Your Link to Muskoka's Water!
22 October 2012
Annual Update Workshop
Location: Nipissing University - Muskoka Campus, Bracebridge
Presentations
CWN Canadian Watershed Research Consortium Management Process
Janice Levangie (CWN Program Coordinator)
A geographic template for cumulative-effects assessment in the Muskoka River Watershed
Rachel Plewes (MSc, Carleton University)
(PI: Murray Richardson)
Assessing and modelling cumulative effects on biological communities
Chris Jones (PhD, Laurentian University)
(PIs: John Gunn & John Bailey)
Establishment of biological baselines in the Muskoka River Watershed and development of a diatom index for assessing lake and riverine health
Mark MacDougall (MSc, University of Waterloo)
(PIs: Andrew Paterson, Roland Hall & Jennifer Winter)
Hydro-climatic change in the Muskoka River Watershed
Jason Kerr (Post-doctoral fellow, Trent University)
(PIs: Catherine Eimers & Huaxia Yao)
Spatial and temporal controls on phosphorus export at Dickie Lake catchments
Kieran Pinder (MSc, Trent University)
(PIs: Catherine Eimers & Shaun Watmough)
Effects of Multiple Stressors on Chloride Ecotoxicological Thresholds for Daphniids in Soft-water Northern Ontario Lakes
Arran Brown (MSc, York University)
(PI: Norman Yan)
Establishing sustainable harvesting intensities in the MRW to sustain critical calcium levels in lakes
Carolyn Reid (MSc, Trent University)
(PI: Shaun Watmough & Julian Aherne)
Long-term changes in lake nutrient stoichiometry: effects on plankton productivity and species composition
Samaneh Gholami (PhD, York University)
(PIs: Jöerg Grigull & Norman Yan)
Evaluation and application of models: forecasting the water quality of the Muskoka Watershed under a changing future
Jill Crossman (Post-doctoral researcher, Trent University)
(PI: Peter Dillon)
Evaluation and application of SWAT model to surface waters in the Muskoka River Watershed
(PIs: April James & Huaxia Yao)
Controls on algal blooms and predictive modeling of bloom occurrence in the Muskoka River Watershed
Anurani Persaud (Post-doctoral researcher, Trent University)
(PIs: Peter Dillon, Andrew Paterson & Jennifer Winter)
Managing cumulative effects in the Muskoka River Watershed: Monitoring, research and predictive modeling - Team wrap-up
Catherine Eimers (Research Team Leader)
Topics
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.
- A geographic template for cumulative-effects assessment in the Muskoka River Watershed
- Assessing and modelling cumulative effects on biological communities
- Establishment of biological baselines in the Muskoka River Watershed and development of a diatom index for assessing lake and riverine health
- Establishment of physical baselines and hydroclimatic assessment
- Drivers of declining P and rising DOC; role of wetlands/beaver ponds
- Interacting effects of multiple stressors on ecotoxicological thresholds (Ca and Cl ecotoxicology)
- Establishing sustainable harvesting intensities in the Muskoka River Watershed to sustain critical Ca levels
- Long-term changes in lake nutrient stoichiometry: effects on plankton productivity and species composition
- Evaluation and application of INCA-P and HBV to surface waters in the Muskoka River Watershed
- Evaluation and application of SWAT model to surface waters in the Muskoka River Watershed
- Controls on algal blooms and predictive modeling of bloom occurrence in the Muskoka River Watershed