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 Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit Annual Report 2010 Awards and Recognition • The Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit (Co‐op Unit) was the winner of the Sudbury Community Builders Award in the Environment Category for 2010. This award recognizes persons or groups who have had an important positive impact on our environment, both man‐made and natural. The Award was presented to John Gunn, Bill Keller and Tom Johnston at a gala event on Feb. 18, 2010. • Dr. Norman Yan was the recipient of the York University faculty merit award • Before going on sabbatical (through 2009 and 2010) Dr. Randy Dirszowsky laid the groundwork and obtained administrative approval for the development of new programs (and a department) in Environmental Science and Environmental Studies at Laurentian University. The detailed work of obtaining committee approvals continued in his absence and the launch date has been set for September 2011. • Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit / Vale Living with Lakes Centre was the recipient of the Healthy Community Cabinet Award in the Environment category by the Healthy Community Initiative for the City of Greater Sudbury on Nov. 18, 2010. • John Gunn had his CRC position renewed in 2010 and also received a $530 K grant from CFI/OIT to support the equipment needs of the new research program. He was also asked to participate at the 10th anniversary event for the Canada Research Chairs at the Toronto Convention Centre on Nov. 24‐25, 2010 and presented a talk entitled “Can the Environment Save the Economy?” • Dave Pearson chaired the expert panel (Far North Science Advisory Panel) that provided science advice to the Minister of Natural Resources to assist in drafting of the Far North Act, Bill 191. The final report of the panel was submitted is April 2010. Bill 191 was approved by Parliament on Sept. 23, 2010. • TĀLER project: The research team of J. Gunn and W. Keller (Laurentian), N. Yan (York), J. McGeer (Wilfrid Laurier), S. Watmough (Trent) and D. Kreutzweiser (Can. Forest Serv.) was awarded a 5 year $1 M research grant from NSERC/Vale/Xstrata through •
the Collaborative Research Development program on Aug. 8, 2010. The project entitled "Terrestrial Aquatic Linkages for Ecosystem Recovery" is designed to determine how terrestrial factors affect the recovery processes of aquatic systems under a variety of disturbance types (metal smelting, fire, logging) and to assess potential remedial measures. The Vale Living with Lakes Centre was selected as one of the top 7 projects in Canada that were supported by the Federal Knowledge Infrastructure Program. Community Outreach • Biodiversity Challenge: Charles Ramcharan served as an environmental advisor. • CBC Radio Interviews: Dr. Charles Ramcharan represented the Co‐op Unit and Laurentian University on numerous occasions throughout 2010 providing information and education on a wide range of subjects from milfoil and cyanobacteria to the effects of snowmobiles on lakes when they fall through the ice. • Central Algoma Freshwater Coalition: Dave Kreutzweiser served as an advisor on development of their lake monitoring program. • Climate Change Consortium: Charles Ramcharan served as an environmental advisor. • EarthDay: The Co‐op Unit participated once again in the Sudbury Earth Day Festival organized by the Greater Sudbury Environmental Network. • Federation of Ontario Cottagers' Associations (FOCA): Dr. Charles Ramcharan presented a talk at the annual meeting entitled ‘Past, Present, and Future Stresses on Northern Lakes’ in August. • Greater Sudbury Water Alliance: Dr. Charles Ramcharan serves in this group supporting citizens in their efforts to reduce residential phosphorus discharges in the Greater Sudbury area. • Greenspace Advisory Panel: Peter Beckett served as a technical resource person assisting in defining conservation areas in Sudbury. • Healthy Community Cabinet: Charles Ramcharan served as an environmental advisor. • Junction Creek Stewardship Committee: Peter Beckett, John Gunn and Karen Oman, among others, provide considerable technical advice and other resources to this committee. 2 •
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NSERC Scholarships and Fellowships Selection Committee: Dr. Yves Alarie was a member in 2010 representing Earth Science and Ecology. Picture our Lakes Photography Contest: The Co‐op Unit again took a lead role with Artists on Elgin, in a contest to celebrate the more than 330 lakes in the city’s boundaries. Over 300 photos were submitted. At the awards presentation at City Hall, the Co‐op Unit was represented by Dr. Charles Ramcharan who delivered a presentation on the status of City Lakes. The Co‐op Unit continues to work toward its goal of promoting lake stewardship within the general public through this contest related education. Rainbow Routes: Peter Beckett is an Environmental Advisor for Rainbow Routes and has led field trips and contributed to the development of curriculum for schools called “Learning with Trails”. The Ramsey Lake Road Trail has been completed. Source Water Protection Program: Charles Ramcharan has served as an environmental advisor. • VETAC: Peter Beckett chairs this committee and participates in various subcommittees. Vale Living with Lakes Centre Project Update A picture is worth a thousand words. It’s almost done and the movers arrive April 11, 2011. Oct. 27, 2010 Jan. 26, 2011 3 Vale Living with Lakes Centre Financial Goals 1. Complete construction under budget ($20.52M) 2. Reduce annual operating costs through investment in “green infrastructure” – save $1M over 20 years 3. Complete research enhancement Fund ($7M for scholarships, equipment and staff) Living with Lakes Centre Fundraising Revenue Capital Project Vale Industry Canada (Knowledge Infrastructure Program) Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities FEDNOR NOHFC CFI OIT F. Jean MacLeod Trust City Of Sudbury Holcim Foundation Other Private Contributions Total Funding $4,500,000 $5,152,676 $5,000,000 $2,475,000 $2,000,000 $800,000 $150,000 $100,000 $25,000 $49,824 $20,252,500 Research Enhancement – Goal $7,000,000 Ministry of the Environment City of Greater Sudbury EJLB Foundation Next 50 Campaign Total Research Funding to Date Research Funding Target $840,000 $400,000 $30,000 $83,000 $1,353,000 $7,000,000 Still to Raise $5,647,000 Far North Science Advisory Panel David Pearson (chair) and John Gunn were members of the Far North Science Advisory Panel that submitted its report, “Science for a Changing Far North”, to the Ministry of Natural Resources in June 2010. The Panel reviewed the drivers of environmental and ecological change in the region and made 6 recommendations with a further 13 components. Recommendations 4 emphasized the need for a landscape scale approach to planning and the vulnerability of the ecosystems to multiple stressors, especially in the light of rapid climate change; urged that the existing moratorium on large scale hydroelectric developments be maintained; highlighted the need for science information in the context of an adaptive management approach; and argued that the design of communication and transmission corridors should from the outset recognize community needs and ecological features. Panel members attended the two‐day “Science for a Changing North” workshop held at Laurentian in late October 2009. The report is available at http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/FarNorth/2ColumnSubPage/266512.html The recommendations are as follows: 1) Create a coordinated government‐wide strategy for the management of interim and on‐
going development 2) Immediately designate the “Ring of Fire” as a priority management area with an interim sub‐regional planning process. 3) Immediately establish the “Far North Land Use Strategy” i) Conduct land use planning to protect the ecological integrity of the region as a whole while also achieving socio‐economic objectives; ii) Mitigate climate change by preventing or minimizing the loss of carbon storage in biomass and soil; iii) Consider the impacts of climate change in land use planning; iv) Establish a framework for protecting areas of cultural and ecological significance; v) Use watersheds or other natural boundaries as the basis for establishing protected areas; vi) Coordinate planning and management across administrative boundaries. 4) Plan development incrementally, in a considered, proactive fashion i) Assess and manage cumulative impacts; ii) Maintain the existing moratorium on large scale hydro‐electric development and extend it to include inter‐basin water diversions; iii) Plan transportation and transmission corridors in a coordinated fashion, recognizing community needs and protecting significant ecological features; iv) Prevent the introduction of invasive species. 5) Apply the best continuous learning approaches through adaptive management i) Base management decisions on the best available knowledge but regularly revisit and revise strategies as the knowledge base improves; ii) Support planning and management with an appropriate decision‐support system. 6) Provide communities and governments with the necessary information resources for planning and management i) Create a Far North information system to facilitate the use of best available knowledge, including Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge; 5 ii) Improve the available information base through a comprehensive inventory, enhanced monitoring, and special studies. NSERC CRD Program‐ TĀLER Terrestrial Aquatic Linkages for Ecosystem Recovery 2010‐2015 This industrial research grant program is supported by NSERC, Vale Ltd. and Xstrata Ltd. and is designed to assess the role of terrestrial carbon and base cations in the recovery of damaged ecosystems. The project was designed to address the concerns identified through the Ecological Risk Assessment as part of the Sudbury Soils Study. The ERA concluded that Sudbury’s terrestrial ecosystems exhibited persistent problems because of the continuing soil erosion, elevation of metal contaminants and the lack of organic matter. The degraded nature of the land in turn appeared to adversely affect the recovery of diverse communities of invertebrates at the interface of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems (i.e. littoral zones, riparian areas). The 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. The project was divided into 4 subprojects to address the following questions: 1) How does disturbance type (fire, logging, mining) affect benthic invertebrate recovery? (D. Kreutzweiser, E. Muto) 2) What controls the quantity and quality of organic matter entering lakes? (S. Watmough, J. Gunn, E. Szkokan‐Emilson) 3) How do organic matter and base cations interact to influence the toxicity of residual metals? (J. McGeer, N. Yan, M. Celis‐Salgado, C. Gibson and C. Chan) 4) What habitat characteristics are associated with healthy invertebrate communities? (W. Keller, M. White) The TĀLER group held its first workshop at the Copper Cliff Club on Oct. 27, 2010 hosted by Vale Ltd. A special guest at the meeting was Dr. Sandra Clinton, a microbial ecologist from N. Carolina State. Representatives for the City (S. Monet) and the OMOE (P. Welch) also participated. In addition to presentations addressing the four funded research questions, we also invited presentations on 4 associated projects. 1) J. Davidson (with Junction Creek Stewardship Committee). A GIS based study of the effects of forest loss on invertebrate communities in Junction Creek in Sudbury. 2) A. Langille (Ph.D. candidate at Guelph Univ.) Approaches to modeling ecosystems to simulate responses to disturbances or remedial measures in Sudbury and Dorset watersheds. 3) J. Babin‐Fenske (PDF at Laurentian). Watershed restoration at Daisy Lake and the genetics of colonizations (amphipods). 4) K. Wallace (M.Sc. Candidate at Laurentian) Temporal recovery of invertebrates in streams impacted by forest harvest (Turkey Lakes Watershed). The TĀLER projects makes use of study sites and facilities at the: 1) CFS experimental watershed sites in White River, Ontario 6 2) Catchment sites associated with many key long‐term study lakes (e.g. Clearwater, Daisy, Lake Laurentian) in Sudbury 3) FLAMES lab and long‐term catchment study sites in Dorset Extensive data from over 300 sites from the Freshwater Invertebrate Reference Network of Northern Ontario (FIRNNO) located across mining regions of Ontario are also being used. Aquatic Restoration Group ‐ Sudbury Environmental Study Lakes In 2010 the Ministry of the Environment at the Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit continued sampling lakes for the Sudbury Environmental Study (SES) under 2 main programs which complement each other: SES Extensive and SES Intensive. The SES Extensive program 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 are sampled once annually during the period late June through early August. The data are intended to provide information on regional patterns in water quality and lake recovery in the lakes near Sudbury. During 2010 all 44 lakes in the SES Extensive lake set were sampled once for a set of standard water chemistry parameters. The SES Intensive program 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 data on a smaller group of lakes. In 2010 there were 12 lakes sampled monthly (May ‐ October) and 1 lake sampled twice‐monthly (Swan lake) under the SES Intensive program. The zooplankton taxonomy lab continued to process samples collected under the SES program, but also processed samples for various partners and collaborators including the Canadian Wildlife Service (Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia), York University, and the Severn Sound Environmental Association. Samples collected in the far north under the Climate Change and Multiple Stressor Research Program were also processed. Database management during 2010 included updating the several databases that house data produced from our programs. In addition, numerous data requests were addressed from partners and collaborators. Support for other projects, including graduate student projects was also provided (data, expertise and logistics). These Sudbury area monitoring programs 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. Most of these publications were prepared for peer reviewed journals for widespread dissemination. A list of recent publications arising from this program can be found within the publication section of this report. 7 Climate Change and Multiple Stressor Research Program Existing long‐term datasets on Boreal Shield lakes (Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit, Dorset Environmental Science Centre) are being analyzed to detect climate effects. Lake data (chemistry, zooplankton, phytoplankton) from the Northern Ontario Water Resources Study (NOWRS) conducted in the early 1970’s have also been entered into a computerized data base. Data analyses are in progress to examine and characterize chemical and biological patterns in this dataset which includes lakes across Ontario’s Arctic Watershed. While old, the NOWRS data will allow us to further our understanding of northern lakes when collection of current lake data for the far north is only beginning. In June 2010, sampling for chemistry, zooplankton and phytoplankton was completed on six lakes in the vicinity of the MOE carbon flux monitoring station near Kinosheo Lake. The lakes sampled were Kinosheo, Lukeberry, Carling, Vincent, Anderson and Holmes. Once available the lake data will be reviewed to assess the potential of these systems as long‐term monitoring sites. In August 2010, Laurentian University coordinated a sampling campaign that focused on the chemistry and biology of a number of lakes including Hawley Lake, near the Hudson Bay Coast. This work continued studies initiated in the summer of 2009. It involved scientists and technical staff from Laurentian University and the Ontario Ministries of the Environment and Natural Resources. Collaborators include University of Ottawa, Queens University, Trent University, Wilfrid Laurier University, and Yale University. All information generated from these studies will be made available to stakeholders involved with managing and protecting water resources in the far north of Ontario. Five lakes that were sampled in 2009 were re‐sampled in 2010, including: Aquatuk, Hawley, North Raft, Opinnagau East and Spruce. Six new, unnamed, lakes were sampled in the tundra area between Hawley Lake and Hudson Bay to begin to understand the nature of these types of lakes which are prominent in the far north, but have not yet been studied in Ontario. Samples were collected in some or all of the lakes to evaluate the following components: ‐Basic biology (zooplankton, phytoplankton, benthic invertebrates) ‐Water chemistry (including mercury and methylmercury) ‐Water for isotope hydrology analyses ‐Water for dissolved organic matter fractionation ‐Mercury concentrations in fish ‐Samples of fish and invertebrates for stable isotope food web studies ‐Lake sediment cores, to allow reconstruction of past environmental conditions A system for preparation and review of research proposals addressing the aquatic effects of climate change and multiple stressors was developed. To date, financial support has been provided to selected research projects at Laurentian University, York University, University of Ottawa, and University of Quebec at Montreal. 8 Climate change and multiple stressor research has been promoted and facilitated through networking and collaborating with other researchers. A workshop on “Climate Change and Multiple Stressor Effects on Lakes” was organized and hosted at the Muskoka Campus of Nipissing University in June 2010. A special session on Far North Aquatic Science has been organized for the Sudbury Restoration Workshop – “Science for a Changing North II” in February 2011. Substantial progress has been made in establishing relationships with First Nations residents and communities in the Far North to work towards increasing future science‐related collaborations. Collaborative projects were developed with Albert Chookomolin (Peawanuck resident, Weenusk First Nation) for collection of winter fish samples from Aquatuk Lake and for deployment of temperature recorders this spring in the Sutton River below Hawley Lake, and pickup in the fall. Meetings were attended with Chief and Council of Fort Severn and Chief and Council of Fort Hope to discuss possible future aquatic science work in these areas. Northern Fisheries Research Program 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 (OMNR) and has included a variety of projects examining the biology, ecology, and ecotoxicology of northern fish populations. Work on this program in 2010 was primarily directed at two fields of research: i) Reproductive ecology of northern fishes. Research on the reproductive ecology of burbot continued in 2010 with emphasis on further defining spawn timing and reproductive traits in northeastern Ontario populations. This work, in addition to studies of burbot trophic ecology, is part of a collaborative research project with Fisheries and Oceans in Yellowknife, NT (PhD thesis project of Pete Cott, Laurentian University). This research is funded by the OMNR Aquatic Research and Development Section, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Natural Resources Canada and NSERC. ii) Mercury bioaccumulation and food web structure in northern fish populations. Following an analysis of historic fish mercury data from the OMOE, an intensive fish sampling program was carried out from 2009 to 2010 to acquire contemporary fish mercury data from selected lakes in northern Ontario. Contemporary mercury concentrations will be compared with historic mercury concentrations (1977‐1981) across the boreal zone of northern Ontario to determine how mercury bioaccumulation has changed in this region over the past 30 years (MSc thesis project of Rex Tang, Laurentian University). In addition, stable isotope analyses are being conducted on selected fish populations from the sampling program to determine how food web structure and fish growth influence mercury bioaccumulation. A new research project initiated in 2010 will build on the food web portion of the study by examining the overlap in feeding ecologies of walleye and smallmouth bass across a gradient of water clarity in northern lakes (MSc thesis project of Ashley Stasko, Laurentian University). This work is funded by the OMOE Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch, the OMNR Far North Branch, the OMNR Aquatic Research and Development Section, and NSERC. 9 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 anthropogenic 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 of many minimally impacted reference sites with similar habitat characteristics. The implementation of the RCA design generally requires a large network of reference site encompassing many habitat types from which to match a site of interest. Such a network is currently maintained by 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 380 sites have been collected from 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. Various modeling strategies have been explored including the Nearest Neighbour technique (NN). Here the BMI community of a discharge site is compared to the BMIs at the reference sites that most resemble the discharge site in habitat using ordination techniques The core program is complemented by work being done to understand the impact of various sources of variability on the assessment of a discharge site. We are investigating the effects of temporal, spatial, replication and methodological factors, confounding anthropogenic effects, as well as various statistical approaches. In 2010, monitoring of long term sites continued and some new sites were sampled. Sampling was again undertaken in the fall of 2010. These additional data from a mix of impacted, reference and urban sites collected from the Sudbury, Hemlo and Timmins areas, will help us gain a better understanding of benthic communities in Northern Ontario. Of the 77 sites visited, 52 were sites previously sampled for 2 to 8 years. The addition of another year of data for a number of sites will help gain a better understanding of inter‐annual temporal variation as it pertains to the assessment of an affected site. In an effort to fill gaps with regards to habitat type, twenty‐five new sites were sampled this past year. Headwater streams 10 (reference and historically impacted) were targeted in the vicinity of Timmins and Hemlo as well as small urban streams in North Bay. The Laurentian University / Science North Graduate Diploma in Science Communication Excellence in communicating science continues to be a priority for the Co‐op Unit. The university home for students in the joint Graduate Diploma program will be in the new Lake Centre alongside other graduate students. David Pearson is the Laurentian Co‐Director of the program. An experiment this year is combining a Biology graduate class of 19 students with 15 Science Communication students grouped in 5 person production teams (Reel Science, Scimax, and Biofilms) in producing science videos. It has been a great success so far and a Video Gala is planned as one of the first communication events in the Living with Lakes centre in April (and then YouTube). Enrolment in the program reached its cap of 15 for 2010‐11. Applications for next year are due by March 31st and intending applicants have already come from France and Scotland as well as across Canada. A recent donation of $250,000 to the program’s endowment fund for bursaries and scholarships (already over $200,000) will soon be announced. Forty two students have now graduated from the program since 2006 and have taken jobs in places such as the Council of Canadian Academies, the Perimeter Institute, Jacques Whitford Environmental Consultants, the Ministry of the Environment, the Canadian Foreign Service, Pollution Probe, the Toronto Regional Conservation Authority, the Royal Ontario Museum, Science North, the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, several exhibit design companies, and as writers. Students have been interns during their program at Canadian Geographic, the Canadian Polar Commission, the Great Lakes Forest Centre, the "Science Time" in Beijing, the "Discovery Channel" in Toronto, the Experimentarium in Copenhagen as well as in Provincial Government Ministries, in science centres, and in exhibit design companies. For more information see www.sciencecommunication.ca It remains the only program of its kind in North America. Climate Change Adaptation David Pearson has completed his appointment as Co‐Chair of the Ontario Government's Expert Panel on Climate Change Adaptation on January 1st. The Panel submitted its report “Adapting to Climate Change in Ontario” in November 2009. It included 59 recommendations ranging from 5 fundamental goals to detailed operational‐style recommendations for 13 Ministries across government. It is available on the Ministry of the Environment website http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/environment/en/resources/STD01_076568.html The Province’s response is expected very soon. David is science advisor to the Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and Adaptation Resources (OCCIAR) located at Laurentian. OCCIAR specializes in holding workshops, especially for communities that guide participants through a risk assessment and risk management process to prioritize climate change adaptation strategies and measures in the light of known 11 vulnerabilities and modeled climate change scenarios. OCCIAR is also a major part of the Ontario Regional Adaptation Collaborative (RAC) project jointly funded NRCan and Ontario. Through OCCIAR David is developing an initiative to assess the current impacts and future risks of climate change to communities in the Far North. Fort Hope is the main partner community in this initiative along with participation from Fort Severn. Other communities will become involved during 2011. In July 2010 OCCIAR began a 2 year contract with the Canadian Premiers’ Council of the Federation to host a national “Community of Practice” (CoP) for climate change adaptation practitioners. There is the potential for the CoP to host other groups of climate change practitioners with an interest in facilitated communication, webinars etc. For example, a forestry group has recently been included as a node in the CoP through the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers. TIMEX Project 2010 The Thermocline Induced Mixing Experiment is underway on Lac Croche, a 19ha lake trout lake at the University of Montreal field station in the Laurentians. The experiment is designed to experimentally manipulate the thermocline depth in this three basin lake (10‐13m max depth; one basin separated with a 6m x 200m curtain), using a solar powered lake mixer (Solar Bee ®). The project is a cooperative project involving Laurentian University (J. Gunn, S. MacPhee), Univ. of Québec at Montréal (B. Beisner, Y. Prairie), Univ. of Montréal (M. Amyot) and Env. Canada (J. Chételat). The project is designed to assess the potential effects of thermocline depth change (due to warming or changing wind speed) on basin heat content, CO2 and CH4 flux, Hg in biota and trophic structure. The project began with a pretreatment study in 2007. Our preliminary findings after the three years of thermocline deepening (2008, 2009, 2010) are as follows: Deeping was associated with an increase in basin heat content, increase in phytoplankton and pelagic fish biomass, increases in CO2 and CH4 emissions, but a decrease in Hg concentration in the tissues of benthic fish. However, there were strong, interannual affects related to warming and uncertainty exists about nutrient interactions among basins. In 2011 we will begin the recovery or anoxia phase of the experiment by removing the Solar Bee from the west basin but leaving the limnological curtain in place. China Symposium ‐ Beijing, June 15‐18, 2011 As a member of the International Science Committee for the 8th International Acid Rain Conference in Beijing, J. Gunn is organizing a special symposium entitled ‘Restoration and Recovery from Extreme Damage: The Sudbury Example’, to bring the world the Sudbury story. This major conference has been held every five years since 1975, but this is the first time that it is in China. This venue should be an excellent opportunity to showcase our research and to build collaborative networks in parts of the world than will greatly benefit from the knowledge 12 we have gained over the last 30‐40 years of research in Sudbury. The invitation to participate in the symposium has been extended to Co‐op Unit partners, including the City of Greater Sudbury and our mining industry partners, as well as several researchers from collaborating universities (e.g. York, Trent and Wilfrid Laurier). In addition to the conference proceedings, a block of papers from the symposium will be published in the journal Water, Air and Soil Pollution. For details of the conference see http://www.acidrain‐2010.org/dct/page/1 Conference Organizing and Editorial Activities Alarie, Y. Subject Editor , Annals of the Entomological Society of America Arnott, S. Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Ecology Arnott, S. Co‐chair of organizing committee for joint meeting of American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and the North American Benthological Society, Santa Fe, NM, Jun. 2010 Arnott, S. Co‐organizer of Hemimysis Meeting, Queen’s University Biology Station, October, 2010. Ramcharan, C. Served as Associate Editor of the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Ramcharan, C.W., J. Havel and H.P. Riessen. Special Session Organizers. June 2010. Linking Simplicity and Complexity in Aquatic Ecosystems: A Tribute to Stanley Ivan Dodson. ASLO NABS Sante Fe, New Mexico, June 6‐11, 2010 Kreutzweiser, D. Served as Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Forest Research Yan, N. Served as Chair of the NSERC Strategic Projects Review Panel Partners and Collaborators Industry Vale Ltd. Xstrata Nickel Government Funding Partners City of Greater Sudbury NSERC CFI/OIT FedNor/MNDM Environment Canada Industry Canada 13 DFO Can. Wildlife Service Scientist Collaborators Laurentian University Cambrian College York University Queen’s University University of Guelph University of Toronto University of Lethbridge University of Waterloo Indiana University Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UK Wilfrid Laurier University University of Ottawa University of New Brunswick University of Turku, FI Univ. of Montreal Université du Québec à Montréal University of Alberta Trent University University of Winnipeg Univ. of British Columbia Others Friends of Killarney Park Ontario Power Generation Publications Co‐op Unit Members authored or co‐authored numerous publications: Alarie, Y., Short, A., M. Garcia, and L. Joly. 2011. Larval Morphology of Meruidae and its phylogenetic implications (Coleoptera: Hydradephaga). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. In press. Alarie, Y. and S. Longing. 2010. Description of the larvae of Heterosternuta sulphuria (Matta and Wolfe) with a key of identification of the known species of Heterosternuta Strand. The Coleopterists Bulletin 64: 85‐90. Arnott, S. E. Lakes as Islands. Book Chapter. In Encyclopedia of Islands, Edited by Rosemary Gillespie and David Clague, University of California Press. Baker, S.L., and N.D. Yan. 2010. Accumulated organic debris in catch basins improves the efficacy of S‐methoprene against mosquitoes in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. J. Am. Mosquito Contr.Assoc. 26(2): 172‐182. moco‐26‐02‐07.3d. Belzile, N., Y.‐W. Chen and M. Filella. 2010. Human exposure to antimony. I. Sources and intake. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. In press. Cairns, A., A. Jeziorski and N.D. Yan. 201x. Both calcium decline and polymixis reduce the prevalence of most daphniid species in Canadian Shield lakes. Can. J. fish. Aquat. Sci Under review. Cantin, A. B.E. Beisner, J. M. Gunn, Y.T. Prairie, and J. G. Winter. 2010. Effects of thermocline deepening on lake plankton communities. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. In press. 14 Chen, Y.‐W. and N. Belzile. 2010. High performance liquid chromatography coupled to atomic fluorescence spectrometry for the speciation of the hydride and chemical vapour‐forming elements As, Se, Sb and Hg: A critical review. Analytica Chimica Acta, 671, 9‐26. Cott, P.A., Johnston, T.A. and Gunn, J.M. 201X. Food web position of burbot relative to lake trout, northern pike and lake whitefish in four sub‐arctic Boreal lakes. Journal of Applied Biology. Accepted pending revisions. Cott,P.A, D.A. Mann, D.M. Higgs, T.A. Johnston, and J.M. Gunn. 2010. Assessing Disturbance from Under‐ice Noise on Fishes in Boreal Lakes. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life. Eds. A. Popper and T. Hawkins. Springer. In press. Derry, A. M., S. E. Arnott and P. T. Boag. 2010. Evolutionary shifts in copepod acid tolerance in an acid‐recovering lake indicated by resurrected resting eggs. Evolutionary Ecology 24:133–
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Mumme. 201X. Taking stock of the assisted migration debate. Biol. Conservat. Under review. Holmes, S.B., D.P. Kreutzweiser, and P.S. Hamilton. 2010. Operational and economic feasibility of logging within forested riparian zones. Forestry Chronicle 86:601‐607 Johnston, T.A., M. Power, and M. Keir. 2010. Response of native and naturalized fishes to salmonid cage culture farms in northern Lake Huron, Canada. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 139: 660‐670. Johnston, T.A., W. Lysack, and W.C. Leggett. 2011. Abundance, growth and life history characteristics of sympatric walleye (Sander vitreus) and sauger (S. canadensis) in Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba. Journal of Great Lakes Research. In press. Johnston, T.A., D.M‐M. Wong, M.D. Moles, M.D. Wiegand, J.M. Casselman, and W.C. Leggett. 201X. Comparative life history characteristics of exploited walleye (Sander vitreus) and lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) populations in two large lake ecosystems. Journal of Great Lakes Research. Submitted. Jokela, A., S. E. Arnott, and B. E. Beisner. 2011. Patterns of Bythotrephes longimanus distribution relative to native macroinvertebrates and zooplankton prey. Biological Invasions. In Press. Khan, F.R., W. Keller, N.D. Yan, P.G. Welsh, C.M. Wood, and J.C. McGeer. 201X. Application of a toxic unit model to predict improvement in species richness following reductions in metal concentrations in Sudbury, Ontario, lakes. Env. Sci. Technol. In prep. Kim, N. and N.D.Yan. 2010. Methods for rearing the invasive zooplankter Bythotrephes in the laboratory. Limnology and Oceanography Methods. 8: 552‐561. doi: 10:4319/lom.2010.8.552. Kreutzweiser D.P. and P.K. Sibley. 2011. Pesticide impacts on freshwater aquatic communities. Encyclopedia of Environmental Management. In press. 16 Kreutzweiser D.P, E.A. Muto, S.B. Holmes, and J.M. Gunn. 2010. Effects of upland clearcutting and riparian partial‐harvesting on leaf pack breakdown and aquatic invertebrates in boreal forest streams. Freshwater Biology 55: 2238‐2252 Kreutzweiser D.P. 2010. Ecological implications of emerald ash borer infestations and management. In: B. Lyons and T. Scarr (Eds), Workshop Proceedings: Guiding Principles for Managing the Emerald Ash Borer in Urban Environments, Burlington, Ontario, November 18, 2009, pp 18‐22 Luek, A., G.E. Morgan, B. Wissel, J.M. Gunn, and C.W. Ramcharan. 2010. Rapid and unexpected effects of piscivore introduction on trophic position and diet of perch (Perca flavescens) in recovery lakes. Freshwater Biology. 55:1616‐1627. MacPhee, S., S. Arnott, and W. Keller. 201X. Thermal structure influences macroinvertebrate predation on crustacean zooplankton: implications of climate warming for shallow lakes. J. Plank. Res. Under review. MacPhee, S., W. Keller, and S. Arnott. 201X. Patterns in lake thermal structure and the crustacean zooplankton assemblage of a small Boreal Shield lake – contrasting scales of variability. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. In prep. Michat, M.C., Y. Alarie, and C.H.S. Watts. 2010. Descriptions of the first instar larva ofthe hypogaeic species Neobidessodes limestoneensis (Watts & Humphreys) and of the third instar larva of Hydroglyphus balkei Hendrich (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Bidessini) with phylogenetic considerations. Zootaxa 2658: 38‐50. Michat, M.C., Y. Alarie and C.H.S. Watts. 2010. Larval morphology of Allodessus Guignot (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Aquatic Insects. In press. Moles, M.D., B.W. Robinson, T.A. Johnston, R.A. Cunjak, T.D. Jardine, J.M. Casselman, and W.C. Leggett. 2010. Morphological and trophic differentiation of growth morphotypes of Lake Winnipeg walleye (Sander vitreus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 88: 950‐960. Moles, M.D., T.A. Johnston, B.W. Robinson, A.M. Bernard, C.C. Wilson, M.D. Wiegand, and W.C. Leggett. 2011. Reproductive divergence between growth forms of Lake Winnipeg walleye (Sander vitreus). Ecology of Freshwater Fish. In press. Morgan, G.E., J.M. Gunn, C.W. Ramcharan, A. Luek, and B. Wissel. Yellow perch feeding morphology: Adaptive responses to threat from piscivores in food‐limited environments. Can J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. Submitted Sept. 2009. 17 Muto, E.A., D.P. Kreutzweiser and P.K. Sibley. 2011. Over‐winter decomposition and associated macroinvertebrate communities of three deciduous leaf species in Boreal Shield forest streams of Ontario, Canada. Hydrobiologia 658:111‐126. Palmer, M.E., N.D. Yan, A.M. Paterson, and R.E. Girard. 2011. Water quality changes in south‐
central Ontario lakes and the role of local factors in regulating lake response to regional stressors. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. In press. Pedruski, M. and S. E. Arnott. 2011. The effects of habitat connectivity and regional heterogeneity on artificial pond metacommunities. Oecologia. In press. Petruniak, J., K.M. Somers, and N.D. Yan. Predicting the spatial variability of Bythotrephes longimanus in Harp Lake, Ontario, Canada. Limnol. Oceangr. In revision. Potapov, A., J. Muirhead, N.D. Yan, S. Lele, and M. Lewis. 201X. Models of invasibility by Bythotrephes longimanus, a non‐indigenous zooplankton. Biol. Invasions. Resubmitted after invited revision. Ramcharan C.W., W. Keller, N.D. Yan, and A. Paterson. 201X. Ecosystem function of crustacean zooplankton grazers in perturbed and recovering lakes. Oikos. In prep. Ricciardi, A., M.E. Palmer, and N.D. Yan. 2011. Managing biological invasions as natural disasters. BioScience. In press. Richardson, J.S. and D.P. Kreutzweiser. 2010. New directions in riparian management. Forestry Chronicle. Submitted. Schummer, M.L., S.S. Badzinski, S.A. Petrie, Y.‐W. Chen, and N. Belzile. 2010. Selenium accumulation in sea ducks wintering at Lake Ontario. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 58, 854‐862. Shurin, J.B., M. Winder, R. Adrian, W. Keller, B. Matthews, A.M. Paterson, M. Paterson, B. Pinel‐
Alloul, J.A. Rusak, and N.D. Yan. 2010. Environmental stability and lake zooplankton diversity – contrasting effects of chemical and thermal variability. Ecology Letters 13: 453‐463. Smith, A.I., D.R. Bazely, and N.D. Yan. 2009. Missing the boat on invasive alien species: a review of the post‐secondary curricula in Canada. Can. J. Higher Education. Under review. Strecker, A. L. and S. E. Arnott. 2010. Complex interactions between regional dispersal of native taxa and an invasive species. Ecology 91:1035‐1047. Strecker A.L., B. E. Beisner, S. E. Arnott, A. M. Paterson, J. G. Winter, O. E. Johannsson, and N. D. Yan. 2011. Direct and indirect effects of an invasive planktonic predator on pelagic food webs. Limnol. Oceanogr. 56: 179‐192. doi: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.1.0179. 18 Szkokan‐Emilson, E., B. Wesolek, J.M. Gunn, C. Sarrazin‐Delay, J. Bedore, F. Chan, D. Garreau, A. O'Grady, and C. Robinson. 2010. Recovery from acidification of benthic invertebrate communities in Killarney Park lakes. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. DOI10.1007/s10661‐009‐1002‐x Szkokan‐Emilson, E., Wesolek, B., and Gunn, J. 2010. Terrestrial organic matter as trophic subsidies that aid in the recovery of macroinvertebrates in industrially‐damaged lakes. Ecological Applications. Under review. Toledo, M., Y. Alarie, and Y. S. 2011. Description of a new species of Laccodytes Régimbart, 1895 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Laccophilinae) from Cuba. Zootaxa. In press. Tropea, A.E., A.M. Paterson, W. Keller, and J.P. Smol. 2010. Sudbury sediments revisited: evaluating limnological recovery in a multiple stressor environment. Water Air Soil Pollut. 210: 317‐333. Tropea, A.E., A.M. Paterson, W. Keller, and J.P. Smol. 2010. Diatoms as indicators of long‐term nutrient enrichment in metal contaminated lakes from Sudbury, Ontario. Lake and Reserv. Mgmt. In press. Valois, A., W. Keller, and C. Ramcharan. 2010. Abiotic and biotic processes in recovering lakes: the role of metal toxicity and fish predation as barriers to zooplankton recovery. Freshwat. Biol. 55: 2585‐2597. Valois, A.E., W. Keller, and C.W. Ramcharan. 201X. Recovery in a multiple stressor environment: using the reference condition approach to examine zooplankton community change along opposing stress gradients. J. Plank. Res. Under review. Valois, A.E., C. Sarrazin‐Delay, W. Keller, and K. Somers. 201X. A comparison of two bioassessment protocols: can differences in sample collection and processing affect the conclusions when assessing biological impairment? Ecolog. Indicat. In prep. Venturelli, P.A., C.A. Murphy, B.J. Shuter, T.A. Johnston, P.J. van Coeverden de Groot, P.T. Boag, J.M. Casselman, R. Montgomerie, M.D. Wiegand, and W.C. Leggett. 2010. Maternal influences on population dynamics: evidence from an exploited freshwater fish. Ecology 91: 2003‐2012. Webster, N.I., W. Keller, and C. Ramcharan. 201X. Temporal changes in crustacean zooplankton communities in Sudbury lakes related to metal contamination and fish predation. Restoration Ecology. In prep. Weisz, E.J. and N.D. Yan. 2010. Relative value of limnological, geographic and human use variables as predictors of the presence of Bythotrephes longimanus in Canadian Shield Lakes. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 67: 462‐472. doi:10.1139/F09‐197. 19 Weisz, E.J. and N.D. Yan. 2010. Shifting invertebrate zooplanktivores: watershed‐level replacement of the native Leptodora by the non‐indigenous Bythotrephes in Canadian Shield lakes. Biological Invasions. DOI 10.1007/s10530‐010‐9794‐8. In press. Wesolek, B.E., E.K. Genrich, J.M. Gunn, and K.M. Somers. 2010. Use of littoral benthic invertebrates to assess factors affecting biological recovery of acid and metal damaged lakes. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 29(2):572‐585. doi: 10.1899/09‐123.1 Wesolek, B. E., E. Szkokan‐Emilson, and J.M. Gunn. 2010. Assessment of littoral benthic invertebrate communities at the land–water interface in systems recovering from severe acid and metal damage. J. Hum. Ecol. Risk. Assess. 16:536‐559 White, M.S., C. Sarrazin‐Delay, and W. Keller. 201X. Change in autumn water velocity as a source of natural variability in predicting benthic invertebrate community structure of boreal stream cobble habitats. Limnol. Oceanog. F&E. In prep. Wiegand, M.D., T.A. Johnston, L.R. Brown, S.B. Brown, J.M. Casselman, and W.C. Leggett. 2011. Maternal influences on thiamine status of walleye (Sander vitreus) ova. Journal of Fish Biology. In press. Wittmann, M.J., M.A Lewis, J.D. Young, and N.D. Yan. 2011. Temperature‐dependent Allee effects in a stage‐structured model for Bythotrephes establishment. Biol. Invasions. In press. Yang, D.Y., X. Ye, Y.‐W. Chen, and N. Belzile. 2010. Inverse relationships between selenium on methyl mercury bioaccumulation in tissues of walleye (Stizosedion vitreum) in Canadian boreal lakes. Science of the Total Environment. On‐line. Yao, H., C. McConnell, K.M. Somers, N.D. Yan, S. Watmough, and W. Scheider. 201X. Nearshore human interventions reverse patterns of decline in lake calcium budgets in central Ontario as demonstrated by mass‐balance analyses. Water Resources Research. Under review. Young, J.D., A Strecker, and N.D. Yan. 201X. Vernal cladoceran density regulates the abundance of the non‐indigenous zooplanktivore, Bythotrephes longimanus, in Canadian Shield lakes. Biol. Invasions. Resubmitted after invited revision. Zhao, Q.X., Y.‐W. Chen, N. Belzile, and M. Wang. 2010. Low volume microwave digestion and direct determination of selenium in biological samples by hydride generation‐atomic fluorescence spectrometry. Analytica Chimica Acta. 665‐123‐128. 20 Conference Presentations Alarie, Y. 2010. Bridging ecology and systematics: 20 years of study of larval morphology of world dytiscidae. Symposium: An Inordinate Neglect of Dytiscids: International Endeavors to Understand the Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics of Predaceous Diving Beetles. Entomological Society of America Annual meeting, San Diego, California, USA, December 16‐19 2010. Invited. Arnott, S.E., M. Pedruski, and J. Sweetman. Potential climate impacts on lakes in Wapusk National Park. SCL/CCFFR, Winnipeg, MN. January 7‐9, 2010 Beisner, B. E., A. Cantin, J.M. Gunn, Y.T. Prairie, J.G. Winter. Differential effects of thermocline deepening and mixing on lake plankton communities. 2010. ASLO NABS Sante Fe, New Mexico, June 6‐11, 2010 Belzile, N., Chen, Y.‐W., Yang, D.‐Y. and H.Y.T. Truong. 2010. Le sélénium peut‐il réduire la bioaccumulation du méthylmercure par les organismes aquatiques? INRS ‐ Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Quebec City, Canada. Invited. Belzile, N., and Y.‐W. Chen. 2010. The mercury‐selenium antagonism in freshwater organisms. Tianjin University of Science and Technology, School of Marine Chemistry and Engineering, Tianjin, China. Invited. Belzile, N., and Y.‐W. Chen. 2010. The mercury‐selenium antagonism in freshwater organisms. Chengdu University of Science and Technology, College of Material and Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chengdu, China. Invited. Belzile, N., and Y.‐W. Chen. 2010. The mercury‐selenium antagonism in freshwater organisms. Guangdong Material Building Centre, Guangzhou, China. Invited. Belzile, N., and Y.‐W. Chen. 2010. The mercury‐selenium antagonism in freshwater organisms. Jinan University, Department of Chemistry, Guangzhou, China. Invited. Bradley, J., C. Ramcharan, J. Winter, B. Keller. 2010. The effects of past industrial damage and current urbanization on phytoplankton communities in Sudbury lakes. SCL/CCFFR, Winnipeg, MN. January 7‐9, 2010 Cairns, A. and N. Yan. 2010. Field assessments and proof of impact of Ca decline on Daphnia in Canadian Shield lakes. Environmental Calcium Decline – a workshop for researchers active in the field, May 3‐4, 2010, Muskoka campus, Nipissing University, Bracebridge, ON. Campbell, M., S.E. Arnott, T.B. Johnson. 2010. Dietary Preference for Hemimysis anomala by a representative native fish. Hemimysis Workshop, QUBS, Ontario, October, 2010 21 Celis‐Salgado, M. and N. Yan. 2010. Cation‐metal interactions and their effects on four species of Daphnia in soft water. 2010 Canadian aquatic toxicity workshop, Toronto, ON, Oct 5, 2010 Chen, Y.‐W. and N. Belzile. 2010. Elemental speciation in environmental studies. Tianjin University of Science and Technology, School of Marine Chemistry and Engineering, Tianjin, China Chen, Y.‐W. and N. Belzile. 2010. Elemental speciation in environmental studies. Chengdu University of Science and Technology, College of Material and Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chengdu, China Chen, Y.‐W. and N. Belzile. 2010. Elemental speciation in environmental studies. Guangdong Material Building Centre, Guangzhou, China Chen, Y.‐W. and N. Belzile. 2010. Elemental speciation in environmental studies. Jinan University, Department of Chemistry, Guangzhou, China Cott, P.A., D.A. Mann, D.M. Higgs, T.A. Johnston, and J.M. Gunn. 2010. Assessing disturbance from under‐ice noise on fishes in Boreal lakes. Poster and Presentation. 2nd International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life. Cork, Ireland, August 15‐20, 2010 Cott, P.A., Johnston, T.A. and Gunn, J.M. King of the lake? The food web position of burbot in boreal lakes. Invited presentation. 3rd International Burbot Symposium at the 9th International Congress for the Biology of Fishes. Barcelona, Spain, July 5‐9, 2010 Cott, P.A., Johnston, T.A. and Gunn, J.M. A year in the life of Lota lota: reproductive ecology of burbot in a boreal lake. Invited presentation. 3rd International Burbot Symposium at the 9th International Congress for the Biology of Fishes. Barcelona, Spain, July 5‐9, 2010 Dirszowsky, R.W., Finkelstein, S.A. and Davis, A.M. 2010. Evidence for Shifts in Forest Composition since 1870 AD at the Southern Edge of Ontario’s Boreal Shield near Sudbury. Canadian Association of Geographers Ontario Division Annual Meeting, Toronto, October 15‐
16, 2010 Dirszowsky, R.W. 2010. Environmental reconstruction using lake sediments and other geobotanical and geomorphological indicators. Department of Biology Seminar Series, Laurentian University, Sudbury, March 19, 2010 Gray, D. and S.E. Arnott. Dispersal and local environmental conditions interact to determine the probability of reestablishment for zooplankton species impacted by a regional stressor. Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Quebec City, Quebec, May 2010. 22 Gray, D. and S.E. Arnott. Does dispersal limitation impact the recovery of zooplankton communities damaged by a regional stressor? 95th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 2010. Gunn, J. M. 2010. Restoration and recovery of aquatic ecosystems in Sudbury, Canada. Faculty of Science, MacQuarie University, Sydney, Australia, April 20, 2010 Gunn, J. M. 2010. 30 Years of restoration and natural recovery of ecosystems in Sudbury, Canada. University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, April 14, 2010 Gunn, J. M. 2010. Restoration and recovery of Sudbury, Canada from a century of damage from mining and smelting. College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China, April 9, 2010 Gunn, J. M. 2010. Restoration and recovery of aquatic ecosystems in Sudbury, Canada. Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Science, Jingzhou City, China. April 1, 2010 Gunn, J. M. 2010. Use of land reclamation for the improvement of downstream aquatic systems. College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China, March 30, 2010 Gunn, J. M. 2010. Restoration and community development: Sudbury case history. Wuhan University Business School, Wuhan University, China, March 29, 2010 Gunn, J. M. 2010. Restoration and recovery of aquatic ecosystems and endangered Aurora Trout near Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Chemistry and Life Science College, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China, March 25, 2010 Gunn, J. M. 2010. Extreme temperature effects on lake trout. College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China, March 24, 2010 Gunn, J. M. 2010. Interaction of Hg and Se in fish and benthic invertebrates. College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China, March 23, 2010 Gunn, J. M. 2010. Effects of extreme temperatures on lake trout. Laboratory of Fish Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China, March 22, 2010 Gunn, J. M. 2010. A review of fisheries group research activities. College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China, March 31, 2010 Gunn, J. M. 2010. Recovery of the endangered Aurora Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). Laboratory of Fish Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China, March 22, 2010 23 Gunn, J. M. 2010. 30 Years of restoration and natural recovery of ecosystems in Sudbury Canada. Laboratory of Fish Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China, March 22, 2010 Gunn, J. M. 2010. Energy consumption as a measure of pollution. Institute of Quality Development Strategies, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, March 19, 2010 Gunn, John. 2010. Experimental design and sampling approaches for fisheries assessment. College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China, March 17, 2010 Gunn, J. M. 2010. Restoration and recovery of aquatic ecosystems in the mining and smelting area of Sudbury, Canada, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China, March 16, 2010 Johnston, T.A., R.A. Cunjak, and W.C. Leggett. 2010. Sex‐based differences in isotopic ratios of northern fishes. Oral presentation at the Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, January 7‐9, 2010. Jokela, A., S.E. Arnott, and B. Beisner. Patterns of Bythotrephes longimanus distribution relative to native macroinvertebrates. SCL/CCFFR, Winnipeg, MN. January 7‐9, 2010 Jokela, A., S.E. Arnott, and B. Beisner. Interactions between Bythotrephes longimanus, native macroinvertebrates and zooplankton prey. Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network (CAISN) Annual General Meeting, Victoria, BC, March, 2010 Kelly, N. and N. Yan. 2010. Dynamics of the invasive spiny water flea (Bythotrephes longimanus) in Lake Simcoe. 2010 IAGLR conference, Toronto, ON. May 17‐21. Poster. Kim, N. and N. Yan. Might Ca decline affect the spread or impacts of the spiny water flea, Bythotrephes. Environmental Calcium Decline – a workshop for researchers active in the field, Muskoka campus, Nipissing University, Bracebridge, ON. May 3‐4, 2010 Kim, N. and N. Yan. 2010. Minimal effects of low calcium levels on Bythotrephes life history: Implications for establishment in Canadian Shield lakes. 2010 AGM of the Canadian Aquatic Invading Species Network, Victoria, BC. 28 April, 2010. Poster. Kreutzweiser, D.P., S.B. Holmes, L. Venier, K. Ryall, I. Aubin, D.G. Thompson, and T.A. Scarr. Putting the National Forest Pest Strategy on the Ground: Ecological risk assessment for emerald ash borer, National Forest Pest Forum, Gatineau, Quebec, Nov. 30‐ Dec. 3, 2010 Kreutzweiser, D.P. Ecological impacts of emerald ash borer in riparian and upland forests. Emerald Ash Borer Working Group Workshop, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, November 23, 2010 24 Kreutzweiser, D.P., E.A. Muto, K. Wallace, T. Sharko, A. Gleason and J.M. Gunn. Investigating watershed features that affect stream recovery from disturbances. Terrestrial‐Aquatic Linkages & Ecosystem Restoration Workshop, Sudbury, Ontario, Oct. 27‐28, 2010 Kreutzweiser, D.P., E.A. Muto, and J.M. Gunn. Developing a bio‐indicator of forest stream health for effectiveness monitoring of forest management guidelines. Forest Ecosystem Science Cooperative Annual Meeting, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Sept. 28‐30, 2010 Kreutzweiser D.P. Next science priorities for water research. Forest Ecosystem Science Cooperative Annual Meeting, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Sept. 28‐30, 2010 Kreutzweiser D.P., S.S. Capell, S.B. Holmes, and J.M. Gunn. Field‐testing a model prediction for climate change effects on leaf litter breakdown in boreal forest streams. North American Benthological Society Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 6‐12, 2010 Linley, D. and N. Yan. 2010. A snapshot of our current knowledge of in vitro daphniid responses to declining Ca concentrations. Environmental Calcium Decline – a workshop for researchers active in the field, Muskoka campus, Nipissing University, Bracebridge, ON. May 3‐4, 2010 Linley, D., J. Shead, and N. Yan. 2010. Interactive effects of calcium decline and rising temperature on three native Daphnia species: an ecotoxicological assessment. SCL/CCFFR, Winnipeg, MN. January 7‐9, 2010 Luek, A., G.E. Morgan, J.M. Gunn, and C.W. Ramcharan. 2010. Challenges in recovering aquatic foodwebs: Resource limitation and predator‐prey interactions. ASLO NABS Sante Fe, New Mexico, June 6‐11, 2010 Luek, A., G.E. Morgan, B. Wissel, J.M. Gunn, and C.W. Ramcharan. 2010. Resource availability and behavioral interactions: challenges in food web dynamics and biological recovery of stressed lakes. SCL/CCFFR, Winnipeg, MN. January 7‐9, 2010 Luek, A., G.E. Morgan, and C.W. Ramcharan. 2010. Finding the Weakest Link: Benthic Invertebrate Communities Slow Recovery of Lake Food Webs. Laurentian Research Week Symposium. OEEC ‐ Ontario Ecology and Ethology Colloquium, Sudbury, ON, July14‐16, 2010. Luek, A., G.E. Morgan, and C.W. Ramcharan. 2010. Finding the Weakest Link: Benthic Invertebrate Communities Slow Recovery of Lake Food Webs. Laurentian Research Week Symposium. Morgan,G.E., J.M. Gunn, C.W. Ramcharan, A.Luek, and B. Wissel. Shape shifting yellow perch – is it better to flee or feed? SCL/CCFFR, Winnipeg, MN. January 7‐9, 2010 Palmer, M. and N. Yan. 2010. Climate‐induced autumnal trends in lake thermal dynamics and oxygen content. Climate change and multiple stressor effects on lakes Workshop, Muskoka 25 Campus of Nipissing University, Bracebridge, ON, June 29, 2010 Ramcharan, C.W. 2010. Ecology: A Retrospective and a Look Ahead. ASLO NABS Sante Fe, New Mexico, June 6‐11, 2010 Ramcharan, C.W. and J. Havel. 2010. Linking Simplicity and Complexity in Aquatic Ecosystems: A Tribute to Stanley Ivan Dodson. ASLO NABS Sante Fe, New Mexico, June 6‐11, 2010 Shurin, J. B. and N. Yan. 2010. Environmental stability and lake plankton diversity – contrasting effects of chemical and thermal variability. SCL/CCFFR, Winnipeg, MN. January 7‐9, 2010 Somers, K.M., C. Sarrazin‐Delay, and W. Keller. 2010. Using redundancy analysis to quantify the cumulative effects of multiple stressors. Proc. IOC EEM workshop. Symons, C.C., S.E. Arnott and Sweetman, J.N. The nutritional status of Subarctic lakes in Wapusk National Park. SCL/CCFFR, Winnipeg, MN. January 7‐9, 2010 Szkokan‐Emilson, E. J., J.M. Gunn and S. Watmough. Wetland‐sourced organic matter as a subsidy for recovering littoral invertebrate communities in metal stressed watersheds. ASLO NABS Sante Fe, New Mexico, June 6‐11, 2010 Szkokan‐Emilson, E.J.and J.M. Gunn. Forest and wetland organic matter as a subsidy for recovering invertebrate communities in a Sudbury lake. SCL/CCFFR, Winnipeg, MN. January 7‐9, 2010 Tang, R.W.‐K., T.A. Johnston, and J.M. Gunn. 2010. Temporal trends in mercury bioaccumulation of large‐bodied fishes across northern Ontario. Oral presentation at the Ontario Ecology and Ethology Colloquium, Sudbury, ON, Canada, July 14‐16, 2010 Yan. N. 2010. Potential effects of Ca and Na on ecological recovery. Invited lecture, annual meeting NSERC CRD project, Sudbury, ON. Yan. N. 2010. Are Canadian Shield lakes going to jelly?, invited lecture, Great Lakes Institute of Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Sept 30, 2010 Yan. N. 2010. Complex effects of lake temperature on dispersal of Bythotrephes and Ca tolerance of daphniids. Invited presentation at the workshop Climate change and multiple stressor effects on lakes, Muskoka Campus of Nipissing University, Bracebridge, ON, June 29, 2010 Yan. N. 2010. Assessing present threats to freshwater ecosystems in Canada. Invited plenary lecture at the 2010 Freshwater Summit, Rene Caisse Theatre, Bracebridge, ON, June 1, 2010 Yan. N. 2010. The growing threat of environmental Ca decline, Department of Biology lecture, 26 University of Western Ontario, London, ON, March 18, 2010 Yan. N. 2010. Discoveries on metal effects on recovering biota in Sudbury lakes. Invited talk at Annual Meeting, Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, 17 Feb, 2010 Yan. N. 2010. The widespread threat of environmental Ca decline. Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecture Series, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, January 28, 2010 Yan. N. 2010. Interactive impacts of falling Ca and TP and the spread of invaders on Canadian Shield lakes. Invited departmental lecture, Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, 21st January, 2010 Young, J. and N. Yan. 2010. Changes in the zooplankton community composition of Lake Simcoe from 1986 to 2007. Climate change and multiple stressor effects on lakes Workshop, Muskoka Campus of Nipissing University, Bracebridge, ON, June 29, 2010 Young, J. and N. Yan. 2010. Changes in the zooplankton community composition of Lake Simcoe from 1986 to 2007. Platform presentation at the 2010 IAGLR conference, Toronto, ON. May 17‐
21 Yuille, M.J., T.B. Johnson, L. Zhang, L. Campbell, S. Arnott, A.C. Taraborelli, K. Bowen, C. Brousseau, M. Koops, and J. Marty. 2010. Eating or competing? Hemimysis anomala: food web effects in Lake Ontario. International Association for Great Lakes Research Conference, Toronto, Ontario, May 17‐21, 2010. Yuille, M.J., T.B. Johnson, and S.E. Arnott. 2010. Ecological impacts of Hemimysis anomala on the near shore fish community. Hemimysis Workshop, QUBS, Ontario, October, 2010 Yuille, M.J., T.B. Johnson, L. Zhang, L. Campbell, S. Arnott, A.C. Taraborelli, K. Bowen, C. Brousseau, and M. Koops. 2010. Hemimysis anomala in Lake Ontario: Food for thought. St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences, Cornwall, Ontario Yuille, M.J., T.B. Johnson, L. Zhang, L. Campbell, S. Arnott, A.C. Taraborelli, K. Bowen, C. Brousseau, and M. Koops. 2010. Hemimysis anomala in Lake Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Research Days, Peterborough, Ontario 27 Research Grants Alarie, Y • NSERC Discovery Grant Arnott, S • NSERC Network, Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network (co‐applicant Bea Beisner, UQAM) • NSERC Discovery, The influence of dispersal on ecosystem response to environmental change • Great Lakes Fisheries Commission, Toxicokinetic and food web models to quantify the effects of Hemimysis anomola on Great Lakes food webs. (with Tim Johnson, MNR and Linda Campbell) • Friends of Killarney Park, The interactive effects of dispersal and pH in the recovery of zooplankton in Killarney Park Lakes • Chancellor’s Research Award, The interaction between dispersal and local conditions in biological recovery of zooplankton communities • NSERC Strategic Network NSERC Network on Aquatic Invasive Species (29 PIs, Lead: Hugh MacIsaac) • Polar Continental Shelf Project (helicopter) Assessing the role of landscape characteristics in influencing community response to environmental change Belzile, N • NSERC Discovery Grant, Biogeochemistry of toxic trace elements in lake sediments. Dirszowsky, R • NSERC Discovery Grant, Sediment Budget and Paleolimnological Analysis of Environmental Change in a Disturbed Boreal Shield Landscape Gunn, J • EJLB Foundation, Thermal ecology of Hudson Bay Lowlands anadromous charr • CFI/ORF Research Equipment for Industrial Watershed and Far North • NSERC Discovery, Terrestrial/aquatic linkages in the recovery of disturbed ecosystems • OMOE Research and monitoring grant, Fish Community Ecology Dorset Lakes • NSERC Industrial CRD with Vale Ltd. and Xstrata Ltd. Terrestrial Aquatic Linkages for Ecosystem Recovery • OMOE, Mercury Contamination of Fish in Ontario’s Boreal Shield (with T. Johnston) • City of Greater Sudbury, Urban Lakes Restoration • NSERC CRC, Stressed Aquatic Systems • Vale Ltd., Junction Creek Brook Trout Restoration Research and Development • FNIKM, OMNR Mercury in Far North Fish Populations (with T. Johnston) 28 Johnston, T • MNR Operating and Capital Support • FNIKM, OMNR Mercury in Far North Fish Populations (with J. Gunn) • OMOE, Mercury Contamination of Fish in Ontario’s Boreal Shield (with J. Gunn) • NSERC Discovery, Reproductive Ecology of Boreal Fishes Keller, B • Environment Canada, FIRNNO support (with C. Sarrazin‐Delay) • Ontario Ministry of the Environment, ARG and FIRNNO support • Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Climate Change and Multiple Stressor Research Support • Vale Ltd., The Freshwater Invertebrate Reference Network of Northern Ontario (FIRNNO) (with C. Sarrazin‐Delay) • Vale Ltd., Lake Monitoring (ARG) support • Xstrata Nickel, Lake Monitoring (ARG) support Kreutzweiser, D • Invasive Species Centre Partnership Fund, Ecological impacts of forest invasive insect pests on Ontario’s landscape • Forest Ecosystem Science Cooperative, Bioindicators of forest stream health Ramcharan, C • Center for Excellence in Mining Innovation, Establishing an embedded network for weather monitoring across north Baffin Island • Nickel District Conservation Authority, Cyanobacteria monitoring program on Ramsey Lake Sarrazin‐Delay, C • Vale Ltd., Northern Ontario Benthic Invertebrate Biomonitoring Network (FIRNNO) support (with B. Keller) • Environment Canada, FIRNNO support (with B. Keller) Yan, N • Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Research Contract: “Recreational boats as a source of species introductions into Lake Simcoe” • NSERC RTI grant: “Purchasing an autoclave and a cryogenic freezer to foster research on the effects of environmental change on plankton” • Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch Research Contract: “Zooplankton recovery in Sudbury lakes”. • Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch Research Contract: “Zooplankton in Lake Simcoe”. 29 •
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Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences (CFCAS) Knowledge Synthesis: “Connecting four research solitudes: the impacts and implications of climate change for invasive species, biodiversity and society” (Yan is co‐PI on the application with 5 other co‐PI’s) Laurentian University Agreement: “ Correcting for the variance attributable to wind‐
induced water movements in long‐term assessments of the effects of multiple ecological stressors on pelagic zooplankton” NSERC CRD: “Role of terrestrial carbon and base cations in the recovery of damaged aquatic systems” (Yan is co‐PI on the application with 5 co‐PIs). NSERC Network on Aquatic Invasive Species (Yan is one of 26 co‐PI’s in this network grant) York/MOE agreement (secures a half‐time release from teaching for Yan, to enhance research on the direct and indirect effects of calcium decline on Ontario lakes) Theses Completed Graduate Babin‐Fenske, J. PhD. Stress‐mediated relationships between insects and forests: empirical and modelling studies. Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON (Alarie/Anand) Celis‐Salgado, M. PhD. Ecotoxicological assessment of the biological recovery of Sudbury lakes: cation‐metal interactions regulate the recovery of native, soft water Daphniids. York University, Toronto, ON. (Yan) Yang, D. PhD. Boreal Ecology. The antagonistic effects of selenium on mercury accumulation by biota in aquatic systems. 166 pp. Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON. (Belzile) Zhao, Q.‐X. PhD. Analytical Chemistry. Determination of selenium species in biological matrices. Chengdu University of Technology. 128 pp. Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON. (Belzile) Cairns, A. MSc. Field assessment and evidence of the effects of calcium decline on Daphnia (Crustacea, Anomopoda) in Canadian Shield lakes. With Distinction by York University, Toronto, ON. (Yan) James, L. MSc., The effect of the invasive macroinvertebrate, Bythotrephes longimanus, on the growth of Cisco (Coregonus artedii) in Ontario Shield Lakes. Queen’s University, Kingston, ON. (Arnott) 30 Undergraduate Gillespie, M. BSc Honours. Impacts of changing surface winds on fish communities in Lac Croche: Results of a lake mixing experiment. Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON (Gunn) Stasko, A. BSc Honours, Evidence against portage length and reproductive mode as predictors of canoe‐mediated dispersal for crustacean zooplankton. Queen’s University, Kingston, ON. (Arnott) Symons, C. BSc Honours, Nutrient limitation of phytoplankton in 21 sub‐arctic lakes and ponds in Wapusk National Park, Manitoba. Queen’s University, Kingston, ON. (Arnott) Winter, J. BSc Honours. Use of Dendrochronology in Assessing Industrial Activity in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Environmental Earth Science Program (Dirszowsky) Talbot, N. BSc Honours, Resource partitioning via prey size in two Chaoborus (Chaoboridae, Diptera) species in Otter Lake, Dorset, Ontario. Queen’s University, Kingston, ON. (Arnott) HQP Supervised Bilodeau, Julie, BSc Honours (USRA), Laurentian University (Dirszowsky) Campbell, Michelle, BSc Honours, Queen’s University (Arnott) Gillespie, Michelle, BSc Honours, Laurentian University (Gunn) Hanschell, Jessica, BSc Honours, Queen’s University (Arnott) Simpson, Andrew, BSc Honours, Queen’s University (Arnott) Winter, Julia, BSc Honours, Laurentian University (Dirszowsky) Alzharani, Ali, MSc Candidate, Chemical Sciences, Laurentian (Belzile) Boland, Kyle, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Dirszowsky) Bradley, Jaimee, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Ramcharan) Bresnehan, Amanda, MSc Candidate, Queen’s University (Arnott) Cains, Allegra, MSc Candidate, York University (Yan) Gibson, Christine, MSc Candidate, York University (Yan) Goral, Melanie, MSc Candidate, York University (Yan) James, Leah, MSc Candidate, Queen’s University (Arnott) Quinn, Liam, MSc Candidate, York University (Yan) Sharko, Tanya, MSc Candidate, Royal Roads University (Kreutzweiser) Stasko, Ashley, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Gunn/Johnston) Symons, Celia, MSc Candidate, Queen’s University (Arnott) Turko, Patrick, MSc Candidate, York University (Arnott) Turner, Kate, MSc Candidate, Queen’s University (Arnott) Tang, Rex, MSc Candidate, Laurentian (Johnston/Gunn) Wallace, Kylie, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Gunn/Kreutzweiser) 31 Yuille, Michael, MSc Candidate, Queen’s University (Arnott) Celis Salgado, Martha, PhD Candidate, York University (Yan) Cott, Peter, PhD Candidate, Laurentian (Gunn/Johnston) Gray, Derek. PhD Candidate, Queen’s University (Arnott) Jokela, Anneli, PhD Candidate, Queen’s University (Arnott) Kim, Natalie, PhD Candidate, York University (Yan) Langille, Aaron, PhD Candidate, Laurentian (Gunn) Luek, Andreas, PhD Candidate, Laurentian (Ramcharan) Muto, Elisa, PhD Candidate, Laurentian University (Gunn/Kreutzweiser) Palmer, Michelle, PhD Candidate, York University (Yan) Szkokan‐Emilson, Erik, PhD Candidate, Laurentian (Gunn) Truong, Yen Thi Hoang, PhD Candidate, Boreal Ecology, Laurentian (Belzile) Babin‐Fenske, Jennifer, PDF, Laurentian (Gunn) Celis‐Salgado, Martha, PDF, York University (Yan) Kelly, Noreen, PDF, York University (Yan) Smith, Andrea, PDF, York University (Yan) White, Michael, PDF, Laurentian (Keller) Linley, Dallas, Research technician, York University (Yan) Cairns, Allegra, Research technician, York University (Yan) Gleason, Amber, Research technician, Can. For. Serv. (Kreutzweiser/Gunn) Hung, Stephanie, Research technician, York University (Yan) Staff Laurentian University Science Building Alarie, Yves – Biosystematics Beckett, Peter ‐ Education and Outreach Belzile, Nelson ‐ Environmental Chemistry Dirszowsky, Randy – Geomorphology/Paleolimnology Pearson, David ‐ Urban Lakes Coordinator/Science Communication Ramcharan, Charles ‐ Aquatic Ecologist Canadian Forest Services, Sault Ste. Marie Kreutzweiser, David – Land Water Linkages York University Yan, Norman Queens University Arnott, Shelley 32 Bug House Bhattarai, Manisha – Research Assistant Fram, Kim ‐ Invertebrate Taxonomist Sarrazin‐Delay, Chantal ‐ Biomonitoring Biologist Vincent, Ivan – Research Assistant White, Mike – Postdoctoral Fellow Witty, Lynne – Invertebrate Taxonomist Fish House Corston, Andrew – Urban Lakes Research Assistant, NOHFC Haslam, Lee – Senior Fisheries Technician, MNR Houle, Jason – Senior Fisheries Technician/ Data Manager Morgan, George – Aquatic Systems Analyst Ramsey House Bamberger, Elizabeth – Business Manager, LU Gillespie, Michelle – NOHFC Intern, Living with Lakes Transition Assistant Gunn, John – Canada Research Chair in Stressed Aquatic Systems, LU Johnston, Tom – MNR Senior Research Scientist/LU Adjunct Keller, Bill – Director, Climate Change and Multiple Stressor Aquatic Research, LU MacPhee, Shannon – Research Associate, LU Oman, Karen – Research and Administration, LU Water House Ford, Andrea ‐ Data Manager, MOE Greene, Stacey – Field Assistant, MOE Heneberry, Jocelyne ‐ Monitoring Coordinator, MOE McCourt, Jason – Environmental Officer, MOE Field Technicians and Research Assistants Alexander, Ross, York Antoniolli, Nathan, LU Campbell, Michelle, Queen’s Courchene, Andrew, Queen’s Gloster, Emily, LU Ho, Zing‐Ying, York Keresztes, Mark, Queen’s Kielstra, Brian, LU Lemmen, Kimberly, Queen’s Lovitt, Julie, York Nash, Tyler, Queen’s Shapiera, Melanie, York Symons, Celia, Queen’s 33