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Patricia Chow-Fraser
Researcher at McMaster University
Publications - 95
Citations - 3162
Patricia Chow-Fraser is an academic researcher from McMaster University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Wetland & Marsh. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 94 publications receiving 2908 citations. Previous affiliations of Patricia Chow-Fraser include Concordia University Wisconsin & University of Toronto.
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Predictions on the effect of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) exclusion on water quality, zooplankton, and submergent macrophytes in a Great Lakes wetland
TL;DR: A relationship between species richness and water turbidity for 19 wetlands in the Great Lakes basin indicated that above an apparent threshold of 20 NTU, there were less than five species of submergent plants, while a more diverse community existed in less turbid waters.
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Primary determinants of macrophyte community structure in 62 marshes across the Great Lakes basin: latitude, land use, and water quality effects
TL;DR: In this article, the authors collected water quality, land use, and aquatic macrophyte information from 62 coastal and inland wetlands in the Great Lakes basin and found that species richness and community structure of macrophytes were a function of geographic location and water quality.
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Percentage land use in the watershed determines the water and sediment quality of 22 marshes in the Great Lakes basin
TL;DR: Data from 22 Ontario marshes were used to test the hypothesis that distribution of forested, agricultural, and urban land in the watershed determines the water and sediment quality of Great Lakes wetlands, and correlation between PC1 and agricultural land improved when best-management practices were considered.
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Long-term response of the biotic community to fluctuating water levels and changes in water quality in Cootes Paradise Marsh, a degraded coastal wetland of Lake Ontario
TL;DR: For example, in the Cootes Paradise Marsh, less than 15% of the surface area is covered with aquatic vegetation and the remainder is wind-swept, turbid, open water as discussed by the authors.
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Development and use of a zooplankton index of wetland quality in the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin
TL;DR: In this paper, a wetland zooplankton index (WZI) was developed based on water quality and ZOPs associations with aquatic vegetation (emergent, submergent, and floating-leaf) that could be used to assess wetland quality in particular in marshes of the Laurentian Great Lakes basin.