Full circle: My MSc research was part of a 20 year long whole-ecosystem experiment to evaluate the impacts of freshwater fish farming. This news article covers the outcomes of that research cottagelife.com/outdoors/a-stu… #ELA

Water: We drink it. We swim in it. We farm with it. We waste it. Canadians use a lot of water, but we have less of it than you think. Research from #Laurier is informing – and preparing – Canadians about the changes that may lie ahead #EarthDay

Intersting findings by Dr. Megan Larsen Wilfrid Laurier University about the role of precipitation - and subsequent pulse of phosphorus - can stimulate harmful algal blooms; a rainfall event in 2017 increased phosphorus 35x in Conestogo Lake, Ontario #ifhab19 Jason

Plenary speaker Dr. Jason Venkiteswaran Jason Wilfrid Laurier University presented a fascinating re-analysis of long-term trends in algal biomass from one of the best-studied artificially fertilized lakes, Lake 227 IISD Experimental Lakes Area. Funded by formbloom #algae #bloom #lake

Laurier’s Jason works at ELA as part of formbloom . Today’s #SWCCan2019 talk about ELA shows importance of whole ecosystem studies in lakes.

Interested in iron cycling or #boreal lakes? We find evidence of photoferrotrophs (bizarre photosynthetic bacteria) in the bottom waters of lakes at IISD Experimental Lakes Area via #metagenomics and cultivation. Pre-print at doi.org/10.1101/653014 @joshdneufeld

Preprint is out for our study on phytoplankton blooms at IISD Experimental Lakes Area! Long-term monitoring data + process-oriented modeling reveal interactions between higher temps and external fertilization, resulting in higher blooms. Collab w/ Jason RM Couture & Twitterless others

Conditions that cause a toxin-producing cyanobacteria bloom came early because of a v large rain event - these events are expected to become more frequent. Thus "effectively elongating the bloom season period of potential toxicity" Global Water Futures

"A visionary and passionate global research leader pushing forward the frontiers of aquatic sciences in a bold manner," that's our Dr. Helen Baulch - 2020 U of Saskatchewan New Research Award Winner. Congratulations Helen! Prairie Water Global Water Futures formbloom

📢Our formbloom project is hiring 1 #postdoc and 3 graduate students (#MSc & #PhD) to research the drivers of freshwater #cyanobacterial blooms and develop tools for bloom mitigation Apply today >>> gwf.usask.ca/documents/jobs…

Here's a new Global Water Futures Publications from our Global Water Futures work on a cyano bloom affected reservoir. The reservoir was originally built to ensure summer river flows. It's used by many people. Increases in extreme rainfall now make toxin-producing blooms occur earlier in the summer.

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Please check out this MSc position with Catherine Dieleman and I! An amazing combination of Northwest Territories-base field research on caribou forage recovery and fun with lichens in the greenhouse 👇

Who eats who—or indeed, whom—in fresh water? Allow us to explain the difference between a food web, a food chain and trophic levels—and what that means in a lake… (It's definitely whom, by the way...) bit.ly/3ma5hoP

New opportunities to join QE3 Research Lab Queen's University! MSc and PhD to study the fate and effects of microplastics in freshwater communities. Whole-lake and mesocosm experiments IISD Experimental Lakes Area and QUBS. Co-supervised by Dr. Jennifer Provencher or Dr. Rebecca Rooney. #cdnsci #ecotoxicology #ecology