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Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit Annual Report 2015
Awards and Recognition
Dr. Peter Beckett is the recipient of the Pioneer in Reclamation for the American Society of Mining and Reclamation and will be presented with the award in Spokane, WA on June 2, 2016. This prestigious award is given to people working in mined land reclamation activities and with over 4 decades of contributions to research, committees, and community programs. Congratulations!
The Vale Living with Lakes Centre was the recipient of two prestigious awards from the Ontario Association of Architects. The centre was the winner of an OAA Design Excellence Award for 2015, as well as the OAA’s Sustainable Design Excellence Award for 2015. The OAA’s Design Excellence Awards are based on considerations of creativity, context, sustainability and legacy
Dr. David Pearson was honoured by Laurentian University at a special event in January 2015 for having reached a major milestone in his service: 45 years at LU! Dr. Dave is a man who never fails to be positive, who looks for solutions, and shares his time, knowledge and experience freely with people young and old. We’re so glad he’s on our team!
Dr. Heidi Swanson was awarded a University Research Chair position at the University of Waterloo (July 2015‐July 2022). More information can be found at https://uwaterloo.ca/provost/university‐research‐chairs
Congratulations to Dr. Shelley Arnott who received her well‐deserved promotion to Full Professor at Queen’s University this year. Dr. Arnott was also made a Fellow by the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) this year in
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recognition for advancing the aquatic sciences via exceptional contributions to the benefit of the society and its publications, meetings, and other activities.
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Pascale Roy‐Léveillée as our newest member of the Co‐op Unit. Dr. Roy‐Léveillée is a permafrost scientist in the School of Northern and Community Studies. Her PhD studies were based in the northern Yukon on thermokarst lakes.
Dr. Chantal Barriault, Co‐Director of the Science Communication Graduate Diploma Program, completed her PhD thesis in 2015 entitled “Visitor Engagement and Learning Behaviour in Science Centres, Zoos and Aquaria”, through the Science and Mathematics Education Centre at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. Congratulations to her on her hard work!
We welcomed Cyndy Desjardins as the field technician for the University of Cambridge permanently based at the Lake Centre in Sudbury. Cyndy has been tasked with organizing students and project work for their NERC 'RELATED' (Recovery is RELATED: Restoring Ecosystems by Linking Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecological Dynamics) field experiment, which was launched this year. Five Cambridge students worked on projects out of the Lake Centre: Chloe Orland (PhD Candidate), Beth Smith and Toby Livesey (both of whom did undergraduate projects), and Charlotte Armitage and Ash Simkins (recent graduates from Oxford and Cambridge respectively). More information can be found on their group blog: https://ecologyatgingko.wordpress.com/2015/08/19/new‐multi‐lake‐experiment‐launched/
Dr. Nathan Basiliko was elected to serve on the Council of the Canadian Society of Soil Science for a 2 year term beginning in January 2015
Student Scholarships, Fellowships, Bursaries
Jessica Arteaga, PhD Candidate. NSERC Incentive Fund Graduate fellowship, Goodman School of Mines Boreal Ecology PhD Fellowship and the Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship, Laurentian (Basiliko)
Shakira Azan, PhD Candidate. Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship, Queen’s (Arnott/Yan)
Vanessa Bourne, MSc Candidate. Northern Student Training Program Support, NSERC Incentive Fund Grad Fellowship and NSERC One Minute Video Competition, Laurentian (Bailey/Gunn)
Samantha Burke, PhD Candidate was awarded a CGS‐D, and attended her first
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workshops as an international GLEON (Global Lakes Ecological Observing Network) fellow. She participated in (fully funded) aquatic network science meetings in the US and South Korea and received Northern Scientific Training Program research funding support, Waterloo (Swanson)
Michael Carson, PhD Candidate. Trillium Foundation Fellowship for International Students. $40,000/year 2014 through 2017, Laurentian (Basiliko)
Josée Courtemanche, B. Eng. Guelph, NSERC CREATE Mine of Knowledge, Laurentian (Mykytczuk)
Amelia Cox, BSc Candidate. NSERC‐USRA, Queen’s (Arnott/Reissen, SUNY‐Buffalo)
Rachel DeJong, MSc Candidate was awarded a prestigious Garfield Weston Northern Studies Award (MSc level), a QE II scholarship and Northern Scientific Training Program research funding support, Waterloo (Swanson)
Adam Gorgolewski, MSc‐F Candidate. NSERC Canadian Graduate Scholarship ($17.5k for 1 year), Toronto (Basiliko)
Varun Gupta, PhD Candidate. NSERC CGS (2015‐2018),Goodman School of Mines Scholarship (2014‐2018), NSERC Create Mine of Knowledge (2014‐2018), Laurentian (Mykytczuk/Gunn)
Andrea Hanson, MSc Candidate. NSERC Industrial Postgraduate Scholarship, Northern Scientific Training Program Support and the Canadian Land Reclamation Association, Tom Peters Memorial Mine Reclamation Award $5,000. Laurentian (Campbell)
Matthew Heerschap, MSc Candidate. W. Garfield Weston Foundation 2016 Fellowship for Northern Conservation, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Scholarship for habitat protection research and Northern Student Training Program Support, Laurentian (Gunn/Johnston)
Jesse Hoage, MSc Candidate. NSERC Incentive Fund Grad Fellowship, Laurentian (Basiliko)
Amanda Lavallee, MSc Candidate. NSERC Industrial Postgraduate Scholarship and Goodman School of Mines Graduate Scholarship, Laurentian (Campbell)
Mike Lavender, PhD Candidate. Bauman Scholarship, Queen’s (Arnott/Rusak, OMOECC/Schamp, Algoma)
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Gretchen Lescord, PhD Candidate. NSERC/GRIL ÉcoLac trainee and NSERC OGS, Laurentian (Gunn/Johnston)
Brent Lewis, MSc Candidate. Weston Foundation‐Wildlife Conservation Society Northern Research Award and Northern Scientific Training Program research funding support, Waterloo(Swanson)
Michele Nicholson, MSc Candidate. RS McLaughlin Scholarship, Queen’s(Arnott/ Tim Johnson, OMNRF)
Genevieve Noyce, PhD Candidate, OGS International Student Fellowship ($15k for 1 y, Toronto (Basiliko)
Jeannie Pau, BSc Student. NSERC‐USRA, Queen’s (Arnott/Higgins, IISD‐ELA)
Brittany Rantala‐Sykes, MSc Candidate. NSERC Industrial Postgraduate Scholarship, Goodman School of Mines Graduate Scholarship, and Northern Scientific Training Program, Laurentian (Campbell)
James Sinclair, PhD Candidate. OGS Scholarship, Queen’s (Arnott)
Ashley Stasko, PhD Candidate (CGS‐D student since 2013) was awarded the Davis Memorial Scholarship in Ecology, the NSERC Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement (Ashley is about to start a 4.5 month exchange at the University of Tromso in Norway), and an Arctic Frontiers PhD travel award. She also received an honourable mention for her presentation at the Biology Graduate Student Symposium, Waterloo (Swanson)
Nicole Valiquette, MSc Candidate, NSERC Incentive Fund Grad Fellowship Laurentian (Mykytczuk/Merritt)
Shanay Williams‐Johnson, MSc Candidate. NSERC Incentive Fund Grad Fellowship Laurentian (Basiliko/Mykytczuk)
Amanda Wittmann, MSc Candidate. NSERC/GRIL Écolac trainee, NSERC Incentive Fund Grad Fellowship and Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Scholarship for habitat protection research, Laurentian (Gunn/Bailey)
Kurt Yakimovich, MSc Candidate. NSERC Incentive Fund Grad Fellowship Laurentian (Basiliko/Mykytczuk)
Nelson Zabel, MSc Candidate. Weston Foundation‐Wildlife Conservation Society Northern Research Award and Northern Scientific Training Program research funding support, Waterloo(Swanson)
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Community Outreach
Dr. Shelley Arnott participated in the Frontenac County Invasive Species Community Seminar on Aug. 29 and gave a lecture entitled ‘Using Research to Guide Policy and Best Practices: How to control the spread and establishment of non‐native species’.
Dr. Peter Beckett is the Outreach Coordinator with the VLWLC. He served in the following Capacities in 2015:
VETAC: Chair
Canadian Land Reclamation Association (National): Director
Canadian Land Reclamation Association (Ontario Chapter): Director
Greenspace Advisory Panel: Technical member assisting in defining conservation areas in Sudbury.
Junction Creek Stewardship Committee: Technical advisor
Rainbow Routes: Environmental Advisor and Board Member
Sudbury Naturalists: Co‐chair
Dr. John Bailey participated in the following public outreach initiatives in 2015:
Member of the City of Greater Sudbury Lake Advisory Panel
Conducted Mushkegowuk Stream Sampling Training Session in Timmins, 5‐7 August
Participated in Matawa Tribal Council Land Use Planning Workshop in Thunder Bay, in November
On separate occasions he met with Marten Falls Chief and Council and Webequie Chief and Council Re: Ring of Fire surface water sampling.
Dr. Nathan Basiliko participated in the following public outreach initiatives in 2015:
Panelist at a public soils‐themed movie night in Montreal July 2015
Contributed to ongoing content development and promotion of the award‐winning Soil‐4‐Youth educational portal bringing exciting soil science educational resources to high school teachers and students to promote the important discipline of Soil Science: http://soilweb.landfood.ubc.ca/promo/raising‐awareness/soil‐4‐youth
Dr. Daniel Campbell participated in the following outreach activities in 2015:
Nine radio interviews with Radio‐Canada on the topics of : o Restoration of disturbed sites o Climate Change o Oil spill in Gogama o Mine restoration at Victor Mine o Invasive plants o Spiny water flea in Sudbury Lakes o Glyphosate(Roundup) and forests o Nolin Creek and urban creeks o Auditor General and mine sites
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Four Television/online interviews with Radio‐Canada: o Mining and the Environment o Glyphosate (Roundup) and forests o Spiny water flea in Sudbury Lakes o Monarch butterfly and milkweed
Virtual Research on Call program: Dr. Campbell is active in the French and English programs and participated in two sessions in 2015, one with grades 6‐8 students at Peter Pitseolak School in Cape Dorset and another with grades 9‐10 science classes at École secondaire Château‐Jeunesse in Longlac.
Dr. John Gunn participated in the following public outreach initiatives in 2015:
Provided expertise in numerous radio interviews on CBC Radio and print articles including the following big news stories for Sudbury:
o Sudbury Accent: The prodigal ling returns to Ramsey, 21 March 2015, Sudbury Star article on the discovery of Burbot in Ramsey Lake
o Dangerous Predator Reaches Sudbury Lake, 23 July 2015, Sudbury Star article on the discovery of the spiny water flea in Nepahwin Lake
o Sudbury's Clearwater Lake recovers naturally from mining pollution, 3 September 2015, Sudbury Star article on the discovery of a smallmouth bass population in Clearwater Lake
Participated in the Chamber of Commerce Leadership Luncheon as a speaker and panelist 27 January 2015
John Gunn and Bruce Jago welcomed an Engineering delegation from China and discussed our current work and Sudbury’s story of restoration and recovery, 23 September 2015
John Gunn and David Pearson welcomed the Caribbean‐Canada Emerging Leaders’ Dialogue (CCELD) and shared stories including our current work and Sudbury’s restoration and recovery, 23 September 2015
Hosted the Pacific Alliance Study Tour including the Ambassadors of both Chile and Columbia. Senior officials from Chile, Peru, Mexico and Columbia were on a 3 city tour of Canada (Sudbury, Ottawa, Vancouver) to learn about mining and environmental management practices.
Dr. David Kreutzweiser participated in the following public outreach activities in 2015:
Participated as an invited guest at Q&A session on environmental risks of neonicotinoid insecticides at the Rural Agro‐Innovation Network symposium in Bruce Mines, Ontario, February 2015
Participated as an invited guest and regional newspaper interviewee at public meetings on environmental effects of insecticides used in the spruce budworm early intervention strategy, Fredericton, New Brunswick, February 2015
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Dr. Nadia Mykytczuk participated in the following news stories in 2015
Gave the inaugural lecture of the Laurentian Ladies in Science student club, ‘Insights from an early career scientist’, 22 October 2015
Participated as a lecturer in the Resourceful City Speaker Series by the City of Greater Sudbury giving a talk entitled ‘Innovation in Biomining and Bioremediation’ 22 October, 2015
Along with her student, Varun Gupta, Dr. Mykytczuk participated in an interview with CBC News Sudbury, ‘Sudbury researcher hopes artificial wetland rafts help clean up mine waste’, 23 June 2015
Four interviews with Radio Canada as part of the ‘Chronique Scientifique’ during ‘Ca parle au Nord’ with Elizabeth Ryan featuring different scientific and environmental stories:
o Les microbes: les intendents de l’environnement, 10 February o Les algues bleues, 3 March o Regagner les métaux de nos déchets miniers, 13 April o Conférence Internationale à Sudbury: Mines et Environnement 2015, 9 June
Dr. Charles Ramcharan is a Member of the School of the Environment, and the Department of Biology. He’s also a member of the Long Lake and Ramsey Lake Stewardship Committees, and of the City of Greater Sudbury’s Food Policy Council, as well as the City of Sudbury’s Watershed Advisory Panel. He participated in the following outreach activities in 2015:
Appeared on CBC Radio, the Sudbury Star, Northern Life, and CTV news 9 times on the topics of regional oil spills from train derailments, and cyanobacteria blooms in lakes of the City of Sudbury.
Successfully completed a Sudbury Project Impact program on increasing habitat for small forest birds in Sudbury
Dr. Graeme Spiers served as a member of VETAC
Dr. Heidi Swanson participated in the following outreach activities in 2015:
In collaboration with Kluane First Nation and the Arctic Institute of Community‐Based Research, Dr. Swanson worked with her MSc student to train 3 First Nations youth in fish and invertebrate sampling in summer 2015. These youth will be visiting her lab to learn laboratory techniques in 2016. She also attended the community’s harvest camp to aid with preparing and preserving fish for winter stores, and was available to discuss our research project at this event and at the First Nations’ Annual General Assembly
Trained 4 Inuit workers water sampling in Kugluktuk, NU
In the role of third‐party independent researcher, Dr. Swanson co‐presented at a heated community meeting in Attawapiskat, ON, regarding effects of diamond mines on mercury levels in traditional food fishes
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Worked directly with 3 First Nations environmental monitors in the Northwest Territories, and participated in two‐way knowledge exchange regarding traditional and western science approaches to fish sampling
Presented mini‐slideshow and activity as a ‘Woman in Science’ at local Girl Guide Group (November 2015).
Dr. Swanson participated in the following media interviews in 2015: o National Radio: Mercury in northern lakes and permafrost, CBC o Local Radio: NicheROVER model helps predicts effects of invasive species’,
Kitchener‐Waterloo morning program, CBC o Text: Permafrost study could help forecast mercury levels in Dehcho Lakes' ‐ This
interview focused on landscape‐lake coupling, and how permafrost thaw could affect mercury levels in fish, CBC News North
Dr. Andrew Tanentzap gave a number of interviews in 2015 including this appearance on Countryfile on BBC that reached over 6 million viewers https://ecologyatgingko.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/from‐darwin‐to‐us/
Dr. Norm Yan gave the following invited lectures to the general public:
“Under the surface” invited lecture to Muskoka Arts and Crafts membership on life in the water, to accompany the opening of the collection of paintings by Lynda Lynn, entitled Under the Surface”. Nipissing University, Bracebridge. 25 Nov 2015
“Swimming with water fleas: the new cottage naturalist”, invited talk to the Skeleton Lake Cottagers Organization, Skeleton Lake, Muskoka. 8 Aug 2015
“What’s happening in Penn Lake?” invited talk at Springsyde Lake Cottagers Association Annual General meeting, Peninsula Lake, Huntsville, ON. 2 Aug 2015
“Improving environmental protection in Muskoka: Norm’s (not so) crazy ideas”, invited lecture, Friends of the Muskoka Watershed Annual General Meeting. 19 June 2015
“Calcium decline and jellification of Muskoka lakes – what is it? What caused it? What can be done about it?” Presentation to Muskoka Lakes Association, Port Carling, ON. 16 May 2015
“Might Muskoka lakes be unusually sensitive to road salt”, Muskoka Watershed Council, invited talk, Bracebridge Council Chambers. 16 Jan 2015
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2015 Watershed Lecture with Dr. John Colbourne We were honoured to have Dr. John Kenneth Colbourne give the annual Watershed Lecture for 2015 on Friday, October 30th. Dr. Colbourne joined the University of Birmingham in August 2012 and holds its inaugural Chair of Environmental Genomics. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, a founding member of the Daphnia Genomics Consortium (DGC), of the Consortium for Environmental Omics and Toxicology (CEOT) and is Co‐Director of the Joint Centre for Environmental Omics (JCEO) in partnership with the China National GeneBank. His talk entitled "Water fleas save the world: a new science for environment and health protection”, was extremely well attended. While here, Dr. Colbourne met with our students and discussed opportunities for collaborative work with researchers at the Lake Centre. We hope to see more of Dr. Colbourne in the future. Cambridge University Project: RELATED A three year $900K NERC funded project called RELATED (Restoring Ecosystems by Linking Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystem Dynamics) is underway in Sudbury as a collaborative project between the VLWLC and Cambridge University. The principal investigator is Dr. Andrew Tanentzap, our former Banting Fellow and now a faculty and Chair of the Ecosystems and Global Change Group at Cambridge University. Drs. Nadia Mykytczuk, Nathan Basiliko and John Gunn are the Laurentian collaborators on this project. Cambridge Postdoctoral Fellow Erik Szkokan‐Emilson continues to work on the project and splits his time between the Vale Living with Lakes Centre and the University of Cambridge. The goal is to assess how changing terrestrial landscapes affect the biotic productivity (zooplankton, microbes, benthic invertebrates) of nearshore waters and their release of greenhouse gases (CH4, CO2, H2S). The Cambridge project supports a full time research technician here at the Lake Centre (Cyndy Desjardins) and 5‐6 Cambridge staff/students are coming to the Lake Centre each year. Laurentian student (Kurt Yakimovich) also spent 4 weeks in Cambridge conducting his sediment genetics study and John Gunn visited Cambridge to participate in a RELATED workshop.
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Cambridge researchers celebrate after the installation of their project in Ramsey Lake.
OUPFB Students Engage in Sudbury Discoveries The VLWLC hosted the Ontario University Field Biology Course entitled “Restoration Ecology: From Fish to Microbes” on August 23‐September 5, 2015 with 13 students from 7 universities (Ottawa, Queen’s, Toronto, Trent, Waterloo, Carleton, Guelph). Drs. Gunn, Beckett, Mykytczuk and Spiers were the instructors and TA support was provided by Kayla Stewart and Amanda Wittmann. This was an exciting year when students discovered the extent of smallmouth bass reproduction in Clearwater Lake for which they received extensive media attention.
They were also privileged to be joined by visiting scientists from both Peru and Russia and one group of the students got to travel to Marathon with Drs. Beckett and Spiers where they took part in the Land Reclamation Conference.
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We also held the ICP Waters Dissection course again this year with our OUPFB students with the help of our visiting scientist in residence, Dr. Bjorn Rosseland from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, who joined us by videoconference. Michelle Gillespie led the dissection course from our lab in the Watershed Centre. Thirteen students were certified along with 2 international participants from Peru after completion of the ICP Waters International Program for Contaminant Sampling.
Dr. Bjorn Rosseland conferencing with students during the ICP Water Dissection Course.
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Sensitive Species Return to Sudbury The return of ling (a freshwater cod) was a good news story that never seemed to stop and received wide attention, locally and nationally. The species was the focus of a PhD study by one of our former students Dr. Pete Cott and he made many fascinating discoveries with regard to its sensitivity to on‐ice noise but also its ability to actually “sing” using its air bladder muscles as vocal chords. We usually think of ling as a resident of deep, cold, remote lakes and as a species sensitive to acidification and other disturbances. It was therefore no small surprise to see it return to our back yard in Ramsey Lake.
Ramsey Lake ling on March 4, 2015.
6th Mining and the Environment International Conference Graeme Spiers and Peter Beckett co‐chaired another successful conference held at Laurentian University from June 20th – 25th 2015. Hosted by the School of the Environment and the Goodman School of Mines, the conference attracted over 350 delegates from across Canada and included participants from the United States, Korea, United Kingdom and Norway. Over 67 presentations were delivered in three concurrent sessions. The conference kicked off with a two‐ day Mine of Knowledge short course titled: The Sudbury Story: Re‐greening Science of the Sudbury Region organized by Nadia Mykytczuk and ended with a number of field trips to Elliot Lake, Vale and Glencore. The conference also featured a Trade Show, organized by Goodman School of Mines. The organizing committee raised over $50,000 in sponsorships. Any proceeds from the conference are directed to student scholarships and bursaries. The Conference Secretariat, Karen Oman, Elizabeth Bamberger, Angèle Gosselin Mainville of the School of the Environment and Denyse Leroy of the Goodman School of Mines made sure everything ran smoothly.
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Science for a Changing North Workshop The IV Science for a Changing North Workshop was held at VLWLC on Feb. 18, 2015 and provided an opportunity for presentations by many of the participants of in Theme I of the NSERC Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystems Services (CNAES). The presentations were as follows: Bill Keller (Laurentian), Lakes in the Far North of Ontario: status and changes
Cheryl Chetkiewicz (Wildlife Conservation Society Canada), Getting it Right in the Ring of Fire: The case for regional environmental planning and how to get there
Brian Steinback (DeBeers Ltd), Mining Industry Science Needs
Brian Branfireun (Western), Climate & Land Use Change Impacts in Far North Peatlands: Implications for Carbon and Mercury Cycling
April James (Nipissing), Watershed Classification Studies in the Attawapiskat Watershed
John Bailey (OMOECC), Far North Stream Baseline Data Collections and Research
Daniel Campbell (Laurentian), Mitigation of Mining Activities in the Hudson bay Lowlands
Tom Johnston (OMNRF), Mercury in fish communities of the Attawapiskat River drainage
Rachel DeJong (Waterloo), Interactions of life history and mercury accumulation in northern rivers
John Gunn (Laurentian), 35 Years of Fisheries Research in the Sutton River Watershed: Building on Traditional Knowledge
David Pearson (Laurentian), Science Communication and First Nations Engagement
NSERC CRD Program TĀLER 2010‐2016 “Terrestrial Aquatic Linkages for Ecosystem Recovery” The TĀLER project funded by NSERC, Vale Ltd. and Glencore Ltd. (total $1M) addresses the concerns identified through the Sudbury Ecological Risk Assessment. The ERA concluded that Sudbury’s terrestrial ecosystems exhibited continuing soil erosion, elevation of metal contaminants and the lack of organic matter. The degraded nature of the land in turn adversely affects the recovery of diverse communities of invertebrates in littoral zones and riparian areas. The initial research team for this project consisted of J. Gunn and W. Keller (Laurentian), D. Kreutzweiser (Can. For. Serv.) S. Watmough (Trent), N. Yan (York) and J. McGeer (Wilfrid Laurier) and their students and post‐docs. In 2011 S. Arnott (Queen’s) joined the project to support a M.Sc. project by B. Kielstra. In 2012, N. Mykytczuk (Laurentian) joined to support M.Sc. student Caroline Sadlier and A. Yates (Western) and J. Bailey (VLWLC) joined to support a PDF project by David Armanini. In 2013 A. Tanentzap of the University of Cambridge joined
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TĀLER with a study that culminated in a paper published in Nature Communications (Forests fuel fish growth in freshwater deltas, 5(4077)). In 2015 NSERC agreed to a one year extension of the program in 2015 allowing J. McGeer (Wilfrid Laurier) and J. Gunn (Laurentian) to support PDF Dr. Nadine Taylor from Birmingham University to conduct a new molecular technique study (metabolomics) to assess sublethal effects of metals on zooplankton and the modifying effects of DOM. TĀLER addresses the following questions: 1) How does disturbance type (fire, logging, mining) affect benthic invertebrate recovery? (D.
Kreutzweiser, J. Gunn, S. Arnott, N. Mykytczuk, A. Tanentzap) 2) What controls the quantity and quality of organic matter entering lakes? (S. Watmough, J.
Gunn) 3) How do organic matter and base cations interact to influence the toxicity of residual
metals? (J. McGeer, N. Yan, M. Celis‐Salgado) 4) What habitat characteristics are associated with healthy invertebrate communities? ( A.
Yates, J. Bailey, W. Keller)
Scientists and community stakeholders participating in the Nov. 27, 2014 TALER workshop. A total of 8 TALER workshops were held.
Aquatic Restoration Group ‐ Sudbury Environmental Study Lakes In 2015, the Ministry of the Environment at the Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit continued sampling lakes for the Sudbury Environmental Study (SES) under 2 main programmes which complement each other: SES Extensive and SES Intensive. The SES Extensive programme includes a set of 44 lakes, located within a 100 km zone around Sudbury. These lakes were all acidified to below pH 5.5 in the early 80s, but are now in various stages of recovery. They were sampled once annually during the period late June through July. The data are intended to provide information on regional patterns in water quality and lake recovery in the lakes near Sudbury. During 2015, all 45 lakes in the SES Extensive lake set were sampled once for a set of standard water chemistry parameters. The SES Intensive programme is a set of lakes sampled monthly or twice‐monthly through the ice‐free season for a wide range of physical, biological and chemical parameters (water chemistry, Secchi disc transparency, oxygen/temperature profiles, zooplankton, phytoplankton), therefore giving a larger and more varied amount of
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data on a smaller group of lakes. In 2014 there were 10 lakes sampled monthly (May ‐ October) and 1 lake sampled twice‐monthly (Swan lake) under the SES Intensive programme. In August of 2015, zooplankton and water samples were collected from four Sudbury lakes as part of an environmental DNA pilot study in conjunction with the University of Guelph. This study compares the results of DNA analysis of zooplankton and water samples with those from traditional taxonomic processing to explore the potential for these new techniques to augment existing information. The zooplankton taxonomy lab continued to process samples collected under the SES programme, but also processed samples for various partners and collaborators including the Severn Sound Environmental Association and the Climate Change and Multiple Stressor Research Programme. Samples from Lake Simcoe were processed specifically for spiny water flea screening. Database management during 2015 included updating the several databases that house data produced from our programs. In addition, 30 data requests were addressed from partners and collaborators. Support for other projects, including graduate student projects was also provided (data, expertise and logistics). There is a current ongoing focus on generating updated lake reports summarising data collected through 2015. These Sudbury area monitoring programmes continue to be a very important component of Canadian and international efforts to assess the effects of acid deposition and the responses of lakes to sulphur emission controls. In recent years these studies have also figured prominently in large‐scale collaborations investigating the effects of other major environmental stressors including climate change, UV‐B irradiation, changes in DOC concentrations and declines in calcium. Results from these sampling programs have been presented and interpreted by ARG partners and numerous collaborators. Publication highlights for 2015 include two high‐profile papers that used historical ARG lake temperature data that appeared in Nature‐Scientific Data and Geophysical Research Letters. These articles underscore the value of continuing to collect long‐term lake data and there were other publications prepared for peer reviewed journals for widespread dissemination. Details of recent publications arising from this programme can be found within the publication section of this report. Climate Change and Multiple Stressor Aquatic Research Program An extensive network of collaboration has been established with international researchers. Scientific collaborations are resulting in many scientific papers examining climate/multiple stressor effects on northern aquatic systems. Some of these publications address the continuing recovery of lakes in the Sudbury area related to sulphur and metal emission reductions. Others are documenting the nature of aquatic ecosystems in the far north of Ontario, a region very vulnerable to future change. More papers are in preparation.
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Good working relationships have been developed and are being maintained with First Nation communities at Fort Hope, Fort Severn, and Peawanuck. Results from our scientific studies in their traditional lands are being provided to the communities on an ongoing basis. Discussions are underway to develop sampling plans in the far north of Ontario for summer 2016. During the summer of 2015, field studies focused on two areas of the far north of Ontario. 1) Four rivers draining to Hudson Bay near Fort Severn (Wasaho First Nation) were sampled
for fish, water chemistry and benthic invertebrates (Shagamu River, Shell Brook, Goose Creek, Pipowatin River). These waters are important fishery resources for the community of Fort Severn. In the Pipowatin River recording thermisters were also used to track temperature conditions during the sea trout spawning run. Three sites on other, smaller streams near the community of Fort Severn were also sampled for water chemistry and benthic invertebrates.
2) Sampling was continued in the Hawley Lake/Sutton River area, east of the community of Peawanuck (Weenusk First Nation). Studies of the limnology of Hawley Lake, including sampling for water chemistry, zooplankton, phytoplankton, and thermal conditions were continued. Fish and water chemistry samples were collected from the Sutton River and recording thermisters were again used to track thermal conditions in this world class sea trout fishery.
Fish collections were also completed during 2015 on two of the largest rivers in the far north of Ontario, the Severn and Winisk. Fish samples for contaminants, stable isotopes, and fatty acid analyses were collected by residents of the coastal First Nation communities at Fort Severn and Peawanuck. This collaborative study between First Nations, University of Waterloo (H. Swanson) and Laurentian (W. Keller, T. Johnston, J. Gunn) follows on our previous work on mercury in these large rivers, and seeks to better understand the nutritional aspects of their anadromous (migrating between fresh and salt water) fisheries, which are very important local food sources. Science transfer activities during 2015 focused on the preparation of scientific manuscripts to disseminate the knowledge gained so far from our northern studies. Work has also continued on creating a useful, accessible database of far north lake and river data from the studies completed or coordinated to date by the Climate Change and Multiple Stressors Aquatic Research Program at Laurentian University (2009‐2015). A number of clean datasets on various aspects of lake chemistry and biology have already been transferred to the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change for inclusion in their broad northern Ontario database.
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Northern Fisheries Research Program
Senior technician Lee Haslam and summer student Meghan Clout on Lake Nipissing in 2015.
This program improves our understanding and aids the management of the fish populations that support the recreational, commercial and subsistence fisheries of northern Ontario. The program is led by Tom Johnston (MNRF) and has included a variety of projects examining the biology, ecology, and ecotoxicology of northern fish populations. Work on this program in 2015 was primarily directed at two fields of research: i) Mercury bioaccumulation and food web structure in northern fish populations. This work is supported by MNRF Far North Branch, MNRF Regional Operations, MNRF Aquatic Research and Monitoring Section, MOECC Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch, NSERC CNAES, NSERC Discovery Grants Program, and Wildlife Conservation Society Canada. The geographic focus of this work continues to shift towards aquatic ecosystems of Ontario’s Far North. Fish sampling was carried out on 14 lakes and 11 river sites in both shield and lowland ecozones of the Far North as part of the CNAES program. A new graduate student research project was initiated on food quality of subsistence fishes in coastal rivers of the Far North (Heerschap, MSc). Delineation of aquatic food web structure continued in near North with an emphasis on the lower trophic levels of the Lake Nipissing ecosystem. ii) Reproductive ecology of northern fishes. This research is funded by the MNRF Aquatic Research and Monitoring Section, and NE Regional Operations. Research on Lake Nipissing continues to explore the effects of multiple stressors (spawning stock decline, food web disruption) on energy allocation and reproductive ecology of its walleye and white sucker populations. The Freshwater Invertebrate Reference Network of Northern Ontario (FIRNNO) Biological indicators such as benthic macroinvertebrates (BMI) are useful in gauging the degree of impact due to human activities. The simplest approach involves the collection of BMI data prior to the activity at paired control and impact areas and the comparison to BMI data after the activity. The traditional before‐after/ upstream‐downstream (BACI) study design is not always feasible due to confounding issues and geographical limitations, hence alternative designs have been proposed. The Reference Condition Approach (RCA) to bioassessment is based on the premise that when a site is to be assessed, its BMI community is compared to that
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of many minimally impacted reference sites with similar habitat characteristics. The implementation of the RCA design generally requires a large network of reference sites encompassing many habitat types from which to match a site of interest. Such a network is currently maintained by the Co‐op Unit. The Freshwater Invertebrate Reference Network of Northern Ontario (FIRNNO) was designed to assist the metal mining industry in locating suitable reference sites to meet the Environmental Effects Monitoring (EEM) requirements of the Fisheries Act. The objectives of this project are:
o to develop and maintain a large network of reference sites to define the normal range of Northern Ontario benthic macroinvertebrate (BMI) communities
o to maintain an accessible database of BMI abundance and chemical/physical habitat characteristics for Northern Ontario lakes and streams
o to assess and monitor mining and other anthropogenic effects on surface waters by detecting any change in BMI community structure.
Since FIRNNO’s establishment in 2003, BMI data for over 400 sites have been collected in the vicinity of 4 mining centers including Red Lake, Hemlo, Sudbury and Timmins along with accompanying water chemistry as well as site, channel and watershed level habitat data. This was expanded in 2013 when 72 sites sampled in the Attawapiskat River basin as part of MOECC’s Ring of Fire Baseline Environmental Data Collection Programme. Thirty‐one more sites were sampled in this area in 2014 using a crew from the Co‐op Unit and Marten Falls First Nation. In order to expand coverage of the reference site network, the Co‐op Unit fall 2014 sampling focused on the upper Albany River Basin, where 35 sites were sampled. These sites expand coverage of the Network and also provide information on the type of environment a transportation corridor from the Ring of Fire is expected to pass through.
Far North stream sampling crew, Fall 2015.
R‐L: Nicole Novodvorsky, Eric Wilcox, Vanessa Bourne, Amanda Wittmann.
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Sampling in 2015 was focused on the Ring of Fire Region. Forty‐six sites were sampled, split between the Hudson Bay Lowlands and Boreal Ecozones. Sampling occurred three times for each site: post‐breakup, mid‐summer and fall. These data will contribute to the MOECC baseline data collection and also serve to support Vanessa Bourne’s MSc research project examining seasonal variability of biota and water chemistry across the two Ecozones. Sampling was also carried out in the fall of 2015 focusing on eleven sites on Junction Creek in Sudbury. These data will be used by Amanda Wittmann for her MSc research examining recovery of Junction Creek and the effectiveness of recovery measures that have been implemented. The FIRNNO data were used for a number of research and management initiatives in 2015. A study under the Terrestrial‐Aquatic Linkages for Ecosystem Recovery (TALER) project was completed that focused on the relationship between benthic invertebrate communities and landscape‐scale data, collected using GIS techniques, and on annual variability in benthic communities. A project under the Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services (CNAES) was completed that examined the concordance of benthic communities across watersheds and the spatial application of reference sites. A special issue of Freshwater Science was released that compared the performance of several benthic invertebrate bioassessment analytical methods, including those used at the Co‐op Unit. The FIRNNO data are managed through the Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN) online data base. In 2015 assessment tools for the Attawapiskat River Basin were designed at the Co‐op Unit and uploaded to the CABIN site following review by a national panel of aquatic bioassessment science experts. These tools allow users to carry out assessments of stream sites of interest, to calculate a wide range of commonly‐used benthos community metrics and to prepare publication‐ready reports. Similar tools are in development for all of northern Ontario and these are expected to be complete in the spring of 2016. For more information, contact John Bailey.
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Mine of Knowledge Program: Finding Microbial Solutions to Ecosystems Problems
PhD project utilizing floating wetlands.
The Mine of Knowledge program is 5 year $1.65 NSERC funded CREATE program designed to train students in a multi‐disciplinary research to provide the mining industry with highly qualified personnel in environmental management and restoration of ecosystem services at mining locations around the world. Laurentian University joins with University of Montreal, INRS, McMaster, and Ottawa universities in this bilingual Quebec/Ontario program. Bacterial metabolism represents the root cause of deleterious mine drainage, but also a significant untapped opportunity to enhance mine sustainability through strategic characterization of its roles in these ecosystems. In addition to providing students with hands‐on experience, the SMART‐MINE initiative will provide them with training in analytical and environmental chemistry, mine waste mineralogy, biogeochemistry, ecotoxicology, environmental genomics and molecular microbiology using state‐of‐the‐art instrumentation and modeling approaches. Graduate projects will range from fundamental laboratory‐based projects on membrane protein transport to large‐scale field studies on the bioremediation of mine drainage. This bilingual Quebec/Ontario training program will form a new generation of environmental scientists who understand the needs of mining industries and are prepared to propose innovative solutions to improve the environmental sustainability of this key Canadian economic sector. With the increasing overlap associated with expansion of mining activities into the Canadian north between Canadian mining activities and First Nations communities, this Mine of Knowledge will emphasize First Nations representation and involvement.
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Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystems Services (CNAES) Networks Lead Scientist Dr. Don Jackson, University of Toronto
Theme I Co‐Leaders: Dr. John Gunn, Laurentian University Dr. Brian Branfireun, Western University
LU/CFEU participants: J. Bailey, D. Campbell, J. Gunn, T. Johnston, B. Keller, D. Pearson, H. Swanson
CNAES project work in 2015
NSERC funding: Total of $4,416,625.00 over 5 years (2012‐16) Participating Universities: Toronto, Laurentian, UBC, UQAM, Western, Guelph, Trent, UNB, Waterloo, McGill, Nipissing CNAES Graduate Students at LU (to date): Project 1.3 Characterize the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems 1.3(a) RCA invertebrate surveys – M.Sc. Nicole Novodvorsky (PI John Bailey/John Gunn) 1.3(b) Zooplankton and Phytoplankton – M.Sc. Josef MacLeod (PI Bill Keller/ John Gunn) 1.4 Impact of nutrient additions on wetlands – M.Sc. Amanda Lavallee (PI Daniel Campbell) Project 1.5 Characterize the distribution of Hg and MeHg in surface water and freshwater biota 1.5(a.1) Headwater to Coast Hg Survey – Ph.D. Gretchen Lescord (PI Tom Johnston/John Gunn) 1.5(a.2) Stable Isotopes and Hg – M.Sc. Alexandra Sumner (PI John Gunn/Tom Johnston) 1.5(c) Anadromy and Hg – M.Sc. Rachel DeJong (PI Heidi Swanson, Waterloo) 1.5(d) Anadromy and Fatty Acids – M.Sc. Matt Heerschap (PI Tom Johnston/John Gunn) 1.6 Science Communication and First Nation Engagement – (PI Chantal Sarrazin‐Delay/David Pearson) Partnering agencies: Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Parks Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Central & Arctic Region, Le Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune du Québec
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Partnering Industries and Foundations: DeBeers Canada, Alberta Innovation Technology, Kongsberg Maritime, David Suzuki Foundation In 2015 the annual CNAES meeting was held at Sault College, Sault Ste. Marie from April 28‐30. The Theme 1 annual meeting was held at the Vale Living with Lakes Centre on Feb. 18th, 2015. A New Model for Upper Level Student Engagement and E‐learning through Social Online Course Environments with a Global Reach: the Laurentian University SOLE Model A team of people led by Nadia Mykytczuk, in collaboration with several LU departments, faculty, staff, and external city and industry collaborators are working to develop, test, and deliver an innovative new learning model for e‐learning courses. The model and first production will lead to the establishment of a signature course for Laurentian on “Bioremediation; Global Lessons from the Sudbury Restoration Story.” Such a course will be key to Laurentian’s provincial, national and international student recruitment efforts. The interactive experimental model that we will develop and test will guide future developments of not only our own distance education programs, but is also designed to lead to major improvements in on‐line course at other institutions in Ontario. The first of six course modules (Module 4: Terrestrial and Aquatic Linkages for Ecosystem Recovery) was completed and “beta‐tested” at a stakeholders workshop in November 2014. The second module was presented as a workshop during the Mining and Environment International Conference in June 2015. The full course is set to launch in September of 2016 as well as presentations at the Sudbury Protocol Conference (May 9‐11) and as a special showing at Cinéfest.
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Science Communication at the Vale Living with Lakes Centre www.sciencecommunication.ca A new Masters in Science Communication Our proposal for a new 12 month, course and major paper‐based, Masters in Science Communication is well on its way to approval after a highly positive external review. We expect it will be available in September 2017. The 10 month Graduate Diploma we currently offer will still be on the books for those who already have a graduate degree and don’t want to write up another major research project. We are still the only graduate program of our kind in North America and the new Masters will confirm our profile. An obvious direct benefit of the program for the Lake Centre is that every year about a dozen science communication students join forces with their peers in the Biology Graduate Seminar course to create YouTube style video stories about the biology students’ research projects. This synergy is reinforcing our Lake Centre culture of high quality communication, as well as providing excellent videos for our annual ‐ some have said “legendary” ‐ bow tie Eagle Awards Gala at the end of March. In the year just ended we broke new ground by training Lake Centre‐based biology graduate students to write, direct and produce their own video stories for the Gala, using mini iPads from our Far North outreach kit. The quality of the videos was excellent. This new approach will be our model for the workshops NSERC has agreed to fund for students in the Aquatic Ecosystem Services Network in three cities over the next year. Recent work experience placements for students have included NSERC; office of the Federal Minister of State for Science and Technology; Perimeter Institute; the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research; SNOLab and the Canadian Association of Physicists; Vancouver Aquarium; Ivvavik National Park, Inuvik; Imagine Science Films, New York; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto; Art.Science.Gallery, Austin, Texas; and Science Made Simple, Cardiff, Wales. We continue to offer bursaries to our students from the interest on a dedicated endowment fund totaling $560,000. The largest contributors have been the F. Jean MacLeod Trust and the TD Financial Group, as well as the Grace Rumball Bursary. Role in NSERC Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services We contribute to the Network, to communication and relationship building with First Nations in the Far North. The Board of CNAES approved the addition of Project 1‐6 “Building Relationships with Far North First Nation communities” in Theme 1 in June 2014, with a budget of $30,000 “to enable the building of trust‐based, mutually respectful and beneficial relationships with all Far North Ontario First Nations in whose traditional land use areas field work is required for the success of CNAES projects. Such relationships are required for the social license to carry out research in the region and therefore for a sustainable research program.” As a result of this support
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Chantal Sarrazin‐Delay has taken on the part time position of “Coordinator of First Nation Relationship Building”. David Pearson is the lead of Project 1‐6 in collaboration with Dr. Heidi Swanson of the University of Waterloo. The project involves “engaging young people in community schools with science activities broadly related to the science in the network and designed to motivate interest in environmental and earth sciences, with a view to creating awareness and interest in eventual employment or career paths”, as well as contributing to training of community members in aquatic invertebrate identification (Chantal Sarrazin‐Delay’s specialization), and engaging community members and members of Council on occasions such as Open Houses. Science Outreach Activities in the Far North Outreach activities in communities and schools in the Far North of the province in 2015 were funded through complementary sources each with a different focus: NSERC PromoScience, along with the NSERC Aquatic Ecosystem Services Network, and the privately funded Far North Ontario Youth in Science Opportunity Program initiated in 2012. Chantal Sarrazin‐Delay is the Outreach Coordinator for all these initiatives. Outreach often occurs alongside work with First Nation communities on adapting to climate change in collaboration with OCCIAR (the Ontario Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Resources) and in parallel with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry’s community‐based land use planning discussions in Far North communities.
Children look at aquatic insects using the wifi microscope and iPad.
For school visits as well as for community open houses, we take wifi microscope and iPads along with a wide variety of specimens, including aquatic invertebrates, (although we usually collect fresh material – even through the ice), for students and community members to examine. We also have desk top demonstrations of lake stratification and the use of water monitoring equipment; fossils and minerals; animal bones; otoliths and other fish structures for aging; lichens, and whatever local material is available at the time. In 2015, we extended our geographic reach as far as the Hudson Bay and James Bay coast, visiting six First Nation communities (Fort Albany, Kashechewan (twice), Neskantaga, Fort Hope (3 times), Fort Severn
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and Attawapiskat) and ran workshops for First Nation youth gatherings in Longlac (Longlac Environmental Festival) and Terrace Bay (Great Lakes Student Conference). We visited 7 schools, 40 classrooms and engage almost 1000 young people. Some of the schools in newly visited communities included grades 10‐12 allowing us to engage older students than previously. We added activities relating to the properties of water as well as measurement of biotic and abiotic heat production in nature using a thermal camera. While we were in some communities, we participated in community meeting and met with key community members. In Kashechewan, we demonstrated kid activities to adults attending the MNRF land use community meeting. Similarly, in Fort Hope, we demonstrated kid’s activities to all ages during a mine decommissioning community meeting. In Neskantaga and Attawapiskat, we met chief and council and key community members respectively to discuss fish mercury sampling in their traditional lands by LWL scientists. To further connect with community members and environmental staff from Far North Ontario First Nation communities, we attended the Northern Ontario First Nation Environment Conference (NOFNEC) in Thunder Bay. We delivered a talk about climate change effects in the north and manned a table during the trade show where we demonstrated some kid’s science activities and had a demo aquaponics system to spark interest. While in Fort Severn FN and Fort Hope FN this summer, we collaborated with Frontier College, a non‐profit organization and national leader in literacy programming to offer one‐day science workshops for children enrolled in their literacy and numeracy camp. Children had an opportunity to learn about aquatic ecosystems by dipnetting for benthic invertebrates and sampling for fish. We are also collaborating with Leo Leclair of the High Skills Major Program of the Rainbow District School Board to introduce aquaponics in Far North schools to demonstrate the link between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. We have installed classroom‐scale aquaponics demonstration apparatus in John C. Yesno Education Centre in Fort Hope, the Lands Office in Fort Severn, and in the Matawa Tribal Council Office in Thunder Bay. We hope to provide these units to more schools in the future and scale them up for family vegetable growing. This past year, we had the opportunity to take Science Communication students Parker MacLean, Jordan Nicksy and Carly Robillard to some community schools to help in engaging the students. Along with summer student Sophie Martel, these young people were excellent science role models for First Nation youth. Mercury and the Guide to Eating Ontario Fish In relation to communicating science involved in CNAES research, we have focussed our attention on mercury issues, beginning with developing graphic ways of communicating the information in the Guide to Eating Ontario Fish. Several designs have been tested in communities and at NOFNEC. That work is continuing. Ph.D. candidate Gretchen Lescord spoke about mercury in fish at a Mushkegowuk Environmental Research Centre workshop for members of all Mushkegowuk First Nations in April 2015. Later in the year she also visited
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Attawapiskat to speak with key community members to complement an earlier visit by CNAES mercury researchers Drs. Branfireun (Western) and Swanson (Waterloo).
Recent Developments Ontario’s Green Infrastructure Fund, through the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs, has recently provided $5 million over two years to the Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and Adaptation Resources (OCCIAR), in MIRARCO at Laurentian for a program of climate change initiatives involving First Nations. It will be jointly led by David Pearson from the Lake Centre and Allan Douglas of OCCIAR. The Ontario First Nations Technical Services Corporation will be a partner with OCCIAR. The program covers:
Building the technical capacity required for First Nations to participate in economic opportunities associated with Ontario`s proposed cap and trade program;
Developing adaptation strategies for First Nation communities to prepare for the effects of climate change; and
Conducting a Northern Climate Change Impact Study.
Conference Organizing, Program Coordination and Editorial Activities Arnott, S.
Associate Editor of Journal of Applied Ecology, 2010‐present
Chair of Meetings Committee, the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
Member of Organizing Committee, ASLO Sante Fe meeting, 2016
NSERC RTI review panel, 2013‐2015
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Basiliko, N.
Served as Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Soil Science (2013‐)
Served as Review Editor, Frontiers in Microbiology (2011‐)
Served as Associate Editor, FEMS Microbiology Letters
Ad‐hoc reviewer of >20 journal manuscripts and grant applications
Served on the International Scientific Committee member for the 2015 International Union of Soil Science‐ISMOM/Canadian Society of Soil Science meeting in Montreal
Convened and chaired a session “Soil Microbiology” at the 2015 International Union of Soil Science‐ISMOM/ Canadian Society of Soil Science meeting in Montreal
Beckett, P.
Served on the Organizing Committee for the Ontario CLRA/OMA Annual Reclamation Symposium
Co‐Chair for the Mining and the Environment International Conference Sudbury 2015 Belzile, N.
Served as Associate Editor for the Journal of Geochemical Exploration
Served on the Editorial Board of ISRN Environmental Chemistry
Served on the Editorial Board of Green and Sustainable Chemistry Campbell, D.
Organized a special session at the annual conference of the Canadian Land Reclamation Association.
Member of the committee to organize the 2019 World Congress of the Society of Ecological Restoration in Québec City
Reviewer for articles in Wetland Ecology and Management (2) and Botany (1). Gunn, J.
Served as Coordinator for the Boreal Ecology PhD Program
Science Committee Member and Theme 1 Co‐leader for NSERC CNAES program
Organized Science for a Changing North Workshop IV, Feb. 18 Kreutzweiser, D.
Served as Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Forest Research
Steering Committee, NSERC Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services Annual General Meeting, Sault Ste. Marie ON
McGeer, J.
Editor of the Bulletin of the Canadian Society of Zoologists 2013‐present Mykytczuk, N.
Served on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Microbiological Methods 2014‐present
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Served on the organizing committee for the Mining and the Environment International Conference Sudbury 2015
Organizer/Professor of Conference Workshop: “Environmental Bioremediation: Global Lessons from the Sudbury Story” June 20‐21 2015, Sudbury 2015: Mining and the Environment International Conference
Session convenor: “Mine of Knowledge Symposium” Sudbury 2015: Mining and the Environment International Conference
Ramcharan, C. served as the Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Spiers, G.
Co‐Chair for the Mining and the Environment International Conference Sudbury 2015
Served as Treasurer of the Canadian Society for Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy 2013‐2015
Swanson, H.
Organizing Committee and Session Chair, Water Institute Annual Research Symposium, University of Waterloo, April 30, 2015.
Associated Editor, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Tanentzap, A.J.
Served as Associate Editor at the journal Nature Scientific Reports
Served as Associate Editor at Journal of Vegetation Science Watmough, S.A.
Member of the editorial board, of Science of the Total Environment
Named one of the top reviewers for the journal The Science of the Total Environment
Named one of 12 outstanding reviewers for the journal Canadian Journal of Forest Research
Co‐Chaired the “2015 Conference of the Northeastern Ecosystem Research Cooperative Meeting”, Saratoga Springs, New York, 24‐25 March 2015.
Partners and Collaborators Industry
Vale Ltd. Glencore Ltd. DeBeers Canada Partners and Collaborators Algoma University Appalachian State University City of Greater Sudbury Cornell University
Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans Canada Environment and Climate Change Canada Government of Northwest Territories Great Lakes Forestry Centre, NRCAN‐CFS
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Inst. Nat. de la recherche scientifique – Eau Terre Environnement Lakehead University Laurentian University L'Université de Montréal McGill University McMaster University Michigan Tech U Mt. Holyoke College Natural Resources Canada Nipissing University OMOECC OMNRF Ontario Forest Research Institute (MNRF) Queen’s University Ryerson University Skidmore College South West U. of Science &Technology
Tianjin Univ. of Science &Technology Trent University Universidad de Santiago de Chile University of British Columbia University of Cambridge University of Geneva University of Guelph University of Munster University of New Brunswick University of Sherbrooke University of Toronto University of Waterloo University of Windsor University of Winnipeg Western University Wilfrid Laurier University York University
Others Aboriginal Aquatic Resources and Oceans Management Program Avalon Rare Metals Inc. Ambiotek Arctic Inst. of Community Based Research Canada‐Ontario Invasive Species Centre Centre d'expertise en analyse environnementale du Québec Council of National Research, Italy Dehcho First Nations Government of Northwest Territories Great Lakes Fishery Commission Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Reserve International Copper Association International Zinc Association J.D. Irving Ltd.
Kluane First Nation Long Point Waterfowl and Wetlands Res. Fund Marten Falls First Nation Matawa Tribal Council MIRARCO Mushkegowuk Tribal Council Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association Severn Sound Environmental Association Teck Resources Tembec United States Forest Service United States Fish and Wildlife Service United States Geological Survey Webequie First Nation Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
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Book Chapters Alarie Y, R Beutel and M Balke. 2016. Meruidae. In Handbook of Zoology Vol. I. In press. Vorkamp K and JC McGeer. 2015. How to improve exposure assessment. Chpt. 4 pg 77‐102. in Aquatic Ecotoxicology. Amiard‐Triquet C, JC Amiard and C Mouneyrac. Elsevier Inc. Publications Co‐op Unit Members authored or co‐authored numerous publications in 2015: Altshuler I, A McLeod, J Colbourne, ND Yan and M Cristescu. 201X. Synergistic interactions of biotic and abiotic environmental stressors on gene expression. Genome. In press. Aubin I, F Cardou, K Ryall, D Kreutzweiser and T Scarr. 2015. Ash regeneration capacity after emerald ash borer (EAB) outbreaks: Some early results. Forestry Chronicle 91:291‐298 Azan S, SE Arnott and ND Yan. 2015. A review of the effects of Bythotrephes longimanus and calcium decline on zooplankton communities ‐ can interactive effects be predicted? Environmental Reviews 23:395‐413.
Baker SR, SA Watmough and MC Eimers. 2015. Phosphorous forms and response to changes in pH in acid‐sensitive soils on the Precambrian shield. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 95: 95‐108 Barrett S and SA Watmough. 2015. Factors controlling peat chemistry and vegetation composition in Sudbury peatlands after 30 years of pollution emission reductions. Environmental Pollution 206: 122‐132 Basiliko N and V Gupta. 2015. Bringing guest scientists to the university biology classroom via the web. FEMS Microbiology Letters 362: fnv124 Belzile N and Y‐W Chen. 2015. Tellurium in the environment: A critical review focussing on natural waters, soils, sediments and airborne particles. Applied Geochemistry 63:83‐92. Brown AH and ND Yan. 2015. Food quantity affects the sensitivity of Daphnia sp. to road salt. Env. Sci. Technol. 49: 4673‐4680 Campbell D, PA Keddy, M Broussard and TB McFalls‐Smith. 201X. Small changes in flooding have large consequences: experimental data from ten wetland plants. Wetlands. In Press. Campbell D, D Polster, L Rochefort and C Powter. 201X. Reclamation, rehabilitation, restoration and remediation in Canada: A search for common ground. Canadian Reclamation. In Press.
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Casson NJ, MC Eimers and SA Watmough. 201X. Controls on soil nitrification and stream nitrate export at two forested catchments. Biogeochemistry. In Press. Celis‐Salgado MP, W Keller and ND Yan. 2016. Calcium and sodium as regulators of the recovery of four Daphnia species along a gradient of metals and base cations in contaminated lakes in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. J. Limnol. In Press. Chen Y‐W, A Alizharani, T‐L Deng and N Belzile. 2015. Valence properties of tellurium in different chemical systems and its determination in refractory environmental samples using hydride generation – atomic fluorescence spectroscopy. Analytica Chimica Act 905:42‐50 Chételat J, M Amyot, P Arp, J Blais, D Depew, C Emmerton, M Evans, M Gamberg, N Gantner, C Girard, J Graydon, J Kirk, D Lean, I Lehnherr, D Muir, M Nasr, A Poulain, M Power, A Rencz, P Roach, G Stern, HK Swanson and S van der Velden. 2015. Mercury in freshwater ecosystems of the Canadian Arctic: Recent advances on its cycling and fate. Science of the Total Environment 509‐510: 41‐66 Cott PA, A Schein, BW Hanna, TA Johnston, DD MacDonald and JM Gunn. 2015. Implications of linear developments on northern fishes. Environmental Reviews 23: 177‐190 Cousins C and GA Spiers. 201X. Quantification of metals in paper mill biosolids as covers on mine tailings. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry. In review. Crossman J, MC Eimers, SA Watmough, M Futter, J Kerr, S Baker and PJ Dillion. 2016. Can recovery from disturbance explain observed declines in total phosphorus in Precambrian shield catchments? Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. In Press.
Cunningham JL and JC McGeer. 2016. The effects of chronic cadmium exposure on repeat swimming performance and anaerobic metabolism in brown trout (Salmo trutta) and lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis). Aquatic Toxicology 173: 9‐18
DeMille CM, SE Arnott and GG Pyle. 2016. Variation in copper effects on kairomone‐mediated responses in Daphnia pulicaria. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 126:264‐272
Dočkalová, K, J Holubcova, M Bacardit, M Bartrons, L Camarero, E Gallego, JO Grimalt, DW Hardekopf, Z Hořická, BO Rosseland, J Tátosová and E Stuchlík. 2015. Brown and brook trout populations in the Tatra Mountain lakes (Slovakia, Poland) and contamination by long‐range transported pollutants. Biologia (Bratislava) 70(4):516‐529 Eimers MC and SA Watmough. 2016. Increasing nitrate concentrations in streams draining into Lake Ontario. Journal of Great Lakes Research. In Press. Emilson C, D Kreutzweiser, J Gunn and N Mykytczuk. 2016. Effects of land use on the structure and function of leaf litter microbial communities in Boreal stream. Freshwater Biology. In press.
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Fitzpatrick C, A Agrawal, N Basiliko, A Hastings, M Isaac, MP Preston, M Johnson. 2015. The importance of plant genotype and contemporary evolution for terrestrial ecosystem processes. Ecology 96: 2632–2642 Gao D, X Yu, Y Guo, S Wang, M Liu, T‐L Deng, Y‐W Chen and N Belzile. 2015. Extraction of lithium from salt lake brine with triisobutyl phosphate in ionic liquid and kerosene. Chemical Research in Chinese Universities 31:621‐626 Giardini J‐L, N Yan and A Heyland. 2015. Consequences of calcium decline on the embryogenesis and life history of Daphnia magna. J. Exp. Biology 218: 2005‐2014 Giraldo C, A Stasko, ES Choy, B Rosenberg, A Majewski, M Power, HK Swanson, L Loseto and JD Reist. 201X. Trophic variability of Arctic fishes in the Canadian Beaufort Sea: a fatty acids and stable isotopes approach. Polar Biology. In Press. Gorgolewski A, J Caspersen, P Hazlett, T Jones, HN Tran and N Basiliko. 2016. Responses of Eastern Red‐backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus) abundance 1 year after application of wood ash in a northern hardwood forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 46: 402‐409 Graham EB and many others. 2016. Microbes as engines of ecosystem function: When does community structure enhance predictions of ecosystem processes? Frontiers in Microbiology 7:214 Gunn JM, BK Kielstra and E Szkokan‐Emilson. 201X. Catchment liming creates recolonization opportunity for sensitive invertebrates in a smelter impacted landscape. Journal of Limnology. In press. Holman KL, ML Schummer, SA Petrie, Y‐W Chen and N Belzile. 2015. Inorganic contaminants, nutrient reserves and molt intensity in autumn migrant red‐necked grebes (Podiceps grisegena) at Georgian Bay. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 69:399‐410 Harbison AB, MA Carson, LJ Lamit, N Basiliko and SL Bräuer. 201X. A novel isolate and widespread abundance of the poorly‐described alphaproteobacterial order (Ellin329) in southern Appalachian peatlands. FEMS Microbiology Letters. Submitted. Hargan KE, C Nelligan, A Jeziorski, KM Rühland, AM Paterson, W Keller and JP Smol. 201X. Tracking the long‐term response of diatoms and Cladocera to climate warming across lakes of the Far North of Ontario, Canada. J. Paleolimnology. Under Review. Haynes K, MP Preston, J McLaughlin, K Webster and N Basiliko. 2015. Dissimilar decomposer communities across peatland types exhibit functional redundancy. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 95:219‐230
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Jennings B and SA Watmough. 2016. The impact of invasive earthworms on soil respiration and soil carbon within temperate hardwood forests. Ecosystems. In Press. Jeziorski A, W Keller, RD Dyer, AM Paterson and JP Smol. 2015. Differences among modern‐day and historical cladoceran communities from the “Ring of Fire” lake region of northern Ontario: Identifying responses to climate warming. Fundamental and Applied Limnology 186: 203‐216 Jeziorski* A, AJ Tanentzap*, ND Yan, AM Paterson, ME Palmer, JB Korosi, JA Rusak, M Arts, W Keller, R Ingram, A Cairns and JP Smol. 2015. The jellification of north temperate lakes. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. 282: 20142449. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsppb.2014.2449. *equal contributions Johnston TA and CC Wilson. 2015. Comparative ecologies of domestic and naturalized rainbow trout in northern Lake Huron (Ontario, Canada). Ecology of Freshwater Fish 24: 338‐354. Jones T, M Thiel, N Basiliko, J Caspersen and J Fera. 201X. Operational biomass recovery of small trees: Equations for six central Ontario tree species Canadian Journal of Forest Research. In press. Kielstra BW, SW Arnott and JM Gunn. 2015. Biological recovery at multiple scales: the importance of land‐water linkages in mining impacted landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecol. Submitted. Labaj AL, JB Korosi, J Kurek, A Jeziorski, W Keller and JP Smol. 2016. Response of Bosmina size structure to the acidification and recovery of lakes near Sudbury, Canada. J. Limnol. 75: 22‐29. Lau MCY, BT Stackhouse, AC Layton, A Chauhan, TA Vishnivetskaya, K Chourey, NCS Mykytczuk, PC Bennett, G Lamarche‐Gagnon, N Burton, J Ronholm, WH Pollard, CR Omelon, DM Medvigy, RL Hettich, SM Pfiffner, LG Whyte and TC Onstott. 2015. An active atmospheric methane sink in high Arctic mineral cryosols. ISMEJ 9: 1880‐1891. Lock A, GA Spiers, B Hostetler, J Ray and D Wallschlager. 2016. Multi‐dimensional water quality assessment of an urban drinking water source elucidated by high resolution underwater towed vehicle mapping. Water Research 93:289‐295 Luke S, MD Preston, N Basiliko and SA Watmough. 2015. Microbial communities, biomass and C mineralization in poor fens along a gradient of historical metal and acid deposition. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 226:19 MacLeod J, W Keller, AM Paterson, RD Dyer and JM Gunn. 201X. Scale and watershed features determine lake chemistry patterns across physiographic regions and ecozones in the far north of Ontario, Canada. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. Under Review.
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Manca M, C Bonacina and ND Yan. 2016. Preface to the special volume: What have we learned about ecological recovery from liming interventions of acid lakes in Canada and Italy? J. Limnol. 75(s2):1‐3. In press. Maseki J, HJ Annegarn and GA Spiers. 201X. Health risk of enriched heavy metals (As, Cd and Cr) in airborne particles from Witwatersrand gold tailings. South African Journal of Mining and Metallurgy. In press. McDonough AM and SA Watmough. 2015. Impacts of nitrogen deposition on herbaceous ground flora and epiphytic foliose lichen species in southern Ontario hardwood forests. Environmental Pollution 196: 78‐88 Michat MC, Y Alarie and CHSB Watts. 2016. Phylogenetic placement of the Genus Sternhydrus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Cybistrini) based on larval morphology, with description of S. atratus. Annals of Entomological Society of America. In press. Michat MC, Y Alarie and J Hajek. 2015. Larval morphology of Yola Gozis, 1886 (Coleoptera: Dytiscinae: Bidessini) and comparison with other genera of the tribe Bidessini. The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(3): 489‐497 Mykytczuk NCS, G Lawrence, CR Omelon, J Southam and LG Whyte. 2015. Microscopic characterization of Planococcus halocryophilus Or1 during growth at ‐15°C. Polar Biology doi:10.1007/s00300‐015‐1826‐5 Nisbet D, D Kreutzweiser, P Sibley and T Scarr. 2015. Ecological risks posed by emerald ash borer to riparian forest habitats: A review and problem formulation with management implications. Forest Ecology and Management 358:165‐173 Noyce GL, N Basiliko, R Fulthorpe, TE Sackett and SC Thomas. 2015. Soil microbial responses over two years following biochar addition to a north‐temperate forest. Biology and Fertility of Soils 51:649‐659 Noyce G, R Fulthorpe and N Basiliko. 201X. The microbiome and metagenomes of forest biochar. Scientific Reports. In review. Noyce G, Fulthorpe R, Gorgolewski A, Hazlett P, Tran HN, Basiliko N. 201X. Soil microbial responses to wood ash addition and forest fire in managed Ontario forests. Applied Soil Ecology. Submitted. Nkongolo KK, P Michael, G Theriault, R Narendrula, P Castilloux, KN Kalubi, P Beckett and G Spiers. 2015. Assessing biological impacts of land reclamation in a mining region in Canada: Effects of dolomitic lime applications on forest ecosystems and microbial phospholipid fatty acid signatures. Water, Air and Soil Pollution. In press.
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O’Reilly CM, et al. 2015, Rapid and highly variable warming of lake surface waters around the globe. Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, doi:10.1002/2015GL066235 Pagnucco KS, GA Maynard, SA Fera, ND Yan, TF Nalepa and A Ricciardi. 2015. The future of aquatic species invasions in the Great Lakes‐St. Lawrence River Basin. J. Great Lakes. Res. 41 (Spec. Issue 1): 96‐107 Pennington P and SA Watmough. The biogeochemistry of metal‐contaminated peatlands in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 226: 326 Persaud A, A Luek, W Keller, FC Jones, P Dillon, JM Gunn and TA Johnston. 2015. Trophic dynamics of several fish species in lakes of a climatically sensitive region, the Hudson Bay lowlands. Polar Biology 38: 651‐664 Pinder KC, MC Eimers and SA Watmough. 201X. Impact of wetland disturbance on phosphorous loading to lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. In Press. Pisa L, V Amaral‐Rogers, L Belzunces, J‐M Bonmatin, C Downs, D Goulson, D Kreutzweiser, C Krupke, M Liess, M McField, C Morrissey, D Noome, J Settele, N Simon‐Delso, J Stark, J van der Sluijs, H van Dyck and M Wiemers. 2014. Effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on non‐target invertebrates. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. DOI 10.1007/s11356‐014‐3471‐x Piscia R, ND Yan and M Manca. 2016 Mechanisms underlying recovery of zooplankton in Lake Orta after liming. J. Limnol. In press. Pizarro J, X Castillo, S Jara, C Ortiz, P Navarro, H Cid, H Rioseco, D Barros and N Belzile. 2015. Adsorption of Cu2+ on coal fly ash modified with functionalized mesoporous silica. Fuel 156: 96‐102 Poulain AJ, S Aris‐Brosou, J Blais, M Brazeau, W Keller and AM Paterson. 2015. Historic delivery of anthropogenic Hg to a remote ecosystem is recorded in microbial DNA. ISME Journal 9: 2541‐2550 Preston MP and N Basiliko. 2016. Carbon mineralization in peatlands: Does the microbial community composition matter? Geomicobiology Journal. In press. Reid CR and SA Watmough. 2016. Spatial patterns, trends and the potential long‐term impact of timber harvesting on lake calcium concentrations in the Muskoka River Watershed, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. In Press. Sackett TE, N Basiliko, G Noyce, CL Winsborough J Schurman, C Ikeda, SC Thomas. 2015. Soil and greenhouse gas responses to biochar additions in a temperate hardwood forest. Global Change Biology‐ Bioenergy 7:1062‐1074
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Santala KR, S Monet, T McCaffrey, D Campbell, P Beckett and P Ryser. 201X. Using turf transplants to reintroduce native forest understory plants into smelter‐disturbed forests. Restoration Ecology. In Press. Schamp BS, SE Arnott and KL Joslin. 2015. Dispersal strength influence zooplankton co‐occurrence patterns in experimental mesocosms. Ecology 96:1074‐1083
Shabaga J, N Basiliko, C Caspersen and T Jones. 2015. Seasonal controls on patterns of soil respiration and temperature sensitivity in a northern mixed deciduous forest following partial‐harvesting. Forest Ecology and Management 348:208‐219 Sharma S. et al. 2015. A global database of lake surface temperatures collected by in situ and satellite methods from 1985‐2009. Nature‐Scientific Data 2:150008, doi:10.1038/sdata.2015.8 Sinclair JS and SE Arnott. Strength in size but not numbers: propagule size more important than number in sexually reproducing populations. Biological Invasions, On‐line First: DOI 10.1007/s10530‐015‐1022‐0 Sinclair J and SE Arnott. 2015. Effects of an invasive consumer on zooplankton communities are unaltered by nutrient inputs. Freshwater Biology 60:161‐173 Sinclair JS, KJ Furlanetto and SE Arnott. 2015. Dispersal acts as both bane and balm for invaded zooplankton communities. Journal of Plankton Research 37(2):462‐471 Sinclair, JS, SE Arnott and A Cox. The quick and the dead: copepods dominate as cladocerans decline following invasion by Hemimysis anomala. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. In press.
Souter L and SA Watmough. 2016. The impact of drought and air pollution on metal profiles in peat cores. The Science of the Total Environment 541: 1031‐1040 Stackhouse BT, TA Vishnivetskaya, A Layton, S Pfiffner, NCS Mykytczuk, LG Whyte, L Hedin, N Saad and TC Onstott. 2015. Vertical gas fluxes, geochemical characteristics, and microbial community of polygonal active layer and permafrost during progressive spring thaw. JGR Biogeosciences 120(9): doi:10.1002/2015JG003004 Stasko AD, TA Johnston and JM Gunn. 2015. Effects of water clarity and other environmental factors on trophic niches of two sympatric piscivores. Freshwater Biology 60: 1459‐1474 Stasko AD, M Power, HK Swanson, A Majewski, S Atchison and JD Reist. 201X. Influences of depth and pelagic subsidies on the size‐based trophic structure of Beaufort Sea fish communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series. Accepted.
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Swanson HK, M Lysy, M Power, A Stasko, J Johnson and J Reist. 2015. A new probabilistic method for quantifying n‐dimensional ecological niches and niche overlap. Ecology 96(2): 318–324 Tait TN, CA Cooper, JC McGeer, CM Wood and DS Smith. 2016. Influence of dissolved organic matter (DOM) source on copper speciation and toxicity to Brachionus plicatilis. Environmental Chemistry. In Press (published online 5 Feb 2016). Tait TN, LM Rabson, RL Diamond, CA Cooper, JC McGeer and DS Smith. 2016. Determination of cupric ion in marine waters: An improved procedure and comparison to other speciation methods. Environmental Chemistry 13: 140‐148 Tanentzap AJ, A Lamb, S Walker and A Farmer. 2015. Resolving conflicts between agriculture and the natural environment. PLoS Biology DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002242 Taylor NS, C Johnson, JA Kirwan, ND Yan, MR Viant, JM Gunn and JC McGeer. 2016. Predicting chronic copper and nickel reproductive toxicity to Daphnia pulex‐pulicaria from whole‐animal metabolic profiles. Env. Pollut. 212: 325‐329 Taylor NS, J Kirwan, ND Yan, MR Viant, JM Gunn and JC McGeer. 2016. Metabolomics confirms that dissolved organic carbon mitigates copper toxicity. Env. Toxicol. Chem. 35:635‐644 Thiel M, N Basiliko, J Caspersen, J Fera and T Jones. 2015. Operational biomass recovery of small trees: equations for six central Ontario tree species. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 45:372‐377 Tollefsen KE, Y Song, M Kleiven, U Mahrosh, S Meland, BO Rosseland, H‐C Teien. 2015. Transcriptional changes in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) after embryonic exposure to road salt. Aquatic Toxicology 169:58‐68 Valois AE, C Sarrazin‐Delay, K Somers and W Keller. 201X. Assessing stream health: Do differences in sample collection and processing affect how we evaluate impairment? J. Limnol. Under Review. Van Loon LL, JA Warner, C Throssell, GA Spiers, W Malik, B Ajiboye and M Dutton. 201X. Comparison of nickel speciation in workplace aerosol samples using sequential extraction analysis and x‐ray absorption near‐edge structure spectroscopy. Environmental Science and Technology. In review. Volta P, ND Yan and JM Gunn. 2016. Past, present and future of the fish communities of Lake Orta (Italy), one of the world’s largest acidified lakes. J. Limnol. In Press. Vukov O, DS Smith and JC McGeer. 2016. Modification of acute Dysprosium toxicity to Hyalella azteca and development of the biotic ligand approach. Aquatic Toxicology. 170: 142‐151
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Watmough SA and M Meadows. 201X. Do earthworms have a greater influence on nitrogen dynamics than atmospheric nitrogen deposition? Ecosystems. In Press. Watmough SA and L Orlovskaya. 2015. Predicting metal release from peatlands in Sudbury, Ontario in response to drought. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 226:103 DOI 10.1007/s11270‐015‐2372‐z Webster K, F Beall, I Creed and D Kreutzweiser. 2015. Impacts and prognosis of natural resource development on water and wetlands in Canada’s boreal zone. Environmental Reviews 23:78‐131 Whitfield CJ and SA Watmough. 2015. Acid deposition in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region: a policy perspective. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 187:771 DOI 10.1007/s10661‐015‐4979‐3 Williamson AW, F Caron and GA Spiers. 201X. Radionuclide Release from Simulated Waste Material after Biogeochemical Leaching of Uraniferous Mineral Samples. Environmental Radioactivity. In review. Yan ND, J Bailey, J McGeer, M Manca, W Keller, M Celis‐Salgado and JM Gunn. 2016. Arrive, survive, and thrive: essential stages in the re‐colonization and recovery of zooplankton in urban lakes in Sudbury, Canada J. Limnol. 75(s2):4‐14 Zimmerman C, C Schwanke, H Swanson, S Brennan and A Kent. 201X. False positive error and determination of marine migration in salmonids based on otolith chemistry. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. Accepted. Reports Åtland Å, O‐K Hess‐Erga, BO Rosseland and TV Johannessen. 2015. Water quality in marine fry and fingerling production. NIVA Report 6880, 12 pp. Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Oslo: ISBN 978‐82‐577‐6615‐3 Pennock D, N Basiliko, SA Watmough and 18 others. 2015. Status of the World’s Soil Resources (SWSR) – Main Report. Chapter 14 Regional Assessment of Soil Changes in North America. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (FAO and ITPS). Rome, Italy. Available at: www.fao.org/3/a‐i5199e.pdf
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Conference Presentations Alatini M, N Kassi, N Zabel, B Branfireun and HK Swanson. Contaminants, nutrients, and the traditional value of food fishes in Kluane Lake, NT. Northern Contaminants Program Results Meeting, Vancouver, BC. 7‐9 December 2015. Poster. Appiah‐Hagan E, X Yu, Y‐W Chen, L Mercier and N Belzile. Hydrothermally modified Thunderbay fly ash for removal of multicomponent elements from mine effluents. Sudbury Mining and Environment 2015 International Conference, Sudbury, Canada. June 2015 Appiah‐Hagan E, X Yu, Y‐W Chen, L Mercier and N Belzile. Hydrothermally modified Thunderbay fly ash for removal of multicomponent elements from mine effluents. 98th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Ottawa, Canada. 13‐17 June 2015. Arnott SE, SE Azan and A Ross. 2015. An invasive predator and calcium decline reduce herbivore abundance in Canadian Shield lakes. Canadian Society of Zoology, Calgary, AB. May 2015. Invited. Arteaga J, PJ Beckett, GA Spiers and N Basiliko. One industries trash could be another’s treasure: The use of pulp and paper sludge for mine reclamation in northern Ontario. 6th Mining and the Environment International Conference, Sudbury, ON. 20 – 25 June 2015. Poster. Aulakh G, M Carson, F Guo, GA Spiers and N Basiliko. 2015. Methane oxidation dynamics and methanotroph community structures in wetlands across a sulphur and metal deposition gradient. Ontario Biology Days, Carelton University, Ottawa, ON. 28 March 2015. Azan S, S Arnott and ND Yan. 2015. Cladocerans: primary targets for Bythotrephes longimanus and calcium decline. Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network (CAISN), Annual General Meeting, Halifax, NS. April 2015. Azan S and S Arnott. 2015. Is there a combined effect of Bythotrephes longimanus and calcium decline on zooplankton communities? Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research/Society of Canadian Limnologists, Ottawa, ON. January 2015. Bailey JL. Summary of the Deconstructing Cumulative Effects Special Session: Where to from here? Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI. May 2015. Bailey JL, NM Novodvorsky and A Todd. Collection of Reference Stream Data in the Far North of Ontario: Preparing for Development in the Ring of Fire. CCFFR‐SCL, Ottawa, ON. January 2015. Beckett PJ, GA Spiers and AL Watkinson. 2015. Rehabilitation Strategies of Using Technosols for Mined Lands on the Canadian Boreal Shield. 4th International Seminar on Mining Environmental Affairs, Lima, Peru. 4 December 2015.
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Belzile N, Y‐W Chen, E Appiah‐Hagan and X Yu. Chemical processes in natural aquatic environments and techniques of wastewater treatment in Canadian rural locations. 1st International Workshop on Low‐cost Wastewater Treatment Technology. Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, China. 2015. Blewett T, CM Wood, J McGeer and DS Smith. Development of a marine biotic ligand model for nickel: effect of dissolved organic carbon on Ni toxicity to early life stages in marine invertebrates. 36th Annual Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Salt Lake City. 8‐12 Nov 2015. Bourne V, JL Bailey, A. Todd and J Gunn. Seasonal Variability of Water Chemistry, and Benthic Invertebrate and Periphyton Communities in the Attawapiskat Watershed. Oral presentation and poster. NSERC Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services 3rd Annual Meeting, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. May 2015. Burke SM and HK Swanson. Historical changes in mercury and primary productivity in three Arctic Alaskan lakes with different temperature regimes. Global Lake Ecological Observing Network ‘All Hands’ Meeting. Chuncheon, South Korea. 5‐9 October 2015. Poster. Campbell D. Lessons learned from mine restoration (= mine rehabilitation or mine reclamation). Mine Closure and Reclamation Best Management Practices, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines and Ontario Mining Association, Sudbury, ON. November 2015. Campbell D. Restoration toward novel ecosystems: a case study from a mine in the Hudson Bay Lowland. Society of Ecological Restoration Ontario, annual meeting, Waterloo, ON. November 2015. Campbell D, A Corson, K Garrah, K Bergeron, C Laurin, B Rantala‐Sykes and A Hanson. developing protocols for the rehabilitation of mining‐disturbed lands in the Hudson Bay Lowland, Canada. Sudbury Mine and the Environment conference, Sudbury, ON. June 2015. Campbell D, A Corson, C Laurin, K Garrah, K Bergeron, J Button, B Rantala‐Sykes and A Hanson. Developing protocols for the rehabilitation of diamond mine wastes in the Hudson Bay Lowland, Canada. Canadian Land Reclamation Association, annual meeting, Winnipeg, MB. June 2015. Campbell D. Reclamation or restoration in northern landscapes: Towards a high standard for the recovery of disturbed lands. Canadian Land Reclamation Association, Annual Meeting, Winnipeg, MB. June 2015. Campbell D. Desarrollo y comercialización de tecnologías para mitigar los impactos (y recuperar valor) de residuos mineros[Development and commercialization of technologies to mitigate the impact (and recover the value) of mining industry residues]. Pacific Alliance, Sudbury, ON. March 2015.
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Campbell D. Investigaciones sobre la restauración de minas aisladas en el gran norte de Ontario [Research into the rehabilitation of isolated mines in the Far North of Ontario]. Pacific Alliance, Sudbury, ON. March 2015. Campbell D. Mitigation of mining activities in the Hudson Bay Lowland. Science for a Changing North, Sudbury, ON. February 2015. Daoust K, D Kreutzweiser, I Creed and K Sibley. Assessing the impacts of forest disturbance on aquatic ecosystem services through predictive modeling of benthic community composition and hydrological indicators. Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services Annual Meeting, Sault Ste Marie, ON. 27‐29 April 2015. De Jong R and HK Swanson. Interactions of life history and mercury accumulation in northern rivers. Science for a Changing North Annual Workshop, Sudbury, ON. 18 February 2015. Deshpande P and JC McGeer. Interpreting the effects of Cu and Ni mixture toxicity in the context of Sudbury Lakes. 6th Mining and the Environment International Conference, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON. 20‐25 June 2015. Doran M, N Mykytczuk and T Merritt. An Evaluation of Intracellular Quenching and Extraction Techniques for the Metabolome of Acidiothiobacillus ferrooxidans. 6th Mining & Environment International Conference, Sudbury, ON. 20 – 25 June 2015. Award winner. Dutkiewicz D, D Kreutzweiser, P Hazlett, P Sibley and T Scarr. Riparian forest canopy and soil nutrient responses to the loss of ash from EAB. SERG‐International Annual General Meeting, Saskatoon, SK. 2‐4 February 2016. Driscoll K and G Spiers. Fate of limestone dissolution products in acidic metal‐contaminated soil mesocosms. 6th Mining and the Environment International Conference, Sudbury, ON. 20–25 June 2015. Dzilums S and G Spiers. Half a century of pedogenesis on the Copper Cliff tailings, Sudbury, Ontario. 6th Mining and the Environment International Conference, Sudbury, ON. 20 – 25 June 2015. Poster. Emilson C, NCS Mykytczuk, D Kreutzweiser and J Gunn. Aquatic microbial community structure and function across a gradient of logging, fire, and industrial watershed disturbances. 6th Mining and the Environment International Conference, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON. 20 – 25 June 2015. Emilson C, N Mykytczuk, D Kreutzweiser and J Gunn. Aquatic microbial community structure and function across a gradient of logging, fire, and industrial watershed disturbances. Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, Ottawa, ON. 8‐11 January 2015.
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Engyel M, PJ Beckett and GA Spiers. 2015. Investigation of fungal activities in technosols at the Barrick gold mine in Hemlo, Ontario. Ontario Biology Days, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON. 28 March 2015. Erdozain M, K Kidd, D Kreutzweiser and P Sibley. Food web structure and other aquatic indicators in streams with different forest conditions. Enhanced Inventory Working Group General Meeting, Fredericton, NB. 18‐19 January 2016. Erdozain M, K Kidd, D Kreutzweiser and P Sibley. Food web structure and other aquatic indicators in streams with different forest conditions. Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, IL. 17‐21 May 2015. Erdozain M, K Kidd, D Kreutzweiser and P Sibley. Food web structure and other aquatic indicators in streams with different forest conditions. Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services Annual Meeting, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. 27‐29 April 2015. Ford J, A Loveridge and JC McGeer. Impact of cation competition and temperature on aquatic toxicity of thulium to Hyalella azteca. 30th Gananoque Environmental Science and Engineering Conference. Gananoque, ON. 29‐31 Jan 2016. Gunn JM. Terrestrial DOC inputs and the recovery of carbon‐starved ecosystems. ICP Waters Task Force Meeting, Monte Verita, Switzerland. 6‐8 October 2015. Invited. Gunn JM. Terrestrial DOC inputs and the recovery of carbon‐starved ecosystems. Departmental Lecture, Norwegian Institute of Water Research, Oslo, Norway. Invited. Gunn JM, AJ Tanentzap, E Szkokan‐Emilson and B Kielstra. Land water linkages in the recovery of severely damaged systems. Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services. Sault Ste. Marie, ON. 28‐30 April 2015. Gunn JM, BO Rosseland, J Bailey and J Heneberry. Recovery Challenges for Aurora Trout in a Declining Ca Environment. Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, Ottawa, Canada. 8‐11 January 2015. Gupta V, N Mykytczuk and J Gunn. Biogeochemical cycling of iron and metals in the Glencore Sudbury INO treatment wetland. 6th Mining & Environment International Conference, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON. 20–25 June 2015.
Hasnain SS and SE Arnott. Water clarity mediates the effects of Bythotrephes longimanus on the vertical depth distribution of Daphnia species in Canadian Shield lakes. Annual meeting of the Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network CAISN‐AGM, Halifax, NS. 2015.
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Daphnia species in Canadian shield lakes. Society for Canadian Limnologists (CCFFR‐SCL), Ottawa, ON. 2015. Hechler J, G Spiers and M Schindler. Trace element distribution in weathered tailings from a copper‐nickel smelter, Sudbury, Ontario. 6th Mining and the Environment International Conference, Sudbury, ON. 20–25 June 2015. Hechler J, S Clarke and G Spiers. Chemistry and mineralogy of selected smelter impacted soils in the Sudbury area. 6th Mining and the Environment International Conference, Sudbury, ON. 20 – 25 June 2015. Poster. Karagiorgakis AL, GA Spiers and M Schindler. Biogeochemically mediated release of rare earth elements from quartz‐pebble conglomerate ores from Elliot Lake, Ontario. 6th Mining and the Environment International Conference, Sudbury, ON. 20–25 June 2015. Koptsik S, G Koptsik, I Smirnova, GA Spiers and PJ Beckett. 2015. Remediation of barren lands in the Kola North: Problems and perspectives. Ontario Chapter, Canadian Land Reclamation Association, Annual Meeting, Marathon, ON. 2 September 2015. Kreutzweiser D. Can we safely use insecticides in the spruce budworm early intervention strategy? Early Intervention Strategy Annual Meeting, Bathurst, NB. 10 February 2016. Kreutzweiser D. Environmental risks of insecticides uses in the spruce budworm early intervention strategy. Presentation to New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government, Fredericton, NB. 20 January 2016. Kreutzweiser D, M Erdozain, K Kidd, P Sibley, D Thompson and L Venier. Applying EFI tools to detecting and assessing critical riparian habitats. Enhanced Inventory Working Group General Meeting, Edmunston, NB. 18 June 2015. Kreutzweiser D, M Erdozain, K Kidd, P Sibley, D Thompson and L Venier. Improving indicators of ecosystem integrity in forest watersheds. Forest Research Advisory Committee General Meeting, Saint Leonard, NB. 16 June 2015. Kreutzweiser D. Environmental risks of insecticides used in the spruce budworm early intervention strategy. Fundy Model Forest EIS‐SBW Workshop, Fredericton, NB. 12 February 2015. Kreutzweiser D and T Scarr. Neonics, honeybees, the forestry connection and a worldwide integrated assessment. Rural Agro‐Innovation Network (RAIN) Symposium, Bruce Mines, ON. 7 February 2015. Lescord GL, M Gillespie, BA Branfireun, TA Johnston and JM Gunn. Assessing changes in dissolved organic matter (DOM) quality and its effects on mercury (Hg) bioaccumulation across a
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large freshwater watershed in the Canadian Boreal Ecozone. Poster presentation at the 36th North American Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. 1‐5 Nov 2015.
Leonard H, A Loveridge, J Ford, T Blewett, DS Smith and JC McGeer. Effects of the rare earth element thulium on juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and Hyalella azteca. 36th Annual Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Salt Lake City. 8‐12 Nov 2015. Poster. Lewis JB, MD McPherson, NJ Mochnacz, P Cott, M Poesch, MD Rennie, LF Baker and HK Swanson. Occupy Nahanni: the Arctic Grayling quest for a society with vertical hierarchy and flatly distributed spawning habitat. Arctic Science Meeting, Vancouver, BC. 8‐12 December 2015. Poster. Loveridge A, DS Smith and JC McGeer. Toxicity ameliorating effects of cations and dissolved organic carbon on thulium toxicity to Hyalella azteca. 36th Annual Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Salt Lake City. 8‐12 Nov 2015. McGeer J, C Lu, O Vukov*, A Verdin, DS Smith. Site specific toxicity of rare earth elements in the aquatic environment. 36th Annual Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Salt Lake City. 8‐12 Nov 2015. McGeer J, K Livingstone, K Chan, DS Smith and N Yan. The role of Ca, Mg and dissolved organic matter in mitigating the impacts of Ni and Cu in soft water. 6th Mining and the Environment International Conference, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON. 20‐25 June 2015. McPherson MD, LB Lewis, NJ Mochnacz, HK Swanson, M Poesch. Searching for Arctic Grayling in Northern Mountain Streams: Testing a Distributional Monitoring Approach in the Little Nahanni River Watershed. Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research (CCFFR), Ottawa, ON. 8‐11 January 2015. Poster. Musetta‐Lambert J, D Kreutzweiser, E Muto and P Sibley. Conserving aquatic ecosystem services through the emulation of natural disturbances paradigm for sustainable forest management. Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, IL. 17‐21 May 2015. Musetta‐Lambert J, E Muto, D Kreutzweiser and K Sibley. Conserving aquatic ecosystem services (AES) through emulation of natural disturbances (END) paradigm for sustainable forest management. Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services Annual Meeting, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. 27‐29 April 2015. Mykytczuk N. Research Development and Innovation: Biotreatment and Bioremediation Research. Closure and Reclamation Best Management Practices Workshop. Ontario Mining Association and Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. Sudbury, ON. 19‐20 November 2015. Invited.
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Mykytczuk N, C Elliot, B Buchanan and J Gunn. Engaging in the Sudbury Story: Social Online Learning Environment (SOLE) Model for Active Learning in Environmental Bioremediation. World Environmental Education Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden. 29 June‐2 July 2015. Mykytczuk N. Re‐mining of tailings with bioleaching bacteria. 6th Mining & Environment International Conference, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON. 20‐25 June 2015. Nicholls K, P Beckett and G Spiers. The growth of oats (Avena sativa) on remediated mine tailings and the effects of n‐viro soil amendment. 6th Mining and the Environment International Conference, Sudbury, ON. 20 – 25 June 2015. Poster. Nicholls K, PJ Beckett and GA Spiers. 2015. Growth of oats (Avena sativa) on remediated mine tailings and the effects of N‐viro soil amendment. Ontario Biology Days, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON. 28 March 2015. Nicholson M, TB Johnson and SE Arnott. Community‐level response to Zequanox® in aquatic mesocosms. IAGLR Burlington, Vermont. 2015 Nkongolo KK, P Beckett, G Spiers and M Mehes‐Smith. Assessing four decades of land reclamation in the Greater Sudbury region. 6th Mining and the Environment International Conference, Sudbury, ON. 20–25 June 2015. Novodvorsky NM, JL Bailey and TB Reynoldson. Geographic Extension of Benthic Invertebrate RCA Bioassessments: How Far Can We Go? NSERC Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services 3rd Annual Meeting, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. May 2015 Novodvorsky NM, JL Bailey and TB Reynoldson. Geographic Extension of Benthic Invertebrate RCA Bioassessments: How Far Can We Go? Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI. May 2015 Pichette J, M Carson, Boyle, GA Spiers and N Basiliko. 2015. Microbial road kill: How roads impact bacterial activity and diversity. Ontario Biology Days, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON. 28 March 2015. Pothier M, M Ruuskanen, A Poulain and N Mykytczuk. Development of a quantitative lab and field based microbial tool to determine arsenic speciation. 6th Mining & Environment International Conference, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON. 20–25 June 2015. Award winner. Principe E, G Spiers, M Schindler and N Mykytczuk. Bioleaching Effects on Gold Bearing Arsenic‐Rich Mine Waste in Sudbury, Ontario: A Biogeochemical Analysis. 6th Mining & Environment International Conference, Sudbury, ON. 20 – 25 June 2015. Award winner: Poster.
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Principe E, M Schindler, G Spiers and N Mykytczuk. Bioleaching of Arsenic‐rich Tailings Material, Sudbury, Ontario. Joint Assembly AGU‐GAC‐MAC‐CGU 2015, Montreal, Canada. 3‐7 May 2015. Poster. Ross A and SE Arnott. Sudbury influence re‐visited: effect of declining calcium on zooplankton species suggests similar outcome as impacts from historic acidification. Society for Canadian Limnologists (CCFFR‐SCL), Ottawa, ON. 2015. Rosseland BO, TO Haugen, SS Hartman, K Øritsland Våge, H Myreng, LS Heier. Mercury in fish in a TOC‐changing world: A model to improve the general dietary regulations and focus on individual lakes versus large‐scale catchment advice. 31st Task Force Meeting UN‐ECE ICP Waters. Monte Verità, Switzerland. 6‐8 October 2015. Rosseland BO and O‐K Hess‐Erga. Recycling Aquaculture Systems (RAS). Problems and Water quality. Seminar at Franzefoss Miljøkalk;, Sandvika, Norway. 3 March 2015. Invited. Rosseland BO. Scenario Fish kills. 1985 – 2015. 30 years, can the success history continue? TEFA conference, Kristiansand, Norway. 12 March 2015. Invited. Rosseland BO and H‐C Teien. Risks when using freshwater/seawater mixtures in RAS. FW‐SW transfers. Workshop on Fish health management and welfare in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS)”, Nordic Ministry Advice Board, Helsinki, Finland. 3‐4 February 2015. Invited. Rosseland BO. Have we after 40 years finally understood the extreme sensitivity of Atlantic salmon smolts? What is the role of water quality for the smolt production in the future? Invited speaker at AqKva 2015 Conference, Stord Hotel, Stord, Norway. 22 January 2015 Rusak J, S Arnott and ND Yan. DESC biomonitoring: correlation and causation in multiple stressor research. Muskoka Watershed Research conference, King City, ON. 27‐28 Jan 2015.
Serré J, R Vanderhorst, G Spiers and P Beckett. Application of surface amendments to manufactured soils to enhance plant germination and productivity for reclamation purposes. 6th Mining and the Environment International Conference, Sudbury, ON. 20 – 25 June 2015. Poster. Serré J, GA Spiers and PJ Beckett. 2015. Application of surface amendments to manufactured soils to enhance plant germination and productivity for reclamation purposes. Ontario Biology Days, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON. 28 March 2015.
Sinclair JS. Strength in size or numbers ‐ disentangling the factors involved in the establishment of non‐native species. Queen's University Biological Station Seminar Series. Elgin, ON. July 2015.
Sinclair JS and SE Arnott. Safety in size not numbers ‐ propagule size more important than number in the survival of a density dependent invader. Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network (CAISN) AGM, Halifax, NS. April 2015.
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Sinclair JS and SE Arnott. Experimental introductions of Hemimysis anomala support predicted impacts on North American zooplankton communities. 68th Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research/Society of Canadian Limnologists, Ottawa, ON. January 2015. Skipperud L, BO Rosseland, P Stegnar, M Yunusov, LM Burkitbaev, LS Heier and B Salbu. Radionuclide and Metal Contamination in Pit Lakes in Former U Cites In Central Asia. 6th Mining and the Environment International Conference. Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. 20‐25 June 2015. Smenderovac E. Phytostabilization of Sudbury mine tailings: important microorganisms in naturally colonizing plant rhizospheres Soil Interfaces for Sustainable Development (ISMOM) Joint meeting, Montreal, QC. 5‐10 July 2015. Poster. Somers K, FC Jones and JL Bailey. Cumulative effects and cumulative effects assessment: roles for freshwater scientists. Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, Milwaukee WI. May 2015 Spiers G, P Beckett, S Koptsik, G Koptsik and V Udachin. 2015. Landscape Restoration in Smelter Impacted Regions of the North ‐ The Sudbury Model Goes Global. AGPO Meeting, Sudbury, Ontario. 5 November 2015. Invited. Spiers GA, G Koptsik, S Koptsik, PJ Beckett and V Udachin. 2015. Landscape Recovery from Smelter Impacts in Sudbury Ontario provides Circumpolar Solutions ‐ A Chemistry Perspective. Enviroanalysis 2015, Banff, AB. July 2015. Invited. (www.enviroanalysis2015.ca). Sumner A, TA Johnston and JM Gunn. Potential effects of climate on the bioaccumulation of mercury in two large‐bodied fish species in northern Ontario. Oral presentation at the Annual Meeting for the Society of Freshwater Science, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. 17 – 21 May 2015. Swanson HK. Aquatic Ecology and Contaminant Accumulation in the North: Understanding and Predicting Change. Wilfrid Laurier University Biology Seminar Series, Waterloo, ON. 23 October 2015. Invited. Swanson HK. The Life, Times, and Mercury Concentrations of Northern Charrs. 8th International Charr Symposium, Tromso, Norway. 14‐18 June 2015. Invited. Swanson HK. 2015. Interactions of Life History and Mercury Accumulation in Northern Rivers. NSERC Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services Annual Meeting. 28‐30 April 2015. Invited. Swanson HK. 2015. Aquatic Ecology and Contaminant Accumulation in the North: Understanding and Predicting Change Centre for Global Change Science, Graduate Student Research Symposium, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. 19‐20 February 2015. Keynote.
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Swanson HK, G Low, M Low and B Branfireun. Mercury levels in food fishes used by Dehcho community members. Poster presentation at: Northern Contaminants Program Results Meeting, Vancouver, BC. 7‐9 December 2015. Best Poster and Recognition of Northerner Involvement. Swanson HK, M Lysy, M Power, A Stasko, J Johnson and J Reist. A new probabilistic method for quantifying n‐dimensional niches and niche overlap. Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, Ottawa, ON. 8‐11 January 2015. Szkokan‐Emilson E, Kielstra B, Gunn J, Tanentzap AJ. Terrestrial‐aquatic linkages to ecosystem recovery in smelter impacted watersheds. Society of Canadian Limnologists, Annual Meeting, Ottawa, ON. Jan 2015. Taylor N, MR Viant, JA Kirwan, C Johnson, ND Yan, J Gunn and J McGeer. Linking high‐throughput metabolomics to standard toxicity responses to Daphnia exposed to Cu with and without addition of natural organic matter. 6th Mining and the Environment International Conference, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON. 20‐25 June 2015. Poster. Toledo S, O Ortiz, E Smenderovac, N Basiliko, N Mykytczuk and D Campbell. FITOESTAB: Identification of rhizosphere microbiota for the phytoremediation of nickel‐copper mine tailings. Canadian Institute for Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC. 9‐13 May 2015. Watkinson A, A Lock, S Hayes, PJ Beckett and GA Spiers. 2015. Developing manufactured soils for successional revegetation of mined lands of the boreal shield. Ontario Chapter, Canadian Land Reclamation Association, Annual Meeting, Marathon, ON. 2 September 2015. Watkinson A, A Lock, S Hayes, P Beckett and G Spiers. Developing manufactured soils for successional revegetation of mined lands of the boreal shield. 6th Mining and the Environment International Conference, Sudbury, ON. 20–25 June 2015. Watmough SA. Ecosystem alkalization associated with oil sands emissions. Acid Rain, Rochester NY. October 2015. Watmough SA. Impediments to recovery from acid rain. Acid Rain, Rochester, NY. October 2015. Watmough SA. Long‐term Observations of the Recovery from Acid Deposition in Central Ontario. ABG/CGU meeting, Montreal, Canada. May 2015. Invited. Watmough SA. The Calcium Story. Muskoka Watershed Research Conference, Toronto, ON. January 2015. Invited.
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Williams‐Johnson S, E Liliskov, J Lamit, G Spiers, N Basiliko and N Mykytczuk. Microbial Community Structure, Diversity and Functions along a Sulphur and Metal Contamination Gradient across Eleven Peatlands in Sudbury. Soil Interfaces for Sustainable Development (ISMOM) Joint meeting, Montreal, QC. 5‐10 July 2015. Poster. Williams‐Johnson S, E Liliskov, J Lamit, G Spiers, N Basiliko and N Mykytczuk. Microbial Community Structure, Diversity and Functions along a Sulphur and Metal Contamination Gradient across Eleven Peatlands in Sudbury, Ontario. 6th Mining and the Environment International Conference, Sudbury, ON. 20 – 25 June 2015. Award winner: Poster. Yan ND. Advice for young limnologists in an increasingly complicated, multi‐stressor world. Seminari Limnologici 2015, CNR, Istituto per lo studio degli Ecosistemi, Verbania, Pallanza, IT. 25 June 2015. Yucel CK, N Mykytczuk and P Ryser. Differences among microbial rhizosphere communities are related to phylogenetic relationships among wetland plants. Botany 2015, Edmonton, AB. 25‐29 July 2015. Poster. Research Grants Alarie, Y
NSERC Discovery. Systematics of World Hydradephaga (Insecta: Coleoptera) Arnott, S
NSERC Strategic Network NSERC Network on Aquatic Invasive Species 2011‐2016 (29 PIs, Lead: Hugh MacIsaac)
NSERC Discovery Grant: Community response to environmental change: the role of dispersal, local adaptation, and species interactions , 2013‐2018
OMNRF, Risk assessment of invasive species in Ontario 2016‐2018
OMOECC, Assessing the cumulative impacts of calcium decline and the non‐native predator, Bythotrephes longimanus, in Ontario’s inland lakes: a multi‐scale approach 2015‐2020
Science Horizons, Environment Canada, Lakes as Sentinels of Environmental Change: Quantifying Land‐Water Linkages to Predict Future Change 2015‐2016
OMNRF, Community‐level response following treatment with Zequanox© ‐ a biocide for invasive zebra and quagga mussels 2014‐2015
Bailey, J
NSERC Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services (2011‐2016)
Vale Ltd., Aquatic Restoration Group
Glencore Ltd., Aquatic Restoration Group
Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Aquatic Restoration Group
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Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Ring of Fire Baseline Data Collection Programme
Basiliko, N
Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) seed grant Identification of rhizosphere microbiota for the phytoremediation of nickel copper mine tailings. Daniel Campbell (PI) with Nadia Mykytczuk and Basiliko 2014‐15
NSERC Research Tools and Instruments (RTI) grant Zoe Lindo, Brian Branfireun (Western U), Nigel Roulet (McGill U), Rich Petrone (U Waterloo) and Basiliko. A field‐based experimental system for the evaluation of the effects of elevated temperature and CO2 on peatlands 2014
NSERC Discovery Grant: The functional role of microbial diversity in terrestrial ecosystems.
Canada Research Chair (CRC): Environmental Microbiology 2013‐2018
Canada Foundation for Innovation and Ontario Research Fund infrastructure funding for an advanced laboratory in microbial ecology and biogeochemistry.
NSERC Strategic Grant Biomass harvests in boreal forests: minimizing environmental impacts and maximizing benefits. Han Chen (Lakehead University), PI, Basiliko and 4 others
NSERC Collaborative Research and Development Grant (CRD) Fundamental studies of drying, combustion and ash properties of biomass, and impacts on boiler and pulp and paper mill operations. Honghi Tran (University of Toronto Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry) PI, Basiliko (1 of 4 project leaders), and 8 others.
NSERC Collaborative Research and Development Grant (CRD) An integrated multi‐trophic assessment of the impact of biomass harvesting on forest sustainability. Partners are Ontario Power Generation and Tembec. Christian Messier PI, Basiliko, and 3 others
US Department of Energy, Joint Genome Initiative. Fungal, bacterial, and archaeal communities mediating C cycling and trace gas flux in peatland ecosystems subject to climate change. E Lilleskov (USFS) PI, Basiliko, and 3 others
Belzile, N
VALE Canada, Investigation on nanoparticles to remove metals from mine waters (with Chen and Mercier)
CORFO Chile, Cleaning of mine waters using recycled waste materials and nanoparticles (with Pizarro, Chen and Mercier)
NSERC CRD, Preparation of an adsorbent matrix modified with nanomaterials for the removal and recovery of metals and selected anions from mine waters. (with Mercier and Chen)
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Campbell, D
De Beers Canada, The Development of Rehabilitation Protocols for the Hudson Bay Lowland after Mining: an Interim Proposal to De Beers Canada. 2014‐2016 (with Basiliko and Pearson). 2014‐2016
Ontario Genomics Institute, Identification of rhizosphere microbiota for the phytoremediation of nickel‐copper mine tailings. $30,000. Daniel Campbell (PI), Nathan Basiliko, Nadia Mykytczuk.
NSERC Canadian Network of Aquatic Ecosystem Services, The impacts of climate and land‐use changes on peatland biogeochemical function in the Hudson Bay Lowlands: The effects of simulated waste water amendments in a subarctic ribbed fen on plant productivity and nutrient dynamics (2014‐2016 Jackson et al.)
Gunn, J
NSERC CRC Tier 1 for Stressed Aquatic Systems
NSERC Discovery, Terrestrial/aquatic linkages in the recovery of disturbed ecosystems (2011‐2016)
NSERC Industrial CRD with Vale Ltd. and Glencore Ltd. Terrestrial Aquatic Linkages for Ecosystem Recovery (2010‐2015)
NSERC Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services (2011‐2016)
Canadian Water Network, monitoring cumulative effects in the Muskoka River Watershed (2012‐2014, 8 co‐PIs)
NERC (Univ. of Cambridge): Recovery is RELATED: Restoring Ecosystems by Linking Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecological Dynamics. Collaborator (2014‐2019)
NSERC CREATE Training Program (Mine of Knowledge) Applied Research and Training for Sustainable Mining. Collaborator (2013‐2018)
NSERC CREATE Training Program (ÉcoLac) for the study of lake and river ecology (2014‐2019‐, 11 co‐PIs)
Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, Food web structure and mercury bioaccumulation in fish communities of large rivers of the Far North of Ontario (with Keller and Johnston)
Johnston, T
NSERC Discovery Program. Individual specialization and the trophic niche of aquatic consumers.
NSERC Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services (2011‐2016 Jackson et al.)
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Aquatic Research and Monitoring Section. Northern fisheries research.
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Far North Information and Knowledge Management Program. Mercury in fish communities of Ontario’s Far North.
Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, Food web structure and mercury bioaccumulation in fish communities of large rivers of the Far North of Ontario (with Gunn and Keller)
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, NE Regional Operations Division. Status of Lake Nipissing ecosystem.
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Keller, B
NSERC Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services (2011‐2016)
NSERC Industrial CRD with Vale Ltd. and Glencore Ltd. Terrestrial Aquatic Linkages for Ecosystem Recovery (2010‐2015)
Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, Food web structure and mercury bioaccumulation in fish communities of large rivers of the Far North of Ontario (with Gunn and Johnston)
Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Best in Science Program for project entitled “Assessment of contaminants and ecosystem change in aquatic systems within the ‘Ring of Fire’ prior to resource extraction: have contaminant levels been affected by recent warming”? (with Smol)
Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Climate Change and Multiple Stressor Research Support
Kreutzweiser, D
NSERC SNG ‐ Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services, Theme II Healthy Forests and Health Aquatic Ecosystems (partner; project co‐lead)
Genomics Research and Development Initiative – Developing Molecular and Environmental Genomic Approaches to Assess Ecosystem Integrity in Forest Management (co‐PI; project lead)
McGeer, J
NSERC Strategic Program, Environment Canada, Avalon Rare Metal Inc. Perkin Elmer and Natural Resources Canada: Bioavailability, toxicity, mobility and modeling of data poor metals (BIOMET). PI is Wilkinson (U de M) with 4 co‐PIs.
Environment Canada: Aquatic toxicity of rare earth elements to aquatic invertebrates. (McGeer and Smith)
Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans and National Contaminants Advisory Group, Development of water quality assessment methods and toxicity reference values for northern biota in northern environments (with 3 others)
NSERC Strategic Program, Tools for Risk Identification and Validation of the Effects of Elements in northern Canadian Environments (with 4 others)
NSERC CRD, Towards marine and estuarine biotic ligand models for Cu, Pb, Zn, and Ni: chemical and biological aspects. PI is Smith (WLU) with 3 co‐PIs.
NSERC CRD, Development of a Marine Biotic Ligand Model for Nickel (with 2 others)
NSERC CRD, Terrestrial Aquatic Linkages for Ecosystem Recovery. PI is Gunn (Laurentian) with 5 co‐PIs.
Mykytczuk, N
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forestry Service GRDI: Using molecular and environmental genomic approaches on microbial and invertebrate communities to assess forest ecosystem integrity in forest management (2015‐2018)
NSERC CRD‐ Role of Terrestrial Carbon and Base Cations in the Recovery of Damaged Aquatic Systems Co‐Investigator (2010‐2015)
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NSERC Discovery‐ Ecology and molecular biology of the effects of cold temperatures on acid mine drainage microbial communities. (2013‐2018)
NSERC CREATE‐ Mine of Knowledge: Scientific Mentoring, Applied Research and Training for sustainable Mines. Collaborator (2013‐2018)
NERC (University of Cambridge): Recovery is RELATED: Restoring Ecosystems by Linking Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecological Dynamics. Collaborator. (2014‐2019)
OMAFRA (Univ. of Guelph): Prevalence and strain identification of Coxiella burnetti on dairy goat farms and in associated wildlife. Collaborator. (2013‐2016)
Spiers, G
Barrick Gold, Hemlo Operations: Manufacturing viable soil covers for waste rock (2011‐2018)
Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations, A Glencore Company, Environment, Health and Safety: Organic residual cover materials on tailings create technosols for biomass production (2014‐2016)
Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change: Cr speciation in environmental samples (with Karanssios at Waterloo) (2014‐2016)
Weathering of rocks from the ring of fire: Understanding the release and mobilization of Cr and V. Co‐Investigator (2014‐2016)
Russian Science Foundation: Bioremediation – From technological wasteland to restored natural ecosystems in the Kola Subarctic. Co‐Lead with G Kopstik and S Kopstik, Moscow State University (2015‐2019)
Swanson, H
NSERC Discovery Program, Aquatic Ecology and Contaminant Accumulation in Northern Lakes: Understanding and Predicting Change
NSERC Northern Research Supplement, Aquatic Ecology and Contaminant Accumulation in Northern Lakes: Understanding and Predicting Change
NSERC Collaborative Research and Development Grant, Investigating occupancy, habitat use, and migrations of Arctic Grayling (Thymallus arcticus) in northern barrenland streams
DeBeers Canada Inc. , Movement and habitat use of Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) near a diamond mine development
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Anadromous migrations of Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) and Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in the Cambridge Bay Region
US Fish and Wildlife Service: Biological responses to warming lake temperatures in the Barrow/Atqasuk focus watershed
Great Lakes Fishery Commission: Ecology of humper Lake Trout in Lake Superior, Canada
Cumulative Impacts Monitoring Program: Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of mercury in Dehcho lakes
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Tanentzap, A.J.
NERC (University of Cambridge): Recovery is RELATED: Restoring Ecosystems by Linking Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecological Dynamics. PI. (2014‐2019)
Support from the NERC Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry Facility to carry out stable isotope analyses on some of our Daisy Lake sediments
Watmough, S.A.
NSERC Discovery, Nutrient dynamics in sugar‐maple forests and assessment of long‐term sensitivity to nitrogen deposition 2011‐2016
CEMA, Nitrogen addition experiments to boreal ecosystems: understanding the fate of atmospherically deposited nitrogen in order to determine nitrogen critical loads 2011‐2015
Canadian Water Network, Managing cumulative effects in the Muskoka River Watershed: monitoring, research and predictive modeling 2011‐2015 (with 11 Co‐PIs)
Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment, Acid sensitivity of soils in the Boreal region of Saskatchewan Phase II 2014‐2015 (with 2 Co‐PIs)
British Columbia Ministry of the Environment, Prince Rupert Airshed Emissions Effects Assessment 2015 (with 1 Co‐PI)
Yan, N
NSERC Discovery Grant, Transforming daphniid ecotoxicology for softwater lakes in a warming, multi‐stressor world (2012‐2017)
Theses Completed Graduate Winsborough, Carolyn, PhD. Soil Nutrient and Greenhouse Gas Cycles in Managed Mixed Deciduous Ontario Forests:The Role of Elevated Atmospheric N Deposition and Nutrient and Biochar Amendments. University of Toronto (Basiliko) Aguilera, Liudmila Aleaga , MES. Science‐based assessment of the proposed provincial Bill 167 to prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive invertebrate species in Ontario. Queen’s University (Arnott). Artym, Kyle, MSc. Determining the habitat occupancy of young of year Arctic Grayling (Thymallus arcticus) in sub‐Arctic tundra streams while accounting for imperfect detection University of Waterloo (Swanson) Carvajal, Alexandria, MSc. Chemistry. Determination of lanthanide (Sm3+ and Dy3+) speciation in natural waters: interactions with dissolved organic matter (DOM).Wilfrid Laurier (Smith/McGeer)
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Deshpande, Prachi, MSc. Integrative Biology. Nickel and copper mixture toxicity to Daphnia in soft water. Wilfrid Laurier (McGeer) Gorgolewski, Adam, MSc‐F. Wood ash as a forest soil amendment: effects on seedling growth and nutrition, and red‐backed salamander abundance. University of Toronto (Basiliko) Guo, Galen, MSc. Chronic N and nutrient deposition impact on diversity and abundance of bacteria, fungi, and CH4 cycling prokaryotes at a northern peat bog. Laurentian University (Basiliko) Hillis, Neil, MSc. Phosphorus deposition in forested watersheds: importance of pollen. Trent University (Watmough) Jennings, Brad, MSc. The impact of invasive earthworms on soil respiration and soil carbon within temperate hardwood forests. Trent University (Watmough) Lu, Che, MSc. The effects of water chemistry and organism source on dysprosium toxicity to Hyalella azteca. Waterloo (McGeer/Dixon) Novodvorsky, Nicole, MSc. Geographic Extension of Benthic Invertebrate RCA Bioassessments: How Far Can We Go? Laurentian University (Gunn/Bailey) Pinder, Kieran, MSc. Impact of wetland disturbance on phosphorus loadings to lakes. Trent University (Watmough) Reid, Carolyn, MSc. Calcium in the Muskoka River Watershed – patterns, trends, the potential impact of forest harvesting on lake Ca levels and steps toward and ecosystem approach to mitigation. Trent University (Watmough) Ross, Alex. MSc. The influence of declining calcium on recovery of zooplankton communities from acid‐damaged lakes. Queen’s University (Arnott) Truong, Wesley, MSc. Integrative Biology. The sublethal physiological effects of copper and silver mixture exposure on rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Wilfrid Laurier (McGeer) Vukov, Oliver, MSc. Integrative Biology. Developing a site specific understanding of the toxicity of rare earth elements, cerium and dysprosium to Daphnia pulex and Hyalella azteca. Wilfrid Laurier (McGeer) Yucel, Çağdaş (Kera), MSc. Characterization of microbial communities associated with wetland plants from the industrially impacted Sudbury region. Laurentian University (Mykytczuk/Ryser)
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Undergraduate Anderson, Philip, BSc. Honours. Relationship between physical‐chemical characteristics, zooplankton and fish communities in freshwater lakes of the Frontenac Arch. Queen’s University (Arnott/Tufts). Aulakh, Gurpreet, BSc Honours. Methane oxidation dynamics and methanotroph community structures in peatlands across a sulphur and metal deposition gradient in Sudbury, Ontario. Laurentian (Basiliko) Barr, Chrissy, BSc Honours. A paleolimnological investigation of climate‐related trends in an Arctic Alaskan Lake. Waterloo (Swanson) Bird, Adam, BSc Honours. Characterization of forest health and potential pollutants in a jack pine forest in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region. Trent University (Watmough) Engyel, MacKenzie, BSc Honours. Investigation of fungal activities in Technosols at the Barrick gold mine in Hemlo, Ontario. Laurentian University (Spiers/Beckett) Hammoud, Marcus, BSc Honours. Does the stress of sublethal metal exposure alter metabolic activity in Daphnia pulex pulicaria? Wilfrid Laurier (McGeer) Harry, Ason. BSc. Honours. Maternal effects on embryonic survival in walleye Sander vitreus. Laurentian University (Johnston). May, Adam, BSc. Hons. The Impact of Fly Ash Application on Soil Chemistry and Sugar Maple Chemistry. Trent University (Watmough) Montgomery, Jamie. BSc. Honours. Food web position and trophic niche of slimy sculpin relative to other small‐bodied forage fish in fourteen boreal lakes. Laurentian University (Johnston). Murray, Hayley, BSc. Hons. The impact of selection harvesting on seedling composition, morphology and chemistry eight months post‐harvest. Trent University (Watmough) Newman, Emily, BSc Honours. The effects of suspended material on rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Wilfrid Laurier (McGeer) Nicholls, Kelsey, BSc Honours. The growth of oats (Avena sativa) on remediated mine tailings and the effects of N‐RichTM soil amendment. Laurentian (Beckett) Paishegwon, Robert, BSc Honours. 25 Years of recovery of fish communities in Sudbury following 95% sulfur emission reductions at local smelter. Laurentian (Gunn)
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Pichette, Jennifer, BSc Honours. Microbial road kill: how roads impact bacterial activity and diversity.Laurentian (Basiliko) Principe, Emilia, BSc Honours. Bioleaching Effects on Gold Bearing Arsenic‐Rich Mine Waste in Sudbury, Ontario: A Biogeochemical and Mineralogical Analysis. Laurentian (Mykytczuk/M. Schindler) Serré, Jasmine, BSc Honours. The effects of amendments to enhance vegetative growth on developing Technosols. Laurentian (Spiers) Valiquette, Nicole, BSc Honours. Characterization of a Microbial Acid Mine Drainage Site Sediment Community. Laurentian (Merritt/Mykytczuk) Wong, Catherine, BSc Honours. Analysis of Mercury Accumulation in Northern Lake Food Webs of the Dehcho Region. Waterloo (Swanson) HQP Supervised Cox, Amelia, BSc Honours. In progress. Queen’s (Arnott/Riessen) Dasne, Anne Sylvie, BSc Honours. In progress. Trent University (Watmough) Ford, Jonathan, BSc. Honours. In progress. Wilfrid Laurier (McGeer) Grimm, Erik, BSc Honours. In progress. Trent University (Watmough) Hammoud, Marcus, BSc Honours. In progress. Trent University (Watmough) Mitchell, Katie, BSc Honours. In progress. Trent University (Watmough) Mohammadi, Aram, BSc Honours. In progress. Trent University (Watmough) Newman, Emily, BSc Honours. In progress. Trent University (Watmough) Pau, Jeannie, BSc Honours. In progress. Queen’s (Arnott/Higgins) Reist, Mark, BSc Honours. In progress. Queen’s (Arnott/Walker) Robinson, Bryce, BSc Honours. In progress. Laurentian (Basiliko) Seed, Marian, BSc Honours. In progress. Laurentian (Johnston) Wilson, Emilie, BSc Honours. In progress. Waterloo (Swanson) Bird, Adam, MSc Candidate, Trent University (Watmough) Bourne, Vanessa, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Bailey/Gunn) Brekke, Lorraine (Sawdon), MSc Candidate, Laurentian (Gunn/Johnston) Daoust, Kristin, MSc Candidate, University of Guelph (Sibley/Kreutzweiser/Creed) DeJong, Rachel, MSc Candidate, University of Waterloo (Swanson) Doran, Marney. MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Merritt/Mykytczuk) Dutkiewicz, David, MSc Candidate, University of Guelph (Sibley/Kreutzweiser) Hanson, Andrea, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Campbell) Heerschap, Matthew, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Gunn/Johnston) Hoage, Jesse, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Basiliko) Hoffman, Justin, MSC Candidate, University of Waterloo (Swanson) Jamieson, Tyler, MSc Candidate, Trent University (Watmough)
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Lavallee, Amanda, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Campbell) Leonard, Heather, MSc Candidate, Wilfrid Laurier (McGeer) Levasseur, Pat, MSc Candidate, Trent University (Watmough) Lewis, Brent, MSc Candidate, University of Waterloo (Swanson) Loveridge, Alexandria, MSc Candidate, Wilfrid Laurier (McGeer) Marney, Doran, MSc. Candidate, Laurentian University (Mykytczuk) Nicholson, Michele, MSc Candidate, Queen’s University (Arnott /Johnson) Overhill, Melanie, MSc Candidate, Queen’s University (Arnott) Potter, Alex, MSc Candidate, Trent University (Buttle/ Kreutzweiser/ Sibley) Primeau, Charlotte, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Mykytczuk/Leduc) Rantala‐Sykes, Brittany, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Campbell) Schmidt, Elliot, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Mykytczuk/Schulte‐Hostedde) Serré, Jasmine, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Beckett/Spiers) Souter, Laura, MSc Candidate, Trent University (Watmough) Stewart, Kayla, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Beckett/Spiers) Suenaga, Erin, MSc Candidate, Queen’s University (Arnott) Sumner, Alexandra, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Gunn/Johnston) Treasure, Teresa, MSc Candidate, Trent University (Watmough) Trembath, Katherine, MSc Candidate, Wilfrid Laurier (McGeer) Valiquette, Nicole, MSc Candidate, Laurentian (Mykytczuk/Merritt) Vanderhorst, Renate, MSc Candidate, Laurentian (Beckett/Spiers) Williams‐Johnson, Shanay, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Basiliko/Mykytczuk) Wittman, Amanda, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Gunn/Bailey) Wu, Maojia, MSc Candidate, Wilfrid Laurier (McGeer) Yakimovich, Kurt, MSc Candidate, Laurentian (Basiliko/Mykytczuk) Yu, Xiao, MSc Candidate, Chemical Sciences, Laurentian University (Belzile) Zabel, Nelson, MSc Candidate, University of Waterloo (Swanson) Appiah‐Hagan, Emmanuel, Ph.D. Candidate Material Sciences ( Belzile) Arteaga, Jessica, PhD Candidate, Laurentian University (Basiliko) Azan, Shakira, PhD Candidate, Queen’s University (Arnott/Yan) Burke, Samantha, PhD Candidate, University of Waterloo (Swanson) Carson, Michael, PhD Candidate, Laurentian University (Basiliko) Erdozain, Maitane, PhD Candidate, University of New Brunswick (Kidd/Sibley/Kreutzweiser) Gupta, Varun, PhD Candidate, Laurentian University (Mykytczuk/Gunn) Hasnain, Sarah, PhD Candidate, Queen’s University (Arnott/Day) Jones, Chris, PhD Candidate, Laurentian University (Bailey/Gunn) Lavender, Mike, PhD Candidate, Queen’s (Arnott) Lescord, Gretchen, PhD Candidate, Laurentian University (Johnston/Gunn) McDonough, Andrew, PhD Candidate, Trent University (Watmough) Musetta, Jordan, PhD Candidate, University of Guelph (Sibley/Kreutzweiser) Noyce, Genevieve, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto (Basiliko/Fulthorpe) Reid, Carolyn, PhD Candidate, Trent University (Watmough) Shabaga, Jason, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto (Basiliko)
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Sinclair, James, PhD Candidate, Queen’s University (Arnott) Stasko, Ashley, PhD Candidate University of Waterloo (Swanson) Yeung, Alex, PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia (Richardson/Kreutzweiser) Baker, Leanne, PDF, University of Waterloo (Swanson) Blewett, T, PDF, Wilfrid Laurier Biology and Chemistry Depts. (McGeer/Smith) Celis‐Salgado, Martha, PDF, FLAMES lab (Arnott/Yan) Taylor, Nadine, PDF, Laurentian University/Wilfrid Laurier (McGeer/Gunn) Baker, Scott, Research Associate, Trent University (Watmough) Elwood, Mason, Research Technician, University of Waterloo (Swanson) Hillis, Neil, Research Associate, Trent University (Watmough) London, Jaqueline, Research Technician, Trent University (Watmough) Lord, Sarah, Research Technician, University of Waterloo (Swanson) Orlovskaya, Liana, Research Technician, Trent University (Watmough) Staff Laurentian University Science Building Alarie, Yves – Biosystematics Belzile, Nelson ‐ Environmental Chemistry Dirszowsky, Randy – Geomorphology/Paleolimnology Ramcharan, Charles ‐ Aquatic Ecologist Spiers, Graeme – Chemistry, Science and Engineering Canadian Forest Services, Sault Ste. Marie Kreutzweiser, David – Land Water Linkages Norwegian University of Life Sciences Rosseland, Bjorn O. Queens University Arnott, Shelley Trent University Watmough, Shaun A. University of Cambridge, UK Tanentzap, Andrew Szkokan‐Emilson, Erik Desjardins, Cyndy University of Waterloo Swanson, Heidi
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Wilfrid Laurier McGeer, Jim York University Yan, Norman (Emeritus) Living with Lakes Centre Bailey, John – MOECC Research Scientist/ LU Adjunct Bamberger, Elizabeth – Business Manager, LU Barriault, Chantal – Science Communication Beckett, Peter ‐ Education and Outreach, Faculty LU Campbell, Daniel –Research Scientist MIRARCO/Lakes Centre Fram, Kim ‐ Invertebrate Taxonomist Gillespie, Michelle – Lab Manager, Living with Lakes Centre Graham Lisa – Data Manager, MOECC Gunn, John – Canada Research Chair in Stressed Aquatic Systems, LU Haslam, Lee – Senior Fisheries Technician, MNRF Heneberry, Jocelyne ‐ Monitoring Coordinator, MOECC Johnston, Tom – MNRF Senior Research Scientist/LU Adjunct Keller, Bill – Director, Climate Change and Multiple Stressor Aquatic Research, LU McCourt, Jason – Environmental Officer, MOECC Mykytczuk, Nadia – Research Scientist, VLWLC Novodvorsky, Nicole – Freshwater Ecology and Bioassessment Biologist, OMOECC Oman, Karen – Research and Administration, LU Pearson, David ‐ Urban Lakes Coordinator/Science Communication, Faculty LU Sarrazin‐Delay, Chantal ‐ Biomonitoring Biologist Smenderovac, Emily, Research Associate, LU Witty, Lynne – Invertebrate Taxonomist Field Technicians and Research Assistants Bender, Kelsey, MNRF Term Fisheries Technician Borynec, Angela, Research Assistant Boudreau, Amy, Workstudy Research Assistant Brunet, Nicole, Research Assistant Clout, Meghan, Summer student, MNRF Emilson, Caroline, Research Assistant Heerschap, Matthew, Summer Research Assistant McKenzie, Michael, Summer student, MNRF Rancourt, Krystal, Summer Research Assistant Reid, Michelle, Science Communication Internship Smenderovac, Emily, Research Assistant Wilcox, Eric, Field Technician, MOECC