Effect of drain maintenance and reconstruction on the abundance and habitat of grass pickerel (Esox americanus vermiculatus) in Beaver Creek, Ontario / William R. Glass, Natalie A. Rook, Edyta Ratajczyk,...: Fs70-5/2021-046E-PDF

"Beaver Creek, a tributary of the Niagara River in southwestern Ontario, is classed as a municipal drain and is home to a population of Grass Pickerel (Esox americanus vermiculatus), a species at risk in Canada. In the fall of 2011 a section of Beaver Creek was subjected to drain maintenance. In an effort to mitigate potential harmful effects of the drainage activities on the Grass Pickerel population, reconstruction incorporating natural stream channel design features was also implemented. The fish community of Beaver Creek was sampled in the impacted reach where maintenance occurred, an adjacent control reach that was not subject to maintenance, and a downstream reach where the two converged, from 2009–2013 and again in 2015. A series of before-after-control-impact (BACI) analyses were conducted to determine the effect of maintenance and reconstruction activities on the Grass Pickerel population and the physical and chemical habitat in Beaver Creek"--Abstract.

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Department/Agency Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, issuing body.
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Central and Arctic Region, issuing body.
Title Effect of drain maintenance and reconstruction on the abundance and habitat of grass pickerel (Esox americanus vermiculatus) in Beaver Creek, Ontario / William R. Glass, Natalie A. Rook, Edyta Ratajczyk, and Nicholas E. Mandrak.
Series title Research document, 1919-5044 ; 2021/046
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Effets des travaux d'entretien et de reconstruction du drain sur l'abondance et l'habitat du brochet vermiculé (Esox americanus vermiculatus) dans le ruisseau Beaver, en Ontario.
"June 2021."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 15-16).
Publishing information Ottawa ON : Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS), 2021.
©2021
Author / Contributor Glass, William R., author.
Description 1 online resource (iv, 31 pages) : charts, maps.
ISBN 9780660333090
Catalogue number
  • Fs70-5/2021-046E-PDF
Subject terms Grass pickerel -- Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.)
Habitat conservation -- Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.)
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