News:

The Ontario Lake Partner Program has received the 2011 Technical Excellence Award from the North American Lake Management Society (NALMS). Each year NALMS recognizes individuals, organizations, and programs, corporations and projects that have contributed to the science of lake and watershed management.

 A new funding program from the Canadian Water Network is providing the opportunity for research to understand some of the impacts the Muskoka River Watershed is experiencing. Lakes are changing and scientists want to know how and why. Many lake associations monitor for phosphorus, which supports algae growth, but what about other stressors?

The latest issue of Ecology contains a Dorset co-authored manuscript highlighting the role that climate plays in synchronizing many aspects of lake dynamics across entire regions.

The manuscript "Integrating aquatic and terrestrial components to construct a complete carbon budget for a north temperate lake district" details one of the first...