NPSBC South Coast Meetings 2009  

Vancouver Museum Auditorium

Local History Laboratory

1100 Chestnut Street

Vancouver BC

Free Admission; Free parking

 

Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 7:15 p.m.

"Michael Hawkes"

Seaweed Biodiversity in BC

 

The Pacific Northwest’s cool temperate rocky coastline is home to more than 600 species of green, red and brown seaweeds. There are more kinds of kelp along our shores than anywhere else in the world. Botanically, these seaweed groups belong to three phyla: Chlorophyta, Rhodophyta, and Ochrophyta. Seagrasses and flowering plants that have taken on a marine existence, are also important components of near-shore coastal communities.

 

We’ll take an historical perspective to learn about the diversity, life histories and ecological interactions of some of the more charismatic seaweeds in the Pacific NW. Conservation concerns for our seaweed flora will conclude the presentation.

 

Michael Hawkes is a senior instructor in botany at the University of BC. Since 1972, his marine research has focused on the seaweed flora of BC (natural history, systematics, and reproductive biology). As a biologist, he is especially concerned with loss of organismal diversity, and with ecosystem services. He has therefore taken an active role in conservation issues, especially the status of marine protected areas in BC.

 

 

NPSBC South Coast

2008-09 Presentations

 

April 2009

Dawn Hanna

"The Good, the Bad and the Unusual:

The Flora of Iona Beach Regional Park"

March 2009

Virginia Skilton

"Tips for Plant Identification"

February 2009

Ron Long

"Photographing Flowers"

January 2009

Jackie Chambers

"Garry Oak Meadow at the UBC Botanical Garden"

December 2008

Chris Czajkowski

"A Mountain Year"

November 2008

Dr. Kathy Dunster:

"Habitat on a Hot Tin Roof:

The role of green roofs in protecting biodiversity"

 

NPSBC South Coast/Nature Vancouver

2007-08 Joint Presentations

 

April 2008

Judith Cowan

"Gardening with Native Plants "

January 2008

Dr. Keith Wade

"Southwestern Australia: A Unique and Spectacular Flora"

October 2007

Dr. Catherine Hickson

"Mt. St. Helens: Biological & Geological Rebirth after Catastrophe"

Chris Harris

"The Grasslands Gala"

September 2007

Daryl Thompson

"There’s a Lichen in My Backyard"

Christine Thuring

"Ecological Design: Habitat restoration and living

architecture in the Pacific Northwest"

 

NPSBC South Coast

2006-07 Presentations

 

June 2007

Hugh Daubeny

"Raspberries, Strawberries: Their Ancestors"

May 2007

Don Gayton

"Building a Culture of Nature"

April 2007

Carmen Wong

"Blister rust, beetles and babies:

The story behind whitebark pine stands"

March 2007

Bruce Bohm

"The Rare and Endangered Plants of Hawaii"

February 2007

Elizabeth Elle

"The Bees Needs: Wildflowers and their Pollinators

in the Endangered Garry Oak Ecosystems"

January 2007

Andy MacKinnon

"Andy's Adventure's in the Argentinian Andes"

December 2006

Chris Czajkowski

"Wilderness Dweller"

November 2006

Daniel Mosquin

"Beauty and the Botanist"

October 2006

Ron Long

"Wildflowers of Death Valley"

September 2006

Many Vaartnou

"The Development of Native Grasses

for West Coast Reclamation".