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To request a science publication issued by the ministry or if you have a question related to our scientific and technical publications, please contact us by email with the title of the publication. For journal articles, please contact the journal publisher directly.

Spotlight on new publications

Aquatics

Title:  Food web structure across basins in Lake Erie, a large freshwater ecosystem

Summary: Summarizes spatial variation in food web structure within Lake Erie’s 3 basins using stable isotopes, a method used to understand what fish are eating and what habitat they are using.

Authors: Heuvel, C., Y. Zhao and A.T. Fisk

Series/Journal: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Forests/lands

Title:  A comparison of the effects of beaver ponds and forest harvest on stream methylmercury in boreal watershed

Summary: Evaluated the effects of forest harvest and beaver ponds on methylmercury concentrations in Canadian boreal forest streams. Methylmercury is a toxic contaminant in water that bioaccumulates in plants and animals over time.

Authors: Lam, W.Y., R.W. Mackereth, C.M.E. Lajoie, K.A. Kidd and C.P.J. Mitchell

Series/Journal: Environmental Research Ecology

Natural heritage

Title:  Great Lakes coastal wetland plant biodiversity increases following the manual removal of invasive Phragmites australis

Summary: Reports effectiveness of manual cut and controlled burn phragmites removal on emergent aquatic vegetation and biodiversity in Great Lakes coastal wetlands.

Authors: Ward, M.J.M., T. Degazio and J. Bowman

Series/Journal: Wetlands Ecology and Management

Wildlife

Title:  Sex-specific variation in breeding-ground departure decisions and detection rates during southbound migration in West Atlantic Flyway whimbrels (Numenius phaeopus)

Summary: Documents migration patterns of southbound male and female whimbrel from the Hudson Bay Lowlands using fitted transmitters on their breeding grounds.

Authors: Ausems, A.N.M.A., H. MacKellar, G.S. Brown and E. Nol

Series/Journal: Scientific Reports

What this catalogue includes

This catalogue is designed for users of natural resources scientific and technical information, such as researchers with universities and other governments, foresters and biologists, and conservation authority staff. It provides a complete list of Ontario’s scientific and technical publications on natural resources and forestry issued since 2004, including:

  • scientific and technical publications commissioned by the ministry
  • journal articles written by ministry staff

How to use this catalogue (and find what’s new)

You can search by title, author, publication series, edition or volume. To request a document or ask for assistance finding a document, please contact us by email.