Biotic Research and Monitoring:
Limnology of Long Point Bay, especially in relation to aquatic plants consumed by waterfowl.
Influences of the introduced zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) and quagga mussel (D. bugensis) on the abundance of aquatic macroinvertebrates and as a food source for waterfowl.
Analysis of snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) eggs for toxic contaminants (polychlorinated biphenyls, furans, dioxins) and evidence of abnormal development; Long Point is one of several sites for this work done under the terms of the Canada-US Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA).
Population biology of Fowler's toads (Bufo [woodhousei] fowleri) and of softshelled turtles (Apalone spinifera).
Marsh monitoring for calling amphibians and breeding birds, one of 575 sites in the Great Lakes Basin (1995-1999); this program is administered by BSC and is incorporated into binational basin-wide monitoring under the GLWQA.
Population trends in migratory landbirds at Long Point, since 1961, and factors associated with observed fluctuations.
Long-term monitoring of the recovery of vegetation and breeding bird populations on Long Point following major reductions in the deer herd in 1989 and 1990.
Habitat requirements of forest-interior birds in the South Walsingham forest complex and the implications for forest management.
Forest inventories and restoration using native species.
Population dynamics of tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) at Long Point (since the early 1970s) and of hooded warblers (Wilsonia citrina)in the South Walsingham Forest (since 1988).
Habitat use, diet and migratory movements of tundra swans (Cygnus columbianus) and possible ecological effects of swan populations on other waterfowl at Long Point.
Ecology of the deer tick (Ixodeo sp.) and the transmission of Lyme disease at Long Point.
Surveys of road-killed animals on the Highway # 59 causeway linking the mainland to Long Point.
Counts of salamanders in the SI/MAB plots.
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