NOVA SCOTIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science
Halifax, Nova Scotia
ISSN 0078-2521
Vol 42 Part 1 (Price $22)
Contents: 
The Oceanography of the Bras d'Or lakes: General Introduction
Brian Petrie and Janice Raymond ....p1
The Physical Oceanography of the Bras d'Or Lakes
Brian Petrie and Gary Bugden ....p9
The Chemical Oceanography of the Bras d'Or Lakes
Peter M. Strain and Philip A. Yeats ....p37
Overview of the Ecology of the Bras d'Or Lakes with Emphasis on the Fish
Timothy C. Lambert ....p65
Large Epibenthic Invertebrates in the Bras d'Or Lakes
M. John Tremblay ....p101
The Geology of the Bras d'Or Lakes, Nova Scotia
J. Shaw, D.J.W. Piper, And R. B. Taylor ....p127 
Coastal Character and Coastal Barrier Evolution in the Bras d'Or Lakes,
Nova Scotia
R. B. Taylor and J. Shaw ....p149
Guest Editor: Brian Petrie
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Vol 42 Part 2 (Price $15)
Contents: 
General Introduction: Conserving Nova Scotia's Biodiversity
      JH Martin Willison and Christopher A Miller
Annotated List of the Mammals of Nova Scotia
      Fred W Scott and Andrew J Hebda
Do We Know Beetles? Lessons From New Records of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera)
for Nova Scotia
      David B McCorquodale and Søren Bondrup-Nielsen
Observation Record: Epilithic Diatoms of the Stream Outflow of Williams
Lake, Nova Scotia, with New Records for the Province
      Alison R Sherwood and Ronald J Deckert
Beetle Diversity Associated with Forest Structure Including Deadwood in
Softwood and Hardwood Stands in Nova Scotia
      Daniel Kehler, Søren Bondrup-Nielsen and Christine Corkum
Changes in Populations of Nesting Seabirds on the Bird Islands, Cape
Breton, Nova Scotia
      David B McCorquodale, DB Banks, MI Kerr, RW Knapton and David L
Harris
Status and Management of Roseate Terns (Sterna dougallii) in Nova Scotia
      Marty Leonard, Andrew Boyne and Sherman Boates
The Distribution, Status and Habitat Associations of Moose in Mainland Nova
Scotia
      Tamaini V Snaith and Karen F Beazley
Developing an Index of Sustainable Coldwater Streams Using Fish Community
Attributes in River Philip, Nova Scotia
      Yoichiro Kanno and John L MacMillan
Road Density and Potential Impact on Wildlife Species such as American
Moose in Mainland Nova Scotia
      Karen F Beazley, Tamaini V Snaith, Frances MacKinnon and David
Colville
A Report on a Conservation Planning Process for a Terrestrial and Marine
Biodiversity Conservation Vision in Nova Scotia
      Karen F Beazley, JH Martin Willison, Robert Long and Paula MacKay
Freshwater Fish Consideration for Aquatic Fish Conservation Systems
Planning in Nova Scotia
      Yoichiro Kanno and Karen F Beazley
Reserve Planning on Private Land Holdings of the Forestry Company, Stora
Port Hawkesbury Limited: Cape Breton Island and Western Mainland Nova
Scotia
      Christopher A Miller
      Guest Editors for papers on Biodiversity: JH Martin Willison and
                             Christopher Miller
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NSIS Student Science Awards 2003
   Prize Winning papers:
Gene Expression During Indirect Somatic Embryogenesis of Plants
                  Tammy Estabrooks and Zhongmin Dong
Ultrastructure and Characteristics of a Deep-sea Bacterium
                       Bhavleen Kaur and Henrietta Mann
Obituaries
      Stirling G Whiteway
      John Gray Aldous
      William John Dyer
Proceedings of NSIS Sessions including Presidential addresses and reports from Council Officers
      Session 2000-2001
      Session 2001-2002
      Session 2002-2003
Copies of the Proceedings may be purchased at cost from Sharon Longard, Killam Library, Dalhousie University. E-mail: slongard@dal.ca