Contributions

Jonathan Whiteley, PhD candidate

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Peer-reviewed Publications

• Lindo, Z. & Whiteley, J.A. (2011) Old trees contribute bio-available nitrogen through canopy bryophytes. Plant and Soil, 342, 141-148.
• Moss: the Breakfast of Champions, on Discovery News.
• Bendell-Young, L. I., Duckham, C., Brunjes, T., Whiteley, J.A. (2010) Changes in the geochemical attributes of the foreshore as a consequence of intertidal shellfish aquaculture; a case study on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 404, 91-108.
• Whiteley, J. & Bendell-Young, L. (2007) Ecological implications of intertidal mariculture: observed differences in bivalve community structure between farm and reference sites. J. Appl. Ecol., 44, 495-505

Other contributions

• Jonathan Whiteley, Matthew Mitchell, Allen Larocque, Andrew Gonzalez. (2011) Impacts des changements climatiques au Québec, revue de littérature, Theme 4: Impacts des changements climatiques sur les corridors et services écosystémiques. Préparé pour le Gouvernement du Québec par le Centre de la Science de la Biodiversité au Québec. Montréal, QC.
• Whiteley, J.A. (2005) Macroinvertebrate Community Responses to Clam Aquaculture Practices In British Columbia, Canada. Master of Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.

Presentations

Invited Presentations

• 2006 Shellfish Ecology & Aquaculture: Agroecology lecture, University of British Columbia.
• 2004, 2005 Counting Species and Measuring Diversity: Special Topics in Biodiversity lecture, S.F.U.
• 2005, 2006 Comparing Communities: Introductory Ecology lecture, S.F.U.

Presentations at Scientific Meetings

• Whiteley, J. & Gonzalez, A. N-fixation by cyanobacteria communities, following two years of experimental climate change in the boreal forest of Northern Québec. Presentation at Canadian Society for Ecology & Evolution 2011 annual meeting (May 12-15, 2011).
  • 3rd prize student presentation competition.
• Whiteley, J. & Gonzalez, A. Interactive effects of climate change and fragmentation on cyanobacteria and associated rates of N-fixation in boreal forest moss of northern Québec. Presentation at Canadian Society for Ecology & Evolution 2010 annual meeting (May, 2010).
  • 4th place student presentation award.
• Whiteley, J. & Gonzalez, A. Early effects of climate change and fragmentation on nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria in the boreal forests of northern Québec. Presentation at Canadian Society for Ecology & Evolution 2009 annual meeting (May, 2009).
• Whiteley, J. & Gonzalez, A. Distribution of N-fixing cyanobacteria in boreal forest moss and implications for nutrient cycling. Presentation at Canadian Society for Ecology & Evolution 2008 annual meeting (May, 2008).
• Whiteley, J. & Bendell-Young, L. Intertidal Community Structure and Clam Aquaculture Practices in British Columbia, Canada. Poster presented at Ocean Sciences 2006.
• Whiteley, J. & Bendell-Young, L. Measuring Differences in Intertidal Benthic Communities Associated With Clam Farming. Presentation at “Intertidal Biodiversity Workshop”, Bamfield, B.C. (April, 2004).
• Whiteley, J., Bendell-Young, L., Ydenberg, R., Boyd, S., Butler, R., Esler, D., Lacroix, D., Gallaugher, P., Kirk, M. The Sustainable Shellfish Aquaculture Initiative in British Columbia. Presentation at the Ocean Management Research Network national conference (Nov. 2003)
• Whiteley, J. Interactions between Shellfish Aquaculture and the Environment in B.C. Presentation at Pacific Northwest Ecology & Evolution Retreat (Nov. 2003).
• Whiteley, J. Turning The Tide: Working with shellfish farmers to understand the effects of their practices. Poster presented at the following conferences:
  • Ocean Management Research Network National conference (Oct. 2002)
  • UBC/UVic/SFU Biodiversity Retreat (Nov. 2002)
  • Pacific Ecology and Evolution Conference (Feb. 2003)
• S. Hilts, T. Forth, J. Whiteley, J. Skelton, L. King, J. Hordowick, P. Mitchell. (1999) Preparing Conservation Plans for the Nature Conservancy of Canada: The Student Conservation Planning Service Part II. Leading Edge '99: Making Connections. (Conference presentation and paper).

Other Presentations

• J. Whiteley. (2011) Introduction to R - Day 1: Getting Started. Statistics workshop, department of Biology, McGill University.
• J. Whiteley. (2010) Ordination methods in R. Statistics workshop, department of Biology, McGill University.
• J. Whiteley. (2005) Multivariate Analysis of a Small-Scale Predator Exclusion Experiment. Les Ecologistes Seminar, department of Biological Sciences, SFU.