Korosi, J.B. and Smol, J.P. 2011. Distribution of cladoceran assemblages across environmental gradients in Nova Scotia (Canada) lakes. Hydrobiologia 663: 83-99..
Ginn, B.K., Rate, M., Cumming, B.F., and Smol, J.P. 2010. Ecological distribution of scaled-chrysophyte assemblages from the sediments of 54 lakes in Nova Scotia and southern New Brunswick, Canada. J. Paleolimnology 43: 293-308.
Soliman, C., Dillon, P.J., Aherne, J., and Lasenby, D. 2009. Predicting oxygen profiles in Nova Scotia brook trout lakes using the Lakeshore Capacity Model: considerations for brook trout habitat, remediation and future development. Verhandlungen Internationale Vereingung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie 30: 1137-1140.
Jeziorski, A., Yan, N.D., Paterson, A.M., DeSellas, A.M., Turner, M.A., Jeffries, D.S., Keller, W., Weeber, R.C., McNicol, D.K., Palmer, M.E., McIver, K., Arseneau, K., Ginn, B.K., Cumming, B.F., and Smol, J.P. 2008. The widespread threat of calcium decline in fresh waters. Science 322: 1374-1377.
Ginn, B.K., Grace, L., Cumming, B.F. and Smol, J.P. 2008. Tracking anthropogenic- and climatic-related environmental changes in the remaining habitat lakes of the endangered Atlantic whitefish (Coregonus huntsmani) using paleolimnological techniques. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 18: 1217-1286.
Gerber, A.M., Ginn, B.K., Whitfield, C.J., Dillon, P.J., Cumming, B.F., and Smol, J.P. 2008. Glasgow Lake: an early warning sentinel of lake acidification in Cape Breton Highlands National Park (Nova Scotia, Canada). Hydrobiologia 614: 299-307.
Thienpont, J.R., Ginn, B.K., Cumming B.F., and Smol, J.P. 2008. Assessing environmental changes in cottage lakes form Kings County (Nova Scotia, Canada) using paleolimnological techniques. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada . 43: 85-98.
Ginn, B.K., Cumming B.F., and Smol, J.P. 2008. Tracking water quality changes related to human activities in Cape Berton Highlands National Park (Novia Scotia, Canada) using paleolimnological techniques. Verhandlungen Internationale Vereingung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie 30: 242-246.
Tropea, A.E., Ginn, B.K. Cumming, B.F., and Smol, J.P. 2007. Environmental changes in the Halifax municipal water supply (Pockwock Lake) related to acidic deposition. Lake and Reservoir Management 23: 279-286.
Ginn, B.K., Cumming, B.F., and Smol, J.P. 2007. Assessing pH changes since pre-industrial times in 51 low-alkalinity lakes in Nova Scotia, Canada. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 64: 1043-1054.
Ginn, B.K., Cumming, B.F., and Smol, J.P. 2007. Diatom assemblages and their relationships to environmental variables in a 500 lake mega-dataset from northeastern North America. Journal of Phycology 43: 647-661.
Ginn, B.K., Stewart, L.J., Cumming, B.F., and Smol, J.P. 2007. Surface-water acidification and reproducibility of sediment cores from Kejimkujik Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 183: 15-24.
Ginn, B.K., Cumming, B.F., and Smol, J.P. 2007. Long-term acidification trends in high- and low-sulphate deposition regions from Nova Scotia, Canada. Hydrobiologia 586: 261-275.
Whitfield, C.J., Aherne, J., Dillon, P.J., and Whatmough, S.A. 2007. Modelling acidification, recovery and target loads for headwater catchments in Nova Scotia, Canada. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 11: 951-963.
Whitfield, C.J., Whatmough, S.A., Aherne, J., and Dillon, P.J. 2006. A comparison of weathering rates for acid-sensitive catchments in Nova Scotia, Canada, and their impact on critical load calculations. Geoderma 136: 899-911.
Harris, M.A., Cumming, B.F., and Smol, J.P. 2006. Assessment of recent environmental changes in New Brunswick (Canada) lakes based on paleolimnological shifts in diatom species assemblages. Can. J. Bot. 84: 151-163.
Whitfield, C., J. Aherne, P. J. Dillon, T. Clair. 2006. Recovery from acidification in Nova Scotia: temporal trends and critical loads for 20 headwater lakes. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 63: 1504-1514.Rajaratnam, T., Ginn, B.K., Cumming, B.F., and Smol, J.P. 2007. Diatoms as indicators of water quality changes in urban lakes from Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada). 30th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology, Montreal, QC. June 2007.
Soliman, C., Dillon, P.J., and Aherne, J. 2007. Predicting oxygen profiles in Nova Scotia brook trout lakes using the Lakeshore Capacity Model: implications for coldwater fish habitat. 30th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology, Montreal, QC. June 2007.
Ginn, B.K., Cumming, B.F., and Smol, J.P. 2007. Tracking water quality changes related to watershed and regional stressors in national park lakes using paleolimnological techniques. 30th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology, Montreal, QC. June 2007.
Ginn, B.K., Cumming, B.F., and Smol, J.P. 2006. Paleolimnological assessment of acidification in Nova Scotia (Canada) lakes and the applicability of a 494-lake diatom-based calibration set from northeastern North America. 10th Paleolimnology Symposium, Duluth, MN. June 2006.
Ginn, B.K., Cumming, B.F., and Smol, J.P. Tracking acidification trends in Kejimkujik National Park lakes using paleolimnological methods. Kejimkujik National Park - Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute (Keji-MTRI) Research Conference. Maitland Bridge, NS. June 2006.
Wolniewicz, M., Dillon, P.J., and Aherne, J. 2006. Coherent surface-water response to acidification, acid-sensitive lakes in Nova Scotia. Gananoque, ON. February, 2006.
Lawlor, L.L., Smol, J.P., and Cumming, B.F. 2005. Reconstruction of Nova Scotia brook trout lake histories: a chironomid-based paleolimnological assessment. 25th Annual International Symposium of the North American Lake Management Society (NALMS). Madison, WI. November, 2005.
Ginn, B.K., J.P. Smol, and B.F. Cumming. 2005. Tracking acidification of lakes in Nova Scotia, Canada using paleolimnology with an emphasis on differences related to dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and depositional loading. Acid Rain 2005, Prague, Czech Republic, June 2005.
Whitfield, C.J., P.J. Dillon, J. Aherne, S.A. Watmough, and T.A. Clair. 2005. Investigation of the acidification and recovery of twenty headwater catchments in Nova Scotia, Canada, using steady state and dynamic models. Acid Rain 2005, Prague, Czech Republic, June 2005.
Harris, A., B.F. Cumming, and J.P Smol. 2004. Impacts of environmental stressors of New Brunswick, Canada: A paleolimnological assessment. 24th International Symposium North American Lake Management Society (NALMS), Victoria, B.C. November 2004.
Rate, M., J.P. Smol and B.F. Cumming. 2004. Chrysophytes as indicators of acidification in Nova Scotia, Canada. 24th International Symposium North American Lake Management Society (NALMS), Victoria, B.C. November 2004.
Ginn, B.K., J.P. Smol, and B.F. Cumming. 2004. Assessment of acidification in clear (low DOC) and coloured (high DOC) lakes in southern Nova Scotia, Canada, using paleolimnological techniques. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Summer Meeting, Savannah, GA. June 2004.Ginn, B.K., J.P. Smol, and B.F. Cumming. 2004. Assessment of water quality in Nova Scotia using paleolimnological methods. Presented at 2004 Annual Meeting, Society of Canadian Limnologists, St. John's NL, January 2004.
Conference Poster Presentations
Rajaratnam, T., B.K. Ginn, B.F. Cumming, and J.P. Smol. 2007. Paleolimnological assessment of water quality changes in urban lakes from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Annual Meeting, Society of Canadian Limnologists. Montreal QC, January 2007.
Stewart, L., B.K. Ginn, B.F. Cumming, and J.P. Smol. 2005. Surface-water acidification and core reproducibility in Kejimkujik Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada. Acid Rain 2005. Prague, Czech Republic, June 2005.
Harris, A., B.F. Cumming, and J.P. Smol. 2005. Impacts of environmental stressors of New Brunswick, Canada: a paleolimnological assessment. 2005 Annual Meeting, Society of Canadian Limnologists, Windsor ON, January 2005.
Shrumm, L., B.F. Cumming, J. Sweetman, B.K. Ginn, and J.P. Smol. 2005. Chironomidae as indicators of hypolimnetic oxygen decline in Nova Scotia Brook Trout Lakes: a paleolimnological assessment. 2005 Annual Meeting, Society of Canadian Limnologists, Windsor, ON, January 2005.
Gerber, A.M. Tracking acidification trends in Glasgow Lake, Cape Breton Highlands National Park (Nova Scotia) using paleolimnological methods. BSc (Honours) Thesis. Department of Biology. Queen's University. 40p.
Thienpont, J.R. 2007. Assessing environmental changes in three King's County (Nova Scotia) lakes using diatom-based paleolimnological techniques. BSc (Honours) Thesis. Department of Biology. Queen's University. 78p.
Rate, M. 2006. Scaled chrysophyte-based paleolimnological investigation of the recent history of lakes in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Canada. MSc Thesis. Department of Biology, Queen's University.
Ginn, B.K. 2006. Assessment of surface-water acidification using diatoms as paleoecological indicators in low-alkalinity lakes in Nova Scotia, Canada, with a focus on lakes in Kejimkujik and Cape Breton Highlands National Parks. PhD Dissertation. Department of Biology, Queen's University. 595p.
Grace, L.C. 2006. Assessing environmental change in three Atlantic Whitefish (Coregonus huntsmani) lakes in Nova Scotia, Canada, using paleolimnological techniques. BSc (Honours) Thesis. Department of Biology. Queen's University. 45p.
Lawlor, L.L. 2006. Chironomidae (Order Diptera) as hypolimnetic oxygen indicators in brook trout lakes in Nova Scotia: a paleolimnological investigation. MSc Thesis. Department of Biology, Queen's University. 100p.
Harris, Anne. 2005. Paleolimnological assessment of recent environmental changes in New Brunswick (Canada) lakes. MSc Thesis. Department of Biology. Queen's University.
Whitfield, Colin J. 2005. An assessment of the acidification and recovery of headwater catchments in Nova Scotia, Canada, using soil-chemical models. MSc Thesis. Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Trent University. 108p.
Johnson, Erica. 2005. Water quality changes in Russell Lake, Halifax, Nova Scotia, using chironomids as paleoecological indicators. BSc (Honours) Thesis. Department of Biology. Queen's University. 45pp.
Tropea, Amy. 2005. Tracking environmental changes in Russell Lake and Pockwock Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada, using diatoms as paleoecological indicators. BSc (Honours) Thesis. Department of Biology. Queen's University. 45pp.
Chan, Calvin. 2004. Tracking lake acidification in Little Wiles Lake, Nova Scotia, using paleolimnological techniques. BSc (Honours) Thesis. Department of Biology. Queen's University. 45pp.
Stewart, Laura. 2004. Recent surface water acidification and reproducibility of sediment cores from Kejimkujik Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada. BSc (Honours) Thesis. Department of Biology. Queen's University. 50pp.
BSc Honours Thesis Poster Presentations
McIver, Kyle. 2008. A paleolimnological assessment of the Cladocera community response to possible declines in calcium concentration in Little Wiles Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada
Thienpont, J.R. 2007. Eutrophication, climate change, and land-use changes in three lakes from King's County, Nova Scotia. Poster presented at Queen's Biology Honours Symposium. March, 2007.
Gerber, A.M. 2007. Tracking acidification in Glasgow Lake (Nova Scotia) using paleolimnological techniques. Poster presented at Queen's Biology Honours Symposium. March, 2007.
Grace, Laura. 2006. Assessing environmental changes in three Atlantic Whitefish (Coregonus huntsmani) lakes in Nova Scotia, Canada, using paleolimnological techniques. Poster presented at Queen's Biology Honours Symposium. March, 2006.
Johnson, Erica. 2005. Chironomidae (Insecta : Diptera) as indicators of water quality changes in Russell Lake, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Poster presented at Queen's Biology Honours Symposium. March, 2005.
Tropea, Amy. 2005. Tracking environmental changes in Russell Lake and Pockwock Lake, Halifax, Nova Scotia, using diatoms as paleoecological indicators. Poster presented at Queen's Biology Honours Symposium. March, 2005.
Chan, Calvin. 2004. Tracking acidification in Little Wiles Lake, N.S. Poster presented at Queen's Biology Honours Symposium. January, 2004.
Stewart, Laura. 2004. Reproducibility of sediment cores and acidification in Kejimkujik Lake, N.S. Poster presented at Queen's Biology Honours Symposium. January, 2004.
Media
Acid Rain Damage Slow to Heal - by Carol Moreira.
Halifax Chronicle-Herald, August 13, 2005