Potential Impacts of GB Salmon’s Proposed Recirculatory Aquaculture System in Colpoy’s Bay (Wiarton, ON)
In the experiential graduate course taught by Prof Pat Chow-Fraser and Karen Kidd (Management of Aquatic Ecosystems and Resources, Biology 730), ten students set about to answer this question. "What information is required to determine the costs and benefits of this proposal?" … Read More
Community structure, species-habitat relationship and conservation of amphibians in forested vernal pools in the Georgian Bay region of Ontario.
Forested vernal pools serve an integral role in the recruitment of amphibians in glaciated northeastern North America. In south-central Ontario, vernal pools exist in relatively unimpacted forest networks, but the amphibian communities face uncertain challenges from… Read More
Detection of potential vernal pools on the Canadian Shield (Ontario) using object-based image analysis in combination with machine learning
Vernal pools are small, temporary, forested wetlands of ecological importance with a high sensitivity to changing climate and land-use patterns. These ecosystems are under consider- able development pressure in southeastern Georgian Bay, where mapping techniques are required to… 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
Development of a multi-scale wetland Resilience Index from muskellunge nursery habitat in Georgian Bay, Lake Huron
In a 2012 study, no age-0 muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) were found in any of 16 historic nursery sites in coastal marshes of southeastern Georgian Bay (SEGB), and this was attributed to sustained low water levels (1999–2013) that had altered the vegetation structure of nursery… Read More