The Technical Reports Series was established in the days of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (FRB) and until that agency’s demise in early 1970s the series was called Fisheries Research Board Canada Report Series which I have abbreviated to Fish. Res. Bd. Canada Tech. Rep. Later on the series was continued with various names such as Fisheries and Marine Service Technical Report Series or Canadian Technical Report Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. I abbreviated the names as appropriate.
All of the Canadian Technical Reports Series can be found on the internet as pdfs on the Government of Canada Federal Science Library site. Use the Advanced Search Function and key words to locate a report.
I have also included technical reports I authored or co-authored that were published by agencies other than Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
Levings, C.D. 1967. A comparison of the growth rates of the rock sole, Lepidopsetta bilineata Ayres in northeast Pacific waters. Fish. Res. Bd. Canada Tech. Rep., 36: 42 p.
Levings, C.D. 1968. Report on ground fish cruise of C.G.S. “G.B. REED” to Hecate Strait in February 1968. Fish. Res. Bd. Can. Tech. Rep. No. 62: 56 p.
Levings, C.D., and N.G. McDaniel. 1973. Biological observations from the submersible PISCES IV near Britannia Beach, Howe Sound, British Columbia. Fish. Res. Bd. Canada Tech. Rep. 409: 23 p.
Levings, C.D. 1973. Sediments and abundance of Lycodopsis pacifica (Pisces, Zoarcidae) near Point Grey, B.C., with catch data for associated demersal fish. Fish. Res. Bd. Canada Tech. Rep. No. 393. 32 p
Levings, C.D., and N.G. McDaniel. 1974. A unique collection of baseline biological data: benthic invertebrates from an underwater cable across the Strait of Georgia. Fish. Res. Bd. Can. Tech. Rep. No. 441: 18 p.
Levings, C.D., and J.B. Coustalin. 1975. Zonation of intertidal biomass and related benthic data, Sturgeon and Roberts Banks, Fraser River estuary, British Columbia. Fish. Mar. Serv. Res. Dev. Tech. Rep., 468: 138 p.
Otte, G., and C.D. Levings. 1975. Distribution of macro-invertebrate communities on a mud flat influenced by sewage, Fraser River estuary, British Columbia. Fish. Mar. Serv. Res. Dev. Tech. Rep., 476: 77 p.
Chang, B.C., and C.D. Levings. 1976. Laboratory experiments on the effects of Ocean Dumping on benthic invertebrates. I. Choice tests with solid wastes. Fish. Mar. Serv. Res. Dev. Tech. Rep. 637: 65 p.
Chang, B.C., and C.D. Levings. 1976. Laboratory experiments on the effects of Ocean Dumping on benthic invertebrates. II. Effects of burial on the heart cockle (Clinocardium nuttallii) and the Dungeness crab (Cancer magister). Fish. Mar. Serv. Res. Dev. Tech. Rep. 662: 20 p.
Levings, C.D., and N.G. McDaniel. 1976. Industrial disruption of invertebrate communities on beaches in Howe Sound, British Columbia. Fish. Mar. Serv. Res. Dev. Tech. Rep., 663: 95 p.
Levings, C.D., N.G. McDaniel, and E.A. Black. 1976. Laboratory studies on the survival of Anisogammarus confervicolus and Gammarus setosus (Amphipoda, Gammaridea) in sea water and bleached kraft pulp mill effluent. Fish. Mar. Serv. Res. Dev. Tech. Rep. 656. 23 p.
Levings, C.D. and A.I. Moody, 1976. Studies of intertidal vascular plants, especially sedge (Carex lyngbyei), on the disrupted Squamish River delta, British Columbia. Fish. Mar. Serv. Tech. Rep. No. 606. 56 p.
McDaniel, N.G., R.D. Macdonald, J.J. Dobrocky, and C.D. Levings. 1977. Biological surveys using in-water photography at three ocean disposal sites in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 713: 41 p.
Levings, C.D. 1978. The Fraser estuary as a fish habitat. 68 pp. In: Habitat report, Federal/Provincial Fraser Estuary Study. (Editor and author of major sections of the report). http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/70256.pdf
(not in a numbered series and therefore link to report is given here)
Levings, C.D. 1980. Demersal and benthic communities in Howe Sound basin and their responses to dissolved oxygen deficiency. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 951: 27 p.
Levings, C.D. 1981. Analysis of data relating to dumpsite colonization and temporal changes of benthic communities in Alberni Inlet, British Columbia, p. 4 in S.C. Byers, (Ed.). Report on Ocean Dumping R+D Pacific Region, Department of Fisheries and Oceans 1979 1980. Pacific. Marine. Science. Report 81 2: 31p.
Pomeroy, W.M., D.K. Gordon, and C.D. Levings. 1981. Experimental transplants of brackish and salt marsh species in the Fraser River estuary. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish Aquat. Sci., 1067: 35 p.
Levings C.D. 1982. Short term use of a low tide refuge in a sandflat by juvenile chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), Fraser River estuary. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish Aquat. Sci., 1111: 33 p.
Stockner, J.G. and C.D. Levings, (Editors). 1982. Biological reconnaissance of Yakoun River estuary, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, and results of a trial fertilization with urea. Can Tech. Rep. Fish Aquat. Sci. 1132: 119 p.
Harrison, P.J., J.D. Fulton, G. Miller, C.D. Levings, F.J.R. Taylor, T.R. Parsons, P.A. Thompson and D.W. Mitchell. 1984. A bibliography of the biological oceanography of the Strait of Georgia and adjacent inlets, with emphasis on ecological aspects. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1293. 140 p.
Levings, C.D., M.S. Kotyk, T.J. Brown, C.D. McAllister, J.S. Macdonald, U. Fagerlund, and J. McBride. 1984. An account of an experimental release of marked juvenile chinook to freshwater, estuarine and marine habitats near Campbell River, B.C. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. No. 1269. 35 p.
Gordon, D.K. and C.D. Levings. 1984. Seasonal changes of inshore fish populations on Sturgeon and Roberts Bank, Fraser River estuary, British Columbia. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1240. 81 p.
Kotyk, M.S., Levings, C.D., T.J. Brown, C.D. McAllister, J.S. Macdonald, U.H.M. Fagerlund, J.R. McBride. 1985. An account of an experimental release of marked juvenile chinook to freshwater, estuarine, and marine habitats near Campbell River, B.C. 1984. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1397.
Morgan, J.D. and C.D. Levings. 1989. Effects of suspended sediment on eggs and larvae of lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus), Pacific herring (Clupea harengus pallasi), and surf smelt (Hypomesus pretiosus). Can. Tech. Rep. Fish Aquat. Sci. 1729. 31 p.
Levings, C.D. 1989. Benthos available as food for birds in the Strait of Georgia. p. 35 37. In: Vermeer, K. and R.W. Butler (Eds.). The ecology and status of marine and shoreline birds in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia. Spec. Publ. Can. Wildl. Serv. Ottawa. 186 p.
Levings, C.D. 1991. Restoration of the coast: a proposal for positive technology training p. 232-234 in Vlavianos-Arvanitis, A. (Ed). Biopolitics Volume III. The International University for the Bio-Environment. Biopolitics International Organisation, Athens, Greece. 683 p.
Levings, C.D. 1992. Salmon Habitat Research in Pacific Region. Prepared for Canadian Fisheries Delegation to the Russian Far East, August 2-14, 1992. 29 p. Document contributed by delegation at Pacific Research Fisheries Center (TINRO), Vladivostok, and Kamchatka Pacific Research Fisheries Center (Ko-TINRO), Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
Boyle, D.E., Bravender, B.A., Brown, T.J., Kieser, D., Levings, C.D., Lockhart, W.L., Servizi, J.A., and T.R. Whitehouse. 1992. Baseline monitoring of mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni) from the Columbia River system near Castlegar, British Columbia: health, contaminants, and biology. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1883. 67 p.
Hvidsten, N.A., Johnsen, B.O. and C.D. Levings. 1992. Atferd og emæring hos utvandrende laksesmolt i Trondheimsfjorden. Behaviour and feeding of emigrating salmon smolts in the Trondheimsfjord. Research report No. 164. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Trondheim, Norway. 14 p. (in Norwegian)
Bravender, B.A., Levings, C.D. and T.J. Brown. 1993. A comparison of meiofauna available as fish food on Sturgeon and Roberts Bank, Fraser River estuary, British Columbia. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1904. 40 p.
Nelson, T.C., Alexander, R., and C.D. Levings. 1994. Ultrasonic and radio biotelemetry assessment of the distribution and movement of starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus) in the Fraser River estuary during late January to early April 1993. Fraser River Estuary Management Program Technical Report WQWM 93-07. 41 p. Fraser River Estuary Management Program, Suite 301-960 Quayside, New Westminster, B.C. V3M 6G2.
Hvidsten, N.A., B.O. Johnsen and C.D. Levings. 1995. Movement and feeding of salmon smolts in Trondheimsfjorden and the North Sea (Vandring og ernæring hos laksesmolt i Trondheimsfjorden og på Frohavet. Technical Report No. 332 (332 Oppdragsmelding). Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Trondheim, Norway. 17 p. (in Norwegian).
Nelson, T.C. and C.D. Levings, 1995. Executive summary. p. I-1-I7 in Studies of the Starry Flounder in the Fraser River 1992-1994. Fraser River Estuary Management Program Technical Report WQM 95-02. Fraser River Estuary Management Program, Suite 301-960 Quayside, New Westminster, B.C. V3M 6G2.
Hvidsten, N.A., C.D. Levings and J. Grout. 1996. A preliminary study of hatchery chinook salmon smolts migrating in the lower Fraser River, determined by radiotagging. Can Tech Rep Fish Aquat Sci. 2085. 9 p + figures.
Nishimura, D.J.H., Piercey, G.E., Levings, C.D., Yin, K., and E.R. McGreer, 1996. Changes in fish communities and water chemistry after cessation of municipal sewage discharge near the Iona Island foreshore, Fraser River estuary, British Columbia. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2096. 17 p.
Levings, C.D. and Nishimura, D.J.H. (Editors) 1996. Created and restored sedge marshes in the lower Fraser River and estuary: an evaluation of their functioning as fish habitat. Can Tech. Report Fish Aquat Sci. 2126. 143 p.
Levings, C.D. 1996.Introduction: Basic design of a study to compare plant, invertebrate and fish ecology at disrupted, transplanted and natural marshes in the lower Fraser River and estuary. p 1- 17 in Levings, C.D. and D.J. H. Nishimura (Editors). Created and restored sedge marshes in the lower Fraser River and estuary: an evaluation of their functioning as fish habitat. Can Tech. Report Fish Aquat Sci. 2126. 143 p.
Kistritz, R.U.,K.J. Scott, C.D. Levings 1996 Changes in fish habitat in the lower Fraser River analyzed by two wetland classification systems. p 18-39 in Levings, C.D. and D.J. H. Nishimura (Editors). Created and restored sedge marshes in the lower Fraser River and estuary: an evaluation of their functioning as fish habitat. Can Tech. Report Fish Aquat Sci. 2126. 143 p.
Boyle, D.E.,C.D. Levings, J.A. Stronach, D.J.H. Nishimura, P. Poon, 1996. Fish food invertebrates from transplanted, unvegetated and natural sedge marshes. p 66-96 in Levings, C.D. and D.J. H. Nishimura (Editors). Created and restored sedge marshes in the lower Fraser River and estuary: an evaluation of their functioning as fish habitat. Can Tech. Report Fish Aquat Sci. 2126. 143 p.
Levings, C.D, 1996. Synthesis and Conclusions.p 127-134 in Levings, C.D. and D.J. H. Nishimura (Editors). Created and restored sedge marshes in the lower Fraser River and estuary: an evaluation of their functioning as fish habitat. Can Tech. Report Fish Aquat Sci. 2126. 143 p.
Korman, J., Bravender, B., and C.D. Levings, 1997. Utilization of the Campbell River estuary by juvenile chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in 1994. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2169. 45 p.
Munkittrick, K.M., Megraw, S.R., Colodey, A., Luce, S., Courtenay, S., Paine, M., Servos, M., Spafford, M., Langlois, C., Martel, P., and C.D. Levings, 1997. Final Report of the Fish Survey Expert Working Group for EEM (Environmental Effects Monitoring) Cycle One. June 27 1997. 224 p. Available from Environment Canada, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Burlington, Ontario.
Jamieson, G. S., Levings, C.D., Mason, B.C. and B.D. Smiley, 1999. The Shorekeepers’ Guide for Monitoring Intertidal Habitats of Canada’s Pacific waters. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Region. Vancouver, BC Modules 1,2, 3. 1 Vol (Looseleaf) 152 p.
Barry, K.L. and C.D. Levings, 2002. Assessing the Risk of Exotic Species Establishment from Ballast Water of Ships in Vancouver Harbour: A Possible Application of the RAMAS Model to the Copepod Pseudiaptomus marinus. Can Tech Rep Fish Aquat Sci 2401. 25 p.
Haggarty, D.R., McCorquodale, B., Johannessen, D.I., Levings, C.D., and P.S. Ross, 2003. Marine Environmental Quality in the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada: A Review of Contaminant Sources, Types, and Risks. Can Tech Rep Fish Aquat Sci 2507. 153 p.
Wildish, D.J., Dowd., M., Sutherland, T.F., and C.D. Levings 2004. Near-field organic enrichment from marine finfish aquaculture. A Scientific Review of the Potential Environmental Effects of Aquaculture in Aquatic Ecosystems p.1-68 Can Tech Rep Fish Aquat Sci 2450.
Sutherland, T.F., Levings, C.D., McPhie, R., Petersen, S.A. and W. Knapp, 2006. A benthic study examining the relationship between sediment properties and faunal groups observed at Sir Edmund Bay, British Columbia. Can Tech Rep Fish Aquat Sci 2631. 49 p.