Bolander’s quillwort (Isoetes bolanderi) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 14

Acknowledgements

This report is based on a report prepared by Daniel F. Brunton under a contract to Brunton Consulting Services funded by Parks Canada. Early drafts of that report benefited from reviews by P.L. Achuff, C.M. Smith and C.E. Bradley. The report was revised and updated by P.L. Achuff in 2005.


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Achuff, P.L. 2002-2004. Species Assessment Biologist, Ecological Integrity Branch, Parks Canada.

Bradley, Cheryl. April 2002 – August 2004. Ecological consultant, 625-18 St S, Lethbridge, AB  T1J 3E9.

Britton, Donald. November 2001 – September 2003. geneticist (retired), University of Guelph, Dept. of Molecular Biology & Genetics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON  N1G 2W1.

Goward, T. 1994. Lichenologist, Enlichened Consulting Ltd., Edgewood Blue, Clearwater, BC  V0E 1N0.

Smith, Cyndi. November 2001 – June 2005. Conservation Biologist, Parks Canada, Waterton Lakes National Park, Waterton Park, AB  T0K 2M0

Taylor, W.C. 1992-1994. Curator of Vascular Plants, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI 53233-1478, USA


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