Annual report 2014 - Laurentian University

 1989‐2014 25 Years of Partnership Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit Annual Report 2014 Awards and Recognition  Dr. Norman Yan, York University, retired in 2014 and has moved into a Senior Research Scholar position at York. As Emeritus Staff he will continue to make contributions to the greater good but with reduced office hours. Congratulation Norm!  Dr. Jim McGeer of Wilfrid Laurier University and Dr. Shaun Watmough of Trent University joined the Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit at the end of 2014. These gentlemen have been working with our PIs and students for the last few years on the NSERC CRD TALER project and we are thrilled to officially have them join the team.  Dr. Heidi Swanson won the Outstanding Faculty Performance Award (received May 2014) at the University of Waterloo  Dr. John Gunn was a successful co‐applicant in 2014 of a $1.65 M NSERC CREATE program entitled “Eco Lac” (Aquatic Ecology Studies). This program provides scholarships (max. $20K) and industrial internships and involves researchers from the Univ. of Montreal, UQAM, McGill, Concordia, UNB, Laurentian, UQATR, and UQAC. The first PhD student to receive support from this program is Gretchen Lescord, who will be working on mercury dynamics in the Attawapiskat area.  We are delighted to announce that with a new agreement in place from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) Bill Keller will be staying on with us for a few more years as our aquatic science lead in the Far North and will continue liaison and science engagement efforts with First Nations Communities of the north. 
Dr. Daniel Campbell recently received support through an Ontario Genomics Institute Seed Fund grant. He’ll be working with Dr. Nadia Mykytczuk, Dr. Nathan Basiliko, and recent M.Sc. graduate Emily Smenderovac, to examine the rhizospheres of plants already growing on tailings. They want to see if these plants have any special microbial combinations around their roots that help them grow on tailings without the need for any amendments. 
Dr. Tom Johnston, John Gunn and Bill Keller have recently received a grant from the Wildlife Conservation Society to work with First Nations fishermen and assess mercury levels in their catch from rivers of the Far North. Dr. Erik Szkokan‐Emilson and 2014 M.Sc. graduate Caroline Sadlier were married in 2014 and moved to Cambridge where Erik has taken up a PDF position in the Ecosystems and Global Change Group at the University of Cambridge with Dr. Andrew Tanentzap. Erik and Andrew will continue their collaborative work with the Lake Centre through 2015. The Vale Living with Lakes Centre was officially certified as a LEED (Leadership in Environmental Energy Design) Platinum building in January 2014. 
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Student Scholarships, Fellowships, Bursaries  Liudmila Aleaga Aguilera, MES Student, OGS Queen’s (Arnott)  Emmanuel Appiah‐Hagan, PhD Candidate, was a recipient of a Sudbury ’95 Scholarship, Laurentian (Belzile)  Jessica Arteaga, PhD Candidate, LU NSERC Incentive Fund Grad Fellowship, Laurentian (Basiliko)  Ashley Bramwell, BSc Honours, NSERC USRA, Queen’s (Arnott)  Samantha Burke, PhD Candidate studying the effects of climate change on thermokarst in northern Alaska, won the Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship and the GLEON (Global Lakes Ecological Observing Network) International Fellowship. Waterloo (Swanson)  Gurpreet Aulakh, BSc Honours, NSERC USRA, Laurentian (Basiliko)  Michael Carson, PhD Candidate. Trillium Foundation Fellowship for International Students. $40,000/year 2014 through 2017. Laurentian (Basiliko)  Varun Gupta, PhD Candidate, Goodman School of Mines Scholarship $10,000 (Mykytczuk/Gunn) 2 
Jessica Hasnain, PhD Candidate, Muskoka Summit on the Environment Research Grant, Queen’s (Arnott) 
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Michele Nicholson, MSc Candidate, NSERC Award, Queen’s (Arnott) Jeannie Pau, BSc Honours, NSERC USRA, Queen’s (Arnott) Brittany Rantala‐Sykes, MSc Candidate, Goodman School of Mines Scholarship ($5K) Erik Szkokan‐Emilson, Best PhD Thesis, Goodman School of Mines (Gunn/Watmough) Nicole Valiquette, BSc Honours, NSERC USRA, Laurentian (Mykytczuk/Merritt) 
Autumn Watkinson, MSc. Candidate, was a recipient of a Sudbury '95 ‐ Mining and the Environment Research Scholarship $3500 (Beckett/Spiers) 
Shanay Williams‐Johnson, MSc Candidate, LU NSERC Incentive Fund Grad Fellowship (Basiliko/Mykytczuk) Community Outreach  Dr. Peter Beckett is the Outreach Coordinator with the VLWLC. He served in the following Capacities in 2014: o VETAC: Chair o Canadian Land Reclamation Association (National): Director o Canadian Land Reclamation Association (Ontario Chapter): Director o Greenspace Advisory Panel: Technical member assisting in defining conservation areas in Sudbury. o Junction Creek Stewardship Committee: Technical advisor o Rainbow Routes: Environmental Advisor and Board Member o Sudbury Naturalists: Co‐chair  Dr. John Bailey is a member of the City of Sudbury Lakes Advisory Panel  Dr. Nathan Basiliko participated in the following public outreach initiatives in 2014:  TEDx Laurentian University event at Science North, Sudbury, Canada, February 2014 “Climate change, the biosphere, and Ontario’s North” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGnuh2JCNBk  Public lecture for the Nipissing Naturalists (North Bay) meeting (June 2014) on soils  Contributed to ongoing content development and promotion of the award‐winning Soil‐
4‐Youth educational portal bringing exciting soil science educational resources to high 3 school teachers and students to promote the important discipline of Soil Science: http://soilweb.landfood.ubc.ca/promo/raising‐awareness/soil‐4‐youth 
Dr. Nelson Belzile participated in a CBC Radio‐Canada interview during Laurentian’s Research Week 2014 
Dr. Daniel Campbell participated in the following outreach activities in 2014:  Five radio interviews with Radio‐Canada: o February 26, 2014: ‘Le midi trente Ontario’ with Caroline Borduas: Proposed Ontario law on invasive species. o April 22, 2014: ‘Nouvelles’ with Lisa‐Marie Fleurent : Emerald ash borer. o September 5, 2014:’Le midi trente Ontario’ with Caroline Bourdua: Seaport on James Bay o December 5, 2014: ‘Le midi trente Ontario’ with Caroline Borduas: Federal regulations on invasive species o December 9, 2014: ‘Ça parle au Nord’ with Elizabeth Ryan : Mines and the environment.  Virtual Research on Call program: Active in the French and English programs. One session on December 9, 2014 with Ronald Filion, Chemistry teacher at École secondaire Château‐Jeunesse in Longlac. 
Dr. John Gunn participated in the following public outreach initiatives in 2014:  TEDx Laurentian University event at Science North, Sudbury, Canada, February 2014 “Global Lessons from a Hard Rock Mining Town” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANmAWMRy‐u0  Hosted the Picture our Lakes Contest Awards Night Sept. 18, 2014  Provided expertise in numerous radio interviews on CBC Radio including this one on Nov. 4, http://www.cbc.ca/morningnorth/past‐episodes/2014/11/04/vale‐looking‐at‐
tearing‐down‐the‐superstack/  Hosted Researchers from the Institute of Marine Science in Spain for public lecture demonstrating systems citizen groups could use to do remote monitoring affordably 
Bill Keller participated in the public outreach activities in 2014:  Was a panelist in ‘Science Café’s’ in Sudbury and Thunder Bay addressing the health of Northern people and climate change  Was interviewed for a front page story on Suddbury Recovery in the Toronto Star http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/05/10/what_sudbury_can_teach_china_ab
out_air_pollution.html  Dr. David Kreutzweiser participated in the public outreach activities in 2014:  co‐organized and participated in Batchawana Community Engagement Session under the Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services, Batchawana, ON, September 2014 4  co‐organized and participated in First Nations Visioning Session, under McGill University’s Sustainable Canada Dialogues program, Batchewana First Nation, November 2014 
Dr. Nadia Mykytczuk participated in the following news stories in 2013  Appeared on CBC Radio Canada interviewed by Elizabeth Ryan on Ça parle au Nord: la chronique scientifique. Dec. 16th, 2014,  Appeared on CBC Radio interviewed by Jason Turnbull on CBC Points North: May 7th, 2014 
Dr. Charles Ramcharan is a Member of the Long Lake and Ramsey Lake Stewardship Committees, a member of the City of Greater Sudbury Food Policy Council and a member of the City of Sudbury Lakes Advisory Panel. He also participated in the following outreach activities in 2014:  Appeared on CBC Radio, the Sudbury Star, and CTV news 3 times on the topics of cyanobacteria blooms and the environmental effects of proposed housing developments in the City of Sudbury.  Panelist for a Science North Science Café on climate change denial.  Organized “Green Day”, a day for exhibits and student engagement involving all of the environmental groups and companies in Sudbury.  Chantal Sarrazin‐Delay and Dr. David Pearson ran the following School Programs in 2014:  On‐ice and in‐lab water related experiments with grade 8 students from Carl A. Nesbit, Chelmsford, and Algonquin Public Schools of Rainbow District School Board (Feb12)  Off‐dock and in‐lab water activities and nature hike with Louveteau (9‐11 year olds) of Scouts du District de Sudbury (May 25)  Hands‐on water and ecology activities with Major High Specialization (grade 11‐12) students from the Rainbow District School Board  Hands‐on water and ecology activities with Major High Specialization students (grade 11‐12) from the Conseil scolaire publique du Grand‐Nord de l’Ontario  Dr. Graeme Spiers served as a member of VETAC  Dr. Heidi Swanson participated in the following outreach activities in 2014:  Two interviews for print articles: o ‘Profiles of Environmental Grads’ – Alternatives Journal o ‘Mercury Research Expands in the Deh Cho’ – Deh Cho Drum (newspaper)  Worked with Government of Nunavut to present a pilot N‐CAMP (Nunavut Community Aquatic Monitoring Program) program to the community of Kugluktuk, NU. This ten‐day program included three days in the classroom and six days camping on the land with 12 Inuit participants. A feast and celebration was held at the end. Participants learned scientific sampling techniques and methods for recording data. Elders instructed us on preparation of biffi (dried fish), fishing techniques, history of the area, and how fish 5 bones can be used for art. Dr. Swanson was one of four instructors in this rewarding program, and the Commissioner of Nunavut (equivalent to Lt. Governor) visited us on the land to recognize the importance of the program.  In the Northwest Territories, Heidi was again an invited speaker at the ‘Return to Country Food’ workshop (held this year in Jean Marie River First Nation).  Dr. Swanson was approached by Kluane First Nation to develop a proposal that would address community concern over the safety and security of subsistence food fishes in Kluane Lake. She worked with the Arctic Institute of Community‐Based Research, who headed a proposal to the Northern Contaminants Program on behalf of the Nation. If funded, a graduate student will be recruited to work with local fishers and resource managers to collect fish and analyze them for mercury and omega‐3 fatty acids and micronutrients. 
Dr. Norm Yan gave the following invited lectures to the general public:  Good environmental news: learning from the past to protect the future. Probus Club of Muskoka Lakes, Bracebridge, ON, 20 October, 2014.  Good environmental news. Probus club of North Muskoka, Huntsville, ON, 10 July, 2014.  Multiple stressors of our lakes. 2014 Lake Stewards Meeting, Coalition of Haliburton Property Associations, Fleming College, Haliburton, ON. 10 May, 2014. Keynote.  Environmental good news – hopeful signs for environmental change. Muskoka Ecowatch Earthday Program, Summit Centre, Huntsville, ON, 19 April, 2014. Keynote.  Environmental Good News – Learning from the past to help the future. Bracebridge Presbyterian Church Breakfast lecture, 6 April 2014.  Science matters: Introduction of Marc Garneau’s public lecture, Rene Caisse Theatre, Bracebridge, ON, 3 April 2014. 25th Anniversary Event The celebration of 25 years of the Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit involved two events. On Jan. 29th we were honoured by a visit from Deputy Minister Paul Evans from the MOECC and Deputy Minister David O’Toole from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF), who joined our President Dominic Giroux in a celebration of our quarter century of successful partnership. A series of presentations about research in the Far North were given by J. Gunn, J. Bailey, T. Johnston, and W. Keller. 6 During Research Week a special symposium entitled “Clean Water Symposium: 25 Years of Collaborative Research at the CFEU” was held. The agenda was as follows:  Patrice Sawyer, Welcome and opening remarks  John Gunn (LU/CFEU), History of the CFEU  Bill Keller (LU/CFEU), Collaboration and High Impact Science from the Monitoring program  Michael Malette (LU) and Michael Conlon (HSN), Perspective from 1st MSc Students  Peter Beckett (LU/CFEU), Community Outreach, VETAC, Junction Creek etc.  Nadia Mykytczuk (LU/CFEU), Bioremediation Course: Film Clip Previews  Shelley Arnott (Queen’s/CFEU), Recovery of Acid Lakes in Killarney Park  Tom Johnston (MNRF/CFEU) Fish and Fisheries of Ontario’s Subarctic  John Bailey (MOECC/CFEU), Bioassessment: Bringing the Yukon to Ontario  Daniel Campbell (LU/CFEU), Development of Rehabilitation Techniques for the Hudson Bay Peatlands  Nathan Basiliko (LU/CFEU), Research program overview: Microbial Carbon and Nutrient Cycling in Peatlands and Managed Forests 2014 Watershed Lecture with Dr. Karen Kidd Friday, November 28th was great day at the Lake Centre as we were honoured to have Dr. Karen Kidd, Professor in the Biology Department at the University of New Brunswick Saint John and is the Science Director of the Canadian Rivers Institute. She holds the Tier II Canada Research Chair in Chemical Contamination of Food Webs and her research focusses on understanding the effects of human activities on aquatic ecosystems ie: how industrial, agricultural, aquacultural and municipal effluents affect aquatic organisms. Her talk entitled "What happens in a lake when you put fish on the birth control pill?” was extremely well attended and she did not disappoint our full house. While here, Dr. Kidd participated in a series of meetings with our students – a great opportunity for them to make the most of her visit one on one. 7 ICP Certification Through our Visiting Scholar in Residence program, Dr. Bjorn Olav Rosseland from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway certified 13 students after the completion of the ICP Waters International Program for Contaminant Sampling. Dr. Bjorn Rosseland with students in the ICP Water Dissection Course. Matawa Environmental Monitoring Training Session Aug. 11‐15 John Bailey and Jocelyne Heneberry (MOECC) organized a training session for environmental monitoring technicians from Matawa Four Rivers Environmental Services to demonstrate various lake assessment techniques. Chantal Sarrazin‐Delay conducted a condensed benthic invertebrate (CABIN) assessment course and Kim Fram and Lynne Witty provided taxonomic instruction and assistance. John Gunn reviewed methods used in the broadscale monitoring fisheries program. MOECC staff from Toronto also came up and demonstrated ground water sampling techniques. The visitors completed their tour by visiting various mining sites to see for themselves the difference between old and new mining practice. 8 Matawa and Laurentian Students Science Exchange Students in BIOL 4907 “Fisheries Science for Stressed Ecosystems” provided seminar presentation live streamed to Matawa Tribal Council Members from Neskantaga in Thunder Bay on Nov. 26. These seminars were in response to questions posed by the Matawa Environmental Monitors during their Aug. 11‐15 training session at the Lake Centre. NSERC CRD Program TĀLER 2010‐2015 “Terrestrial Aquatic Linkages for Ecosystem Recovery” The TĀLER project funded by NSERC, Vale Ltd. and Glencore Ltd. addresses the concerns identified through the Sudbury Ecological Risk Assessment. The ERA concluded that Sudbury’s terrestrial ecosystems exhibited continuing soil erosion, elevation of metal contaminants and the lack of organic matter. The degraded nature of the land in turn adversely affects the recovery of diverse communities of invertebrates in littoral zones and riparian areas. The initial research team for this project consisted of J. Gunn and W. Keller (Laurentian), D. Kreutzweiser (Can. For. Serv.) S. Watmough (Trent), N. Yan (York) and J. McGeer (Wilfrid Laurier) and their students and post‐docs. In 2011 S. Arnott (Queen’s) joined the project to support a M.Sc. project by B. Kielstra. In 2012,N. Mykytczuk (Laurentian) joined to support M.Sc. student Caroline Sadlier and A. Yates (Western) and J. Bailey (VLWLC) joined to support a PDF project by David Armanini. In 2013 A. Tanentzap of the University of Cambridge joined TĀLER with a study that culminated in a paper published in Nature Communications (Forests fuel fish growth in freshwater deltas, 5(4077)). TĀLER addresses the following questions: 1) How does disturbance type (fire, logging, mining) affect benthic invertebrate recovery? (D. Kreutzweiser, J. Gunn, S. Arnott, N. Mykytczuk, A. Tanentzap) 2) What controls the quantity and quality of organic matter entering lakes? (S. Watmough, J. Gunn) 3) How do organic matter and base cations interact to influence the toxicity of residual metals? (J. McGeer, N. Yan, M. Celis‐Salgado) 4) What habitat characteristics are associated with healthy invertebrate communities? ( A. Yates, J. Bailey, W. Keller) The TĀLER group has held a series of workshops with its first workshop at the Copper Cliff Club on Oct. 27, 2010 hosted by Vale Ltd. 9 The agenda for the April 8, 2014 TĀLER Workshop is as follows:  J. Gunn (Laurentian) Introduction to TĀLER Overview – J. Gunn  N. Mykytczuk (Laurentian) TĀLER Microbes in metal contaminated wetlands  A. Tanentzap (Cambridge) Synthesis + NERC Project  A. Yates (Western) Project 4 update  Caroline Sadlier (Laurentian) The Role of Stream Microbial Communities in the Recovery of Aquatic Ecosystems from Natural and Industrial Watershed Disturbance  Erik Szkokan‐Emilson (Laurentian) Project 2 Seasonal Changes in aromaticity and metal –
mitigating potential of DOM export from wetlands and mining impacted watershed.  Sophie Barrett (Trent) Project 2 Characterizing the impact of industrial deposition gradient on peat and peatland vegetation  Prachi Deshpande (WLU) Project 3 Cu + Ni mixture effects on Daphnia and Amphipods  Feedback from Partners (working lunch)  Dr. Nadine Taylor (Birmingham University) LL102 Guest Seminar, The use of metabolomics in the study of sub‐lethal stress from metals The Newest Addition to the NSERC TĀLER project is the metabolomics work by PDF Dr. Nadine Taylor working with Jim McGeer, John Gunn and her colleagues at the University of Birmingham to develop more sensitive indicators of metal stress as Vale Ltd. and Glencore Ltd. proceed with another major emission reduction program. Stay tuned for some exciting findings! On November 27th the TĀLER group held a dissemination workshop for Stakeholders entitled “Health Land/Healthy Water Stakeholder Workshop”. Representatives from all Stakeholder groups in the Sudbury Area were invited to this event to develop a summary of recommendations from the project and to contribute to the next 5 year Regreening Plan for Sudbury that is currently under development. A series of briefing notes were prepared for this meeting and have been included at the back of this report as an Appendix. Summary of TĀLER Recommendations: 1. Continue with Atmospheric Emissions Reductions Project (AER) and other planned pollution reduction programs. There are still large sensitive areas were lakes have not fully recovered. 2. Continue the aerial liming and watershed reclamation approached that VETAC and the industries have adapted in recent decades. 3. In barren and semi‐barren areas with high metal concentrations target bogs, fens and other low lying wetland areas for aerial liming. 4. Avoid any liming in the South End near the MOECC monitoring lakes but continue to monitor these lakes to be able to assess AER benefits. 5. Focus on revegetation using plants that produce a lot of leaf litter and other organic matter, and concentrate planting in areas that will from deliver organic matter to downstream lakes and streams. 6. Use GIS software (Whitebox) to locate the best treatment sites (wetted areas). 10 7. Use natural clones of willows in stressed sites and conifers along stream channels. 8. Increase tree planting throughout the City to enhance shading in urban areas and surface cooling. 9. Lighten the blackened areas with liming and lichens to cool the soil surface and retain moisture 10. Build water retention ponds to prepare for climate warming. 11. Consider using municipal leaf collections as a mulch to retain surface moisture and kick‐
start formation of new wetlands. 12. Protect and/or establish large areas of wetlands for flood control throughout the City. 13. Use at least 30m wide buffers along streams and shorelines in all new developments or insist on the widest possible vegetation buffer. 14. Prevent erosion with improved construction code and best management practices (e.g. silt barriers, floating booms) and enforce the rules. 15. Attempt to re‐establish sphagnum mosses in key wetlands to help control water level fluctuations, promote peat production and encourage burial of metals. 16. Increase shrub cover in wetlands to reduce evaporative loss by mosses. Use shrubs that retain and accumulate metals. 17. Increase forest cover and soil formation in upland areas to maintain base flow conditions for streams and to buffer against climate warming. 18. Use Reference Condition Approach (RCA) when developing bioassessment tools (based on benthic invertebrate communities) for tracking the effects of land reclamation efforts. 19. Engage the public and attract more students and researchers to Sudbury through the online Bioremediation: Global Lessons from the Sudbury Story Course. 20. Develop a self‐guided interpretive trail around Daisy Lake and other study sites. Aquatic Restoration Group ‐ Sudbury Environmental Study Lakes In 2014, 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 programme includes a set of 44 lakes, located within a 100 km zone around Sudbury. These lakes were all acidified to below pH 5.5 in the early 80s, but are now in various stages of recovery. They were 11 sampled once annually during the period late June through July. The data are intended to provide information on regional patterns in water quality and lake recovery in the lakes near Sudbury. During 2014 all 44 lakes in the SES Extensive lake set were sampled once for a set of standard water chemistry parameters. The SES Intensive programme is a set of lakes sampled monthly or twice‐monthly through the ice‐free season for a wide range of physical, biological and chemical parameters (water chemistry, Secchi disc transparency, oxygen/temperature profiles, zooplankton, phytoplankton), therefore giving a larger and more varied amount of data on a smaller group of lakes. In 2014 there were 15 lakes sampled monthly (May ‐ October) and 1 lake sampled twice‐monthly (Swan lake) under the SES Intensive program. In July, seven lakes were sampled in the Ring of Fire Region as part of MOECC’s baseline environmental data collection programme for that area. The lakes were sampled for zooplankton, benthic invertebrates, water chemistry and phytoplankton. The zooplankton taxonomy lab continued to process samples collected under the SES program, but also processed samples for various partners and collaborators including the Severn Sound Environmental Association and the Climate Change and Multiple Stressor Research Programme. Samples from Lake Simcoe were processed specifically for spiny water flea screening. Database management during 2014 included updating the several databases that house data produced from our programs. In addition, 30 data requests were addressed from partners and collaborators. Support for other projects, including graduate student projects was also provided (data, expertise and logistics). 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 interpreted and presented 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 programme can be found within the publication section of this report. Climate Change and Multiple Stressor Aquatic Research Program Much progress has been made in reporting on data for aquatic ecosystems in northern Ontario. A large number of collaborators were involved in the studies that generated these data. During 2014, 12 scientific papers were published or submitted to journals, and 2 technical reports were prepared. Results from studies in the far north have been made available to northern stakeholders, including the First Nation Communities at Fort Severn (Washaho First Nation), Peawanuck (Weenusk First Nation) and Fort Hope (Eabametoong First Nation). Good working relationships with these communities have been developed and maintained. 12 W. Keller served as a guest editor for special issue of the journal Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research entitled “Environmental Change in the Hudson and James Bay Region, Canada” which appeared in February 2014. The special issue contained 18 papers from studies conducted across the northern areas of Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec. In follow up to previous work, recording thermisters were again placed at various locations in the Sutton (Albert Chookomolin, Peawanuck, Weenusk First Nation), and Pipowatin Rivers (Timothy Miles, Fort Severn, Washaho First Nation). These thermisters were retrieved in the fall, after tracking water temperatures during the sea trout runs. Arrangements were also made with both the above individuals for collection of fish samples from the Winisk (Albert Chookomolin) and Severn Rivers (Timothy Miles), and collections (whitefish, cisco, pike) were completed in the fall. W. Keller visited both Peawanuck and Fort Severn during the summer to collect samples for water chemistry and invertebrates from the Winisk and Severn rivers, and coastal areas of Hudson Bay, to support ongoing studies of food webs and contaminant transfer. W. Keller was on‐site coordinator for the extensive baseline study programme (aquatic and terrestrial) being conducted by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change in the Ring of Fire area of northwestern Ontario. Substantial progress has been made in creating a useful, accessible database of lake and river data from the studies completed or coordinated by Laurentian University in the far north of Ontario to date (2009‐2014). W. Keller and Chantal Sarrazin–Delay are continuing to work on the database. 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 (MNRF) and has included a variety of projects examining the biology, ecology, and ecotoxicology of northern fish populations. Work on this program in 2014 was primarily directed at two fields of research: i) Mercury bioaccumulation and food web structure in northern fish populations. This work is funded by the MNRF Far North Branch, the MNRF Aquatic Research and Monitoring Section, the MOECC Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch, the NSERC CNAES, and Wildlife Conservation Society Canada. The geographic focus of this work continues to shift towards aquatic ecosystems of Ontario’s Far North. Fish sampling was completed at nine lakes and four river sites in both shield and lowland ecozones of the Attawapiskat River drainage basin, and in the lower reaches of the Severn and Winisk Rivers as part of the CNAES program. A new graduate student research project was initiated on patterns of mercury bioaccumulation and biomagnification from headwaters to coast in the Attawapiskat drainage basin (Lescord, PhD). Delineation of aquatic food web structure continued in near North lakes with focus on lakes with multiple predator assemblages, and the Lake Nipissing ecosystem. ii) Reproductive ecology of northern fishes. This research is funded by the MNRF Aquatic Research and Monitoring Section. Research on Lake Nipissing continues to explore the effects of multiple stressors (spawning stock decline, 13 food web disruption) on energy allocation and reproductive ecology of its walleye and white sucker populations. The Freshwater Invertebrate Reference Network of Northern Ontario (FIRNNO) Biological indicators such as benthic macroinvertebrates (BMI) are useful in gauging the degree of impact due to human activities. The simplest approach involves the collection of BMI data prior to the activity at paired control and impact areas and the comparison to BMI data after the activity. The traditional before‐after/ upstream‐downstream (BACI) study design is not always feasible due to confounding issues and geographical limitations, hence alternative designs have been proposed. The Reference Condition Approach (RCA) to bioassessment is based on the premise that when a site is to be assessed, its BMI community is compared to that 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 400 sites have been collected in the vicinity of 4 mining centers including Red Lake, Hemlo, Sudbury and Timmins along with accompanying water chemistry as well as site, channel and watershed level habitat data. This was expanded in 2013 when 72 sites sampled in the Attawapiskat River basin as part of MOECC’s Ring of Fire Baseline Environmental Data Collection Programme. Thirty‐one more sites were sampled in this area in 2014 using a crew from the Co‐op Unit and Marten Falls First Nation. In order to expand coverage of the reference site network, the Co‐op Unit fall 2014 sampling focused on the upper Albany River Basin, where 35 sites were sampled. These sites will expand coverage of the Network and also provide information on the type of environment a transportation corridor from the Ring of Fire is expected to pass through. The FIRNNO data were used for a number of research and management initiatives in 2014. A status report for Ramsey Lake was completed for the City of Greater Sudbury based on data collected in 2013. A study under the Terrestrial‐Aquatic Linkages for Ecosystem Recovery (TALER) project focused on the relationship between benthic invertebrate communities and landscape‐scale data, collected using GIS techniques, and on annual variability in benthic 14 communities. A project under the Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services (CNAES) was completed that examined the concordance of benthic communities across watersheds and the spatial application of reference sites. A special issue of Freshwater Science was released that compared the performance of several benthic invertebrate bioassessment analytical methods, including those used at the Co‐op Unit. For more information, contact John Bailey Mine of Knowledge Program: Finding Microbial Solutions to Ecosystems Problems The Mine of Knowledge program is 5 year $1.65 NSERC funded CREATE program designed to train students in a multi‐disciplinary research to provide the mining industry with highly qualified personnel in environmental management and restoration of ecosystem services at mining locations around the world. Laurentian University joins with University of Montreal, INRS, McMaster, and Ottawa universities in this bilingual Quebec/Ontario program. Bacterial metabolism represents the root cause of deleterious mine drainage, but also a significant untapped opportunity to enhance mine sustainability through strategic characterization of its roles in these ecosystems. In addition to providing students with hands‐on experience, the SMART‐MINE initiative will provide them with training in analytical and environmental chemistry, mine waste mineralogy, biogeochemistry, ecotoxicology, environmental genomics and molecular microbiology using state‐of‐the‐art instrumentation and modeling approaches. Graduate projects will range from fundamental laboratory‐based projects on membrane protein transport to large‐scale field studies on the bioremediation of mine drainage. This bilingual Quebec/Ontario training program will form a new generation of environmental scientists who understand the needs of mining industries and are prepared to propose innovative solutions to improve the environmental sustainability of this key Canadian economic sector. With the increasing overlap associated with expansion of mining activities into the Canadian north between Canadian mining activities and First Nations communities, this mine of Knowledge will emphasize First Nations representation and involvement. 15 Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystems Services (CNAES) Networks Lead Scientist Theme I Co‐Leaders: Dr. Don Jackson, University of Toronto Dr. John Gunn, Laurentian University Dr. Brian Branfireun, Western University
LU/CFEU participants: J. Bailey, D. Campbell, J. Gunn, T. Johnston, B. Keller, D. Pearson, H. Swanson CNAES students working on various projects in the Far North NSERC funding: Total of $4,416,625.00 over 5 years (2012‐16) Participating Universities: Toronto, Laurentian, UBC, UQAM, Western, Guelph, Trent, UNB, Waterloo, McGill, Nipissing CNAES Graduate Students at LU (to date): Project 1.3 Characterize the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems 1.3(a) RCA invertebrate surveys – M.Sc. Nicole Novodvorsky (PI John Bailey/John Gunn) 1.3(b) Zooplankton and Phytoplankton – M.Sc. Josef MacLeod (PI Bill Keller/ John Gunn) 1.4 Impact of nutrient additions on wetlands – T.B.A. (PI Daniel Campbell) Project 1.5 Characterize the distribution of Hg and MeHg in surface water and freshwater biota 1.5(a.1) Headwater to Coast Hg Survey – Ph.D. Gretchen Lescord (PI Tom Johnston/John Gunn) 1.5(a.2) Stable Isotopes and Hg – M.Sc. Alexandra Sumner (PI John Gunn/Tom Johnston) 1.5(c) Anadromy and Hg – Rachel DeJong (PI Heidi Swanson, Waterloo) 1.5(d) Anadromy and Fatty Acids – Matt Heerschap (PI Tom Johnston/John Gunn) 1.6 Science Communication and First Nation Engagement – (PI Chantal Sarrazin‐Delay/David Pearson) Partnering agencies: Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Parks 16 Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Central & Arctic Region, Le Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune du Québec Partnering Industries and Foundations: DeBeers Canada, Alberta Innovation Technology, Kongsberg Maritime, David Suzuki Foundation The Attawapiskat watershed is one of the principal study sites for the LU/CFEU scientists and students participating in the Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services (CNAES). In 2014 the annual CNAES meeting was held at the University of Québec at Montréal April 30‐
May 2. Laurentian University hosted weekly webinars for Theme 1 graduate students. The Theme 1 annual meeting will occur at the Vale Living with Lakes Centre on Feb. 18th, 2015. A New Model for Upper Level Student Engagement and E‐learning through Social Online Course Environments with a Global Reach: the Laurentian University SOLE Model A team of people led by Nadia Mykytczuk, in collaboration with several LU departments, faculty, staff, and external city and industry collaborators are working to develop, test, and deliver an innovative new learning model for e‐learning courses. The model and first production will lead to the establishment of a signature course for Laurentian on “Bioremediation; Global Lessons from the Sudbury Restoration Story.” Such a course will be key to Laurentian’s provincial, national and international student recruitment efforts. The interactive experimental model that we will develop and test will guide future developments of not only our own distance education programs, but is also designed to lead to major improvements in on‐line course at other institutions in Ontario. The first of six course modules (Module 4: Terrestrial and Aquatic Linkages for Ecosystem Recovery) was completed and “beta‐tested” at a stakeholders workshop in November 2014. The next module is in production and is set to launch as a workshop during the Mining and Environment International Conference in June 2015. 17 Science Communication in Vale Living with Lakes The 10 month, course based, Laurentian / Science North Science Communication Graduate Diploma program (SCOM), operating out of the Lake Centre, is still the only one of its kind in Canada (see www.sciencecommunication.ca). We contribute, through the NSERC Aquatic Ecosystem Network, to communication and relationship building with First Nations in the Far North. Students in the program join forces with their peers in BIOL 5056 to produce YouTube style video stories in which the Biology students creatively present their research projects, for example Nicole Novodvorsky in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFyIFQtvw1o and Alexandra Sumner in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4l1iUCToyM. The impressive results are enjoyed at the annual, bow tie, pot luck, Eagle Awards ceremony in early April. On July 1, 2014 the program became part of the new School of the Environment after reporting directly to the Dean of Science, Engineering and Architecture since its launch in 2005. Thirteen students graduated from the program in the autumn of 2014 bringing the total to almost a hundred in nine years. Almost half of those now applying have a Masters degree and occasionally a Ph.D. Work experience placements for students in 2014 included NSERC; office of the Minister of State for Science and Technology, Ottawa; Perimeter Institute; SNOLab and the Canadian Association of Physicists; the European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water‐column Observatory; ROM Environmental Visualization Program; Ivvavik National Park, Inuvik; Imagine Science Films, New York. The SCOM program continues to offer bursaries to its students from the interest on a dedicated endowment fund totalling $560,000. The largest contributors have been the F. Jean MacLeod Trust and the TD Financial Group, as well as the Grace Rumball Bursary. Role in NSERC Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services The Board of CNAES approved the addition of Project 1‐6 “Building Relationships with Far North First Nation communities” in Theme 1 in June 2014, with a budget of $30,000 “to enable the building of trust‐based, mutually respectful and beneficial relationships with all Far North Ontario First Nations in whose traditional land use areas field work is required for the success of CNAES projects. Such relationships are required for the social licence to carry out research in the region and therefore for a sustainable research program.” As a result of this support Chantal Sarrazin‐Delay has taken on the part time position of “Coordinator of First Nation Relationship Building”. David Pearson is the lead of Project 1‐6 in collaboration with Dr. Heidi Swanson of the University of Waterloo. The project involves “engaging young people in community schools with science activities broadly related to the science in the network and designed to motivate interest in environmental and earth sciences, with a view to creating awareness and interest in eventual employment or career paths”, as well as contributing to training of community members in aquatic invertebrate identification (Chantal Sarrazin‐Delay’s specialization), and engaging community members and members of Council on occasions such as Open Houses. 18 We take wifi microscope and iPads along with a wide variety of specimens, including aquatic invertebrates with us for students to examine (although we usually collect fresh material – even through the ice); as well as demonstrations illustrating lake stratification and the use of water monitoring equipment; fossils and minerals; animal bones; otoliths and other fish structures for aging; lichens, and whatever local material is available at the time. These activities often occur alongside David Pearson’s work with First Nation communities on adapting to climate change in collaboration with OCCIAR (the Ontario Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Resources) and in parallel with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry’s community‐based land use planning discussions in Far North communities. Far North Ontario Youth in Science Opportunity Program (FNO‐YSOP) Funded by private donations through the Laurentian University Development, FNO‐YSOP supported the piloting of activities for young people in Far North communities that have now received additional support through Theme 1‐6 of NSERC CNAES. Although depleted and in need of donations, the program continues to support school visits and activities in the Far North aimed at assisting schools in raising interest in science. At the moment very few young people enter high school science courses and almost none have ever entered post‐secondary science from Far North communities. FNO‐YSOP is currently supporting work with Leo Leclair of the High Skills Major Program of the Rainbow District School Board to introduce classroom‐scale aquaponics demonstration apparatus in Far North schools to demonstrate the link between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Relationship with Four Rivers, the Matawa First Nations Environmental Services Group Our work with communities in the “Ring of Fire” region has been greatly helped by the advice and good working relationship developed since 2009 with Four Rivers, the Matawa First Nations Environmental Services Group. The Lake Centre’s Chantal Sarrazin‐Delay helped with training of Environmental Monitors through workshops in Thunder Bay and in Fort Hope. Environmental Monitors received further training in aquatic sampling led by John Bailey (MOECC in the Lake Centre) in Sudbury. Conference Organizing, Program Coordination and Editorial Activities Arnott, S.  Associate Editor of Journal of Applied Ecology, 2010‐present  Chair of Meetings Committee, the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography  Member of Organizing Committee, ASLO Sante Fe meeting, 2016  Meeting co‐host, Global Lakes Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON), Jouvence, Quebec, Nov. 2014  NSERC RTI review panel, 2013‐2015 19 Basiliko, N.  Served as Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Soil Science (2013‐)  Served as Review Editor, Frontiers in Microbiology (2011‐)  Served as Associate Editor, FEMS Microbiology Letters  Co‐convened and chaired a session “Methane dynamics in Canadian Ecosystems” at the 2014 Canadian Geophysical Union and Canadian Society of Soil Science meetings in Banff Canada, May 2014  Co‐convened a session “Introduction to soil science: the true frontier in soil science education” at the 2014 Canadian Geophysical Union and Canadian Society of Soil Science meetings in Banff Canada, May 2014  Chaired a session “Forest Soils” at the 2014 Canadian Geophysical Union and Canadian Society of Soil Science meetings in Banff Canada, May 2014  Served on the International Scientific Committee member for the 2015 ISMOM/CSSS meeting (work began in 2014) Beckett, P.  Served on the Organizing Committee for the Ontario CLRA/OMA Annual Reclamation Symposium  Served on the Steering Committee for the CLRA/Mirarco Lunch‐time Reclamation Discussion Group Belzile, N.  Served as Associate Editor for the Journal of Geochemical Exploration  Served on the Editorial Board of ISRN Environmental Chemistry  Served on the Editorial Board of Green and Sustainable Chemistry Gunn, J.  Served as Coordinator for the Boreal Ecology PhD Program.  Science Committee Member and Theme 1 Co‐leader for NSERC CNAES program  Named one of the top reviewers for the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Kreutzweiser, D.  Served as Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Forest Research  Steering Committee, Turkey Lakes Watershed 35th Anniversary Workshop, Sault Ste. Marie ON McGeer, J.  Editor of the Bulletin of the Canadian Society of Zoologists 2013‐present  Served on the NSERC Discovery Grant Review Committee 1502 (Biological Systems and Functions).  Served as co‐chair of platform/poster session‐ Fate and Effect of Metals: Marine Concerns. 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vancouver, BC. 9‐13 November 2014 20 
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Served as co‐chair of the platform session: Chemical and biological effects of data poor metals and metal mixtures. 41st Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop, Ottawa. 28 Sept ‐1 Oct 2014 Served on the organizing committee for the International Conference on Ecological and Environmental Security in Urban Areas. 3‐4 November 2014. University of Chongqing, Chongqing PRC. Mykytczuk, N. Served on the Editorial Board for the Journal of microbiological Methods Ramcharan, C. served as the Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Spiers, G.  Served as Chair for the Sudbury 2015 Organizing Committee  Served as Treasurer of the Canadian Society for Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy 2013‐
2015 Swanson, H. served as Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Watmough, S.A. 
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Named one of the top 25 reviewers for Biogeochemistry Partners and Collaborators Industry Vale Ltd. Glencore Ltd. DeBeers Canada Government Funding Partners City of Greater Sudbury Can. Wildlife Service CFI/OIT Environment Canada FedNor/MNDM Fisheries and Oceans Canada Great Lakes Fishery Commission Great Lakes Forestry Centre, NRCAN‐CFS Ontario Forest Research Institute (MNRF) Industry Canada NSERC 21 Scientist Collaborators Appalachian State University CANMET Chengdu U of Tech. Cornell University Environment and Nat.Resources, Gov. NWT Inst. Nat. de la recherche scientifique – Eau Institute of Ecosystem Studies Lakehead University Laurentian University L'Université de Montréal L'Université du Québec à Montréal L'Université du Québec à Rimouski McGill University McMaster University Michigan Tech U Mt. Holyoke College Queen’s University South West U. of Sci.&Tech Southern ON. Watershed Consortium Tianjin Univ.of Sci.&Tech Others Aboriginal Aquatic Resources Oceans Avalon Rare Metals Inc. Management Program Ambiotek Arctic Inst. of Community Based Research Canada‐Ontario Invasive Species Centre Council of National Research, Italy Government of Northwest Territories Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Reserve Holden Arboretum International Copper Association International Zinc Association Trent University Universidad de Santiago de Chile University of Birmingham Univ. of British Columbia University of Cambridge University of Chongqing University of Colorado University of Geneva University of Guelph University of Kansas University of Munster University of New Brunswick University of Toronto University of Waterloo University of Windsor University of Winnipeg Western University Wilfrid Laurier University York University J.D. Irving Ltd. Long Point Waterfowl and Wetlands Res. Fund Marten Falls First Nation Matawa Tribal Council MIRARCO Severn Sound Environmental Association Teck Tembec United States Fish and Wildlife Service United States Geological Survey Wildlife Conservation Society Canada 22 Book Chapters Alarie, Y. Beutel, R. and M. Balke. 2015. Meruidae. In Handbook of Zoology Vol. I. In Press. Alarie, Y. and M. C. Michat 2014. Bridging Ecology and Systematics: 25 years of study of larval morphology of World Dytiscidae. In Ecology, Systematics, and the Natural History of Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). (D.A. Yee, editor). Springer, The Netherlands. In press. Belzile, N. 2014. Minerals, metals, toxicity and substitutes. In: Resources, Empire and Labour: Globalization Crises and Alternatives, D. Leadbeater (Ed.), Fernwood Publ. 124‐134. Fenn, M.E. H.‐D. Nagel, I. Koseva, J. Aherne, S.E. Jovan, L.H. Geiser, A. Schlutow, T. Scheuschner, A. Bytnerowicz, B.S. Gimeno, F.Yuan, S.A. Watmough, E.B. Allen, R.F. Johnson and T.Meixner. 2014. A comparison of modelled and empirical nitrogen critical loads for Mediterranean forests and shrub lands in California. In: Nitrogen Deposition, Critical Loads and Biodiversity. M.A. Sutton et al. (eds) Springer, Dordrecht. pp 357‐368. Publications Co‐op Unit Members authored or co‐authored numerous publications in 2014: Balistrieri, L.S., C.A. Mebane, T.S. Schmidt and W. Keller. 2014. Expanding metal mixture acute toxicity models to natural stream and lake invertebrate communities. Environ. Tox. Chem. doi.org/10.1002/etc.2824. Barman, E.H., Michat, M.C., Y. Alarie, and Wolfe, G.W. 2014. Description of the first‐instar larva of Hoperius planatus, with phylogenetic implications. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 68(2): 321‐
330. Bonmatin, J‐M., C. Giorio, V. Girolami, D. Goulson, D. Kreutzweiser, C. Krupke, M. Liess, E. Long, M. Marzaro, E. Mitchell, D. Noome, N. Simon‐Delso and A. Tapparo. 2014. Environmental fate and exposure: neonicotinoids and fipronil. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. DOI 10.1007/s11356‐014‐
3332‐7 Campbell, D. and A. Corson. 2014. Can mulch and fertilizer alone rehabilitate surface‐disturbed subarctic peatlands? Ecological Restoration. 32: 153‐159. Casson, N.J., M.C. Eimers and S.A. Watmough. 201X. Controls on soil nitrification and stream nitrate export at two forested catchments. Biogeochemistry. In Press. Casson, N.J., M.C. Eimers and S.A. Watmough. 2014. Sources of nitrate export during rain‐on‐
snow events at forested catchments. Biogeochemistry 120: 23‐36. 23 Celis‐Salgado, M.P., W. Keller, M.T. Arts and N.D. Yan. 201X. Digestive tract variations as indicators of metal induced stress in four species of Daphnia. Hydrobiol. Under Review Chagnon, M., D. Kreutzweiser, D. Mitchell, C. Morrissey, D. Noome and J. van der Sluijs. 2014. Risks of large scale use of systemic insecticides to ecosystem functioning and services. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. DOI 10.1007/s11356‐014‐3277‐x Chételat, J. M. Amyot, P. Arp, J. Blais, D. Depew, S. van der Velden, C. Emmerton, M. Evans, M. Gamberg, N. Gantner, C. Girard, J. Graydon, J. Kirk, D. Lean, I. Lehnherr, D. Muir, M. Nasr, A. Poulain, M. Power, A. Rencz, P. Roach, G. Stern and H.K. Swanson. 2014. Mercury in freshwater ecosystems of the Canadian Arctic: Recent advances on its cycling and fate. Science of the Total Environment. In Press. Chivers, C., B. Leung and N.D. Yan. 2014. Validation and calibration of probabilistic predictions in ecology. Methods Ecol. Evol. 5: 1023‐1032. Cooper, C.A., T. Tait, H. Gray, G. Cimprich, R.C. Santore, J.C. McGeer and D.S. Smith. 2014. Influence of salinity and dissolved organic carbon on acute Cu toxicity to the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis. Environmental Science and Technology 48:1213‐1221. Cott, P, A. Schein, B. Hanna, T. Johnston, D. MacDonald and J.M. Gunn. 2014. Implications of linear developments on northern fishes. Environmental Reviews. Accepted. Cott, P.A., A. Hawkins, D. Zeddies, B. Martin, T.A. Johnston, J. Reist, J.M. Gunn, and D.M. Higgs. 2014. Song of the burbot: Under‐ice acoustic signaling by a gadoid fish. Journal of Great Lakes Research 40: 435‐440. Cousins, C. and G.A. Spiers. 201X. Quantification of metals in paper mill biosolids as covers on mine tailings. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry. In review. Deng, T.‐L., Y. Wu, X. Yu, Y. Guo, Y.‐W. Chen and N. Belzile. 2014. Seasonal variations of arsenic at the sediment‐water interface of Poyang Lake, China. Applied Geochemistry. 47:170‐176. Deribe, E., A.E. Masresha, P.A. Gade, S. Berger, B.O. Rosseland, R. Borgstrøm, E. Dadebo, G. Zinabu, O.M. Eklo, L. Skipperud and B. Salbu. 2014. Bioaccumulation of Mercury in Fish Species from the Ethiopian Rift Valley Lakes. International Journal of Environmental Protection 4(1):15‐
22. Deribe, E., B.O. Rosseland, R. Borgstrøm, B. Salbu, Z. Gebremariam, E. Dadebo, L. Skipperud and O.M. Eklo. 2014. Organochlorine pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyles in Fish from Lake Awassa in the Ethiopian Rift Valley: Human Health Risk. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 93:238‐
244. DOI 10‐1007/s00128‐014‐1314‐6. 24 Fitzpatrick, C., A. Agrawal, N. Basiliko, A. Hastings, M. Isaac, M. Preston M and M. Johnson. 201X. The importance of plant genetic variation and contemporary evolution for ecosystem processes. The American Naturalist. Submitted. Furlan, L. and D. Kreutzweiser. 2014. Alternatives to neonicotinoid insecticides for pest control: case studies in agriculture and forestry. Environmental Science and Pollution Research DOI 10.1007/s11356‐014‐3628‐7 Garmo, Ø.A., B.L. Skjelkvale, H.E. de Wit, L. Colombo, C. Curtis, J. Folster, A. Hoffmann, T. Hogasen, D. Jeffries, W. Keller, V. Majer, A. Paterson, M. Rogora, D. Rzychon, A. Steingruber, J.L. Stoddard, J. Vuorenmaa and A. Worsztynowicz. 2014. Trends in surface water chemistry in acidified areas in Europe and North America from 1990 to 2008. Water Air Soil Pollution 225:1880 DOI 10.1007/s11270‐014‐1880‐6. Hargan, K.E., K.M. Rühland, A.M. Paterson, S.A. Finkelstein, J.R. Holmquist, G. MacDonald, W. Keller, and J.P. Smol. 201X. The influence of water table depth and pH on the spatial distribution of diatom species in peatlands of the Boreal Shield and Hudson Plains, Canada. Botany CJB2014‐0138. In Press. Harris, L.N., J.‐S.Moore, C.G. McDermid and H.K. Swanson. 2014. Long‐distance anadromous migrations in a freshwater specialist: the Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush). Canadian Field Naturalist. 128:260‐264. Haynes, K., M.P. Preston, J. McLaughlin, K. Webster and N. Basiliko. 201X. Dissimilar decomposer communities across peatland types exhibit functional redundancy. Canadian Journal of Soil Science. Under Review. Jeziorski, A., B. Keller, R.D. Dyer, A.M. Paterson, and J.P. Smol. 201X. Differences among modern‐day and historical cladoceran communities from the “Ring of Fire” lake region of northern Ontario: Identifying responses to climate warming. Fundamental and Applied Limnology. In press. Jeziorski, A., A.J. Tanentzap, N.D. Yan, A.M. Paterson, M.E. Palmer, J.B. Korosi, J. Rusak, M. Arts, W. Keller, R. Ingram and J.P. Smol. 2014. The jellification of north temperate lakes. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 282: 20142449. Johnston, T.A., and C.C. Wilson. 2014. Comparative ecologies of domestic and naturalized rainbow trout in northern Lake Huron (Ontario, Canada). Ecology of Freshwater Fish, published online 2 May 2014. Jones, F.C., S. Sinclair and W. Keller. 2014. Benthic macroinvertebrate communities in five rivers of the Coastal Hudson Bay Lowland. Polar Biology 37: 141‐147. 25 Jones, T., M. Thiel, N. Basiliko, J. Caspersen and J. Fera. 201X. Operational biomass recovery of small trees: equations for six central Ontario tree species Canadian Journal of Forest Research. In press. Juckers M. and S.A. Watmough. 2014. Impacts of simulated drought on porewater chemistry of peatlands. Environmental Pollution 184: 73‐80. Keller, W., A. Paterson, K. Rühland and J. Blais. 2014. Introduction – environmental change in the Hudson and James Bay region. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 46: 2‐5. Kielstra, B.W., S.W. Arnott and J.M. Gunn. 2014. Biological recovery at multiple scales: the importance of land‐water linkages in mining impacted landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecol. Submitted. Kim, N., M.T. Arts and N.D. Yan. 2014. Eicosapentaenoic acid limitation reduces weight and fecundity of the aquatic invader Bythotrephes longimanus. J. Plankton Res. 36: 567‐577 Krzic, M., J. Wilson, N. Basiliko, A. Bedard‐Haughn, E. Humphreys, S. Dyanatkar, P. Hazlett, R. Strivelli, C. Crowley, L. Dampier. 2014. Soil 4 Youth: Charting New Territory in Canadian High School Soil Science Education. Natural Sciences Education. 43:73‐80 Lau., M.C.Y., B.T. Stackhouse, A.C. Layton, A. Chauhan, T.A. Vishnivetskaya, K. Chourey, N.C.S. Mykytczuk, P.C. Bennett, G. Lamarche‐Gagnon, N. Burton, J. Ronholm, W.H. Pollard, C.R. Omelon, D.M. Medvigy, R.L. Hettich, S.M. Pfiffner, L.G. Whyte and T.C. Onstott. 2014. 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Proteomics of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans and X‐ray absorption spectroscopy to investigate mercury methylation in presence of selenium. Metallomics. 6:465‐475. van der Sluijs, J., V. Amaral‐Rogers, L. Belzunces, M. Bijleveld van Lexmond, J.‐M. Bonmatin, M. Chagnon, C. Downs, L. Furlan, D. Gibbons, C. Giorio, V. Girolami, D. Goulson, D. Kreutzweiser, C. Krupke, M. Liess, E. Long, M. McField, P. Mineau, E. Mitchell, C. Morrissey, D. Noome, L. Pisa, J. Settele, N. Simon‐Delso, J. Stark, A. Tapparo, H. van Dyck, J. van Praagh, P. Whitehorn and M. Wiemers. 2014. Conclusions of the worldwide integrated assessment on the risks of 30 neonicotinoids and fipronil to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. DOI 10.1007/s11356‐014‐3229‐5 Van Loon, L.L., J.A. Warner, C. Throssell, G.A. Spiers, W. Malik, B. Ajiboye and M. Dutton. 201X. Comparison of nickel speciation in workplace aerosol samples using sequential extraction analysis and x‐ray absorption near‐edge structure spectroscopy. Environmental Science and Technology. In review. Watmough, S.A. and M. Meadows. 201X. Do earthworms have a greater influence on nitrogen dynamics than atmospheric nitrogen deposition? Ecosystems. In Press. Watmough, S.A., A.M. McDonough and S.M. Raney. 2014. Characterizing the influence of highways on springtime NO2 and NH3 concentrations in regional forest monitoring plots. Environmental Pollution. 190: 150‐158. Watmough, S.A., C.J. Whitfield and M.E. Fenn. 2014. The importance of atmospheric base cation deposition for preventing soil acidification in the Athabasca Oil Sands region of Alberta. Science of the Total Environment 493: 1‐11. Watmough, S.A. 2014. Calcium, strontium and barium biogeochemistry in a forested catchment and insight into elemental discrimination. Biogeochemistry 118: 357‐369. Wiegand, M.D., T.A. Johnston, L.R. Porteous, A.J. Ballevona, J.M. Casselman, and W.C. Leggett. 2014. A comparison of ova lipid provisioning among three co‐habiting fish species of the Bay of Quinte (Lake Ontario, Canada). Journal of Great Lakes Research 40: 721‐729. Williamson, A.W., F. Caron and G.A. Spiers. 201X. Radionuclide Release from Simulated Waste Material after Biogeochemical Leaching of Uraniferous Mineral Samples. Environmental Radioactivity. In review. Yucel, C.K., M. Bor and P. Ryser. 2014. Interspecific diversity in root antioxidative enzyme activities reflect root turnover strategies and preferred habitats in wetland graminoids. Ecology and Evolution. DOI 10.1002/ece3.992 Reports Aherne, J., S.Barnes, B. Beaudry, S. Casley, H. Cheng, A. Hall, A. Henolson, D. Krewski, J. Laurence, D. Marmorek, C. Murray, G. Paoli, S.A. Watmough. (alphabetical). Kitimat Airshed Emissions Effects Assessment. Report submitted to British Columbia Ministry of Environment, April 2014. p536. 31 Baker, S., S.A. Watmough and C.H. Whitfield. 2014. Additional Analysis of soils from the Boreal and Taiga regions of Saskatchewan. Contract # 3505. Report submitted to Saskatchewan Environment March 2014. p 37 CFEU 2014. Progress Report: River Studies in the Fort Severn Area, 2011‐2013. Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit, Laurentian University, 19 p. CFEU 2014. Progress Report–Lake and Stream Surveys in Northwestern Ontario, 2012 and 2013. Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit, Laurentian University, 21 p. Watmough S.A. 2014. An assessment of the impacts of reactive nitrogen on forest ecosystems in southern Ontario (KW405‐12‐0325). Report Submitted to Environment Canada March 2014. p53 Whitfield, C. and S.A. Watmough. Saskatchewan Ministry of the Environment Research Project #3434: Interim Report. Report submitted to Saskatchewan Environment March 2014. p 6 Conference Presentations Arnott, S. E. Disentangling the relative importance of local‐ versus regional‐scale processes on community response to environmental change. SCL Symposium: From lakes to coastal zones ‐ integrating aquatic ecosystems at different scales. Genomes to/aux Biomes (joint meeting of CSEE/CSZ/SCL), Montreal, QC. May 2014. Invited. Artym, K. , and Swanson, H.K. 2014. Habitat use of barrenland Arctic Grayling (Thymallus arcticus). Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, Yellowknife, NT. 3‐5 January 2014. Poster. Aubin, I., K. Ryall, C. Zimmerman, F. Cardou, I. Laigle, D. Kreutzweiser and T. Scarr. 2014. Impacts of emerald ash borer infestation on forest understory dynamics. Ontario Forest Health Review, Orillia, Ontario, 28 October 2014. Aubin, I., K. Ryall, C. Zimmerman, F. Cardou, I. Laigle, D. Kreutzweiser and T. Scarr. 2014. Impacts of emerald ash borer infestation on forest understory dynamics. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Sacramento, California, 10‐15 August 2014. Azan, S. and S.E. Arnott. Eurasian spiny water flea (Bythotrephes longimanus) and low calcium: “Double trouble” for zooplankton communities. Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network (CAISN), Annual General Meeting, Gatineau, PQ. April 2014. Bailey, J.L. and A. Todd. 2014. CABIN sampling in Ontario’s Far North: 2013‐2014. CABIN Forum, Guelph, ON. December 2014. Invited. 32 Bailey, J.L. and M.P. Celis‐Salgado. 2014. Whole body concentrations of major cation levels in Daphnia pulicaria throughout a 24‐hour exposure to soft water LC‐50s for hexavalent chromium, copper and nickel. Aquatic Toxicology Workshop, Ottawa, ON. October 2014. Bailey, J.L. and M.P. Celis‐Salgado. 2014. Whole body concentrations of major cation levels in Daphnia pulicaria throughout a 24‐hour exposure to soft water LC‐50s for hexavalent chromium and copper. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR. May 2014. Basiliko, N., C. Winsborough, M. Richardson, J. Wang, J. Geddes, S. Thomas and J. Murphy. 2014. Wet, gassy soils in the upland: topographic controls on methane and nitrous oxide fluxes in a north temperate forest of central Ontario. Joint meetings of the Canadian Society of Soil Science and the Canadian Geophysical Union. Banff, Canada. May 2014. Basiliko, N. 2014. Introduction to soil science: Mississauga style. Joint meetings of the Canadian Society of Soil Science and the Canadian Geophysical Union. Banff, Canada. May 2014. Beckett, P. 2014. The Regreening Of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada after 35 Operational Years. BES‐
SFE Joint Annual Meeting. Lille, France. December 2014. Beckett, P. 2014. A Lifetime of Healing the Sudbury Landscape. CIM Sudbury. Sudbury, ON. 20 November 2014. Beckett, P. 2014. Recent Updates in Sudbury Restoration Efforts, Invited speaker, Beijing International Symposium on Land Reclamation and Ecological Restoration, LRER. October 2014. Beckett, P. 2014. Status of the “Regreening” of Sudbury, Ontario, after 35 operational years. Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (OSSGA) Rehabilitation Workshop and Tour, Sudbury, ON. August 2014. Beckett, P. 2014. Status of the Regreening of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada after 35 Operational Years/ Invited Plenary talk, Life Of Mine Second Conference, Brisbane, Australia. July 2014. Belzile, N. and Y.‐W. Chen. 2014. Selenium‐mercury antagonism in aquatic systems – A proteomic and X‐Ray absorption study. Department of Material Engineering. SouthWest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, China. Brekke, L.J., T.A. Johnston, and J.M. Gunn. 2014. A comparison of two standardized gill‐netting protocols for assessing fish community structure of boreal lakes. 144th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Québec City, Québec, Canada. 18‐21 August 2014. Poster. Brown, A. and N. Yan. 2014. Interacting effects of multiple stressors on ecotoxicological thresholds” AGM, Muskoka Research Node, Canadian Water Network, Nipissing University, Bracebridge, ON. 3 April, 2014. 33 Campbell, D., Corson, A., & Bergeron, J. 2014. Rehabilitation of peatlands in the Hudson Bay Lowland after winter road disturbances. 20th Symposium of the Peatland Ecology Research Group, Québec City, QC. Chen, Y.‐W. and N. Belzile. 2014. Industrial applications in environmental analytical chemistry. Department of Material Engineering. SouthWest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, China. Clement, A. and J. McGeer. 2014. The influence of chronic copper exposure on the uptake and effects of silver in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Ontario Biology Day, U of Toronto Mississauga. 15‐16 March 2014. Cooper, C., R. Nasir, J. McGeer and D.S. Smith. 2014. Influence of dissolved organic carbon concentration and source on chronic 7‐d Ni toxicity to the mysid (Americamysis bahia). 35th Annual Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vancouver, B.C. 9‐13 Nov 2014. Creed, I. K. Webster, D. Kreutzweiser and F. Beall. 2014. Green is the new black: The need for a new currency that values water resources in rapidly developing landscapes. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, 15‐19 December 2014. Daoust, K., D. Kreutzweiser, I. Creed and P. Sibley. Developing a predictive model between hydrological and biological indicators of ecosystem services in relation to forest disturbance. Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services, Montreal, 29 April‐2 May 2014. Deshpande, P., S. Kaye, N. Taylor and J. McGeer. 2014. Nickel and copper mixture toxicity to Daphnia pulex‐pulicaria. 35th Annual Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vancouver. 9‐13 Nov 2014. Poster. Deshpande, P. and J. McGeer. 2014. Copper and nickel mixture toxicity to sensitive aquatic invertebrates. Canadian Society of Zoologists Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec. 25‐29 May 2014. Deshpande, P. and J. McGeer. 2014. Nickel and copper mixture toxicity to Daphnia pulex‐
pulicaria in soft water. Gananoque Environmental Sciences and Engineering Conference. Gananoque ON. 31 Jan ‐2 Feb 2014. Duncan, J, E. Newman, R. Nasir, K. Livingstone, D.S. Smith and J. McGeer. 2014. Salinity and dissolved organic matter modulation of metal toxicity to the hydroid Eudendrium carneum. 35th Annual Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vancouver, B.C. 9‐13 Nov 2014. Poster. Duncan, J. and J. McGeer. 2014. The effects of salinity and dissolved organic matter on Cu toxicity to a euryhaline hyroid (Eudendrium carneum). Ontario Biology Day, U of Toronto Mississauga. 15‐16 March 2014. 34 Erdozain, M., K. Kidd, D. Kreutzweiser and P. Sibley. 2014. Food web structure in streams with different forest conditions. Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services, Montreal, 29 April‐2 May 2014. Giraldo, C., E. Choy, A. Stasko, B. Rosenberg, M. Power, H. Swanson, L. Loseto and J.D. Reist. 2014. Trophic patterns of Arctic fishes in the Canadian Beaufort Sea: a fatty acid and stable isotope approach. ArcticNet Arctic Change Meeting, Ottawa, ON. 9‐12 December 2014. Gorgolewski, A., N. Basiliko, J. Caspersen, T. Jones and H. Tran. 2014. Investigating wood ash from biomass boilers as a forest soil amendment in Canada: field and greenhouse approaches. Joint meetings of the Canadian Society of Soil Science and the Canadian Geophysical Union. Banff, Canada. May 2014. Gunn, J.M., B.O. Rosseland, J. Bailey and J. Heneberry. 2015. Recovery Challenges for Aurora Trout in a Declining Ca Environment. Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, Ottawa, Canada. 8‐11 January 2015. Gunn, J.M. 2014. It starts with clean air: The Sudbury case history of ecosystem recovery. BES and SFE Joint Annual Meeting. Lille, France. 10 December 2014. Invited. Gunn, J.M. and B.O. Rosseland. 2014. Recovery of the Aurora Trout in a Low Calcium Environment in Ontario, Canada. 30th Task Force Meeting, UN‐ICP Waters, Grimstad, Norway. 14‐16 October 2014. Invited. Gunn, J.M. 2014. Modern Mining: Protecting and Restoring Ecosystem Services. NSERC CNAES Annual Meeting, UQAM, Montreal. 1 May 2014 Gunn, J.M.,T. Johnston, A. Chookomolin, G. Chookomolin and W. Keller. 2014. Climate warming effects in subarctic rivers: Building on traditional knowledge. Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, Yellowknife, Canada. 3‐5 January 2014. Plenary . Hasnain S.S. and S. E. Arnott. Bythotrephes longimanus presence alters the vertical depth distribution of Daphnia species across Canadian Shield Lakes. Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network (CAISN), Annual General Meeting, Gatineau, QC. April 2014. Johnston, T.A., J.M. Gunn, and W. Keller. 2014. The fish and fisheries of Ontario’s subarctic. Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, Yellowknife, NT, Canada. 3‐5 January 2014. Kreutzweiser, D. 2014. The budworm’s back in Eastern Canada: can we safely use insecticides? National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI) Canada, Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, 4‐5 November 2014. 35 Kreutzweiser, D., P. Sibley, B. Naylor, E. Muto, J. Musetta‐Lambert, J. Gunn and J. Richardson. 2014. Emulating natural disturbance in riparian forests to enhance shoreline and aquatic biodiversity. International Union of Forest Research Organizations World Congress, Salt Lake City, Utah, 6‐11 October 2014. Invited. Kreutzweiser, D. 2014. The budworm’s back in Eastern Canada: can we safely use insecticides? Canadian Institute of Forestry E‐Lecture series. 18 August 2014. Kreutzweiser, D., E. Muto, P. Sibley and J. Musetta‐Lambert. 2014. Using natural disturbance to set realistic forest management targets for conserving aquatic ecosystem services. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 18‐23 May 2014. Kreutzweiser, D. 2014. Understanding trade‐offs between ecological risks of spruce budworm epidemics and their control products. Spruce Budworm: The Ecological, Economic and Social Implications Workshop, Fredericton, New Brunswick, 26 February 2014. Kreutzweiser, D., P. Sibley, B. Naylor, E. Muto, J. Gunn and J. Richardson. 2014. Emulating natural disturbance in riparian forests to enhance shoreline and aquatic biodiversity. Riparian Working Group, Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, Edmonton, Alberta, 6 February 2014. Kreutzweiser, D., I. Aubin, D. Nisbet, P. Sibley and T. Scarr. Ecological impacts of emerald ash borer: implications for urban forest managers. Technical Workshop on the Emerald Ash Borer, Montreal, Quebec, 23 January 2014. Lescord, G.L., M. Gillespie, A. Sumner, T.A. Johnston and J. M. Gunn. 2014. Sampling considerations for assessing mercury (Hg) and other chemical parameters in water from remote freshwater systems of northern Canada. 41st Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop, Ottawa, ON. 28 Sept – 1 Oct 2014. Poster. Lu, C., O. Vukov, D.S. Smith, G. Dixon and J. McGeer. 2014. The effects of water chemistry and organism source on the toxicity of dysprosium to Hyalella azteca. 35th Annual Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vancouver, B.C. 9‐13 Nov 2014. Poster. Lu, C., O. Vukov, D.S. Smith, G. Dixon and J. McGeer. 2014. The effects of water chemistry and organism source on the toxicity of dysprosium to Hyalella azteca. 41st Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop, Ottawa, ON. 28 Sept ‐1 Oct 2014. Poster. McGeer, J. 2014. Development of Site Specific Models for Predicting Toxicity. University of Chongqing, Chongqing PRC. . 4 Nov 2014. Invited. McGeer, J. 2014. Water: the Laurier perspective. International Conference on Ecological and Environmental Security in Urban Areas. University of Chongqing, Chongqing PRC. 3 Nov 2014. Invited. 36 McGeer, J., C. Cooper and D.S. Smith. 2014. Development of the marine BLM. Ecotoxicity Technical Advisory Panel (ETAP), Toronto, ON. 19 Aug 2014. Invited. McGeer. J and D.S. Smith. 2014. The BLM. Environment Canada Staff Training Workshop II: Biotic Ligand Model: practical applications. Gatineau, QC. 17 June 2014. Invited. McGeer, J., J. Duncan, R. Nasir, C. Cooper, R. Santore and D.S. Smith. 2014. Incorporating physiology to improve BLM predictions across salinity gradients. Aquatic Toxicity Symposium meeting, Fort Worden State Park, Washington. 10‐13 June 2014. Invited. Musetta‐Lambert, J., E. Muto, D. Kreutzweiser and P. Sibley. 2014. Conserving aquatic ecosystem services through the emulation of natural disturbance in riparian forests. Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services, Montreal, 29 April‐2 May 2014. Mykytczuk, N.C.S., J.R. Lawrence, C.R. Omelon, G. Southam and L.G. Whyte. 2014.Microscopic characterization of the cell envelope of Planococcus halocryophilus Or1 during subzero growth at ‐15°C. International Union of Microbiological Societies. Montreal, Canada. 27 July ‐1 August 2014. Poster. Mykytczuk, N.C.S. 2014. Mining Microbes: Harnessing the power of the small. Ontario Genomics Institute Life Sciences and Mining workshop. May 6th 2014. Sudbury, Canada. Invited. Nasir, R. and J. McGeer. 2014. Cu toxicity to Americamysis bahia in estuarine environments: effects on growth, survival and sexual maturation. Gananoque Environmentals Science and Engineering Conference. Gananoque ON. 31 Jan ‐2 Feb 2014. Novodvorsky, N.M., J.L. Bailey and T.B. Reynoldson. 2014. Theme l Project 3a: Expansion of the Application of Benthic Invertebrate RCA Bioassessments: How Far Can We Go? NSERC Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services 2nd Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 30 April‐2 May 2014. Novodvorsky, N.M., J.L. Bailey and T.B. Reynoldson. 2014. Expansion of the application of Benthic Invertebrate RCA Bioassessments: How Far Can We Go? Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA. 18‐23 May, 2014. Novodvorsky, N.M., J.L. Bailey and T.B. Reynoldson. 2014. Geographic Expansion of Benthic Invertebrate RCA predictive models: How Far Can We Go? Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network Annual Forum, Guelph, ON. 2‐3 December 2014. Noyce, G., T. Sackett, N. Basiliko, R. Fulthorpe, S. Thomas. 2014. Biochar additions do not affect microbial activity, biomass and community structure in north temperate Ontario forest soils. Joint meetings of the Canadian Society of Soil Science and the Canadian Geophysical Union. Banff, Canada. May 2014. 37 Porty, A., C. Jardine, P. Menzies, A. Jones‐Bitton, N. Mykytczuk and A. Schulte‐Hostedde.2014. Investigating the Ecology of Coxiella burnetii at the Livestock/Wildlife Interface. Emergency Management Research Expo, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario. 2 Dec 2014. Poster. Powell, M.D., T. Dale and B.O. Rosseland. 2014. Pathology of non‐infectious gill diseases. Gill Health Initiative, Oslo. 21‐23 May 2014. Ramcharan, C.W. 2014. The changing nature of ecology. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution. Montreal, PQ. May 2014 Rivest, M., G.S. Spiers, P. Beckett, A. Poulain and N.C.S. Mykytczuk. 2014. Microbial Ecology of Potential Bioleaching Bacteria from High Arsenic Tailings in Sudbury, Canada. 114th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology, Boston, USA. 17‐20 May 2014. Poster. Ross, A. and S.E. Arnott. Influence of declining calcium concentrations on zooplankton communities of soft‐water lakes. Water Initiative for the Future 2014, Queen’s University. 4‐6 May 2014 Ross, A. and S.E. Arnott; Declining aquatic calcium affects the recovery of zooplankton communities in acid‐damaged lakes. CSEE/CSZ/SCL ‐ Genomes to Biomes 2014, Montreal, PQ. 25‐29 May 2014 Rosseland. B.O. 2014. What is the effect of reduced liming on the aquatic chemical and biological ecosystem. (Hvilken effekt har redusert kalking på biologien og det kjemiske vannmiljøet). Norwegian Game and Fishery Union, (NJFF), Seminar on Liming, Hotel Opera, Oslo. 20 November2014. Invited. Rosseland, B.O. 2014. CERAD, Centre for Environmental Radioactivity. A Centre of Excellence at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NMBU. Department Seminar, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. 26 September 2014. Invited. Rosseland, B.O. 2014. A lifetime with acid rain, liming, aquaculture, ecotoxicology and radioactivity. Department seminar. Department of Environmental Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Norway. 10 April 2014. Rosseland, B.O. 2014. Pollution from boats, TBT. (Forurensninger fra båter, TBT). Science Day for Teachers in Rogaland, Haugesund, Norway. 18 March 2014. Rosseland, B.O. 2014.Long Range Transported Pollutants with Health effects – Mercury (Hg). (Langtransporterte forurensninger med helsemessige effekter – Kvikksølv (Hg)). Science Day for Teachers in Rogaland, Haugesund, Norway. 18 March 2014. 38 Rosseland, B.O. 2014. PAH compounds at Karmoy, and other Organic Pollutants in Alpine, Arctic and Antarctic areas. (PAH‐forbindelser på Karmøy, og andre organiske miljøgifter i høyfjell, Arktisk og Antarktis). Science Day for Teachers in Rogaland, Haugesund, Norway. 18 March 2014. Rosseland, B.O., B. Salbu and O.C. Lind. 2014. CERAD, Centre of Excellence Centre for Environmental Radioactivity ‐ a Center for new opportunities. Seminar, Directorate of Fisheries, Kopervik, Rogaland, Norway. 17 March 2014. Invited. Rosseland, B.O. 2014. Animal experiments. How is the regulations by the Norwegian Animal Research Authority (FDU)? (Forsøk med dyr. Hvordan jobber Forsøksdyrutvalget (FDU)?) Gjersjoen Rotary, Kolben, Norway. 20 February 2014. Invited. Sadlier, C., N.C.S. Mykytczuk, D. Kreutzweiser and J. Gunn. 2014. The role of stream microbial communities in the recovery of aquatic ecosystems from legacy natural and industrial watershed disturbance. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting Portland, Oregon, USA. 18‐23 May 2014. Scarr, T. and D. Kreutzweiser. 2014. Neonics, honeybees, and the forestry connection. Ontario Forest Health Review, Orillia, Ontario, 28 October 2014. Shabaga, J., N. Basiliko, J. Caspersen and T.A. Jones. The effects of differing harvesting intensity on soil respiration rates and temperature sensitivity in a northern mixed‐deciduous forest. Ecological Society of America (ESA) annual meeting. Sacramento, USA. Aug 2014. Sinclair, J.S. and S. E. Arnott. Teasing apart the relative importance of propagule size, number, diversity, and condition. Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network (CAISN) II Annual General Meeting, Gatineau, QC. 27‐30 April, 2014. Smenderovac, E. and N. Basiliko. 2014. Microbial communities associated with coarse woody debris and soils in boreal and north‐ temperate forests. Joint meetings of the Canadian Society of Soil Science and the Canadian Geophysical Union. Banff, Canada, May 2014. Smith, S., K. Livingstone, W. Chen, C. Cooper, C. Guguen, R. Santore and J. McGeer. 2014. Influence of estuarine dissolved organic matter of variable source on Zn toxicity to hydra (Eudendrium carneum) and speciation measured by AGNES. 35th Annual Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vancouver, B.C. 9‐13 Nov 2014. Stasko, A., M. Power, H. Swanson, P. Archambault, L. de Montety, A. Majewski, S. Atchison and J. D. Reist. 2014. Evidence for size‐structured marine food webs in the Beaufort Sea: Comparison between dynamic shelf and stable mesopelagic benthic habitats. ArcticNet Arctic Change Meeting, Ottawa, ON. 9‐12 December 2014. Poster. Stasko, A.D., T.A. Johnston, G.L Hamilton, B.K. Nugent, P.A. Cott and J.M. Gunn. 2014. Sharing the top of the bottom: Trophic niche dimensions and overlap of large benthivores in boreal lakes. 39 144th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Québec City, Québec, Canada. 18‐21 August 2014. Stasko, A.D., T.A. Johnston, G.L Hamilton, B.K. Nugent, P.A. Cott and J.M. Gunn. 2014. Sharing the top of the bottom: Trophic niche dimensions and overlap of large benthivores in boreal lakes. First Joint Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Canadian Society of Zoologists, and the Society of Canadian Limnologists, Montréal, QC, Canada. 25‐29 May 2014. Sumner, A., T.A. Johnston and J. M. Gunn. 2014. Potential effect of climate change on the bioaccumulation of mercury in two large‐bodied fish species in northern Ontario. 41st Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 28 Sept – 1 Oct 2014. Poster. Swanson, H.K. 2014. Understanding Mercury Levels in a Changing North: First Results for the Deh Cho region. “A Return to Country Food– Jean Marie River” Meeting and Workshop, Jean Marie River First Nation, NT. 26‐28 August 2014. Invited. Swanson, H.K. 2014. Science advocacy: a case study with the Experimental Lakes Area. Canadian Council for Deans of Science (Annual Meeting), Ottawa, ON. 16 June 2014. Invited. Swanson, H.K., A.M.M. Muir, C.K. Krueger, M. Vinson, C. Bronte, M. Hansen, L. Loseto, and S. Sitar. 2014. Trophic ecology of Humper Lake Trout from Lake Superior: comparisons with other morphotypes. International Association for Great Lakes Research, Hamilton, ON. 27‐30 May 2014. Swanson, H.K., M. Lysy, J.D., Reist, W.M. Tonn, J. Johnson, L. Loseto and M. Power. 2014. Trophic ecology of coastal fishes from Phillips Bay, Yukon Territory. Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research. Yellowknife, NWT. January 3‐5, 2014. Taylor N., M.R. Viant, C. Johnson, N. Yan, J. Gunn and J. McGeer. 2014. Integrating high‐
throughput metabolomics with standard toxicity endpoints in Daphnia exposed to copper and nickel. 35th Annual Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vancouver, B.C. 9‐13 Nov 2014. Poster. Truong, W. and J. McGeer. The sublethal and physiological effects of copper and silver mixtures on rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). 35th Annual Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vancouver, B.C. 9‐13 Nov 2014. Poster. Verdin, A. and J. McGeer. 2014. The effects of toxicity modifying factors on the acute toxicity of samarium to Hyalella azteca. Ontario Biology Day, U of Toronto Mississauga. 15‐16 March 2014. Winner, Best Presentation. Vukov, O., C. Lu, A. Verdin, A. Carvajal, D.S. Smith and J. McGeer. 2014. Effects of water chemistry on the response of invertebrates to rare earth elements. 41st Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop, Ottawa, ON. 28 Sept ‐1 Oct 2014. 40 Watmough, S. 2014. The biogeochemistry of metal contaminated peatlands. BIOGEOMON meeting, Bayreuth, Germany. July 2014. Watmough, S. 2014. Characterizing the influence of highways on NO2 and NH3 exposure in regional forest monitoring plots. The 46th Air Pollution Workshop in Guadalajara, Mexico. April 2014. Wiegand, M.D., T.A. Johnston, R.L. Szmadyla, L.R. Porteous, M.D. Moles and W.C. Leggett. 2014. Lake Nipissing and Lake Ontario walleye: Similarities and differences in provision of fatty acids to ova. 11th International Congress on the Biology of Fish, American Fisheries Society ‐ Physiology Section, Heriot‐Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. 3‐7 August 2014. Yan, N. 2014. Emerging widespread ecotoxicological pressures on Canadian Daphnia”, Seminari Limnologici 2014, CNR, Istituto per lo studio degli Ecosistemi, Verbania, Pallanza, IT. 25 September 2014. Yan, N., J. Bailey and J. Gunn. 2014. Ecological lessons from the recovery of Sudbury lakes: possible insights for Lake Orta”, from Lake Orta: a new lease on life. International conference CNR, Istituto per lo studio degli Ecosistemi, Verbania, Pallanza, IT. 23 September 2014. Invited Keynote. Yan, N., M. Celis‐Salgado, J. Bailey, J. Gunn, J. Winter, M. Palmer, F. Khan and J. McGeer. 2014. Local vs. regional regulation of recovery of zooplankton of Sudbury lakes from acidification and metal pollution: lessons for Lake Orta. Seminari Limnologici 2014, CNR, Istituto per lo studio degli Ecosistemi, Verbania, Pallanza, IT. 19 September 2014. Yan, N. 2014. Widespread changes in Canada’s inland waters: what might they mean for aquatic invasions? Canadian Aquatic Invading Species Network, Annual General Meeting, Hull, Quebec. 28 April 2014. Plenary. Yan, N. 2014. Widespread ongoing changes in zooplankton in Canada. Biology Department special lecture, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON. 25 April 2014. Yan, N. 2014. Contemporary ecotoxicological pressures on rural daphniids: impacts of ongoing changes in the physics, chemistry and biota of south‐central Canadian lakes”, invited keynote address at the EMBO conference “the Mighty Daphnia: past present and future”, University of Birmingham, UK. 19‐22 January 2014 Yucel, C.K., P. Ryser and N.C.S. Mykytczuk. 2014. Revealing variation in the composition of rhizosphere microflora among six wetland plant species. Canadian Society of Plant Biologists Eastern Regional Meeting, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario. 28‐29 Nov 2014. 41 Yucel, C.K., P. Ryser and N.C.S. Mykytczuk. 2014. Characterization of microbial communities associated with wetland plants along a metal contamination gradient around Sudbury, Ontario. International Union of Microbiological Societies. Montreal, Canada. 27 July ‐1 August 2014. Poster. Research Grants Alarie, Y  NSERC Discovery. Systematics of World Hydradephaga (Insecta: Coleoptera) Arnott, S  NSERC Strategic Network NSERC Network on Aquatic Invasive Species (29 PIs, Lead: Hugh MacIsaac)  NSERC Discovery, The influence of dispersal on ecosystem response to environmental change, 2010‐2014  Queen's Senate Advisory Committee: Connecting life‐history traits to ecosystem function as a new approach to understanding the impact of climate change on lake ecosystems (with B. Nelson)  Invasive Species Centre: Community‐level response following treatment with Zequanox© ‐ a biocide for invasive zebra and quagga mussels (with T. Johnson and M. Nicholson) Bailey, J  NSERC Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services (2011‐2016)  Vale Ltd., Aquatic Restoration Group  Glencore Ltd., Aquatic Restoration Group  Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Aquatic Restoration Group  Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Ring of Fire Baseline Data Collection Programme Basiliko, N  Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) seed grant Identification of rhizosphere microbiota for the phytoremediation of nickel copper mine tailings. Daniel Campbell (PI) with Nadia Mykytczuk and Basiliko 2014‐15  NSERC Research Tools and Instruments (RTI) grant Zoe Lindo, Brian Branfireun (Western U), Nigel Roulet (McGill U), Rich Petrone (U Waterloo) and Basiliko. A field‐based experimental system for the evaluation of the effects of elevated temperature and CO2 on peatlands 2014  NSERC Discovery Grant: The functional role of microbial diversity in terrestrial ecosystems.  Canada Research Chair (CRC): Environmental Microbiology 2013‐2018 42 
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Canada Foundation for Innovation and Ontario Research Fund infrastructure funding for an advanced laboratory in microbial ecology and biogeochemistry. NSERC Strategic Projects Grant: Biochar as a soil amendment in northern forests: ecology, biogeochemistry, and bioenergy tradeoffs. Sean Thomas, PI, Basiliko, and 3 others NSERC Strategic Grant Biomass harvests in boreal forests: minimizing environmental impacts and maximizing benefits. Han Chen (Lakehead University), PI, Basiliko and 4 others NSERC Collaborative Research and Development Grant (CRD) Fundamental studies of drying, combustion and ash properties of biomass, and impacts on boiler and pulp and paper mill operations. Honghi Tran (University of Toronto Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry) PI, Basiliko (1 of 4 project leaders), and 8 others. NSERC Collaborative Research and Development Grant (CRD) An integrated multi‐
trophic assessment of the impact of biomass harvesting on forest sustainability. Partners are Ontario Power Generation and Tembec. Christian Messier PI, Basiliko, and 3 others US Department of Energy, Joint Genome Initiative. Fungal, bacterial, and archaeal communities mediating C cycling and trace gas flux in peatland ecosystems subject to climate change. E Lilleskov (USFS) PI, Basiliko, and 3 others Belzile, N  VALE Canada, Investigation on nanoparticles to remove metals from mine waters (with Chen and Mercier)  CORFO Chile, Cleaning of mine waters using recycled waste materials and nanoparticles (with Pizarro, Chen and Mercier)  NSERC CRD, Preparation of an adsorbent matrix modified with nanomaterials for the removal and recovery of metals and selected anions from mine waters. (with Mercier and Chen) Campbell, D  De Beers Canada, The Development of Rehabilitation Protocols for the Hudson Bay Lowland after Mining: an Interim Proposal to De Beers Canada. 2014‐2016 (with Basiliko and Pearson). 2014‐2016  Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations, Glencore, The Measurement of Canola and Sunflower Productivity along a Thickness Gradient of Compost Covers over Ni‐Cu Tailings and a Preliminary Assessment of Metal Uptake in Plants. 2013‐2014 (with Beckett and Spiers)  Ambiotek and Ontario Genomics Institute, Identification of rhizosphere microbiota for the phytoremediation of nickel‐copper mine tailings. $30,000. Daniel Campbell (PI), Nathan Basiliko, Nadia Mykytczuk.  NSERC Canadian Network of Aquatic Ecosystem Services, The impacts of climate and land‐use changes on peatland biogeochemical function in the Hudson Bay Lowlands: The effects of simulated waste water amendments in a subarctic ribbed fen on plant productivity and nutrient dynamics. 2014‐2016 43 Gunn, J  NSERC CRC Tier 1 for Stressed Aquatic Systems  NSERC Discovery, Terrestrial/aquatic linkages in the recovery of disturbed ecosystems (2011‐2016)  NSERC Industrial CRD with Vale Ltd. and Glencore Ltd. Terrestrial Aquatic Linkages for Ecosystem Recovery (2010‐2015)  NSERC Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services (2011‐2016)  Canadian Water Network, monitoring cumulative effects in the Muskoka River Watershed (2012‐2014, 8 co‐PIs)  NERC (Univ. of Cambridge): Recovery is RELATED: Restoring Ecosystems by Linking Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecological Dynamics. Collaborator (2014‐2019)  NSERC CREATE Training Program (Mine of Knowledge) Applied Research and Training for Sustainable Mining. Collaborator (2013‐2018)  NSERC CREATE Training Program (EcoLac) for the study of lake and river ecology (2014‐
2019‐, 11 co‐PIs) Johnston, T  NSERC Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services (2011‐2016)  Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Aquatic Research and Monitoring Section. Northern fisheries research.  Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Far North Information and Knowledge Management Program. Mercury in fish communities of Ontario’s Far North.  Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, Food web structure and mercury bioaccumulation in fish communities of large rivers of the Far North of Ontario  Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, NE Regional Operations Division. Status of Lake Nipissing ecosystem. Keller, B  NSERC Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services (2011‐2016)  Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Climate Change and Multiple Stressor Research Support Kreutzweiser, D  NSERC SNG ‐ Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem Services, Theme II Healthy Forests and Health Aquatic Ecosystems (partner; project co‐lead) McGeer, J  NSERC Strategic: Bioavailability, toxicity, mobility and modeling of data poor metals. PI is Wilkinson (U de M) with 4 co‐PIs.  Environment Canada: Aquatic toxicity of rare earth elements to aquatic invertebrates. PI. 44 
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Cumulative Impacts Monitoring Program: A watershed approach to monitoring cumulative impacts of landscape change. PI is S. Kokelj (AANDC) with 11 co‐PIs. NSERC CRD: Towards marine and estuarine biotic ligand models for Cu, Pb, Zn, and Ni: chemical and biological aspects. PI is Smith (WLU) with 3 co‐PIs. NSERC CRD: Terrestrial Aquatic Linkages for Ecosystem Recovery. PI is Gunn (Laurentian) with 5 co‐PIs. NSERC Discovery: Linking physiological mechanisms and the chronic impacts of bioaccumulated metal in aquatic organisms. Mykytczuk, N  NSERC CRD‐ Role of Terrestrial Carbon and Base Cations in the Recovery of Damaged Aquatic Systems Co‐Investigator (2010‐2015)  NSERC Discovery‐ Ecology and molecular biology of the effects of cold temperatures on acid mine drainage microbial communities. (2013‐2018)  NSERC CREATE‐ Mine of Knowledge: Scientific Mentoring, Applied Research and Training for sustainable Mines. Collaborator (2013‐2018)  NERC (University of Cambridge): Recovery is RELATED: Restoring Ecosystems by Linking Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecological Dynamics. Collaborator. (2014‐2019)  OMAFRA (Univ. of Guelph): Prevalence and strain identification of Coxiella burnetti on dairy goat farms and in associated wildlife. Collaborator. (2013‐2016)  NSERC ENGAGE: Microbial evaluation of BacTech Environmental microbial leaching mixtures. PI (2014) Swanson, H  NSERC Discovery Program, Aquatic Ecology and Contaminant Accumulation in Northern Lakes: Understanding and Predicting Change  NSERC Northern Research Supplement, Aquatic Ecology and Contaminant Accumulation in Northern Lakes: Understanding and Predicting Change  NSERC Collaborative Research and Development Grant, Investigating occupancy, habitat use, and migrations of Arctic Grayling (Thymallus arcticus) in northern barrenland streams  DeBeers Canada, Movement and habitat use of Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) near a diamond mine development, Gahcho Kue, NT.  Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Anadromous migrations of Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) and Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in the Cambridge Bay Region Watmough, S.A.  NSERC Discovery, Nutrient dynamics in sugar‐maple forests and assessment of long‐
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NSERC Strategic Grant, Causes and implications of declining phosphorous during the critical spring melt period 2011‐2014 (with 4 Co‐PIs) CEMA, Nitrogen addition experiments to boreal ecosystems: understanding the fate of atmospherically deposited nitrogen in order to determine nitrogen critical loads 2011‐
1015 Canadian Water Network, Managing cumulative effects in the Muskoka River Watershed: monitoring, research and predictive modeling 2011‐2015 (with 11 Co‐PIs) Environment Canada: Impact of Nitrogen deposition on herbaceous ground flora and epiphytic foliose lichens species in southern Ontario Hardwood Forests 2012‐2014 (with Co‐PI) Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment, Acid sensitivity of soils in the Boreal region of Saskatchewan 2013‐2014(with Co‐PI) Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment, Acid sensitivity of soils in the Boreal region of Saskatchewan Phase II 2014‐2015 (with 2 Co‐PIs) British Columbia Ministry of the Environment, Kitimat Airshed Emissions Effects Assessment2013‐2014 (with Co‐PI) Yan, N  NSERC Discovery Grant, Transforming daphniid ecotoxicology for softwater lakes in a warming, multi‐stressor world (2012‐2017)  NSERC CREATE Training Program in Aquatic Ecosystem Health: integrative approaches for studying multiple stressors (ERAMUS) (Yan is one of 11 co‐PI’s in this CREATE grant) (2011‐2016)  Canadian Water Network Muskoka River Watershed Consortium Grant (2012‐2014) Yan is one of 8 co‐PIs)  NSERC Network on Aquatic Invasive Species (Yan is one of 26 co‐PI’s in this network grant (2011‐2016) Theses Completed Graduate Song, Y. PhD. Transcriptional responses in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) following single and combined exposure to depleted uranium and gamma radiation. Department of Environmental Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Rosseland) Szkokan‐Emilson, Erik, PhD. Biogeochemistry of wetlands in metal‐impacted landscapes and linkages to aquatic recovery. Laurentian University (Gunn/Watmough) 46 Barrett, Sophie, MSc. Factors controlling peat chemistry and vegetation composition in Sudbury peatlands after 30 years of emission reductions. Trent University (Watmough) Emilson (Sadlier), Caroline, MSc. Aquatic microbial community structure and function across a gradient of logging, fire, and industrial watershed disturbances. Laurentian University (Mykytczuk/Gunn/Kreutzweiser) Hartmann, S.S., MSc. Comparing mercury (Hg) concentration in pike (Esox lucius) from the lakes Djupetjern, Holmetjern and Visterflo in Southern Norway: Effects of Selenium (Se), individual growth and water quality. Dept.of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences. (Rosseland) Kielstra, Brian, MSc. The contributing role of landscape characteristics on the colonization and distribution of a freshwater amphipod, Hyalella azteca, in Sudbury, Ontario. Queen’s University (Arnott/Gunn) MacLeod, Josef, MSc. Lakes in the Far North of Ontario: Regional Comparisons and Contrasts. Laurentian University (Keller/Gunn) Nasir, Rabia.: MSc. Development of toxicity prediction models for the acute effects of Cu on estuarine organisms. Wilfrid Laurier University (McGeer). Novodvorsky, Nicole, MSc Geographic extension of benthic invertebrate RCA predictive models: How far can we go? Laurentian University (Bailey/Gunn) Pennington, Paul, MSc. Spatial and temporal variation in peatland geochemistry in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Trent University (Watmough) Reid, Carolyn, MSc. Calcium in the Muskoka River Watershed – Patterns, trends, the potential impact of forest harvesting on lake Ca levels and steps toward an ecosystem approach to mitigation. Trent University (Watmough) Sinclair, James, MSc. Interactive effects of nutrient loading and dreissenid invasion on plankton communities. Queen’s University (Arnott) Smenderovac, Emily, MSc‐F. Microbial Community Structure and Function in Coarse Woody Debris and Boreal Forest Soil after Intensified Biomass Harvest University of Toronto (Basiliko) Tromborg, J., MSc. Infection of Diphyllobothrium ditremum in brown trout, Salmo trutta, in Lake Øvre Heimdalsvatn, analysed in relation to diet, trophic status and mercury concentration. Dept. of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Rosseland) 47 Våge, K.Ø., MSc. Environmental and biological factors influencing mercury (Hg) and selenium (Se) levels in European perch (Perca fluviatilis): A comparison between the lakes Djupetjern, Holmetjern and Visterflo located in Glomma catchment area. Dept. of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences. (Rosseland) Watkinson, Autumn, MSc. Developing Manufactured Soils for Reclamation of Mined Land in the Boreal Forest Ecosystem. Laurentian University (Beckett/Spiers) Weinhardt, Tyler. MSc. Impacts of permafrost degradation on the Peel Plateau on freshwater fish. Wilfrid Laurier University (McGeer). Undergraduate Bigras, Katie, BSc Honours. Change in the chemical composition of Cladina Mitis transplants exposed to elevated levels of air pollution in the Athabasca Oil Sands region. Trent University (Watmough). Borland, Meghan, BSc Honours. Spatial and environmental factors determining zooplankton composition in the Frontenac Arch. Queen’s University (Arnott) Clement, Amy. BSc. Honours. The influence of chronic copper exposure on the uptake and effects of silver in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Wilfrid Laurier University (McGeer). Corrigan, Amelia, BSc Honours. A comparison of Ca thresholds in four species of Daphnia. Queen’s University (Arnott) Duncan, James. BSc. Honours. The effects of salinity and dissolved organic matter on Cu toxicity to a euryhaline hyroid (Eudendrium carneum). Wilfrid Laurier University (McGeer). Hanson, Andrea, BSc Honours. The effects of Fertilization and Mulch on the Reclamation of Peat and Overburden Mixes at the De Beers Victor Diamond Mine, Ontario. Environmental Earth Science, Laurentian University (Campbell) Heerschap, Matthew, BSc Honours. Survival and productivity of Daphnia mendotae in recovering acid and metal contaminated lakes in the Sudbury and Elliot Lake regions: A bioassay. Laurentian University (Bailey) Kornobis, Katherine, BSc Honours. Biomagnification of Hg in lakes in the Dehcho Region, Northwest Territories. University of Waterloo (Swanson). Lefrançois, Melissa, BSc Honours. Optimum Fertilization of Phosphorus to Support Plant Growth within the Waste Material‐Peat Mixtures at DeBeers Victor Diamond Mine, Ontario. Environmental Earth Science, Laurentian University (Campbell) 48 Rabinowitz, Tasha, BSc Honours. The Impacts of a Highway on the Chemical Properties of the Air, Soil, Vegetation, and Lichens in the Adjacent Deciduous Forest. Trent University (Watmough). Rivest, Maxime, BSc Honours. Bacterial Ecology of Arsenic Rich Tailings; Are they limiting bacterial diversity? University of Ottawa (Poulain/Mykytczuk) Souter, Laura, BSc Honours. The Geochemistry of peat profiles in poor fens impacted by smelter emissions. Trent University (Watmough). Snetsinger, Megan, BSc Honours. Does exposure to Chaoborus kairomone reduce Daphnia susceptibility to predation? Queen’s University (Arnott) Stewart, Kayla, BSc Honours. The Production of Canola and Sunflower on Thick and Thin Compost Covers Over Desulfurized Ni‐Cu Tailings. Biology, Laurentian University (Campbell) Theriault, Kyle. BSc Honours. The Influence of Possible Historic Tailings on a Wetland Adjacent To a Tailings Management Area at the Glencore Smelter in Falconbridge, Ontario. Environmental Earth Science, Laurentian University (Campbell) Vaillancourt, Kevin, BSc Honours. (Spiers) Valiquette, Nicole, BSc Honours. Characterization of a Microbial Acid Mine Drainage Site Sediment Community. Laurentian University (Merritt/Mykytczuk) Verdin, Alyssa. BSc. Honour. The effects of toxicity modifying factors on the acute toxicity of samarium to Hyalella azteca. Wilfrid Laurier University (McGeer) Witterick, Lauren, BSc Honours. Zooplankton phenology in lakes of varying depth. Queen’s University (Arnott) HQP Supervised Anderson, Philip, BSc Honours. In progress. Queen’s (Arnott/Tufts) Aulakh, Gurpreet, BSc Honours. In progress. Laurentian (Basiliko) Barr, Chrissy, BSc Honours. In progress. Waterloo (Swanson) Elliott, Sarah, BSc Honours. In progress. Trent (Watmough) Hammoud, Marcus, BSc Honours. In progress. Wilfrid Laurier (McGeer) Harry, Ason, BSc Honours. In progress. Laurentian (Johnston) May, Adam, BSc Honours. In progress. Trent (Watmough) MacCullough, Christopher, BSc Honours. In progress. Laurentian (Mykytczuk/Lesbarrères) Montgomery, Jamie, BSc Honours. In progress. Laurentian (Johnston) Murray, Hayler, BSc Honours. In progress. Trent (Watmough) 49 Newman, Emily, BSc Honours. In progress. Wilfrid Laurier (McGeer) Nicholls, Kelsey BSc Honours. In progress. Laurentian (Beckett) Orlovskaya, Liana, BSc Honours. In progress. Trent (Watmough) Paishegwon, Robert, BSc Honours. In progress. Laurentian (Gunn) Pichette, Jennifer, BSc Honours. In progress. Laurentian (Basiliko) Principe, Emilia, BSc Honours. In progress. Laurentian (Mykytczuk/M. Schindler) Pennycock, Daniella, BSc Honours. In progress. Trent (Watmough) Serre, Jasmine, BSc Honours. In progress. Laurentian (Spiers) Valiquette, Nicole, BSc Honours. In progress. Laurentian (Merritt/Mykytczuk) Aguilera, Liudmila Aleaga , MSc Candidate, Queen’s University(Arnott) Artym, Kyle, MSc. Candidate, University of Waterloo (Swanson) Brekke, Lorraine (Sawdon), MSc Candidate, Laurentian (Gunn/Johnston) Carvajal, Alexandria, MSc Candidate, Wilfrid Laurier (Smith/McGeer) Daoust, Kristin, MSc Candidate, University of Guelph (Sibley/Kreutzweiser/Creed) DeJong, Rachel, MSc Candidate, University of Waterloo (Swanson) Deshpande, Prachi, MSc Candidate, Wilfrid Laurier (McGeer) Doran, Marney. MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Merritt/Mykytczuk) Dutkiewicz, David, MSc Candidate, University of Guelph (Sibley/Kreutzweiser) Gorgolewski, Adam, MSc‐F Candidate, University of Toronto (Basiliko) Guo, Galen, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Basiliko) Hillis, Neil, MSc Candidate, Trent University (Watmough) Hoffman, Justin, MSC Candidate, University of Waterloo (Swanson) Jamieson, Tyler, MSc Candidate, Trent University (Watmough) Jennings, Brad, MSc Candidate, Trent University (Watmough) Loveridge, Alexandria, MSc Candidate, Wilfrid Laurier (McGeer) Lu, Che, MSc Candidate, Waterloo (McGeer/Dixon) Musetta, Jordan, PhD Candidate, University of Guelph (Sibley/Kreutzweiser) Nicholson, Michele, MSc Candidate, Queen’s University (Arnott /Johnson) Nisbett, David, MSc Candidate, University of Guelph (Sibley/Kreutzweiser) Novodvorsky, Nicole, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Bailey/Gunn) Pinder, Kieran, MSc Candidate, Trent University (Watmough) Potter, Alex, MSc Candidate, Trent University (Buttle/ Kreutzweiser/ Sibley) Primeau, Charlotte, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Mykytczuk/Leduc) Rantala‐Sykes, Brittany, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Campbell) Ross, Alex, MSc Candidate, Queen’s University (Arnott) Souter, Laura, MSc Candidate, , Trent University (Watmough) Stewart, Kayla, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Beckett/Spiers) Sumner, Alexandra, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Gunn/Johnston) Treasure, Teresa, MSc Candidate, Trent University (Watmough) Trembath, Katherine, MSc Candidate, Wilfrid Laurier (McGeer) Truong, Wesley, MSc Candidate, Wilfrid Laurier (McGeer) Vukov, Oliver, MSc Candidate, Wilfrid Laurier (McGeer) Williams‐Johnson, Shanay, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Basiliko) 50 Yu, Xiao, MSc Candidate, Laurentian University (Belzile) Yucel, Çağdaş (Kera), MSc Cadidate, Laurentian University (Mykytczuk/Ryser) Appiah‐Hagan, Emmanuel, Ph.D. Candidate Material Sciences ( Belzile) Azan, Shakira, PhD Candidate, Queen’s University (Arnott/Yan) Burke, Samantha, PhD Candidate, University of Waterloo (Swanson) Carson, Michael, PhD Candidate, Laurentian University (Basiliko) Erdozain, Maitane, PhD Candidate, University of New Brunswick (Kidd/Sibley/Kreutzweiser) Gupta, Varun, PhD Candidate, Laurentian University (Mykytczuk/Gunn) Hasnain, Sarah, PhD Candidate, Queen’s University (Arnott/Day) Howard, Dorothy, PhD Candidate, Trent University (Watmough) Jones, Chris, PhD Candidate, Laurentian (Bailey/Gunn) Lavender, Mike, PhD Candidate, Queen’s (Arnott) Lescord, Gretchen, PhD Candidate, Laurentian (Johnston/Gunn) McDonough, Andrew, PhD Candidate, Trent University (Watmough) Noyce, Genevieve, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto (Basiliko) Shabaga, Jason, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto (Basiliko) Sinclair, James, PhD Candidate, Queen’s University (Arnott) Stasko, Ashley, PhD Candidate University of Waterloo (Swanson) Winsborough, Carolyn, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto (Basiliko) Yeung, Alex, PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia (Richardson/Kreutzweiser) Celis‐Salgado, Martha, PDF, York University (Yan) Miller, Ashley, PDF, Laurentian University (Mykytczuk) Smith, Andrea, PDF, York University (Yan) Baker, Scott, Research Associate, Trent (Watmough) Orlovskaya, Liana, Summer Research Technician, Trent (Watmough) Raney, Shanel, Research Associate, Trent (Watmough) Zabel, Nelson, Research Technician, University of Waterloo (Swanson) Staff Laurentian University Science Building Alarie, Yves – Biosystematics Belzile, Nelson ‐ Environmental Chemistry Dirszowsky, Randy – Geomorphology/Paleolimnology Ramcharan, Charles ‐ Aquatic Ecologist Spiers, Graeme – Chemistry, Science and Engineering Canadian Forest Services, Sault Ste. Marie Kreutzweiser, David – Land Water Linkages 51 Norwegian University of Life Sciences Rosseland, Bjorn O. Queens University Arnott, Shelley Trent University Watmough, Shaun A. University of Cambridge, UK Tanentzap, Andrew University of Waterloo Swanson, Heidi Wilfrid Laurier McGeer, Jim York University Yan, Norman Living with Lakes Centre Bailey, John – MOECC Research Scientist/ LU Adjunct Bamberger, Elizabeth – Business Manager, LU Barriault, Chantal – Science Communication Beckett, Peter ‐ Education and Outreach, Faculty LU Campbell, Daniel –Research Scientist MIRARCO/Lakes Centre Corston, Andrew – Fisheries Technician Fram, Kim ‐ Invertebrate Taxonomist Gillespie, Michelle – Lab Manager, Living with Lakes Centre Greene, Stacey – Field Assistant, MOECC Gunn, John – Canada Research Chair in Stressed Aquatic Systems, LU Haslam, Lee – Senior Fisheries Technician, MNRF Heneberry, Jocelyne ‐ Monitoring Coordinator, MOECC Johnston, Tom – MNRF Senior Research Scientist/LU Adjunct Keller, Bill – Director, Climate Change and Multiple Stressor Aquatic Research, LU McCourt, Jason – Environmental Officer, MOECC Mykytczuk, Nadia – Research Scientist, VLWLC Oman, Karen – Research and Administration, LU Pearson, David ‐ Urban Lakes Coordinator/Science Communication, Faculty LU Sarrazin‐Delay, Chantal ‐ Biomonitoring Biologist Smenderovac, Emily, Research Associate, LU Witty, Lynne – Invertebrate Taxonomist 52 Field Technicians and Research Assistants Bender, Kelsey, MNRF Undergraduate and Term Fisheries Technician Boudreau, Amy, Summer Research Assistant Burrows, Graham, Field and Lab Assistant Cayen, Kacey, Graduate Student Assistant Cole, Jennifer, MNRF Undergraduate Technician DeJong, Rachel, Summer Research Assistant Hanson, Andrea, Summer Research Assistant Heerschap, Matthew, Summer Research Assistant Lefrancois, Melissa, Summer Research Assistant Paishegwon, Robert, Summer Research Assistant Rancourt, Krystal, Summer Research Assistant Wilcox, Eric, Summer Research Assistant Visiting Scientists Brauer, Suzanna ‐ Appalachian State University Best, Mairi ‐ School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria Rosseland, Bjorn – Norwegian University of Life Sciences Tanentzap, Andrew – University of Cambridge Whittington, Pete – University of Waterloo 53 Appendix Briefing Notes from the Nov. 27, 2014 NSERC CRD TALER Stakeholder meeting Healthy Lands = Healthy Water Briefing Note #1 for the Nov. 27 Stakeholders Workshop to Report on TALER Findings “Terrestrial Aquatic Linkages for Ecosystem Recovery” The 2010‐2015 TALER project funded by NSERC, Vale Ltd. and Glencore Ltd. was designed to address the concerns identified through the Ecological Risk Assessment as part of the Sudbury Soils Study. The 2009 ERA report 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 pollution‐sensitive aquatic insects, snails, clams and other invertebrates that live in streams and along shallow lakeshores in Sudbury. TALER addresses the following questions: 1.
Sudbury was affected by a mix of stressors (fire, logging, mining). How can we distinguish the effects of the multiple stressors on benthic invertebrates? 2. What controls quantity and quality of the organic matter, coming from the land that feeds and supports (e.g. provide habitat) for the foodwebs in these lakes? 3. Liming and natural weathering of soils release elements like Ca and Mg. How does dissolved organic matter interact with these elements to affect the toxicity of Cu and Ni in lake water? 4. What watershed characteristics are associated with healthy nearshore invertebrate communities? Dr. David Kreutzweiser at the Canadian Forest Services in Sault St. Marie was part of the Project 1 Team. Dave submitted the following summary of research findings and recommendations to guide the next 5 years regreening program in Sudbury. These are some of his ideas. What do you think? Summary: A key finding from question 1 was that high quality organic matter coming from the land is important for biological recovery in lakes and streams. This organic matter (OM) can take the form of the tea coloured dissolved substances that are collectively referred to as dissolved organic matters (DOM), or can occur as particulate matter, that ranges in size from leaf litter to branches and logs that provide coarse woody debris, that in turn provides habitat and underpins the entire food web. The best sources of OM are the wetlands and the forested waterways that deliver organic matter to lakes, streams and other receiving waters. Recommendations: 
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Regreening and afforestation efforts in Sudbury should focus on establishing vegetation that will promote rapid OM production and accumulation. Vegetation should be established at strategic locations that will deliver dissolved organic matter, leaf litter and coarse woody debris to downstream locations. This includes shorelines, low‐order channels, natural swales, wetland perimeters and basins, and hydrologically connected shorelines. Land use planners should use the new and improved GIS‐based terrain analyses software (e.g., whitebox) that is now freely available to help detect and locate these types of water delivery locations on the landscape, and this will provide strategic locations for afforestation efforts. Rapid OM production and accumulation can be promoted by focusing on rapid growing deciduous shrub and tree species. This could include natural clones of rapid‐growing willows for example, that have been shown to rapidly produce high‐quality OM and to flourish under relatively stressed conditions. While a focus should be on rapid growing deciduous species, it will be important to promote forest structure complexity on the landscape, so other species should also be included in afforestation efforts. For example, our research confirms the importance of woody debris in streams as OM retention devices, and the best sources of stable woody debris in stream channels are derived from riparian conifer trees. Road salt may be adversely affecting the fungi that break down OM, and its impact on Sudbury recovery needs further research. Healthy Lands = Healthy Water Briefing Note #2 for the Nov. 27 Stakeholders Workshop to Report on TALER Findings Use of Sensitive Indicator Species to Track Emissions Reductions and Land Reclamation Background: Large changes are occurring in the Sudbury landscape as a result of reductions in SO2 and metal particulates (95% reduction to date; 99% after the AER program) and through the work of VETAC (>3400 ha treated; >9.3M trees planted). We always expected or at least hoped that pollution controls would positively affect lakes but almost by accident (e.g. Middle Lake study) we learned that land reclamation was also producing great benefits. Therefore it has been beneficial that VETAC switched its mandate from its early cosmetic effort of tree planting along view corridors to taking a watershed treatment and biodiversity enhancement focus, beginning in the 90s. However, in spite of recent dramatic success stories (e.g. Silver Lake recovery) lingering problems still exist in many lakes, particularly in the nearshore littoral zones where land meets lake. It is here that key sensitive indicator species like the amphipod, Hyalella azteca, a very common shrimp like crustacean is often absent. Summary: In TALER Project I, M.Sc. student Brian Kielstra working with Shelley Arnott (Queen’s) and John Gunn (Laurentian), did a study of long‐
term changes in H. azteca as well as a detailed study of what watershed characteristics are associated with its return to Sudbury. He found that amphipods are slowly recovering in many lakes and as time continues, the effects of declining acidity appear to be more important than declining metals. However, the residual metals in a geologically sensitive area in the south of Sudbury still appear to be too high for survival of this species. In the more terrestrially impacted Daisy Lake watershed colonization occurred first near the J catchment as that was limed in 1994. Organic matter (OM) from the land and improved in‐lake habitat (macrophytes) also enhanced amphipod colonization. Recommendations:  In the heavily degraded and semi‐barren areas (e.g. near Whitson Lake) designated by VETAC for reclamation, consider targeting the bog, fens and low lying wetted soil for aerial liming to benefit downstream receiving waters.  In the geologically sensitive, but well‐treed areas south of Long Lake, continue to monitor lake chemistry and the presence or absence of sensitive indicator species (Daphnia, H. azteca) to detect the benefits of the new emission reduction program (AER) at the Vale smelter. No liming should occur in these areas.  More research is needed to determine the mechanisms by which terrestrial OM affects amphipod abundance.  Although the total concentration of dissolved organic matter is probably most important, it is necessary to continue to assess the quality of the OM using indexes such as the Fluorescence index (FI) to determine the terrestrial sources of OM. Healthy Lands = Healthy Water Briefing Note #3 for the Nov. 27 Stakeholders Workshop to Report on TALER Findings Microclimate Management through Watershed Revegetation Background: In the 1995 Sudbury “green book” Gerard Courtin described the severe conditions (drought, needle ice, soil temperatures approaching >60°C) that birch seedlings face in attempting to get a toe‐hold in the Sudbury barrens‐with the blacked soils absorbing the heat of the sun, and the wind and the lack of an insulation layer of organic matter drying out the soil. Several years later Andrew Tanentzap (now at Cambridge) showed that even the thin cover of recovering forest in Sudbury was enough to slow the surface winds by 30%, thus reducing the mixing depth of warm surface water in lakes and thereby protecting the bottom waters for cold water organism (the increasing dissolved organic matter in the water also helped). Dave Kreutzweiser (NRCan, S.S. Marie) also showed the climate modifying effects of riparian trees in his study in White River where the shading effect of stream side trees cooled warm water by 5°C as it passed through the shaded stream reaches. We know that trees do greatly increase the evaporation and water loss from the land, but their benefits of cooling the land (includes urban areas) in the face of climate change appears to outweigh this concern. Plants and plant roots are also key to holding back the still eroding soils of the Sudbury sloping landscape. Shoreline trees also suppress the wind and supply coarse woody debris (trees and logs along shores) to protect nearshore habitats from the damaging effects of resuspended lake sediments. Finally Sudbury residents know all too well how damaging it can be to live in a hardened landscape without vegetation and soft organic soils that absorb water and slow runoff to prevent severe flooding. Wetlands and storm water retention ponds to clean contaminated water are also in short supply, and a constant issue when discussing residential development. Summary: In the Project 1 study of the Junction Creek watershed, Jennifer Davidson (JCSC), showed that the metal concentrations in stream water increased with the amount of hardened landscape (barrens, roads, urban areas) in the watershed, and that the diversity of sensitive aquatic invertebrates declined with the loss of tree cover. Brian Wesolek (LU) and Erik Szkokan‐Emilson (LU) also showed in their thesis research that increasing forest cover was associated with increased diversity of sensitive invertebrates at the mouths of small streams entering lakes. Andrew Tanentzap and his colleagues then showed that even at its earliest stage of recovery, the developing forest created aquatic benefits, this time the increased growth rate of larval perch in nearshore waters near stream mouths. Recommendations:  Increase forest cover everywhere, including urban areas to reduce wind and provide shade to decrease the effects of climate warming and reduce the amount of soil erosion.  In the absence of soil, in the still blackened areas, use liming and perhaps transplanting of lichens to detoxify and lighten the colour of the landscape (i.e. reduce temperature) and add a living organic film of lichens and mosses to retain moisture and begin the creation of productive soil layers.  Build water retention ponds throughout the area, perhaps through simple damming (e.g. sand bags) of water channels along barren hillsides to try to offset the prolonged drought effects of a warming climate. Perhaps consider using the land fill organic mulch to begin the creation of new wetlands.  Protect and establish large areas of wetlands to buffer against high flow and flooding events and to polish storm water to protect drinking water basins. Insist that development projects create rather than destroy wetlands. Push development back from stream channels and shorelines with wide (min. 30 m) vegetated buffer strips. Healthy Lands = Healthy Water Briefing Note #4 for the Nov. 27 Stakeholders Workshop to Report on TALER Findings Understanding the importance of DOM, Ca and Na in re‐establishment of aquatic invertebrates Background: Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is recognized as an important mediator of metal bioavailability due to its capacity to complex free ions (the most available form). Similarly Ca, and to a lesser degree Na can reduce toxicity, not by changing the bioavailability of dissolved metals, but by limiting uptake. Recently developed physical‐chemical models (biotic ligand models – BLMs) show promise for estimating the toxicological impact of metals in specific lakes that differ in chemistry. While the BLM approach to predict the recovery of historically disturbed invertebrate assemblages in Sudbury lakes showed promise (Fig 1), it does not account for the complex nature of DOM and there is evidence that toxicity mitigation can vary with DOM composition. While the ameliorative effects of Ca and Na on Cu and Ni toxicity had been demonstrated in the lab, such effects have not been studied in the context of the very soft waters typical of boreal landscapes. Fig. 1. Example of the application of the BLM to estimate
effect of lake chemistry on the recovery of zooplankton
from the effects of Cu, Ni and Zn. From Khan et al. (2011). DOM Source Summary: DOM was collected from lakes, streams and wetlands in Muskoka, Sudbury and White River, and characterized using a suite of measures (i.e. absorption coefficients, fluorescence indices, excitation‐emission fluorescence scanning combined with parallel factor analysis, and capacity to complex free metal ions). Both the capacity to influence metal uptake an toxicological endpoints (survival, growth, reproduction, metabolic rate and whole organism metabolome) are being studied using Ni, Cu and Fig. 2. Fig 1. Influence of DOM source (added at 5 mg/L) on
Ni+Cu mixtures. Daphnia pulex‐pulicaria hybrids and Hyalella acute toxicity of Cu to Hyalella. The black bar represents the
LC50 for a Cu only (no DOC). Open bars are undisturbed
azteca originating from local populations (McFarlane and Hannah sites, side hatch represents Sudbury, dots indicate logged
Lakes) were used*. DOM and Ca but not Na protected animals and cross‐hatching is fire site &* significant to Cu‐only. against both acute and chronic toxicity. While DOM quantity is important, quality is also a key variable. DOM from disrupted environments (logged, burned and smelter impacted) tended to have a reduced capacity to mitigate toxicity (Fig 2). This was particularly evident for the effects of Cu on Hyalella, and was consistent with Cu uptake/accumulation and free Cu ion selective electrode measurements. In general darker, humic rich organic matter sources offered more protection but a seasonal (summer vs fall) differences complicated the incorporation of DOM quality (e.g. absorbance at 340 nm) into the BLM model. Ni toxicity also varied with DOM source but relationships to optical measures of quality were less robust. BLM approaches did improve the Fig 3. Relationship of BLM‐predicted and measured Ni tox. prediction of impacts particularly for short term (acute) duration Three scenarios are given for BLM predictions, a previously published model (◊), toxicity adjusted parameters without tests (Fig 3). Current studies are focused on Ni and Cu mixtures. (□) and with (▲) the incorporation of DOM structural characteristics. Figure 5 of C. Geiger’s MSc thesis. Recommendations:  Efforts to increase the quantity and colour of DOM supply to aquatic systems should foster recovery.  The use of muncipal fall leaf collections as additives to wetland areas should be contemplated.  Research is need to improve understanding of terrestrial processes that influence the production of darkly coloured, humic‐rich organic matter.  While ecotoxicological studies of the survival of amphipods and daphniids have been informative, as habitat conditions have improved, future studies should shift focus to measures of health and fitness (growth, reproduction, physiology and omic tools) to track the ongoing sublethal impacts of metal mixtures.  There are large differences in Ca and, more recently, Na levels in the Sudbury landscape, and the effects of these differences in cations on recovery potential need to be better documented on a landscape scale. * The research team was based at the FLAMES lab (Dorset Env. Sci. Centre) & at Laurier & included Drs. Martha Celis‐Salgado & Nadine Taylor; MSc Christine Geiger, Kelly Livingstone, Kat Chan & Prachi Deshpande, and undergraduate thesis students Fiona Lester, Stephanie Kaye & Marcus Hammoud. Healthy Lands = Healthy Water
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To characterize particulate and dissolved organic matter behaviour in metal stressed
terrestrial environments, before and during delivery to aquatic systems
Background:
Wetlands are major sources of organic matter and the
geochemical processes that occur in wetlands can greatly
modify the timing and quantity of nutrient and contaminant
export to surface waters. Despite being widely abundant in
the Sudbury region they have been relatively understudied
in comparison to Sudbury lakes and terrestrial ecosystems.
The objective of this work was to characterize the spatial and
temporal variability in wetland biogeochemistry at 18
regionally-representative peatlands to identify the key
factors that control metal and dissolved organic carbon
(DOC) export from peatlands to surface waters and to
evaluate the risk of potential toxicity to aquatic organisms.
Summary:
In TALER project #2 I PhD student (Erik Szkokan-Emilson)
working with Shaun Watmough (Trent) and John Gunn
(Laurentian) and 2 MSc students (Paul Pennington and
Sophie Barrett) along with 4 honours students (Samantha
Luke, Myra Juckers, Andrea Hatton, Laura Souter) from Trent
conducted a variety of field and laboratory studies to
enhance our understanding of wetland biogeochemistry in
the Sudbury area. These studies showed that despite large
reductions in metal deposition, peatlands close to the
smelters remain contaminated with nickel (Ni) and copper
(Cu) and that vegetation communities, particularly
Sphagnum mosses, are impaired at contaminated sites
although pH has the strongest influence on wetland plant
community composition. Surface peat at contaminated sites
is highly humified (decomposed) leading to the release of
humified DOC to surface waters and there is a strong
positive relationship between peat carbon content and DOC
in porewater. Wetlands are a net source of nutrients and
many metals (e.g. Ni, Co) to surface waters and their export
from peatlands is primarily controlled by DOC production
(highest in early summer) and acidity (highest in late
summer/fall). Following summer drought large peaks in
concentrations of some metals occur and the potential
toxicity of these metals is further enhanced by a large
decrease in DOC concentration and to a lesser extent by a
change in DOC composition.
Location of the 18 study wetlands and relationship between surface
Cu and Ni concentration and the Copper Cliff smelter and between
peat carbon content and dissolved organic carbon (TOC)
Relationship between surface peat Cu concentration and
Sphagnum frequency (left) and vascular cover (right).
Recommendations:
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Target the recovery of Sphagnum mosses in peatlands,
which will help control water table fluctuations and
increase peat production.
Increasing Sphagnum will lead to greater peat
accumulation, which may effectively “bury” relatively
immobile metals like Cu beneath the surface
hydrologically-active zone over a period of decades.
Characterize metal inputs to wetlands from the
surrounding terrestrial catchment to improve metal
mass balances for wetlands and assist future modelling
exercises.
In the short term, liming key wetlands may reduce (but
not eliminate) metal export to surface waters.
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Change in the Ni concentration (black dots) in streams draining
two of the study sites during a year with summer drought.
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Considerations for generating an assessment tool to track stream rehabilitation resulting
from emission reductions and land reclamation
Background:
In the late 1990’s the Ontario Ministry of the
Environment began monitoring stream benthic
invertebrates with the explicit goal of generating a
database capturing the state of streams in northern
Ontario.
Since its inception the Freshwater
Invertebrate Research Network of Northern Ontario
(FIRNNO) has sampled over 120 reference streams
(i.e., streams unexposed to human activities). This
monitoring program and its associated database is
uniquely positioned to serve as the foundation of a
stream assessment tool to track the recovery of streams
historically exposed to acidification as a result of
successful and ongoing programs to reduce emissions
and reclaim forest lands. However, preliminary
assessments of the database are needed to evaluate
potential gaps in the FIRNNO database as well as the
inherent ecological characteristics of benthic
invertebrates in northern Ontario reference streams.
Summary:
In TALER Project IV, Postdoctoral Fellow David
Armanini working with Adam Yates (Western) and
John Bailey (OMOECC/Laurentian) conducted a study
to assess the suitability of reference sites in the
FIRNNO database to act as the foundation for an
assessment tool for Sudbury area streams. He found
that distinct benthic invertebrate community types existed independently of geographic location. However,
he also found that common environmental drivers of benthic community distributions explained only a
modest amount of variation in northern Ontario stream benthic communities. Initial explorations of temporal
variability in benthic communities revealed that interannual fluctuations in the abundance of many
invertebrate species may be masking the landscape’s role as a regulator of benthic communities.
Recommendations:
 Existing assessment tools used in other provinces that rely on distinct community types could be
readily applied for assessments of Northern Ontario streams.
 For assessing stream recovery resulting from mitigation and reclamation activities in the Sudbury area
consider using reference sites north and northwest of Lake Superior found to have comparable
community types.
 Future research should be conducted to identify:
a. more proximal controls of benthic invertebrate communities that could improve selection of
appropriate reference sites for sites undergoing recovery
b. measures of benthic community function that are less sensitive to interannual variability