Down the Drain: Georgian Baykeeper battles to save the Middle Lakes
Lake Huron is slowly but surely going down the drain. Anyone who visits Georgian Bay, the giant basin extending northeast from the lake, can see this. Over the past few years, as much as 90 percent of the wetlands that border the thousands of granite islands on the bay’s north… Read More
Factors Affecting Macrophyte and Fish Distribution in Coastal Wetlands of Georgian Bay
The three studies in this thesis are dedicated to improving knowledge on coastal wetlands of the Great Lakes, particularly those located in Lake Huron, Georgian Bay. The overall goal is to promote the health and conservation of these ecologically threatened ecosystems, which have… Read More
Use of IKONOS imagery to map coastal wetlands of Georgian Bay
Wetlands throughout North America have been diminished in quantity and quality because of human activities, and it is therefore important that fishery managers monitor changes in supply of this critical fish habitat. Use of traditional field-based methods to detect and record the… Read More
Great Lakes coastal wetlands monitoring and assessment techniques
The overall objective of this study is to contribute to general knowledge on bioassessment of Great Lakes coastal wetlands. Coastal wetlands (also referred to as marshes) are unique systems that experience day-to-day changes due to storms, high winds, and rapid changes in… Read More