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Kristiina Ovaska, Ph.D., M.Sc., received her doctoral degree (biology) from the University of Victoria in 1987, after which she completed two post-doctoral studies in animal behaviour and population biology. Presently, she is a partner in Biolinx Environmental Research Ltd. and a research associate at the Department of Forest Sciences, University of British Columbia. Over the past 15 years, Dr. Ovaska has prepared numerous environmental impact assessments, status reports, and recovery plans and conducted research on a variety of wildlife, including endangered species. Her experience with terrestrial gastropods includes the preparation of status reports and recovery strategies, research into effects of forestry, and numerous surveys for species deemed to be at risk in British Columbia. Her photographs of gastropods appeared in the Royal BC Museum Handbook “Land Snails of British Columbia” by R. Forsyth. Dr. Ovaska is the author of more than 40 publications in the refereed scientific literature, including several recent papers on terrestrial gastropods.
Lennart Sopuck, M.Sc., RPBio, has studied a wide variety of wildlife species over the past 25 years, including several species at risk, and specializes in research on the effects of human activities on wildlife. Together with Dr. Ovaska, he is a partner of Biolinx Environmental Research Ltd. and has conducted numerous survey and research projects on terrestrial gastropods of British Columbia. He is co-author of the RENEW recovery strategy for the Coastal Giant Salamander and for two species of terrestrial gastropods.
The following institutional collections were consulted. Only the Royal British Columbia Museum holds specimens of Prophysaon coeruleum from British Columbia.
Canadian Museum of Nature, PO Box 3443, Stn. D, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1P 6P4
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080, USA
Delaware Museum of Natural History, 4840 Kennett Pike, PO Box 3937, Wilmington, DE 19807-0937
The Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, USA 60605-2496
Royal British Columbia Museum, 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, BC, Canada V8V 1X4
Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ottawa, ON, Canada M5S 2G6