Pub Date : 2023-11-21DOI: 10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11820
Richard H. Field
The focus of this essay is Smith’s unpublished manuscript on the Observations of the Nature and Uses of Trees that he attached to the final report of his 1801-1802 colonial surveys tabled by the treasurer Mr. Michael Wallace in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly on 9 March 1802. The existence and importance of this unpublished manuscript was noted on 26 June 1866 at the Field Meeting of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science held at Ashbourne. Smith uses common names and Linnaeus’s taxonomic system of classification to identify and describe the distribution, habitats, and European and Indigenous uses of specific tree wood, bark, leaves, and fruit.
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Pub Date : 2023-11-21DOI: 10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11826
David H.S. Richardson
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{"title":"The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of Their Lost World","authors":"David H.S. Richardson","doi":"10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11826","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11826","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>N/A</jats:p>","PeriodicalId":153215,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science (NSIS)","volume":"30 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139252920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-21DOI: 10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11809
Leo J. Deveau
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{"title":"All in due time: (Sir) Sandford Fleming arrives in Halifax","authors":"Leo J. Deveau","doi":"10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11809","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11809","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>N/A</jats:p>","PeriodicalId":153215,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science (NSIS)","volume":"320 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139250657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-21DOI: 10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11819
D. Piper, G. Pe‐Piper
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{"title":"Alan Ruffman: A noted Nova Scotia scientist and activist","authors":"D. Piper, G. Pe‐Piper","doi":"10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11819","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>N/A</jats:p>","PeriodicalId":153215,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science (NSIS)","volume":"39 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139251824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-21DOI: 10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11808
Jeff Ollerhead
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{"title":"Climate change and the coasts of Maritime Canada: Expect the previously unexpected","authors":"Jeff Ollerhead","doi":"10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11808","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11808","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>N/A</jats:p>","PeriodicalId":153215,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science (NSIS)","volume":"136 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139252039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-21DOI: 10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11825
Eric L. Mills
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{"title":"Endless Novelties of Extraordinary Interest. The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger and the Birth of Modern Oceanography","authors":"Eric L. Mills","doi":"10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11825","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11825","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>N/A</jats:p>","PeriodicalId":153215,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science (NSIS)","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139254226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-21DOI: 10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11811
Sara Iverson, Fred Whoriskey
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{"title":"Ron O’Dor: A life of joy in science","authors":"Sara Iverson, Fred Whoriskey","doi":"10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11811","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11811","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>N/A</jats:p>","PeriodicalId":153215,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science (NSIS)","volume":"10 1-2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139251372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-21DOI: 10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11807
T. Franz-Odendaal, Juan D. Carvajal-Agudelo, Tracy Alice O. Apienti, Paige M. Drake, Jordan Eaton, S. McInnis, Romman Muntzar
Many of the ways in which we interact with the world around us have been shaped by the dual efforts of fundamental and applied sciences. Generally speaking, fundamental science generates knowledge about how things work at a fundamental level, and applied science employs this body of knowledge to create a new product or overcome an existing challenge. Developmental biology is a classic example of fundamental science that drives several avenues of applied science. For example, understanding how cells, tissues, and organs develop, and are coordinated within a functioning organism can form the basis for diagnosing medical conditions and exploring treatments. As a developmental biology lab researching bone and cartilage in birds and fish, we are acutely aware of the disparity in financial support between fundamental and applied science research in Canada. Funding cutting-edge applied research with immediate impacts on society is attractive and more easily justifiable to tax payers. However, funding grassroots fundamental science research is equally important but receives significantly less attention and support because the impacts are harder to predict and are longer-term. This commentary addresses this inequity in science funding and high-lights the dire need to improve supports for early career scientists.
{"title":"Turn on the lights! Fundamental science leads to scientific progress: A perspective from developmental biology","authors":"T. Franz-Odendaal, Juan D. Carvajal-Agudelo, Tracy Alice O. Apienti, Paige M. Drake, Jordan Eaton, S. McInnis, Romman Muntzar","doi":"10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11807","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11807","url":null,"abstract":"Many of the ways in which we interact with the world around us have been shaped by the dual efforts of fundamental and applied sciences. Generally speaking, fundamental science generates knowledge about how things work at a fundamental level, and applied science employs this body of knowledge to create a new product or overcome an existing challenge. Developmental biology is a classic example of fundamental science that drives several avenues of applied science. For example, understanding how cells, tissues, and organs develop, and are coordinated within a functioning organism can form the basis for diagnosing medical conditions and exploring treatments. As a developmental biology lab researching bone and cartilage in birds and fish, we are acutely aware of the disparity in financial support between fundamental and applied science research in Canada. Funding cutting-edge applied research with immediate impacts on society is attractive and more easily justifiable to tax payers. However, funding grassroots fundamental science research is equally important but receives significantly less attention and support because the impacts are harder to predict and are longer-term. This commentary addresses this inequity in science funding and high-lights the dire need to improve supports for early career scientists.","PeriodicalId":153215,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science (NSIS)","volume":"10 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139254609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-21DOI: 10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11806
Peter G. Wells
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{"title":"Living in a global environmental emergency ward – the need to address problems with science, action and speed","authors":"Peter G. Wells","doi":"10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11806","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11806","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>N/A</jats:p>","PeriodicalId":153215,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science (NSIS)","volume":"53 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139251282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-21DOI: 10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11823
Rebecca M. Mader, Matthew J. Smith, Keith N. Egger, Allison K. Walker
A foundation tree species, eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) is threatened by the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) (HWA) in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. The loss of this key species and its heavily shaded ecosystems may alter the diversity of important mycorrhizal fungi in hemlock forests. Mycorrhizal fungi share a vital mutualistic relationship with their host trees; consequentially, understanding if and how the predicted eastern hemlock decline will affect mycorrhizal diversity is paramount. Using available literature, we discuss three major consequences of HWA on eastern hemlock ecosystems – changing forest composition, loss of old-growth trees, and increased insect stress on host trees – and how they will likely influence mycorrhizal communities as adelgid infestations intensify. Environmental variables are also discussed as another major influence on fungal diversity. We conclude that the mycorrhizal community of eastern hemlock forests will likely change significantly as old-growth hemlock is replaced with mixed forest. We also suggest that mycorrhizal community composition will shift in favour of generalist mycorrhizae which form symbioses with multiple tree species. These conclusions illuminate the future of hemlock forest fungi in southwestern Nova Scotia and underline the importance of conserving old-growth eastern hemlock forests and their unique fungal communities.
{"title":"Diversity of Mycorrhizal fungi in Eastern Hemlock stands will significantly change with the effects of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid infestation in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada","authors":"Rebecca M. Mader, Matthew J. Smith, Keith N. Egger, Allison K. Walker","doi":"10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11823","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15273/pnsis.v53i1.11823","url":null,"abstract":"A foundation tree species, eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) is threatened by the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) (HWA) in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. The loss of this key species and its heavily shaded ecosystems may alter the diversity of important mycorrhizal fungi in hemlock forests. Mycorrhizal fungi share a vital mutualistic relationship with their host trees; consequentially, understanding if and how the predicted eastern hemlock decline will affect mycorrhizal diversity is paramount. Using available literature, we discuss three major consequences of HWA on eastern hemlock ecosystems – changing forest composition, loss of old-growth trees, and increased insect stress on host trees – and how they will likely influence mycorrhizal communities as adelgid infestations intensify. Environmental variables are also discussed as another major influence on fungal diversity. We conclude that the mycorrhizal community of eastern hemlock forests will likely change significantly as old-growth hemlock is replaced with mixed forest. We also suggest that mycorrhizal community composition will shift in favour of generalist mycorrhizae which form symbioses with multiple tree species. These conclusions illuminate the future of hemlock forest fungi in southwestern Nova Scotia and underline the importance of conserving old-growth eastern hemlock forests and their unique fungal communities.","PeriodicalId":153215,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science (NSIS)","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139251905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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