Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Decreasing lake calcium (Ca) concentration, in lakes located in base poor</p><p>catchments of the Muskoka River Watershed (MRW) in south-central Ontario, is a well- established acid-rain driven legacy effect threatening the health and integrity of aquatic ecosystems that can be compounded by additional Ca removals through forest harvesting. The objectives of this thesis were… more Full Text: 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 A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of …