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Simmatis B, Nelligan C, Ruhland KM, Jeziorski A, Castro V, Paterson AM, Smol JP. 2020. Tracking ∼200 years of water quality in Muskrat Lake, a eutrophic lake trout lake in Ontario (Canada) with cya...

Anderson JP, Paterson AM, Reavie ED, Edlund MB, Ruhland, KM. 2017. An introduction to Lake of the Woods – from science to governance in an international water body. Lake Reserv Manage. 33:325–334.Lake of the Woods (LOW), a vast lake covering over 3850 km2, is a waterbody of current and historical significance that spans the borders between Minnesota and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba. Over the past 2 decades, there has been concern for the water quality of LOW, sparked by anecdotal evidence of increased intensity and frequency of algal blooms by the public and resource managers. Minnesota's waters of LOW were declared impaired in 2008 due to exceedances of eutrophication criteria, initiating a Total Maximum Daily Load study. LOW's impairment declaration spurred several contrasting challenges and opportunities for water quality management across this diverse lake and basin. Governance challenges are emphasized by the large number of government agencies (>25) with land or water autho...

Paterson AM, Ruhland KM, Anstey CV, Smol JP. 2017. Climate as a driver of increasing algal production in Lake of the Woods, Ontario, Canada. Lake Reserv Manag. 33:403–414.Lake of the Woods (LOW) is...

Nelligan C, Jeziorski A, Ruhland KM, Paterson AM, Smol JP. 2016. Managing lake trout lakes in a warming world: A paleolimnological assessment of nutrients and lake production at three Ontario sites. Lake Reserve Manage. 32:315−328.Recent declines in hypolimnetic dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations in many lakes throughout Ontario have prompted concern regarding the health of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) populations. We used diatom assemblages and spectrally inferred chlorophyll a from the dated sediments of 3 lake trout lakes to track trends in total phosphorus (TP) and whole-lake production over the past ∼150 years. Eagle Lake is considered a sensitive lake trout lake because DO concentrations have been lower than the provincial standard (>7 mg/L) since the early-2000s; however, a lack of monitoring data impedes the evaluation of current conditions within a historical context. For a regional perspective, we compared trends in Eagle Lake with those of 2 additional lake trout lakes ∼200 km aw...