Coastal Ecology research opportunities for university students, May - November 2001

The Irving Eco-Centre: La Dune de Bouctouche was developed by J.D.Irving Limited to preserve and restore one of the few remaining undeveloped sand dunes on the north eastern coastline of North America. Located on Canada's Northumberland Strait, opposite Prince Edward Island, the white sand dune stretches 12 km across Bouctouche Bay in New Brunswick. This environmentally significant area is the habitat for a rich variety of marine and aquatic plants and animals, and for shorebirds and migratory birds.

Each summer the Irving Eco-Centre will accept dune or coastal wetland ecosystem researchers who want to work in a living laboratory to compile data needed for their university theses on the ecosystems of coastal dune or coastal wetlands. For French-speaking students post graduate studies in this field are available with the Université de Moncton. Visit their website for more information.

www.umoncton.ca.

The past season (May – November 2000) has been busy and interesting for its research projects on site, including a study on coastal erosion, another on the red fox population and a rare plant inventory ( in co-operation with Kouchibouguac National Park). Regular monitoring projects on birds (piping plovers and other shorebirds) and beach profiles were also pursued this year.

Review the 2000 Research Projects

For more information please contact the Irving Eco-Centre at (506) 743-2600 or by email at ladune@nbnet.nb.ca.

Research at the Irving Eco-Centre has been made possible thanks to support from the sources listed below:

  • Environment Canada (Habitat Stewardship Fund)

  • Province of New Brunswick (Wildlife Trust Fund, Environmental Trust Fund)

  • J.D. Irving, Limited.

The Irving Eco-Centre Offers:

  • Accommodation at the dune
  • Access to the existing data base about the dune's ecosystems on computer
  • Access to dune equipment (boat, laboratory, weather station, computers, etc.)
  • Access to dune's staff and their on-going research studies

How to apply:

Send us your study proposal, your personal resumé and a letter outlining your research and accommodation requirements to the address below. A letter of support from your thesis supervisor must be sent to us independently. All submissions will be considered by the Irving Eco-Centre's Scientific Advisory Committee who will select the researchers for the summer.

Scientific Advisory Comittee
Irving Eco-Centre:
La Dune de Bouctouche
1932 Route 475
St.-Edouard-de-Kent, NB
E4S 4W9

ladune@nbnet.nb.ca

For more information about Irving Eco-Centre: La Dune de Bouctouche visit our website:
www.ifdn.com/Dune/index.html.

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