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Past Environmental Science Program Theses

Past Environmental Science Program Theses

ENVS 4902 Honours Thesis

This is a list of past undegraduate Environmental Science theses. Click on the thesis name for a link to it on DalSpace.

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2020

Lily Barraclough, ActivScore: A Physical Activity Score for Nova Scotia

Julia Fast, Comparing the Richness of Pathogens around Open-Net Atlantic Salmon Marine Aquaculture Farms to Fallow Farms and Non-Farm Areas in Passamaquoddy Bay, New Brunswick

Jordan Haughn, The Implications of the Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) on Riparian Canopy Cover in Three Halifax Regional Municipality Parks

Peter Issekutz, A Critical Evaluation of Old-Growth Forest Definitions in Canada

Hannah Miller, Modelling the Critical Habitat of the Bicknell’s Thrush in the Cape Breton Highlands

Evan Muise, Emerging Hot Spot Analysis and Forests: A Case Study on the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid’s Invasion into Nova Scotia using Fine Spatial Resolution Satellite Imagery

Trisa Ngo, Fate of Heavy Metals in Passive Wastewater Treatment Systems of the Northwest Territories

Julia Walker, Baseline Monitoring for Determining the Effects of Streetscaping on Particulate Matter Concentrations in the Downtown Area of Halifax, Nova Scotia

2010s

2019

Julia Baak, Winter Distribution of the Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) in Atlantic Canada

Megan Fong, Static or shifting: Quantifying the relationship between income and green space in urban Halifax, Nova Scotia (2001-2016)

Amy Frost-Wicks, Modeling habitat connectivity and movement of Blanding’s turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) across a fragmented landscape in Rouge National Urban Park, Ontario, Canada

2018

Lauren Ballantyne, An examination of the distribution, abundance, and habitat preferences of soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) in offshore Nova Scotian waters

Emily Bibeau, Chacterizing ICI&I Textile Waste in Halifax. Nova Scotia

Adam Buchholz, Quantifying Land-use / Land Cover Change and Eutrophication in the Carleton River Watershed, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada

James Coons, Provincial Allocations of Canada’s 2030 INDC and a 2-Degree Scenario Target Using a Multi-Criteria Weighted Sum Model

Chantelle Fynn, The relationship between urban tree canopy cover and socioeconomic status in urban Halifax

Heba Jarrar, Assessing the Vulnerability of the HRM Urban and Rural Canopy to the Potential Arrival of the Emerald Ash Borer

Coleman Kettenbach, A Critical Discourse Analysis of the impact of settler colonialism on populist environmental policy

Reya Manerikar, Quantifying habitat effectiveness for bobcat (Lynx rufus), Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis), and eastern cougar (Puma concolor couguar) in Nova Scotia, Canada

Lobke Rotteveel, Effects of partial-catchment helicopter liming on stream water chemistry in West River Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia

2017

Kevin Brown, Urban surface water runoff on Dalhousie University’s Studley campus (Halifax, N.S.)

Wanying Ji, Inorganic Carbon Cycling in Scotian Shelf Waters

Yvonne Ritchie, Investigating the carbon sequestration and storage capacity of trees in a university campus environment

2016

Paige Marvel, The Lake Fletcher Phosphorus Model

Adrean Ojoleck, An Examination of 4th and 5th Grade Children’s Conceptualization of Neighbourhoods in Halifax Nova Scotia

Rachel Shin, Exploring the influence of nature exposure on decision-making

Amanda Ring, Habitat characteristics associated with redroot (Lachnanthes caroliniana) in Nova Scotia

2015

Matthew Conlin, Assessing the Energy Generation Potential of Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Panels on the Rooftops of Places of Worship Within the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM)

Marley Geddes, A New Method for Prioritizing Catchments for Terrestrial Liming in Nova Scotia

Emma Halupka, Relating nutrient availability to yield: an examination of lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium anustifolium) resource limitation in Prince Edward Island

Wendy Margetts, Old Growth among Us: A Characterization of Urban Old-Growth Forests in Halifax

Stefanie Mellon, Reconstructing past sea surface temperatures near the Iceland-FaroeRidge using alkenone paleothermometry (Uk’37 )

Caitlyn Shaye Weir, In The Red: A private economic cost and qualitative analysis of environmental and health implications for five menstrual products

Allison Welk, Association between access to neighbourhood greenness and physical activity in Nova Scotia youth

2014

Christine Angelidis, The effects of catchment liming on the calcium budget of an acidified Nova Scotia watershed

Maria Armstrong, Characterizing acid episode frequency, duration, and severity in Nova Scotia’s acidified streams

Anna Bishop, Surveying vernal pools in Halifax County, Nova Scotia to identify landscape correlates of pool features and pilot a survey methodology

Charlotte Brown, The effect of extensive green roof substrate composition on native low-bush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) and crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) growth and health

Emma Hoffman, Canine Scent Detection of an Invasive Wood-Boring Insect, the Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle, Tetropium fuscum, in Laboratory Conditions

Jie Ma, Exploring the feasibility and desirability of in-house diversion programs for disposable hot beverage cups atbthe store level in Halifax Regional Municipality

Amanda Lavallee, Spatial pattern of the shrub layer across the subarctic landscape of Churchill Manitoba

Joanna Poltarowicz, An analysis of phosphorus cycling in waste stabilization ponds (WSPs) in Nunavut

2013

Haley Guest, Connecting Value and Knowledge of Marine Environmental Issues: A Social Survey in Coastal Nova Scotia

Samantha Halloran, Opportunities and Challenges of Environmental Assessment under CEAA 2012

Heather Kerr, A First-Approximation Windthrow Risk Index for Street Trees on the Halifax Peninsula

Brittany Maguire, Employee Behaviour and Sustainability in a Dining Hall at Dalhousie University

Caroline McNamee, Evaluation of Public Recreational Greenspace in Halifax for Physical Activity Promotion

Kit Moran, A Proposed Methodology for the Ambulatory Measurement of Physiological Response to Natural Restoration in Urban Green Spaces

Tiffany Vass, What is the significance of "community" wind energy? The influence of local project initiation, participation, and investment on local perceptions of small-scale wind energy projects in Nova Scotia

Erin Wilson, Reconstructing Past Storminess in Halifax Harbour through Grain-size Analysis of Marine Sediment Cores

2012

Jan Kucic-Riker, Extending Ecological Modernization to Developing Countries: The Case of Desertec

Jennifer Mildon, Algal Recolonization of Frog Island, Nova Scotia after Large-scale Removal of Algal Species through Anthropogenic Activity

Phuong (Philip) Ong, The Contribution of Forest Fires to PM2.5 Burden in Halifax During the Summer of 2011

Marni Sandell, The effect of snowfall on the power output of photovoltaic solar panels in Halifax, NS

Heather Semotiuk, Quantifying carbon emmissions for a small-scale organic farm in Nova Scotia: What aspects of production contribute the most to the carbon footprint? Are there opportunities for reductions of carbon emissions?

Michelle Simone, Land-Use Change and Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Community Structure in the McIntosh Run, Nova Scotia Canada

Danielle St. Louis, The Distribution of Shrubs used by Indigenous People within the Forest-Tundra Ecotone in Canada

2011

Kayla Blok, Business Ecosystem Services Review: A Nova Scotia Case Study

Gregory Cummings, Using Vocal Behaviour to Reform the Conservation of Canada Warblers (Wilsonia canadensis)

Gillian Fielding, Barriers to Fish Passage in Nova Scotia The Evolution of Water Control Barriers in Nova Scotia’s Watershed

Simon Greenland-Smith, Barriers and Benefits to Wetland Conservation in Agricultural Nova Scotia

Catherine MacNeil, Nova Scotia’s Carbon Tax Potential

Benjamin Ojoleck, Investigating Sustainability Professors’ Conceptualizations of Sustainability and Sustainable Universities at Dalhousie University

Gillian Pritchard, Running Head: Aboriginal Peoples, Water and Health & Well-being

Mary-Claire Sanderson, Investigating the role of call similarity in a tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) parent-offspring recognitionmechanism

Emily Sangster, How moderate agriculture affects the food web of macroinvertebrates in fresh water streams in Kings County,Nova Scotia

Emily Stewart, Spatial and Temporal Mapping of Radiofrequency Fields

Robin Tress, Benthic community structure within Eelgrass (Zostera marina) beds in southern Nova Scotia

Wendy Wilson, Bryophyte dynamics across wetland and lakeshore edges in southwest Nova Scotia

2010

Jessica MacSween, What species comprise the community of potential predators of the Piping Plover at St. Catherine River Beach?

Takuya Ozawa, Phenomenological Study of Urban Vegetable Gardening in Halifax: How Does Urban Vegetable Gardening Activity Affects the Daily Lives of the Gardeners and Their Sense of Community?

Emily Rideout, Riparian Buffer Removal and Associated Land Use in the Sackville River Watershed, Nova Scotia, Canada

Rolanda Steenweg, Foraging Ecology of Great Black-backed and Herring Gulls on Kent Island in the Bay of Fundy

Christie Verstraten, What’s in a Woodlot Management Plan? A Comparative Analysis of Requirements for Private Woodlot Management Planning in Nova Scotia

2000s

2009

Stephanie Daley, How Rocks Affect the Growth of Krummholz in the Mealy Mountains of Labrador

Crystal Deschambault, The Removal of Mandatory Home Economics from Quebec’s Official Education Curriculum

Anna-Sarah Eyrich, Nova Scotia’s low-bush blueberry industry: Identified areas of concern, what needs done and visions for the future

Lara Green, Jatropha as Biofuel: An Analysis of the Possible Implications for Food Security in Mali

Amanda Klarer, Agriculture in Dambos Around Mzuzu City,Malawi; a Sustainability Assessment

Alison Koper, Wind energy in Nova Scotia’s electrical power generation sector: The development of an effective wind energy regime

Kent Muderewich, Examining The Effects of Waste Diversion on Leachate Quality

Anita Nipen, Assessing the potential for Urban Agriculture on the Halifax Pennisula

Caitlin Owens, Quantifying the temporal and spatial variation of atmospheric particles on Dalhousie Campus – a pilot study

Dale Prest, Carbon Storage in the Acadian Forest: Estimating carbon storage and associated dynamics of a privately owned small woodlot in the Acadian Forest Region

Nick Shaw, Climate change and energy security in transportation fuel, infrastructure and policy: An AHP approach

2008

Jessica Drysdale, Element Mobility as a Result of Chemical Weathering in a Granitoid Near Valparaiso, Chile

Paula Francis, Case Study: An examination of agricultural surface water use for crop irrigation in Kings County, Nova Scotia

Anthony Heggelin, Environmental and Human Factors Affecting the Population Biology of Nova Scotia Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)

Gavin King, Community environmental noise and the built environment in two Halifax neighbourhoods

Meghan Lambert, Forestry Management in Cuba: An Environmental History of the 20th Century

Caitlyn MacMaster, Toward understanding fecal coliform and Escherichia coli distributions in the Annapolis River

Karen Mrema, An Assessment of Stident's Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors and the Effectiveness of their School Recycling Programs

Heather Reed, Evaluating Turtle Road Mortality Mitigation: Identifying Knowledge Gaps and public Attitudes

2007

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2006

Sean Anderson, How sustainable are emerging low-trophic level fisheries on the Scotian Shelf?

Alexi Baccardax, An Investigation of Temporal and Spatial Variations of Rocky Intertidal Communities along a Kraft Pulp Mill Pollution Gradient in Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada after Pollution Abatement

Erin Balser, A partial assessment of the sustainability of the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Sonja Bhatia, Envirnmental Assesment of Trees on Dalhousie's Studley Campus and Adjacent Public Lands: an Examination of the Environmental Contribution of Dalhousie's Urban Forest.

Rory Cantwell, Natural Capital Appropriation and Health: Linkages between ecological footprint analysis and human health outcomes in the twenty most highly populated cities in Canada

Anna Cross, Monitoring Changes in the Bird population of Jeremy's Bay Campground in Kejimkujik National park and National Historic Site during an Insect Outbreak

Johanna Kalkreuth, Characterizing Post-hurricane Coarse Woody Debris(CWD) and Overstorey Data in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, NS.

Jesse MacLean, Riparian Buffers as Habitat for Forest Birds in Southwest Nova Scotia

Ana Morgan, People Power: A study on bicycle driven electrical generation

Christina Thomson, Protecting the Alpine Ecozone: A feasibility Study of Trail Construction and Maintenance on the Whistler Mountain, Jasper national Park, Alberta, Canada

Ericka Wicks, A Feasibility Analysis of a Canadian Plastic Bag Tax

2005

Megan Forward, An assessment of solid waste mangement practices in East Preston, Nova Scotia to investigate the prevalence of illegal waste burning in the community

Anita Ogaa, Evaluating Wetland Goods and Services: The Burnside Engineered Wetland

Lance Richardson-Prager, Metallurgic Engineer The Reasonable Standard of Care for Assessment and Disposal of Building Material Containing Lead-Impacted Paint

2004

Ainslee Emerson, (Poli 4600 Thesis) A Policy review: Do Canada's Oceans Act, Canada's Ocean Strategy and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea create an effective framework for sustainablemarine fisheries in Canada?

Elizabeth Hendriks, Canadian Water Consumption: An Analysis of Federal Water Legislation and Policy in the Wake of Agenda 21

Sarah Malan, Urban Water Sector Reform: An Examination of Private Sector Participation

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