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The Manitoba Great Lakes Program Project
Themes: Freshwater
The Manitoba Great Lakes (MBGL) program is led by researchers at the Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS) at the University of Manitoba, and is a multi-disciplinary... Read more -
Changes in the Emergent Plant Community of Netley-Libau Marsh Between 1979 and 2001 Publication
Themes: Freshwater
We used aerial photography combined with field observations to develop a detailed aquatic vegetation map for Netley-Libau Marsh in south-central Manitoba. This report describes... Read more -
Marine ecosystems Project
Themes: Cryosphere, Freshwater, Marine
The marine ecosystem team had two objectives: First, to assess how different drivers collectively affect biological productivity. Second, the team studied the diversity and... Read more -
Carbon cycling Project
Themes: Cryosphere, Freshwater, Marine
The carbon cycling team focused on the role of freshwater in moderating the carbon system of Hudson Bay. This ultimately led to increasing our understanding of carbon cycling... Read more -
Carbon Sampling Data Dataset
Themes: Atmosphere, Freshwater, Marine
The dataset is a compilation of data measured and calculated by Team 3 and Team 4 from aboard the CCGS Amundsen for the BaySys project. The data were collected over several... Read more -
Hudson Bay System Study (BaySys) Project
Themes: Cryosphere, Freshwater, Marine, Remote Sensing
Freshwater-marine coupling affects all aspects of the physical, biological and biogeochemical systems within Hudson Bay. The past century has seen significant hydroelectric... Read more -
Hydrological forcing of a recent trophic surge in Lake Winnipeg Publication
Themes: Freshwater
Nutrient enrichment leading to eutrophication of lakes is frequently attributed to increasing anthropogenic loading to the watershed. We use a phosphorus mass balance model to... Read more -
Open water season monitoring with in-lake moorings Project
Themes: Cryosphere, Freshwater
Since 2012, three in-lake moorings have been placed during the open water season in Lakes Winnipegosis, Waterhen and Manitoba in order to collect high frequency data. An... Read more -
Contaminants Project
Themes: Cryosphere, Freshwater, Marine
Mercury is one of the primary contaminants of concern associated with hydroelectric regulation due to enhanced mercury methylation in flooded reservoirs and wetlands. The... Read more -
Freshwater Project
Themes: Cryosphere, Freshwater, Marine
To understand the relative impact of regulation and climate change to the HBC, the freshwater team investigated the role of freshwater timing and magnitude on contemporary and... Read more -
Ocean modelling Project
Themes: Freshwater, Marine
Ocean modelling became its own team in the second year of the project to ensure the large-scale ocean modelling component could be completed and integrated into the rest of the... Read more -
Marine/climate systems Project
Themes: Cryosphere, Freshwater, Marine
The marine/climate systems team worked to understand how changes in climate variability and hydroelectric regulation affected processes related to light, heat and momentum... Read more -
Manitoba Great Lakes Protocols Publication
Themes: Freshwater
Sample collection, processing and analytical methods for the Manitoba Great Lakes Program at the University of Manitoba. -
Nutrient Exports in the Swan Lake Watershed - Master's Project Project
Themes: Freshwater
In 2020, Katelyn Rodgers, a master's student at the University of Manitoba, began a historical study of nutrient exports and the impacts of climate change on the Swan Lake... Read more -
Comparison of satellite algorithms for water quality in the upper Manitoba... Project
Themes: Freshwater
Through 2016-2017, we conducted open water season sampling for chemical, biological, and physical parameters on the upper MBGL. From 2017 to 2019 we collected in-situ... Read more -
Baysys Field Reports Publication
Themes: Cryosphere, Freshwater, Marine
Field reports for the BaySys project over the years 2016 to 2018. BaySys is a multi-year collaboration among industry partner Manitoba Hydro (Hydro Québec and Ouranos) and the... Read more -
BaySys Newsletters Publication
Themes: Cryosphere, Freshwater, Marine
The BaySys project newsletter was developed to highlight accomplishments and update everyone in and out of the project of the status and progress of BaySys. The newsletter also... Read more -
BaySys SSC Meeting Feb18 - 2021 Publication
Themes: Cryosphere, Freshwater, Marine
This SSC meeting focused on the observation-modeling integration aspects of the project. Teams provided updates on their integrated manuscripts and discussed how they would fit... Read more