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DR. RON AIKEN - PROFESSOR

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Academic History

B.Sc University of Maryland
M.Sc.

University of Toronto

Ph.D. University of Toronto

Research Interests
 
• Reproductive biology and sex allocation of hermaphroditic molluscs
• Mating strategies of aquatic invertebrates
• Ecology and life history strategies of aquatic insects

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Representative Publications

Ogden, J, D. Giberson & R. Aiken.  2013. Biodiversity of stoneflies (Insecta, Plecoptera) in the Cape Breton Highlands   Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society.  In Press

 

Bouchard, G. L. & R. B. Aiken. 2012. Latitudinal variation in the reproductive cycle and size of the northern rock barnacle Semibalanus balanoides L. (Cirripedia, Archaeobalanidae) in the Bay of  Fundy.  Crustaceana 85: 779 - 787. (PDF)

 
Barbeau, M.A. Durelle, K.A., and R.B. Aiken. 2004. Making choices: experimental design and microhabitat selection in the sea slug Onchidoris bilamellata (L.) (Nudibranchia, Dorididae). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology: 307: 1 - 17. (PDF)
 
Aiken, R. B. 2003. Some aspects of the life history of the intertidal nudibranch, Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774) (Opisthobranchia, Dendronotacea). The Veliger 46:169 - 175.
 
Watt, J. and R. B. Aiken. 2003. Temperature-dependent development rates in an intertidal nudibranch, Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774) (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). Northeastern Naturalist 10: 17-24(PDF)

TEACHING ASSIGNMENT
2013 - 2014

FALL
WINTER
Biology 3401 Animal Behaviour   Biology 3361 Marine Biology: Coastal Systems
Biology 3451 Entomology   Biology 3781 Tropical Marine Biology (with R. Ireland)
Biology 3511 Invertebrate Zoology   Biology 4101 Behavioural Ecology
YEAR
Biology 4950 Special Topics in Biology
Biology 4990 Honours Thesis
Biology 5990 M.Sc. Thesis in Biology

Contact Information

E-mail: raiken@mta.ca
Snail Mail:

Department of Biology
Mount Allison University
63B York Street
Sackville, New Brunswick
Canada  E4L 1G7

Office: 207 Flemington
Telephone: (506) 364-2522
Fax: (506) 364-2505

 

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