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Browsing Honours Theses by Thesis (Discipline) "Biology"
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2016)Particleboard is known to cause broader environmental issues when large amounts are sent to the landfills. The toxic adhesive resin urea formaldehyde, used to bind the wood fibers, causes contamination of groundwater in ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)In recent studies, it has been observed that genes that have been duplicated during the course of vertebrate evolution are overrepresented among those genes that cause Mendelian diseases. My objective was to determine ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)To survive, fish must maintain ionoregulatory and osmoregulatory homeostasis during changes in environmental salinity. In hypersaline water, fish must actively excrete salts and drink water to counterbalance the passive ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2022-04)Industrial whaling in the early to mid 20th century severely depleted the population of blue whales in the North Atlantic. Due to this reduction in population it is likely that the current population of blue whales in ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2020)Antibiotic resistance is becoming an increasing problem in global health. The emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial and fungal infections is expected to increase over the next few years. In an effort to develop ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2020)Collagen is a fibrous structural protein that possesses a characteristic triple-helical conformation which aids in the stabilisation of molecular confirmations. For example, in tissues collagen aids in maintaining the ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)Begging in passerine birds is an honest signal of nestling hunger to the parents. Over the breeding season a decrease in food availability and parental provisioning and an increase in parasite abundance occur suggestive ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2022-04-25)Nova Scotia has a long history of gold mining dating back to the mid-1800’s. Early mining techniques depended on the use of liquid mercury (Hg). As there were little or no environmental regulations at the time, over ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)Tidal marshes have the ability to sequester and store atmospheric CO2 and thus contribute a valuable ecosystem service. Globally, tidal marshes have declined due to environmental damage and habitat conversion& ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) is a material commonly used to construct furniture and is an engineered product made up of wood particles bonded with the adhesive resin, urea-formaldehyde. In the presence of the resin, MDF ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2020)Microorganisms play important roles in plant growth and development. The use of biofertilizers for crop production is not only beneficial to the plants but can serve as a form of sustainable agriculture. Volatile Organic ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)Tetraploid plant species are preferred in certain agricultural cases over their diploid counterparts for larger biomass and increased resistance to abiotic stresses. Naturally occurring tetraploids are thought to result ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2016)Anthropogenic disturbances are known to induce stress in a variety of rban species. This study aims to determine if one particular disturbance, ambient urban noise, influences the stress levels of nestling European Starlings ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2018)Accurate abundance estimates are important for the management of species. Many abundance estimates are based off of capture-mark-recapture analyses which have several limitations that can reduce the accuracy of abundance ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)Sample preparation is an important aspect in the extraction of potentially pharmaceutical compounds found in traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs). It is valuable to understand which preparation method is ideal for each ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)Despite the green crabs (Carcinus maenas) devastating ecological impacts, there have been few studies that have done a green crab population comparison between N.S sites. This study will aim to do a comparison analysis ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2022-04)Beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) migrated to the St. Lawrence Estuary near the end of the Holocene glacial retreat, when dry land emerged. The population currently inhabiting the St. Lawrence shows strong ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2016)One direct benefit of mating outside the pair bond for female passerine birds is to enlist the aid of neighboring males in communal activities such as nest defense. Female passerines are expected to be more heavily invested ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)Ocean acidification poses an extreme threat to coral colony survival. The rise of carbon dioxide in atmospheric pressure decreases the seawater carbonate ion concentration resulting in lower rates of calcium carbonate ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)Sexual strategies theory indicates that humans can adopt short- and long-term mating strategies, producing sex- and strategy-specific mating behaviours due to asymmetries in obligate parental investment into children. ...
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