Seaside centipede lichen (Heterodermia sitchensis) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 11

Acknowledgements and Authorities Contacted

Assistance with this report was received from many people. Capable help in the field was kindly provided by Barry Campbell, Pete Clarkson, John McIntosh and Brian Reader, all of Parks Canada. Art Fredeen, of the Universityof Northern British Columbia (Prince George) also deserves special thanks for performing elemental analyses on branches collected in 2002. Ruben Boles and Cecilia Lougheed, of the COSEWIC Secretariat, kindly helped with the production of the maps. Funding to offset the cost of field work was received from both Environment Canada and Parks Canada.

  • Irwin, M. Brodo, lichenolgist, authority on the lichens of the Queen Charlotte Islands, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa.
  • Katherine A. Glew, lichenologist, author of Rare Lichens of Washington. Cryptogamic Herbarium, University of Washington.
  • Bruce McCune, lichenologist, expert on lichens of the American northwest. Oregon State University.
  • Gayle McHenry, lichenologist, first to find H. sitchensis outside of Canada.
  • Jennifer Penny, contact at the British Columbia Conservation Data Centre office, Victoria.
  • Brian Reader, participant on H. sitchensis field trips during 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004. Parks Canada, Victoria.
  • Tor Tønsberg, second to find H. sitchensis outside of Canada, participant on field trip to Queen Charlotte Islands. University of Bergen, Norway.

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