Eco Webinars
Presentations/webinars from some great organizations
(Special thanks and acknowledgement to ‘Environment Haliburton’)
1 Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Associations
https://foca.on.ca/troubled-waters-webinar-series/
2. Muskoka Watershed Council
https://www.muskokawatershed.org/
3. Muskoka Conservancy
https://www.muskokaconservancy.org/webinars
4. Kingston 350
https://world.350.org/kingston/turning-the-tide-on-climate-speaker-series/
5. Environment Haliburton
https://www.environmenthaliburton.org/
6. Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve
https://www.gbbr.ca/events/list/?tribe_paged=1&tribe_event_display=past&tribe-bar-date=2021-04-25
7. Climate Action Muskoka
https://www.climateactionmuskoka.org/events/
8. Ontario Lake Partner Program:
https://www.ontario.ca/environment-and-energy/map-lake-partner
9. The Land Between
https://www.thelandbetween.ca/events/
10. The Magic School Bus – Gets Swamped
https://www.schooltube.com/media/magic-school-bus-gets-swamped/1_na3i006e
Groups and Organizations
1. Friends of the Muskoka Watershed
2. Watershed Canada
3. U-Links Centre for Community Based Research
4. Haliburton Highlands Land Trust
https://www.haliburtonlandtrust.ca/
5. The Land Between
https://www.thelandbetween.ca/
6. Ontario Master Naturalist Program
https://www.lakeheadu.ca/about/orillia-campus/community-programs/omnp
7. Environment Haliburton!
https://www.environmenthaliburton.org/
8. Coalition of Haliburton Property Owners Associations
9. Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Associations
10. Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve
11. Dorset Environmental Science Centre
12. Muskoka Lakes Association
13. Zgyoptera Consulting
14. Climate Action Muskoka
https://www.climateactionmuskoka.org/
Scientific Papers / Peer Reviewed Articles
Arnott, S.E., M. P. Celis-Salgado, R.E. Valleau, A.M. DeSellas, A.M. Paterson, N.D. Yan, J.P. Smol and J.A. Rusak. 2020. Road salt impacts freshwater zooplankton at concentrations below current water quality guidelines. Env. Sci. Technol. In press.
Broadmeadow S, Nisbet TR. 2004. The effects of riparian forest management on the freshwater environment: a literature review of best management practice. Hydrol Earth Syst Sci. 8:286–305.
Brown, A.H. and N.D Yan. 2018. Food quantity affects the sensitivity of Daphnia to road salt. Env. Sci. Technol. 49: 4673-4680
Byun, E., Finkelstein, S.A., Cowling, S.A. et al. 2018 Potential carbon loss associated with post-settlement wetland conversion in southern Ontario, Canada. Carbon Balance Manage 13, 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13021-018-0094-4
Chen, Y., Todd, A.S., Margaret H. Murphy, M.H., and Gregg Lomnicky. 2016. Anticipated Water Quality Changes in Response to Climate Change and Potential Consequences for Inland Fishes, Fisheries, 41:7, 413-416, DOI: 10.1080/03632415.2016.1182509
Chu, C., Mandrak, N.E. and Minns, C.K. 2005. Potential impacts of climate change on the distributions of several common and rare freshwater fishes in Canada. Diversity and Distributions, 11: 299-310. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1366-9516.2005.00153.x
Civitello, D.J., Hite, J.L. and Hall, S.R. 2014. Potassium enrichment stimulates the growth and reproduction of a clone of Daphnia dentifera . Oecologia 175, 773–780. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-014-2943-5
Crawford, G., Hurrell, P., Paroschy, K. & Pereira, C. 2016. Pharmaceuticals and other endocrine disrupting compounds in Natural water systems. Muskoka Watershed Council Policy and Research Committee. (http://www.muskokawatershed.org/resources/position-papers/)
DFO (Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada). 2013. Survey of recreational fishing in Canada 2010. Government of Canada, Ottawa.
Dosskey M.G., Vidon P., Gurwick N.P., Allan C.J., Duval T.P., Lowrance R. 2010. The role of riparian vegetation in protecting and improving chemical water quality in streams. J Am Water Resour Assoc. 46:261–277.
Poesch, M.S., Chavarie, L., Chu, C., Pandit, S.N., and Tonn , W. 2016. Climate Change Impacts on Freshwater Fishes: A Canadian Perspective, Fisheries, 41:7, 385-391, DOI: 10.1080/03632415.2016.1180285
Reid, A.J., A.K. Carlson, I. F. Creed, E.J. Eliason, P.A. Gell, P.T.J. Johnson, K.A. Kidd, T.J. MacCormack, J.D. Olden, S.J. Ormerod, J.P. Smol, W.W. Taylor, K. Tockner, J.C. Vermaire, D. Dudgeon and S.J. Cooke. 2019. Emerging threats and persistent conservation challenges for freshwater biodiversity. Biol. Rev. 94: 849-873.
Howells., G.D., Brown, D.J.A and Sadler. K. 1983. Effects of acidity, calcium and aluminium on fish survival and productivity – a review. Journal of science of food and agriculture. Vol. 36: 559-570.
Mitchell C. Owens, Clayton J. Williams and James M. Haynes. 2021. Effects of forested buffers on benthic macroinvertebrate indicators of water quality in the Western Finger Lakes, New York, Inland Waters, 11:1, 78-88, DOI: 10.1080/20442041.2020.1804786.
Pant, H.K. 2020. Estimation of Internal Loading of Phosphorus in Freshwater Wetlands. Curr Pollution Rep 6, 28–35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40726-020-00136-6.
Paterson, A.M., P.J. Dillon, N.J. Hutchinson, M.N. Futter, B.J. Clark, R.B. Mills, R.A. Reid and W.A. Scheider. 2006. A review of the components, coefficients, and technical assumptions Ontario’s Lakeshore Capacity Model. Lake and Reserv. Manage. Vol. 22(1):7-18.
Sayer, C.D. (2014), Conservation of aquatic landscapes: ponds, lakes, and rivers as integrated systems. WIREs Water, 1: 573-585. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1045.
Schindler, D. E. and Scheuerell, M. D. 2002. Habitat coupling in lake ecosystems. Oikos 98: 177–189.
Schindler, D.W., Curtis, P.J., Parker, B.R., and Stainton, M.P. 1996. Consequences of climate warming and lake acidification for UVB penetration in North American boreal lakes. Nature (London), 379: 705–706.
Sweeney, B. W. and J. Denis Newbold., J.D. 2014. Streamside Forest Buffer Width Needed to Protect Stream Water Quality, Habitat, and Organisms: A Literature Review. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) 50(3): 560-584. DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12203.
Thomas, K.E., Kluke, A, Hall, R.I., Paterson, A.M., Winter, J.G. 2011. Assessment of benthic algal biomonitoring protocolsto evaluate effects of shoreline development on the near shore zone of Precambrian Shield lakes in Ontario. Lake Reserv Manage. 27:398–413.
Yan., N. 2020. The road salt threat to Muskoka lakes: answering 10 key environmental questions. Friends of the Muskoka Watershed (FMW2020-09AR).
Yan, N.D., Keller, W., Scully, N.M., Lean, D.R.S., and Dillon, P. 1996. Increased UV-B penetration in a lake owing to drought induced acidification. Nature (London), 381: 141–143.
Vinebrooke, R. D., Dixit, S.S., Graham, M. D., Gunn, J.M., Chen Y. W., and Belzile, N. 2002. Whole-lake algal responses to a century of acidic industrial deposition on the Canadian Shield. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 59(3): 483 493. https://doi.org/10.1139/f02-025.
Books and Other Resources
Kimmerer, R. W. (2015). Braiding sweetgrass. Milkweed Editions.
Stokes, John and Kanawahienton. 1993. Thanksgiving Address: Greetings to the Natural World. Six Nations Indian Museum and the Tracking Project.
Guide to Eating Ontario Fish:
https://www.ontario.ca/environment-and-energy/eating-ontario-fish
Fish ON-line: https://www.lioapplications.lrc.gov.on.ca/fishonline/Index.html?viewer=FishONLine.FishONLine