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A SHRRIMP story: Ecosystem restoration through Mysis recolonization

Food web ecology Bioenergetics Movement ecology Contaminants

May 27, 2017

At the IISD-ELA, we have initiated SHRRIMP; the Stenotherm Habitat Restoration through RecolonIzation of Mysis Project. The freshwater shrimp, Mysis diluvania, occupies many deep, stratified inland lakes on the boreal shield. It is a glacial relict species, and widely considered to be a “keystone” ecological species with regards to it’s effects in shaping zooplankton communities […]

Boats tied to a dock on a lake in the mist during sunrise

Ecosystem-level effects of nanosilver release

Contaminants Bioenergetics Food web ecology

Apr 17, 2017

Nanosilver is an emerging contaminant with broad potential for environmental release; it is an antimicrobial that is in many, many consumer products and is easily released into wastewater streams through laundry (it’s in clothes, washing machines and detergents). It is clear that nanosilver acts differently on organisms than elemental silver, suggesting that a different set […]

Impacts of invasive species on aquatic food web structure

Food web ecology Bioenergetics

Apr 17, 2017

Recent investigations have demonstrated that invasive species (driessenids, Bythotrephes) can have potentially negative impacts on the growth of percid fishes in Minnesota and Wisconsin lakes. Recent research is investigating the impacts of spiny water flea invasion on the growth and contaminant accumulation patterns of Walleye in Quetico Park, with generous support from the Quetico Foundation. […]