Effects of atypical water-level fluctuations on macrophyte species composition, ecological structure, and identification of water-level Indicator Species for coastal wetlands
Unlike the historical 8-year period oscillations (octennia) of high and low water levels (WLs), Lakes HuronMichigan recently experienced two octennia of sustained-low WLs (1999 to 2014), followed by an octennium of continuously high WLs. We used macrophyte presence data collected… Read More
Simulated changes in extent of Georgian Bay low-marsh habitat under multiple lake levels
The extent of coastal wetlands in Georgian Bay is controlled primarily by water level of Lake Huron, which directly affects the amount of critical habitat available for fish and wildlife communities. Lake-levels have historically fluctuated by nearly 2 m and that range could… Read More
Hydrogeomorphic modeling of low-marsh habitat in coastal Georgian Bay, Lake Huron.
Potential impacts of global climate change on the amount of low-marsh habitat in coastal wetlands of the Great Lakes are unknown, which may have important implications for the Great Lakes fish community that use such habitat. We developed a
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