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Anna DeSellas

Inland Lakes Monitoring Scientist

705.766.2150
anna.desellas(at)ontario.ca

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Current Activities

  • Coordinate the Ontario Ministry of the Environment’s Lake Partner Program (Provincial 800+ volunteer water quality monitoring program) and other inland lakes surveillance programs
  • Conduct research evaluating long-term environmental changes and current trends in inland lake water quality
  • Foster partnerships on inland lake monitoring with the Ministry of Natural Resources, Conservation Authorities, municipal governments, public interest groups and the public
  • Provide technical expertise on inland lake water quality and respond to public inquiries

Education and Research Experience:

B.Sc., Biology, Ecology & Environmental Biology Specialization, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (2004)

M.Sc.., Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada (2006)

Publications:

In Press

DeSellas, A.M., Paterson, A.M., Sweetman, J.N., and Smol, J.P. Assessing the effects of multiple environmental stressors on zooplankton assemblages in Ontario lakes since pre-industrial times. Journal of Limnology. Journal of Limnology. 70: 41-56. DOI: 10.3274/JL11-70-1-07.

Winter, J.G., DeSellas, A.M., Fletcher R., Heintsch, L., Morley, A., Nakamoto, L., and Utsumi, K. Algal blooms in Ontario, Canada: increases in reports since 1994. Lake and Reservoir Management. . In Press.

2010

Korosi, J.B., Paterson, A.M., DeSellas, A.M., and Smol, J.P. 2010. A comparison of pre-industrial and present-day changes in Bosmina and Daphnia size structure from soft-water Ontario lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 67: 754-762.

2008

DeSellas, A.M., Paterson, A.M. Sweetman, J.N., and Smol, J.P. 2008. Cladocera in the surface sediments of lakes in south-central Ontario (Canada) and their relationship to measured environmental variables. Hydrobiologia. 600: 105-119. 

Jeziorski, A., Yan, N.D., Paterson, A.M., DeSellas, A.M., Turner, M.A., Jeffries, D.S., Keller, W., Weeber, R.C., McNicol, D.K., Palmer, M.E., McIver, K., Arseneau, K., Ginn, B.K., Cumming, B.F., and Smol, J.P. 2008. Aquatic osteoporosis: The widespread threat of calcium decline in fresh waters. Science. 322: 1374-1377.

Korosi, J.B., Paterson, A.M., DeSellas, A.M., and Smol, J.P. 2008. Linking mean body size of pelagic Cladocera to environmental variables in Precambrian Shield lakes: A paleolimnological approach. Journal of Limnology. 67: 22-34. 

Technical Reports

Clark, B, Paterson, A.M., DeSellas, A.M., and Ingram, R.I. The Chemical Water Quality of Lake Nipissing 2003-04. Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Inland Lakes Group, ILG-3. In Press.

DeSellas, A.M., Paterson, A.M., Clark, B.J., Baratono, N.G., and Sellers, T.J. 2009. State of the Basin Report for the Lake of the Woods and the Rainy River Basin. Multi-agency technical report prepared cooperatively by the Lake of the Woods Water Sustainability Foundation, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and Environment Canada. 142 pp.