Two Hundred Years of Ecosystem and Food Web Changes in the Quoddy Region, Outer Bay of Fundy
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Publication Year
2002
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189
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Biological Information of the Passamaquoddy Bay Area from the Conservation Council of New Brunswick
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"Summary
The Quoddy Region is an area of extraordinary marine productivity in the outer Bay of Fundy and Northwest Atlantic. Ocean currents and circulation patterns, high tides, upwellings, and a short, energy-efficient pelagic food chain support high concentrations of primary and secondary producers. These lower trophic level species attract a wide range of high trophic level species from nearby and far away to feed or nurse their young.
But the rich food supply appears to to be only part of the equation. The diverse underwater and terrestrial landscapes provide a high variety of habitats, fulfilling multiple species-specific needs for breeding, spawning, nursing, feeding, foraging, hiding and resting. Such habitat diversity and productivity observed in this area..."
The Quoddy Region is an area of extraordinary marine productivity in the outer Bay of Fundy and Northwest Atlantic. Ocean currents and circulation patterns, high tides, upwellings, and a short, energy-efficient pelagic food chain support high concentrations of primary and secondary producers. These lower trophic level species attract a wide range of high trophic level species from nearby and far away to feed or nurse their young.
But the rich food supply appears to to be only part of the equation. The diverse underwater and terrestrial landscapes provide a high variety of habitats, fulfilling multiple species-specific needs for breeding, spawning, nursing, feeding, foraging, hiding and resting. Such habitat diversity and productivity observed in this area..."
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This document is a a report from the Conservation Council of New Brunswick that examines historical and ecological significance and changes that have occurred in the Quoddy Region.
ISBN: 0-9687419-5-9
Topics Include:
- Ecological Importance of the Quoddy Region
- Food Web Descriptions
- Changes in Human and Marines Species over time
- Changes in Diadromous Fish and their river habitat
- Changes in Marine Fish populations
- Changes in Benthic invertebrates and plants
- Changes in Marine Bird populations
- Changes in Marine Mammals
- Changes in Plankton Community
- A History of Contaminants entering the Quoddy Region: Sources and Potential Impacts
- Causes of Change: Natural and Human Impacts
ISBN: 0-9687419-5-9
Topics Include:
- Ecological Importance of the Quoddy Region
- Food Web Descriptions
- Changes in Human and Marines Species over time
- Changes in Diadromous Fish and their river habitat
- Changes in Marine Fish populations
- Changes in Benthic invertebrates and plants
- Changes in Marine Bird populations
- Changes in Marine Mammals
- Changes in Plankton Community
- A History of Contaminants entering the Quoddy Region: Sources and Potential Impacts
- Causes of Change: Natural and Human Impacts
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