Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Animal-mediated elemental cycling across time, space, and animal functional traits

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Year: 2024, 2024
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Klemet-N'Guessan, Sandra, Thesis advisor (ths): Xenopoulos, Marguerite A., Degree committee member (dgc): Paterson, Michael J., Degree committee member (dgc): Fox, Michael G., Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Animals are essential to freshwater biogeochemistry and productivity. Through their excretion, aquatic consumers release bioavailable nutrients and carbon that can vary with animal taxonomic rank, trophic position, and abiotic factors such as light and nutrient supply. In fresh waters, light and nutrient supply is often modulated by dissolved organic matter (DOM), a "murky"… more
Full Text: Animal-mediated elemental cycling across time, space, and animal functional traits A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and …

Seasonal habitat use and movement of native brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in urban headwater streams

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Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Blair, Scott, Thesis advisor (ths): Fox, Michael G., Degree committee member (dgc): Gutowsky, Lee F.G., Degree committee member (dgc): Beresford, David V., Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Coldwater streams are becoming increasingly impacted due to urbanization. Using environmental surveys, mark-recapture and telemetry, I assessed factors influencing seasonal brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) habitat use and movement in urban headwater streams in central Ontario between 2017-18. Generalized additive models were used to assess which habitat variables best explained… more
Full Text: SEASONAL HABITAT USE AND MOVEMENT OF NATIVE BROOK TROUT (SALVELINUS FONTINALIS) IN URBAN HEADWATER STREAMS A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the …