Status of Georgian Bay wetlands
There are more than 3700 coastal wetlands along the eastern coast of Georgian Bay. They are unique among other coastal wetlands in the basin of the Laurentian Great Lakes, being some of the most pristine (Chow-Fraser 2006; Cvetkovic and Chow-Fraser 2011), and receive minimal… Read More
Comparative study of ecological indices for assessing human-induced disturbance in coastal wetlands of the Laurentian Great Lakes
Several ecological indices have been developed to evaluate the wetland quality in the Laurentian Great Lakes. One index, the water quality index (WQI) can be widely applied to wetlands and produces accurate measurements of wetland condition. The WQI measures the degree of water… Read More
Effect of Wetland Quality on Sampling Bias Associated with Two Fish Survey Methods for Coastal Wetlands of the Lower Great Lakes
A variety of sampling gear and protocols have been used in the literature to characterize the fish communities of Great Lakes coastal wetlands, and these include passive-capture gears such as gill nets, trap nets, and fyke nets, as well as active-capture gears such as beach… Read More
Development of the Water Quality Index (WQI) to assess effects of basin-wide land-use alteration on coastal marshes of the Laurentian Great Lakes
Water-quality impairment for many coastal wetlands of the lower Great Lakes has been attributed to nutrient and sediment inputs from agricultural and urban landscapes, although for some marshes, point-source pollution from municipal or industrial waste- treatment facilities and… Read More