Testing the transferability of a marsh-inundation model across two landscapes
The effect of water-level (WL) fluctuations on both the structure and functioning of coastal marshes is well documented, and in the past, scientists have demonstrated this by relating historical changes in the areal cover of emergent vegetation (EM) of a particular site to… Read More
Use and development of the Wetland Macrophyte Index to detect water quality impairment in fish habitat of Great Lakes coastal marshes
Indices have been developed with invertebrates, fish, and water quality parameters to detect the impact of human disturbance on coastal wetlands, but a macrophyte index of fish habitat for the Great Lakes does not currently exist. Because wetland macrophytes are directly… Read More
Application of the Wetland Fish Index to northern Great Lakes marshes with an emphasis on Georgian Bay coastal wetlands
The wetland fish index (WFI), a published indicator of wetland condition that ranks wet- lands based on tolerance of fish species to degraded water-quality conditions, had been developed with data from 40 wetlands located exclusively in the southern portion of the Great Lakes… Read More
Aids of the conservation of Great Lakes coastal marshes: development of a macrophyte index and a novel macrophyte sampling protocol
Wetlands are a valuable resource, providing many ecosystem services, but unfortunately, coastal wetlands in the Great lakes are under threat from human development, including water quality impairment, introduction of exotic invasive species as well as physical damage such as… Read More
Development and use of fish-based indicators of wetland quality for Great Lakes coastal wetlands
This study focuses on fish habitat in Great Lakes coastal wetlands and the impact of environmental degradation, from nutrient and sediment loading, on fish assemblages. Wetland fish communities were studied on multiple spatial scales from a detailed study of a single wetland to… Read More