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Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) are a crucial component of freshwaters that provide high value ecosystem services, including supplying habitat for diverse organisms and maintaining clear water. However, native SAV can be outcompeted by invasive ones that tend to grow in excess and are perceived as a nuisance by recreational users. Invasions are thus often heavily […]

Le champignon microbien, Beauveria bassiana, est un agent de contrôle des ravageurs très utilisés dans le monde. Son spectre d’action est large et ce pathogène peut avoir des effets négatifs sur les insectes bénéfiques en culture comme les abeilles domestiques. Celles-ci offrent un service de pollinisation indispensable aux cultures et les récentes inquiétudes au sujet […]

Earthquakes are very common in Canada as more than 4000 seismic activities get recorded every year. Apart from all the seismic activities, over 1200 earthquakes get recorded in B.C. Natural Resources Canada report indicates that, there is 30% possibility that B.C. will experience a very high risk earthquake in next 50 years. Ottawa, Montreal and […]

This project will attempt to explore the solution space around a number of key issues related to passive underwater acoustic monitoring. Namely the mitigation of acoustic flow noise in turbulent environments, digital compression techniques for underwater acoustic data and the implementation of real time signal processing algorithms related to the detection of marine mammals on […]

Current global consumption patterns are creating a significant pressure on the biodiversity of the planet, challenging the business as usual linear model of production which extracts virgin resources and disposes of waste indiscriminately. Despite the large sum of waste produced, only a portion of those are recycled or reused as valuable resource for future production […]

Small-scale Fisheries (SSF) communities are vulnerable to several drivers and their viability remains a challenge. To innovatively alleviate the vulnerabilities and follow sustainable pathways towards viability of SSF, Pescatourism, which is a popular type of fishing tourism in Europe, has been proposed as an alternative. However, literature has shown that Pescatourism’s contributions to local economies […]

The project will provide drinking water systems using ozone/AOP, or planning to use ozone/AOP in the near future, to operate with the optimum ozone/AOP concentrations, pH during different temperatures for the effective removal of three cyanotoxins. The findings of the research project will provide the operation of drinking water systems with optimum operation procedures to […]

Increasing concentrations of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) due to land-use permafrost thawing and landscape vegetation are darkening Northern Hemisphere freshwaters. In addition, mining activities increase water turbidity. In Chile, the same phenomena are observed, and melting glaciers are also responsible for increased turbidity. CDOM and turbidity are part of the optical habitat of fish, […]

The main objective of the current research is to enhance the detection, clustering, and estimation of Extreme Precipitation Events (EPEs) in arid and semi-arid regions. To achieve this goal, we propose a novel framework called Machine-learning-based Clustering-merging algorithms (ML-CMAs) for satellite-based precipitation products (SPPs). Daily precipitation measurements were utilized for training and evaluating EPEs estimation […]

This study investigates the adsorption of semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) in an experimental chamber, focusing on humidity effects and adsorptive site accessibility. Essential for workplace safety in indoor settings, this research tackles the complex dynamics of SVOCs like phthalates and flame retardants, often found in low concentrations but posing significant health hazards. The project highlights […]

Taking Mongolian-English code-switching as an entry point, this research will adopts quantitative linguistic approach, attempts to study the syntactic features of Mongolian-English code-switching based on Recursive Object Model (ROM).