they have an upcoming Question Show, for which they are > soliciting questions -- Q&Q t-shirt goes to each questioner selected. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, 542-9204 > > > -- Ronald G. Arsenault Memramcook, N.B. ------=_Part_95724_21260512.1163478904544 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>Hello Jim,</div> <div> </div> <div>While I understand there is disagreement in the litterature, DFO reasearcher Dr. Andrea Locke is of the opinion that Corophium volutator is an introduced species (pers. comm. via e-mail, Feb.6, 2006). </div> <div> </div> <div>Comments?? </div> <div> </div> <div>If so, it would have had a dramatic impact on the Semipalmated Sandpiper.</div> <div> </div> <div>Ron<br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">2006/11/9, Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Thanks, Pete, and I will share your reply with NatureNS readers -- perhaps<br>Dave Christie will forward also to NatureNB? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville <br>----------<br>From: "Hicklin,Peter [Sackville]" <Peter.Hicklin@EC.GC.CA><br>Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:48:33 -0400<br>To: Jim Wolford <<a href="mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca"> jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br>Subject: RE: re Quirks and Quarks, Nov. 4/06, on mud shrimp & omega-3 oils<br>& sandpiper metabolism<br><br>Thanks, Jim.<br><br>This work was done by an MSc student (Dominique Maillet; University of <br>Ottawa) and based on birds collected at our banding site (with all the<br>necessary permits, of course) at Johnson's Mills, near Sackville. She<br>published an excellent paper in the Journal of Experimental Biology<br> which has received considerable attention (as further shown by the<br>Quirks & Quarks item). I've always said that Corophium is a very special<br>critter and Dominique's excellent work is clear proof of that! And I'm<br> glad to see that it gets all the attention it deserves. It is simply<br>further proof of how important the Bay of Fundy mudflats are and why<br>they deserve full protection. Thanks for informing me as I had not seen<br>the program. <br><br>Cheers from Pete in Sackville.<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Jim Wolford [mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca]<br>Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 10:49 AM<br>To: NatureNS <br>Cc: Hicklin,Peter [Sackville]; Mike Dadswell; Mark Butler; Tyler Schulz;<br>Gretchen Fitzgerald; Trevor Avery; Anna Redden; Jon Percy; Graham<br>Daborn; Mike Brylinsky<br>Subject: re Quirks and Quarks, Nov. 4/06, on mud shrimp & omega-3 oils & <br>sandpiper metabolism<br><br>Pete, This past Saturday's Quirks and Quarks at noon on CBC Radio One<br>had an item called something like "performance-enhancing shrimp" and was<br>about the omega-3 fatty acids being high in mud shrimps and how these oils <br>help the metabolism on the semipalmated sandpipers on their non-stop flight<br>from Fundy to South America by enhancing permeability of cell membranes,<br>other pharmalogical effects, etc. (John Michel Weber (sp.?), Univ. of <br>Ottawa).<br><br>You can check it out by going to the Quirks Web-site and then choosing<br>the most recent program -- just type "quirks" and Google it, then choose<br>Quirks and Quarks Web-site, then Most Recent Program, then choose whatever <br>item you wish to listen to. Also there will be links to abstracts of<br>published work, other Web-sites, etc.<br><br>However, at the moment CBC.Ca is experiencing problems with their<br>Web-sites, and you may have to be a bit patient about accessing the Quirks <br>site.<br><br>Even if it takes a week or so to get at the site, they have an extensive<br>archive of all their past shows going back many years, so that you will<br>be able to find the Nov. 4th show without any trouble by clicking on Past <br>Shows, where they are arranged chronologically by year and date.<br><br>Other items on the Nov. 4 show concerned the seafood scare for 2048<br>(Boris Worm of Dal. Univ. et al., in Science), Archaeopteryx having flight <br>feathers along its hind limbs as well as wings, toadfishes using urea rather<br>than ammonia for waste removal (urea makes it more difficult for predators<br>to detect toadfish by scent), performance-enhancing shrimp, Canada's math <br>whiz Dr. Coxiter? (sp.?), and question about orbits of Neptune and Pluto and<br>possible collision some day?<br><br>Finally they have an upcoming Question Show, for which they are<br>soliciting questions -- Q&Q t-shirt goes to each questioner selected. <br><br>Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, 542-9204<br><br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Ronald G. Arsenault<br>Memramcook, N.B. ------=_Part_95724_21260512.1163478904544--
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