Current Research | Mar 4, 2021
Discovering the Impacts of Antidepressants on our Lakes
We are exploring what happens when venlafaxine, a commonly prescribed anti-depressant, is introduced into freshwater environments.
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With 58 lakes reserved for scientific purposes, the IISD Experimental Lakes Area provides researchers with living laboratories and access to untapped research potential.
This unique structure allows IISD-ELA researchers to work with governments, industry and other academic scientists to identify and study new and emerging concerns before they become large-scale environmental problems.
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Current Research | Sep 9, 2020
Scientists from Two Continents Working Together to Improve the Health of the African Great Lakes
World-class scientists and researchers from across North America and Africa are putting their heads, and expertise, together to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing the African Great Lakes today.
Current Research | Apr 28, 2020
Discovering Indicators of Fish Productivity
We are discovering more about the link between the different features of fish habitats and fish productivity.
Current Research | Oct 29, 2019
Exploring How Selecting Lake Trout for Their Size Could Affect Their Evolution
Is regulating the size of fish harvesting actually resulting in smaller fish?What impact does that have on the fish populations as a whole? And what role is climate change playing?
Current Research, Research | Apr 16, 2019
Learning What a Common Diabetes Drug Does to a Freshwater Lake
We are exploring what happens when metformin—a common anti-diabetic drug—and its metabolite are introduced into freshwater environments, and how they impact all levels of the food web, from plants to fish.
Current Research | Apr 16, 2019
Measuring the Impact of Microplastics on Fresh Water
The impact of plastics on aquatic systems is big news and of major concern these days. In 2019, researchers are monitoring a remote lake for microplastics—all with the ultimate goal of manipulating a lake in a few years to discover how lake and its inhabitants respond to microplastics.
Current Research | Dec 16, 2017
Understanding How Climate Change Affects Carbon Loading to Boreal Lakes
We want to understand how climate change affects carbon loading to boreal lakes, through long-term changes in precipitation and changes in the intensity and duration of storms.
Current Research | Dec 16, 2017
Measuring Impacts on Fish, Without Being an Impact
Researchers at IISD Experimental Lakes Area are exploring how we can use mucus to assess the health of fish populations—a measure that would not require sacrificing them.
Current Research | Dec 16, 2017
Tracking Fish Behaviour
Our researchers are using hydro-acoustic monitoring to track fish behaviour in IISD Experimental Lakes Area lakes.
Current Research | Dec 16, 2017
Investigating The Role of Cattails in Removing Phosphorus from Lakes
Could floating bioplatforms help lakes that are suffering from eutrophication? We have currently testing out that very question.