Delta Marsh Field Station Archive Annual Report, Volume 5, 1970

Table of Contents: Director’s Report for 1970 Jennifer M. Shay Assessment of methods for population estimates using the Brook Stickleback, Culaea inconstans T. O. Acere, Department of Zoology, University of Manitoba Distribution of the Emerald Shiner (Notropis atherinoides) and Spottail Shiner (Notropis hudsonius) in Lake Manitoba Donald J. Bernard, Department of Zoology, University of Manitoba Primary productivity of the phytoplankton in Crescent Pond, Delta Marsh, Manitoba (Abstract) Dennis J. Brown, Department of Botany, University of Manitoba Some aspects of territoriality in Red-winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) P. G. Castling, Department of Zoology, University of Manitoba Seasonal metabolic patterns in the Muskrat, Ondatra zibethica (Abstract) A. Frohlinger, Department of Zoology, University of Manitoba The effect of the Assiniboine Diversion on Lake Manitoba (Abstract) D. Krindle, Department of Botany, University of Manitoba Utilization of space and available food by White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Delta Marsh, Manitoba Emil Kucera, University Field Station (Delta Marsh), University of Manitoba Habitat range of Scirpus acutus and S. validus in central Manitoba A. J. Macaulay, Department of Botany, University of Manitoba The relationship between evapotranspiration in Phragmites communis and fluctuations in the water table S. Floyd Phillips, Department of Botany, University of Manitoba Preliminary investigation of benthos in Lake Manitoba (pertaining to the Assiniboine River Diversion) L. Siemienuk, Department of Botany, University of Manitoba Seasonal changes in the benthos of an isolated marsh bay, with special reference to the Chironomidae John F. Wright, University Field Station (Delta Marsh), University of Manitoba Species recognition and mixed brood behaviour in the Redhead, Aythya americana M. Mattson, Department of Zoology, University of Manitoba