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Preliminary citations:
Davis, Neil, Rose Klinkenberg, and Richmond Nature Park Society (B.C.). Ecology Committee. A Biophysical Inventory and Evaluation of the Lulu Island Bog, Richmond, British Columbia. Richmond Nature Park Society, Richmond, B.C, 2008.
The PDF version of this study can also be found at: https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/Lulu_Island_Bog_Report48892.pdf
Comments:
This particular publication goes into great detail about the flora of Lulu Island Bog, as well as fauna, endangered species, hydrology, effects of fire, soils, etc. It was authored by multiple authors, many are experts in their fields, including a number of professors. It was edited by Brian Klinkenberg, O.L.S., M.Sc., Ph.D., and is an Associate Professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia, and Rose Klinkenberg, who graduated from the Ecology and Field Biology program at the University of Toronto. Each section and chapter of the report deals with different aspects of bog ecology, and provide introductions, methodologies, results, discussion and conclusions, along with extensive in-text citations and bibliographies.
Of particular interest is the fact that this report states that the effects of fire in the Lulu Island Bog have not been well documented and require further study (pg. 248). It also makes mention of Scotch heather as an invasive species that responds with increased vigor after bog fires have occurred (pg. 96). So it may look as though looking at the intersection of bog fire effects, and the invasiveness of Scotch heather may be a relevant and timely aspect of this bog’s ecology to focus on, especially seen as how it just experienced fire last year, and has had one years worth of regeneration since.
