Open House celebrates
five years of research at Oliver Ecological Research Centre
The
Trent University community invited donors, faculty and staff to
help celebrate the
fifth anniversary of the James McLean Oliver
Ecological Centre on Friday, June 20.
The Oliver
Centre Director Tom Hutchinson and his colleagues will spoke at 3
p.m. Guests had the opportunity to meet the researchers
at the Oliver Centre and learn about the environmental and ecological
research
they are conducting.
Informal tours of
the 270-acre estate on the shores of Pigeon Lake near Bobcaygeon
were offered.
The property
contains a wide range of natural habitats suitable for teaching
and research of both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
Research: The
First Five Years:
- Monitoring of air
pollution and collection of climate data
- Long-term salamander
survey
- Amphibians-species
diversity and populations monitoring
- Ecology of the bullfrog
in Nogies Creek: a mark and recapture study
- Ecology of the Southern
Flying and Eastern Grey Squirrels
- Ozone damage to
garden vegetables
- The response of
Sugar Maple seedlings to increased UV-B, warming and nitrogen
- The effects
of land-use on breeding success in woodland-nesting birds
- The annual
banding of Saw-whet owls
- A native predator
for Eurasian watermilfoil
- Effects of residential
development on littoral zone fish communities
- Uptake of lead and
cadmium through bark in mature Sugar Maple, White Ash and White
Pine
- The residence time
of lead and cadmium in the forest floor
- Air-surface exchange
of PBDEs and PCBs
Directions:
From Peterborough take Hwy. 29 north
to "Jack and Jill", turn
left to Buckhorn, north on Hwy. 36 to Flynn's Corners, keep towards
Bobcaygeon. Just before Bobcaygeon, Mill Line Road is on the left. Follow
Mill Line
Road to the Centre.
For more information
please visit the web site at www.trentu.ca/olivercentre/ or
contact Sheena Symington at (705) 731-0183 (ssymington@trentu.ca)
or Katie Brown, Development
Office, ext. 1046 (kabrown@trentu.ca).
Posted June 17,
2003 |