Your Link to Muskoka's Water!

Canadian Water Network
A collaborative monitoring program in the Muskoka River Watershed funded in part by the Canadian Water Network.

CWN Research Team
Learn about the scientists carrying out the research.

Annual Update Workshops
An annual update on the progress of each research project.

CWN Research Projects

1. A geographic template for cumulative-effects assessment in the Muskoka River Watershed
    
2. Assessing and modelling cumulative effects on biological communities
    
3. Establishment of biological baselines in the Muskoka River Watershed and development of a diatom index for assessing lake and riverine health
    
4. Establishment of physical baselines and hydroclimatic assessment
    
5. Drivers of declining P and rising DOC; role of wetlands/beaver ponds
    
6. Interacting effects of multiple stressors on ecotoxicological thresholds (Ca and Cl ecotoxicology)
    
7. Establishing sustainable harvesting intensities in the Muskoka River Watershed to sustain critical Ca levels
    
8. Long-term changes in lake nutrient stoichiometry: effects on plankton productivity and species composition
    
9. Evaluation and application of INCA-P and HBV to surface waters in the Muskoka River Watershed
    
10. Evaluation and application of SWAT model to surface waters in the Muskoka River Watershed
     
11. Controls on algal blooms and predictive modeling of bloom occurrence in the Muskoka River Watershed