FISHERIES AND ENVIRONMENT CANADA INDEX SPECIAL ESTUARY SERIES VOLUMES 1-6 ESTUARY WORKING GROUP DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT REGIONAL BOARD PACIFIC REGION By ADELLE J. LEANEY and NEAL M. CARTER* Under the Direction of Dr. M. Waldichuk Fisheries and Marine Service Pacific Environment Institute West Vancouver, B.C. MARCH 1,1979 * Deceased March 15,1978. PREFACE This INDEX concludes the review of work on 7 of indexing of its various publications. He was respon the estuaries of British Columbia commenced in 1974. sible for two index volumes,"Index and List of Titles, It was decided during the early 1970's by the Estuary Fisheries Research Board of Canada and Associated Working Group of the Regional Board of the Pacific Publications, 1900-1964",and the follow-up one for Region of the Federal Department of Fisheries and the 1965-1972, which brought together all work of the Environment to collate and summarize all the environ Fisheries Research Board and its earlier counterparts mental work that has been conducted on 18 "critical" from 1900 to 1972. He provided annual indexes for the estuaries of the province. The selected estuaries Journal of the Fisheries Research Board after 1972 consist of the Fraser, Squamish, Skeena, Kitimat, until 1977, when finally at the age of 75 he felt it Indian, Homathko, Wannock and Bella Coola on the was time he retired from indexing. British Columbia mainland coast and the Cowichan, Chemainus, Nanaimo, Campbell, Courtenay, Somass, Dr. Neal M. Carter was also a yery avid Quatse, Salmon, Gold and Nimpkish on Vancouver mountaineer. From his student days as an active Island. They were chosen on the basis of living participant in the Varsity Outdoor Club in the Uni resource potential and threat from development. versity of British Columbia through his many years as Their locations are shown on the cover of this volume. a member of the B.C. Mountaineering Club and the The Special Estuary Series, the first 6 volumes of Alpine Club of Canada, Dr. Carter climbed many moun which are indexed here for authors and subject matter, tains in western Canada. He did this in part for have been comparatively widely distributed in major recreation, but true to his character, he felt that academic libraries of the province, as well as in something more tangible than recreation should be de reference holdings of governmental, educational and rived from these alpine pursuits. Accordingly, he private environmental establishments. always carried basic survey instruments on these ex peditions to enable him to conduct some mapping. His When this INDEX was initiated in 1976, Dr. Neal early engineering training helped in this regard. Dr. M. Carter was contracted to do the work. Unfortunate Carter was also credited with carrying out some of ly, he was unable to continue after indexing the the earliest photogrammetric surveying of B.C.'s first volume in the Series. However, he was able to coastal mountains. For his contributions to mountain guide Adelle J. Leaney in carrying on the indexing exploration, Dr. Carter was made an Honorary Life of further volumes. Member of the Alpine Club of Canada. Dr. Carter was well qualified to index scienti Dr. Neal Marshall Carter passed away after an fic works. He had had a brilliant scientific career active and productive career on March 15, 1978, while following the acquisition of his Ph.D. in Biochemis vacationing in the Caribbean and engaging in some re try at McGill University, with: a post-doctoral fel creational diving among coral reefs. He will be long lowship in Germany; several years at the Pacific Bio remembered not only for his contributions to science logical Station in Nanaimo, conducting the first and to mountaineering, but also for his friendly oceanographic work on the Pacific Coast of Canada, nature and his remarkable ability to provide encour including the earliest publications on fjords of agement in counselling people, particularly students British Columbia; Director of the Pacific Fisheries and young scientists, on many matters. We owe him a Experimental Station of the Fisheries Research Board great deal for fostering scientific research in the in Prince Rupert, and later in Vancouver; and finally, marine environment and in fisheries on the Pacific Associate Editor of the Journal of the Fisheries Re Coast of Canada. It is a pleasure to acknowledge his search Board of Canada. He also edited for many years enthusiastic participation in the preparation of this the Fisheries Research Board's Progress Reports of INDEX, one of the last technical projects in which the Pacific Coast Stations, which were designed to he was involved. inform fishermen and interested lay persons on current research work in fisheries. Following retirement in 1962, Dr. Carter continued assisting the Office of the M. Waldichuk Editor of the Fisheries Research Board in Ottawa with 11 * Members of the Estuary Working Group, Fisheries and Environment Canada, Regional Board Pacific Region Dr.CD. McAllister (Chairman) Resource Services Branch Fisheries and Marine Service Pacific Biological Station Nanaimo, B.C. Dr. M. Waldichuk Mr. W.L. Kreuder Resource Services Branch Inland Waters Directorate Fisheries and Marine Service Environmental Management Service Pacific Environment Institute 502-1001 West Pender Street West Vancouver, B.C. Vancouver, B.C. Mr. T. Bird Mr. J. Millen Resource Services Branch Ecological Protection Group Fisheries and Marine Service Environmental Protection Service 1090 West Pender Street Kapilano 100 - Park Royal Vancouver, B.C. West Vancouver, B.C. Mr. W. Schouwenburg Mr. D.G. Schaefer Resource Services Branch Scientific Services Fisheries and Marine Service Atmospheric Environment Service 1090 West Pender Street 739 West Hastings Street Vancouver, B.C. Vancouver, B.C. Mr. R. Wills Mr. D. Trethewey (Secretary) Ocean and Aquatic Sciences Canadian Wildlife Service Institute of Ocean Sciences Environmental Management Service Patricia Bay, P.O. Box 6000 P.O. Box 340 Sidney, B.C. Delta, B.C. Dr. D.S. Lacate Mr. L. Retfalvi Lands Directorate, Pacific Region Canadian Wildlife Service Environmental Management Service Environmental Management Service 1001 West Pender Street P.O. Box 340 Vancouver, B.C. Delta, B.C. Mr. M. Romaine Mr. B. Pendergast Lands Directorate, Pacific Region Fish and Wildlife Branch Environmental Management Service Ministry of Recreation and Conservation 1001 West Pender Street Parliament Buildings Vancouver, B.C. Victoria, B.C. Dr. J.L. Luternauer Mr. D. Tillapaugh Geological Survey of Canada Marine Resources Branch Department of Energy, Mines Ministry of Recreation and Conservation and Resources Parliament Buildings Institute of Ocean Sciences Victoria, B.C. Patricia Bay, P.O. Box 6000 Sidney, B.C. All members are from the Canada Department of Fisheries and Environment, except the representative of the Geological Survey of Canada and the provincial representatives who are from the British Columbia Ministry of Recreation and Conservation. iii INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL ESTUARY SERIES INDEX SYMBOLS The symbols listed below indicate the following: designates volume from which information cited (see page.1V' 48 designates page on which information is cited IBO: means mentioned In Bibliography Only (344) indicates a bibliographic reference source EXAMPLES 5: 76, 77, 80(257) referenced information located in Volume 5, on pages 76, 77 and 80 and referenced in the bibliography of that volume on page 257. 1:213, 239(475, 479); 2:IB0:(329, 333, 334) relevant information cited in Volume 1 on pages 213 and 239, and referenced in bibliography of that volume on pages 475 and 479. Additional source information may be found in the bibliography of Volume 2 on pages 329, 333 and 334. NOTE 1 - "re" is often used in the index references to imply "in relation to", etc. 2 - All authors mentioned in the Special Estuary Series are indexed. However, it should be noted, that in the present index the primary author has not been specified. 3 - During preparation of the Index, errors in the spelling of some names mentioned in Special Estuary Series volumes have been noticed. The authors of this Index have attempted to correct these wherever possible. P. 1 Abbott-Smith, K.B instead of Abbot-Smith, as in text, P.14 Aro, K.V. instead of Aro, K.U., as in text, P.27 Blackbourn, D.J. instead of Blackbourne, D.J., as in text, Blackbourn, J. instead of Blackbourne, J., as in text, P.44 Sambucus instead of Sambaccust as in text 6:201. P.54 Cirsium instead of Cirscium, as in text 1:281. 4 - Organisms are listed alphabetically by genus and then by the specific name. Common names, when given, refer the reader to the scientific names. IV SPECIAL ESTUARY SERIES No. 1 The Fraser River Estuary Status of Environmental Knowledge to 1974. No. 2 The Squamish River Estuary Status of Environmental Knowledge to 1974. No. 3 The Skeena River Estuary Status of Environmental Knowledge to 1975. No. 4- The Cowichan-Chemainus River Estuaries Status of Env.ironmental Knowledge to 1975. No. 5 The Nanaimo River Estuary Status of Environmental Knowledge to 1976. No. 6 The Kitimat River Estuary Status of Environmental Knowledge to 1976. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We thank Rose Dawson and Colleen Yuen for their painstaking efforts in typing,, proof-reading and correcting this Index prior to its printing. Aba Ace SPECIAL ESTUARY SERIES INDEX Acarina (mites and ticks) (see also Acarinid sp.) 65 (as food of salmon fry) 65 (water mite pollution tolerance) 65, 69 (water mites of Lakelse Lake, Babine Abalone (see Haliotus) Lake & Morrison Lake) 6:183 (in species list) Abarenicola pacifica (polychaete) 1:263; 4:192 (in species list) Acarinid sp. (Acarinid, unspecified) 4:145 (re heavy metal & chlorinated hydrocarbon 2:200 (in species list) concentrations) Acartia (calanoid copepods) Abbotsford 1:272 (in species list)) 1: 40 (winds at airport) (A. clausi 2: 82 (A.