Université du Québec en Outaouais
Postdoctoral fellow candidate
Supervisor: Jérôme Dupras
Start: 2017-02-15
End: 2019-02-14
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Project

Identifying priority interventions in the fight against harmful blue-green algal blooms in Missisquoi Bay
Cyanobacteria (aka blue-green algae) occur naturally at low levels in water bodies and are normally not a cause for concern. But given enough warmth (e.g. exacerbated by climate change), light, and nutrients (e.g. from agricultural or municipal releases) some cyanobacteria bloom in aquatic ecosystems – and frequently produce and release cyanotoxins. The main objective of this project to is to identify and prioritize preventive land management measures in the Missisquoi watershed to reduce nutrient pollution and harmful algal blooms. Our approach combines policy and land use scenarios modelling developed through consultation of stakeholders with cost benefit analysis to identify viable land management and regulatory frameworks to protect inland water bodies which are essential for the health of the environment, wildlife and humans.

Publications

1- Tribute to R. G. Boutilier: The effect of size on the physiological and behavioural responses of oscar, Astronotus ocellatus, to hypoxia
Sloman, K. A.
2006 Journal of Experimental Biology

2- Impact of sediment and nutrient inputs on growth and survival of tadpoles of the Western Toad
WOOD, SYLVIA L. R., JOHN S. RICHARDSON
2009 Freshwater Biology

3- Evidence for ecosystem engineering in a lentic habitat by tadpoles of the western toad
Wood, Sylvia L. R., John S. Richardson
2010 Aquatic Sciences

4- Are forested buffers an effective conservation strategy for riparian fauna? An assessment using meta-analysis
Marczak, Laurie B., Takashi Sakamaki, Shannon L. Turvey, Isabelle Deguise, Sylvia L. R. Wood, John S. Richardson
2010 Ecological Applications

5- Ecosystems and human well-being in the Sustainable Development Goals
Wood, Sylvia LR, Fabrice DeClerck
2015 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

6- Intensification of tropical fallow-based agriculture: Trading-off ecosystem services for economic gain in shifting cultivation landscapes?
Wood, Sylvia L.R., Jeanine M. Rhemtulla, Oliver T. Coomes
2016 Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

7- Cropping history trumps fallow duration in long-term soil and vegetation dynamics of shifting cultivation systems
Wood, Sylvia L.R., Jeanine M. Rhemtulla, Oliver T. Coomes
2016 Ecological Applications

8- Evaluating agricultural trade-offs in the age of sustainable development
Kanter, David R., Mark Musumba, Sylvia L.R. Wood, Cheryl Palm, John Antle, Patricia Balvanera, Virginia H. Dale, Petr Havlik, Keith L. Kline, R.J. Scholes, Philip Thornton, Pablo Tittonell, Sandy Andelman
2016 Agricultural Systems