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Michael Arsenault, Antóin M. O’Sullivan, Jae Ogilvie, Carole-Anne Gillis, Tommi Linnansaari & R. Allen Curry (2022) Remote sensing framework details riverscape connectivity fragmentation and fish passability in a forested landscape, Journal of Ecohydraulics, DOI: 10.1080/24705357.2022.2040388
April 6, 2022 - Abstract Fragmentation of stream networks from anthropogenic structures such as road culverts can affect the health of a catchment by negatively affecting the ecosystem’s biota, their movements, abundance, and species...
O’Sullivan, A. M., Linnansaari, T., Leavitt, J., Samways, K. M., Kurylyk, B. L., & Curry, R. A. (2022). The salmon-peloton: Hydraulic habitat shifts of adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) due to behavioural thermoregulation. River Research and Applications, 38( 1), 107– 118. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3872
April 6, 2022 - Abstract In recent decades, there has been an increase in conservation and restoration projects targeting Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar – AS), as populations in eastern Canada decline. Missing however, is...
Furze, S.; O’Sullivan, A.M.; Allard, S.; Pronk, T.; Curry, R.A. A High-Resolution, Random Forest Approach to Mapping Depth-to-Bedrock across Shallow Overburden and Post-Glacial Terrain. Remote Sens. 2021, 13, 4210. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13214210
April 5, 2022 - Abstract: Regolith, or unconsolidated materials overlying bedrock, exists as an active zone for many geological, geomorphological, hydrological and ecological processes. This zone and its processes are foundational to wide-ranging human...
O’Sullivan, A. M., Corey, E., Cunjak, R. A., Linnansaari, T., and Curry, R. A.. 2021. Salmonid thermal habitat contraction in a hydrogeologically complex setting. Ecosphere 12( 10):e03797. 10.1002/ecs2.3797
April 5, 2022 - Abstract Broadening our understanding of river thermal variability is of paramount importance considering the role temperature plays in aquatic ecosystem health. At the catchment scale, spatial statistical river network models...
Atlantic salmon Conservation Strategy Black River 2021
April 5, 2022 - Atlantic salmon Conservation Strategy Black River 2021
Management Plan for Kouchibouguacis and Kouchibouguac River Watersheds
April 5, 2022 - 2021-2022 Management plan
An integrated decision driven design framework to support the ecological restoration of rivers, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
April 5, 2022 - Abstract A structured and collaborative approach to design and decision-making in the context of ecological restoration of rivers is developed and illustrated using a case study involving the mitigation of...
Sterling, S. M., MacLeod, S., Rotteveel, L., Hart, K., Clair, T. A., Halfyard, E. A., and O’Brien, N. L.: Ionic aluminium concentrations exceed thresholds for aquatic health in Nova Scotian rivers, even during conditions of high dissolved organic carbon and low flow, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 24, 4763–4775, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-4763-2020, 2020.
April 5, 2022 - Abstract Acid deposition released large amounts of aluminium into streams and lakes during the last century in northern Europe and eastern North America. Elevated aluminium concentrations caused major environmental concern...