Acadia University
We are proud of the interdisciplinary research that has been generated at Beaubassin since our beginnings in 2009. More than 75 students have enhanced their education through research opportunities at Beaubassin. Countless others have visited the site as part of educational field trips or events by Ducks Unlimited Canada. These students have been from primarily Maritime Universities such as Acadia University, Université de Moncton, University of New Brunswick and Mount Allison University.
Beaubassin research is broad in scope, highlighting the rich history and ecology of the area and the many opportunities it presents to those interested in understanding human interaction with environment.
Peer Reviewed Publications
(24) Spares, A.D., Robertson, G.J., Dadswell, M.J., Calvert, A.M., Gutowsky, S.E., Fifield, D.A., McLellan, N.R. & Stokesbury, M.J.W. submitted. Multiyear apparent annual survival for mature adult anadromous alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus A. Wilson, 1811) cohorts in the inner Bay of Fundy, Canada. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. Submitted 21 October 2022.
(23) Imlay TL, Mann HAR, Whittam B, Thomas P, Leonard ML, Taylor PD, Zhao Q. 2022. Apparent annual adult survival rates for four sympatric breeding swallow species: effects of environmental factors and density-dependence. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 100: 647–659.
(22) Spares, A.D., M.J. Dadswell, N.R. McLellan, and M.J.W. Stokesbury. 2022. Opening the Door: Alosa pseudoharengus (Alewife) Passage Through Tide Gates in Two Adjacent Rivers on the Chignecto Isthmus, Bay of Fundy, Canada. Northeastern Naturalist. doi.org/10.1656/045.029.0206
(21) Imlay TL, Mann HAR, Taylor PDT. 2021. Autumn migratory timing and pace are driven by breeding season carryover effects. Animal Behaviour, 177: 207e214.*
(20) McGuire, H. E., D. W. Dunnington, I. S. Spooner, A. L. Loder, M. L. Mallory, N. R. McLellan, C-C. Su. 2021. Evaluating the long-term paleolimnological response to seawater incursion events at Laytons Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada. Lake and Reservoir Management. doi.org/10.1080/10402381.2021.1941446
(19) Stewart, S.I.D, Spares, A.D., Varela, J.L., McLellan, N.R., and Stokesbury, M.J.W. 2021. Running on empty? Freshwater feeding by spawning anadromous alewife Alosa pseudoharengus. Journal of Fish Biology. doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14850
(18) Imlay, T.L., S. Saldanha, & P.D. Taylor. 2020. The fall migratory movements of Bank Swallows, Riparia riparia: fly-and-forage migration?. Avian Conservation and Ecology, 15: 2. https://doi.org/10.5751/ACE-01463-150102
(17) Imlay TL, Taylor PD. 2020. Diurnal and crepuscular activity during fall migration for four species of aerial foragers. The Wilson’s Journal of Ornithology, 132: 1-6.*
(16) Landsman, S.J., N.R. McLellan, J. Platts, and M.R. van den Heuval. 2020. Fishway effectiveness and upstream residency at four fishways in Prince Edward Island. Northeastern Naturalist. https://doi.org/10.1656/045.027.0105
(15) Ollerhead, J., van Proosdij, D., Bowron, T. and Graham, J.M. 2020. 25 years of salt marsh research, restoration, and being stuck in the mud in the Bay of Fundy, Canada. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 101, p. 255-262.
(14) Virgin, S., A.D. Beck, L.K. Boone, A.K. Dykstra, J. Ollerhead, M.A. Barbeau, and N. R. McLellan. 2020. A managed realignment in the upper Bay of Fundy: community dynamics during salt marsh restoration over 8 years in a megatidal, ice-influenced environment. Ecological Engineering. 149: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2020.105713
(13) Saldanha S, Taylor PD, Imlay TL, Leonard ML. 2019. Factors affecting the communal roosting behaviour of breeding Bank Swallows. Avian Conservation and Ecology, 14: 21.*
(12) Loder AL, Spooner IS, McLellan NR, Kurek J, Mallory ML. 2019. Water chemistry of managed freshwater wetlands on marine-derived soils in coastal Bay of Fundy, Canada. Wetlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-018-1101-y
(11) Imlay TL, Mills Flemming J, Saldanha S, Wheelwright N, Leonard ML. 2018. Breeding phenology and performance for four swallows over 57 years: relationships with temperature and precipitation. Ecosphere 9: e02166.
(10) Loder, A. L., M. L. Mallory, I. Spooner, M. Turner, and N.R. McLellan. 2018. Nutrient availability reduced in older rural impoundments in coastal Bay of Fundy, Canada. Hydrobiologia. 814:175–189 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10750-018-3535-x
(9) Landsman, S.J., N.R. McLellan, J. Platts, and M.R. van den Heuval. 2018. Non-salmonid vs. salmonid passage at a nature-like and pool-and-weir fishway in Atlantic Canada with special attention to Rainbow Smelt Osmerus mordax. Transactions of American Fisheries Society. 147(1):94-110. https://doi.org/10.1002/tafs.10019
(8) Lieske, D.J., M. MacIntosh, L. Millet, S. Bondrup-Nielsen, B. Pollard, G. Parsons, N.R. McLellan, R. Milton, and F. MacKinnon. 2018. Modelling the Impacts of Agriculture in Mixed-Use Landscapes: a Review and Case Study Involving Two Species of Dabbling Ducks. Landscape Ecology. 33(1): 35-57 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-017-0579-7
(7) Loder, A. L., M. L. Mallory, I. Spooner, N. R. McLellan, C. White, and J.P. Smol. 2018. Do rural impoundments in coastal Bay of Fundy, Canada sustain adequate habitat for wildlife? Wetlands Ecol. Manage. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11270-016-2774-6
(6) Wollenberg, J.T., Ollerhead, J. and Chmura, G.L. 2018. Rapid carbon accumulation following managed realignment on the Bay of Fundy. PLoS ONE, Vol 13, 14 pp. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193930
(5) Imlay, T. L., H. A. R. Mann, and M. L. Leonard. 2017. No effect of insect abundance on nestling survival or mass for three aerial insectivores. Avian Conservation and Ecology 12(2):19.
https://doi.org/10.5751/ACE-01092-120219
(4) Nau, G.S., Spares A.D., Andrews, S.N., Mallory, M.L., McLellan, N.R. and Stokesbury, M.J.W. 2017. Body size, experience, and sex do matter: Multiyear study shows improved passage rates for alewife (Alosapseudoharengus) through small‐scale Denil and pool‐and‐weir fishways. River Research and Applications 33: 1472-1483 https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3215
(3) Boone, L.K., J. Ollerhead, M.A. Barbeau, A.D. Beck, B.G. Sanderson, and N.R. McLellan. 2017. Returning the Tide to Dikelands in a Macrotidal and Ice-Influenced Environment: Challenges and Lessons Learned. Chapter 21 in Coastal Wetlands: Alteration and Remediation Edited by C.W. Finkl and C. Makowski.
(2) Dunnington, D.W., H. White, I. S. Spooner, M. L. Mallory, C. White, N. J. O’Driscoll, and N. R. McLellan. 2017. A paleolimnological archive of metal sequestration and release in the Cumberland Basin Marshes, Atlantic Canada. FACETS 2: 440-460. https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2017-0004
(1) Loder, A. L., M. L. Mallory, I. Spooner, C. McLauchlan, P. O. Englehardt, N. R. McLellan, and C. White. 2016. Bioaccumulation of lead and arsenic in gastropods inhabiting coastal wetlands in Bay of Fundy, Canada. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 227: 75. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11270-016-2774-6
Student Theses
Acadia University
(20) Berger, K. (2021). Evaluating bias in alewife sex-ratio within the upper reaches of the Lacoupe, Laplanche and Missaquash rivers, Isthmus of Chignecto, NB, Canada. https://scholar.acadiau.ca/islandora/object/theses:3595
(19) Le, T. V. (2020). Evaluating Alewife passage efficiency at a modified culvert on Robinson Brook, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. https://scholar.acadiau.ca/islandora/object/theses:3455
(18) Gregoire, M. J. (2020). Straying and Diel movement by upstream migrating anadromous alewife Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811) among four rivers in Cumberland Basin, Inner Bay of Fundy. https://scholar.acadiau.ca/islandora/object/theses:3485
(17) Stewart, S. I. D. (2019). Running on empty: determining the presence of feeding behaviour in anadromous alewife in Jolicure Lake, NB. https://scholar.acadiau.ca/islandora/object/theses:3300
(16) Mitchell, S. (2019). Fecundity of Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus) from the Saint John River, New Brunswick. https://scholar.acadiau.ca/islandora/object/theses:3237
(15) McGuire, H. E. (2018). Metal mobility and retention associated with salt water inundation at Laytons Lake, Nova Scotia. https://scholar.acadiau.ca/islandora/object/theses:2705
(14) Nau, G. (2018). Fishway passage of Alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811), and marine nutrient transfer to freshwater ecosystems in three river systems in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Canada. https://scholar.acadiau.ca/islandora/object/theses:2701
(13) Loder, A. L. (2017). Wetland senescence and productivity trends in the Cumberland Marsh Region, Atlantic Canada. https://scholar.acadiau.ca/islandora/object/theses:1598
(12) Newell, S. (2017). Growth and age patterns of Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipencer oxyrinchus) from the Saint John river, New Brunswick. https://scholar.acadiau.ca/islandora/object/theses:2186
(11) Turner, M. J. (2016). An assessment of nitrogen and phosphorus availability in constructed wetlands in the Cumberland Marsh Region, Canada. https://scholar.acadiau.ca/islandora/object/theses:1439
(10) MacIsaac, B. (2014). Poetry, prose, and politics: An examination of anti-Americanism in Tantramar literature. https://scholar.acadiau.ca/islandora/object/theses:1144
(9) Andrews, S. N. (2014). Fishway efficiency and passage behaviour of Alewife in three fishways on Tantramar Marsh near Amherst, Nova Scotia. https://scholar.acadiau.ca/islandora/object/theses:375
(8) Nau, G. S. (2014). Environmental and biological cycles and their possible effect on some Maritime Canada fisheries. https://scholar.acadiau.ca/islandora/object/theses:1073
(7) Smith, J. R. C. (2014). Acadia’s outpost: Beaubassin before the Deportation. https://scholar.acadiau.ca/islandora/object/theses:1090
(6) Lightfoot, H. L. (2013). Factors influencing decisions of birds during fall migration in the Gulf of Maine Region. https://scholar.acadiau.ca/islandora/object/theses:307
(5) Godfrey, J. A. D. (2013). The impact of salt marsh restoration on mercury fate and biogeochemistry. https://scholar.acadiau.ca/islandora/object/theses:996
(4) Englehardt, P. O. (2013). Lead accumulation in open water wet ecosystems in the Border Marsh region of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. https://scholar.acadiau.ca/islandora/object/theses:1012
(3) Rose, J. M. (2013). Breeding density and breeding phenology of Nelson’s Sparrows (Ammodramus nelson) in saltmarsh and inland habitats. https://scholar.acadiau.ca/islandora/object/theses:960
(2) White, H. (2012). Paleolimnological records of post-glacial lake and wetland evolution from the Isthmus of Chignecto region, eastern Canada. https://scholar.acadiau.ca/islandora/object/theses:247
(1) Dunnington, D. W. (2011). Using paleolimnological methods to track late holocene environmental change at Long Lake, New Brunswick – Nova Scotia border region, Canada. https://scholar.acadiau.ca/islandora/object/theses:847