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 NOVA SCOTIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE


Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science

Halifax, Nova Scotia
ISSN 0078-2521
Vol 45 2010 Part 2 (Price $9)

CONTENTS

 

P.G.Wells and D.H.S. Richardson – Editorial

 
1

 

 

 

 

A. W. McCulloch

Sir John William Dawson: A Profile of a Nova Scotian Scientist

 
3

 

 

 

 

J. W. N. Steenberg and P.N. Duinker

Post-hurricane coniferous regeneration in Point Pleasant Park

 
26

 

 

 

 

J. A. Poissant and H. G. Broders

Differentiation of two Myotis species (Chiroptera: Vespertillionidae) at Hayes Cave, Nova Scotia, based on echolocation call characteristics

 
55

 

 

 

 

Zoe N Lucas and Lisa J Natanson

Two shark species involved in predation on seals at Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

 
64

 

 

 

 

NSIS Student Science Awards 2009-2010

Prize Winning Papers

 
89

 

 

 

 

G. R. G. Hutton

Understanding influence of scientific information in the digital age: a study of the grey literature of a United Nations advisory group

91

 

 

 

 

B. Langer

The Middle Ground. Why we can’t save nature for nature?

102

 

 

 

 

R.M. Murphy

Waiting for a cure: balancing medicine and quality of life for people living with cancer

112

 

 

 

 

NSIS Reports from Council Officers

(Sessions 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010)

President’s report, Editors Report, Treasurers Report Librarians Report

125

 

 

 

 

Inductees to the NS Scientific Hall of Fame

Carlyle Smith Beals 2008

Constance Ida MacFarlane

Margaret Sibella Brown

148


Editorial Board: S Stevenson, R Austin, N Etkin, D Garbary, B Hatcher, M Jones, A Hamilton-Wright, E Mills, M Dadswell, B Petrie, DJW Piper, M Willison

 

Editor: Peter Wells

Associate Editor: David H.S. Richardson

 

@NOVA SCOTIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, 2010

Layout by Gail LeBlanc; Printing by Saint Mary’s University

Date of Publication: November 2010


Copies of the Proceedings may be purchased from Sharon Longard, Killam Library, Dalhousie University. E-mail: sharon.longard@dal.ca

 

 


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