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1st NSERC HydroNet Symposium

Date : March 29th to 30th, 2011 Location : Delta Winnipeg, 350 St. Mary Avenue, Winnipeg, MB Report Program Schedule

Presentations and Abstracts

NSERC HydroNet: Mesoscale modelling of the productive capacity of fish habitats in lakes and reservoirs. * Dr. Daniel Boisclair. Université de Montréal.

Upstream Lake Sturgeon Passage at the Vianney-Legendre Vertical Slot Fishway. * A. Marriner; Dr. David Zhu, University of Alberta.

Chemical and biological drivers of fish productive capacity. * Dr. Joseph Rasmussen and Caitlin Good, University of Lethbridge.

Modeling selective withdrawal scenario upstream of a dam: It’s impact and necessity. * M. R. Islam; Dr. David Zhu, University of Alberta

Monitoring river ice processes at Newfoundland HydroNet sites. * J. Morley, J. Nafziger and Dr. Faye Hicks, University of Alberta.

Applications of airborne remote sensing : Assessing physical and ecological impacts of dams along the Kananaskis River, Alberta. * Holly Buehler(1), Dr. Brett Eaton(1), M. Hassan(1), and Dr. Michel Lapointe (2). (1) Department of Geography, University of British Columbia ; (2) Department of Geography, McGill University.

Hydraulic Modelling Options for Newfoundland HydroNet sites. * J. Nafziger, J. Morley, and Dr. F. Hicks, University of Alberta.

Measuring Productive Capacity Of Fish Habitats. Dr. Ken Minns(1) and al. Updated from a previous presentation (AFS-OC). Presented by Bob Randall, Fisheries and Oceans. (1) Adj. Prof., Ecol. Evol. Biol, Univ. Toronto; Scientist Emeritus, Fisheries & Oceans, Burlington.

Quantifying stress in fish: The relationship between Heat Shock Proteins, lactate and flow variation in regulated and natural rivers. * Simonne Harvey-Lavoie and Dr. Daniel Boisclair, Université de Montréal.

Physical habitat modeling. Lesley Winterhalt(1), Brett Eaton(1) & Michel Lapointe(2). (1) University of British Columbia. (2) McGill University.

Studying the geomorphic aspects of changes to fish habitat below hydro dams: changes to bed substrate characteristics as well as changes to size and morphology of channels. * Fabien Hugue (1), and Dr. Michel Lapointe (1), and Dr. Brett Eaton(2). (1) McGill University (2) University of British Columbia.

The thermal and spatial ecology and associated entrainment risk of burbot (Lota Lota) in a large hydropower reservoir in British Columbia, Canada. * Philip Harrison (1), Lee Gutowsky (2), Steve Cooke (2) & Mike Power (1). (1) University of Waterloo (2) Carleton University.

Spatial ecology of bull trout in a hydropower reservoir: implications for entrainment risk. * Lee Gutowsky (1), Philip Harrison (2), Mike Power (2) & Steve Cooke (1). (1) Carleton University (2) University of Waterloo.

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