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Early Career Researchers Benefit From Inclusive, Diverse And International Collaborations: Changing How Academic Institutions Utilize The Seminar Series, Catherine M. Febria, Donna R. Kashian, Kory R.T. Bertrand, Brittanie Dabney, Matthew Day, Madison Dugdale, Kate O. Ekhator, Héctor J. Esparra-Escalera, Ryan Graham, Keira Harshaw, Darrin S. Hunt, Savannah Knorr, Katrina Lewandowski, Colleen Linn, Allison Lucas, Scott O.C. Mundle, Gelareh Raoufi, Chelsea Salter, Zoha Siddiqua, Smita Tyagi
Early Career Researchers Benefit From Inclusive, Diverse And International Collaborations: Changing How Academic Institutions Utilize The Seminar Series, Catherine M. Febria, Donna R. Kashian, Kory R.T. Bertrand, Brittanie Dabney, Matthew Day, Madison Dugdale, Kate O. Ekhator, Héctor J. Esparra-Escalera, Ryan Graham, Keira Harshaw, Darrin S. Hunt, Savannah Knorr, Katrina Lewandowski, Colleen Linn, Allison Lucas, Scott O.C. Mundle, Gelareh Raoufi, Chelsea Salter, Zoha Siddiqua, Smita Tyagi
Integrative Biology Publications
Efforts to make research environments more inclusive and diverse are beneficial for the next generation of Great Lakes researchers. The global COVID-19 pandemic introduced circumstances that forced graduate programs and academic institutions to re-evaluate and promptly pivot research traditions, such as weekly seminar series, which are critical training grounds and networking opportunities for early career researchers (ECRs). While several studies have established that academics with funded grants and robust networks were better able to weather the abrupt changes in research and closures of institutions, ECRs did not. In response, both existing and novel partnerships provided a resilient network to support …
Multifaceted Environmental Enrichment In Industrial Fish Hatcheries: The Influence Of Enriched Rearing On The In-Situ Behaviour And Post-Stocking Success Of Juvenile Atlantic Salmon (Salmo Salar), Justine Elizabeth Mcandrews
Multifaceted Environmental Enrichment In Industrial Fish Hatcheries: The Influence Of Enriched Rearing On The In-Situ Behaviour And Post-Stocking Success Of Juvenile Atlantic Salmon (Salmo Salar), Justine Elizabeth Mcandrews
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Hatchery fish reared and stocked to sustain or restore wild populations often perform poorly in novel environments compared to their wild counterparts. To combat maladaptive hatchery-acquired traits environmental enrichment is an emerging tool used to provide ‘life skills training’ to hatchery fish prior to release. Through the application of simple yet multifaceted enrichment protocols in an industrial fish hatchery, this thesis aimed to demonstrate how enrichment could be applied to improve the ecological viability of stocked fish. At a provincially-run fish hatchery, a subgroup of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) were subject to 10 weeks of environmental enrichment …
Multifaceted Environmental Enrichment In Industrial Fish Hatcheries: The Influence Of Enriched Rearing On The In-Situ Behaviour And Post-Stocking Success Of Juvenile Atlantic Salmon (Salmo Salar), Justine Elizabeth Mcadrews
Multifaceted Environmental Enrichment In Industrial Fish Hatcheries: The Influence Of Enriched Rearing On The In-Situ Behaviour And Post-Stocking Success Of Juvenile Atlantic Salmon (Salmo Salar), Justine Elizabeth Mcadrews
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Hatchery fish reared and stocked to sustain or restore wild populations often perform poorly in novel environments compared to their wild counterparts. To combat maladaptive hatchery-acquired traits environmental enrichment is an emerging tool used to provide ‘life skills training’ to hatchery fish prior to release. Through the application of simple yet multifaceted enrichment protocols in an industrial fish hatchery, this thesis aimed to demonstrate how enrichment could be applied to improve the ecological viability of stocked fish. At a provincially-run fish hatchery, a subgroup of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) were subject to 10 weeks of environmental enrichment …
Freshwater Beach Microbial Ecology, Community Dynamics And Adaptive Responses To Environmental Changes Using Metabarcoding And Transcriptomics, Abdolrazagh Hashemi Shahraki
Freshwater Beach Microbial Ecology, Community Dynamics And Adaptive Responses To Environmental Changes Using Metabarcoding And Transcriptomics, Abdolrazagh Hashemi Shahraki
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The Laurentian Great Lakes (LGLs) represent the single most valuable natural resource on the North American continent and are a critical source of drinking water, important aquatic species habitat, water for the industrial sector and tourism/recreational activities as well as many other ecological services. LGLs ecosystems are changing rapidly due to climate change effects and are thus highly susceptible and responsive to any added anthropogenic stressors. The aquatic bacterial community affects critical ecosystem functions, such as nutrient cycling, water quality, recreational activities, etc., in ecosystems such as the LGLs, but perturbations can alter both the composition and functionality of the …
The Influence Of Dynamic Environmental Interactions On Detection Efficiency Of Acoustic Transmitters In A Large, Deep, Freshwater Lake, Natalie V. Klinard, Edmund A. Halfyard, Jordan K. Matley, Aaron T. Fisk, Timothy B. Johnson
The Influence Of Dynamic Environmental Interactions On Detection Efficiency Of Acoustic Transmitters In A Large, Deep, Freshwater Lake, Natalie V. Klinard, Edmund A. Halfyard, Jordan K. Matley, Aaron T. Fisk, Timothy B. Johnson
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research Publications
Background: Acoustic telemetry is an increasingly common method used to address ecological questions about the movement, behaviour, and survival of freshwater and marine organisms. The variable performance of acoustic telemetry equipment and ability of receivers to detect signals from transmitters have been well studied in marine and coral reef environments to inform study design and improve data interpretation. Despite the growing use of acoustic telemetry in large, deep, freshwater systems, detection efficiency and range, particularly in relation to environmental variation, are poorly understood. We used an array of 90 69-kHz acoustic receivers and 8 sentinel range transmitters of varying power …
Trophic Relationships, Distribution And Interactions Among Invasive And Native Laurentian Great Lakes Biota Assessed Using Metabarcoding Of Stomach Content Dna (Scdna) And Environmental Dna (Edna), Justin Glenn Mychek-Londer
Trophic Relationships, Distribution And Interactions Among Invasive And Native Laurentian Great Lakes Biota Assessed Using Metabarcoding Of Stomach Content Dna (Scdna) And Environmental Dna (Edna), Justin Glenn Mychek-Londer
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
As aquatic invasive species (AIS) proliferate, they pose serious threats to native taxa, foodwebs and ecosystems. Massively-parallel, high-throughput, next-generation sequencing (NGS) and metabarcoding of environmental DNA (eDNA) and predator stomach content DNA (scDNA) are new approaches to detect AIS and can facilitate detailed analyses of AIS impacts. Using such technology, degraded and digested samples, and cryptic taxa can be identified with high sensitivity. The Laurentian Great Lakes (Great Lakes) are highly invaded and to determine occurrence patterns of AIS and native species inhabiting them I used a shortened portion of Cytochrome Oxidase One (CO1) and NGS metabarcoding. I developed, optimized …
Higher Colonization Pressure Increases The Risk Of Sustaining Invasion By Invasive Non-Indigenous Species, Hugh J. Macissaac, Mattias L. Johansson
Higher Colonization Pressure Increases The Risk Of Sustaining Invasion By Invasive Non-Indigenous Species, Hugh J. Macissaac, Mattias L. Johansson
Biological Sciences Publications
Considerable attention has been focused on the concept of Propagule Pressure (number of individuals introduced and introduction events) as a predictor of invasion success (975 papers). Much less well studied is the role of Colonization Pressure (number of species introduced; 24 studies), the complement of propagule pressure. Here we review the invasion history of the Laurentian Great Lakes to predict the risk of a future invasive (i.e. producing adverse ecological effects on other species) non-indigenous species based upon the number of species introduced (colonization pressure), using the recorded history of invasions in this system as our starting point. Historically, 52% …
Focus On Great Lakes Water Quality: (Issn 0711-0855) : Vol. 10 Iss. 1, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On Great Lakes Water Quality: (Issn 0711-0855) : Vol. 10 Iss. 1, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
The International Joint Commission will hold its 1985 Great Lakes Water Quality Meeting June 24-27, 1985 on the campus of Queen‘s University in Kingston, Ontario. Located on the northeast shore of Lake Ontario, it is renowned for its history, freshwater sailing and other recreational facilities.
Comparison Of Traditional Microscopy And Automated Imaging Flow Cytometry (Flowcam) For Detecting And Identifying Rare Zooplankton, Keara Michelle Stanislawczyk
Comparison Of Traditional Microscopy And Automated Imaging Flow Cytometry (Flowcam) For Detecting And Identifying Rare Zooplankton, Keara Michelle Stanislawczyk
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Non-indigenous (NIS) have negatively impacted ecosystems worldwide. When a species is introduced, its population will generally be small. This is the best time to eradicate NIS, however, detection at this stage is difficult. I hypothesize that rare species will be more easily found as they become abundant, when sampling effort is increased, and morphologically distinct species are more likely to be detected. I spiked different densities of NIS into zooplankton samples from Hamilton Harbour to simulate rarity and assess detection rate with both microscopy and FlowCAM. My results indicate a positive relationship between detection and abundance, counting effort, and distinctiveness. …
From Man Vs. Nature To Environment Vs. Budget - The Shifting Battles In The History Of Pollution And Toxicity In Hamilton Harbour, Sara N. Giglia
From Man Vs. Nature To Environment Vs. Budget - The Shifting Battles In The History Of Pollution And Toxicity In Hamilton Harbour, Sara N. Giglia
The Great Lakes Journal of Undergraduate History
Hamilton Harbour is the principle port serving South Western Ontario and the Niagara Peninsula region with two of Canada’s largest steel manufacturers occupying the waterfront. As early as the 1860s fishery inspectors in Hamilton noted the fish tasted of coal, that there were dead ducks and small animals that were coated in oil from refineries. In the 1950s the Hamilton Harbour was deemed unfit for recreational use and although the state of the harbour may be slowly improving, it is far from being delisted from the International Joint Commission’s Area of Concerns designations list. This paper will first look at …
Developing Great Lakes Bioindicators Of Environmental Condition And Recovery From Degradation With Reference To Watershed-Based Risk Of Stress, Jan Ciborowski, Katya Kovalenko, George Host, Robert W. Howe, Euan Reavie, Terry N. Brown, Valerie Brady, Nicholas Danz, Gerald L. Niemi, Cai Meijun, Lucinda B. Johnson
Developing Great Lakes Bioindicators Of Environmental Condition And Recovery From Degradation With Reference To Watershed-Based Risk Of Stress, Jan Ciborowski, Katya Kovalenko, George Host, Robert W. Howe, Euan Reavie, Terry N. Brown, Valerie Brady, Nicholas Danz, Gerald L. Niemi, Cai Meijun, Lucinda B. Johnson
21st International Conference on Environmental Indicators (ICEI 2015)
No abstract provided.
Assessing The Accuracy Of Fish-Based Indicators Of Biological Condition In Coastal Wetlands Of The Great Lakes, Jeffrey D. Buckley
Assessing The Accuracy Of Fish-Based Indicators Of Biological Condition In Coastal Wetlands Of The Great Lakes, Jeffrey D. Buckley
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Assessing the quality of biological communities is important in the management of Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands. Biological indicator models can be used to quantify the condition of biotic communities. A number of biological indicators have been developed for use with fish communities in Great Lakes Coastal wetlands. The overall goal of this thesis was to assess the performance of various biological indicators in their ability to identify degradation in wetland fish communities. Biological indicators were assessed with respect to the disturbance gradient against which they was originally derived. Subsequently, the models' utility as diagnostic tools was assessed for use in …
Non-Steady State Mercury Bioaccumulation And Dynamics, Rachel Abma
Non-Steady State Mercury Bioaccumulation And Dynamics, Rachel Abma
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This study explored Hg bioaccumulation with age in three Lake Huron lake trout populations, considering effects of growth and trophic dynamics. Hg concentrations and stable isotopes were measured in trout, smelt, round goby, zooplankton and zebra mussels. Trout populations demonstrated exponentially increasing Hg concentrations with age and revealed basin-specific accumulation patterns. High biomagnification Factor (BMF) correlated with low prey densities suggest that physiological and ecological factors regulating fish growth rates such as foraging efficiencies are important in regulating Hg bioaccumulation. Physiological processes affect Hg bioaccumulation, specifically elimination dynamics. Hg in liver, gonads, dorsal muscle, and remaining carcass in pre-spawn, spawning, …
Backcasting And Forecasting Biological Invasions Of Inland Lakes, Hugh Macisaac, Julianna Borbely, Jim Muirhead, Phil Graniero
Backcasting And Forecasting Biological Invasions Of Inland Lakes, Hugh Macisaac, Julianna Borbely, Jim Muirhead, Phil Graniero
Earth & Environmental Sciences Publications
Human introduction of nonindigenous species constitutes a serious threat to many ecosystems, particularly lakes. Recent attempts to predict invasions have focused on the supply of propagules of nonindigenous species to recipient ecosystems from source populations. Here we develop a spatially explicit “gravity” model to test this concept for Bythotrephes longimanus, a crustacean waterflea from Eurasia that is rapidly invading lakes in Ontario, Canada. The gravity model predicted spread of Bythotrephes based upon seven identified risk factors (e.g., use of contaminated fishing or boat anchor line) that may allow dispersal of either live individuals or their resting eggs from invaded to …
Naval Warfare On The Great Lakes, 1812-1814, T. G. Marquis
Naval Warfare On The Great Lakes, 1812-1814, T. G. Marquis
SWODA: Windsor & Region Publications
Naval battles on the Great Lakes during the War of 1812.