Little Hawk Lake Benthic Macroinvertebrate Health Assessment 2023

Title

Little Hawk Lake Benthic Macroinvertebrate Health Assessment 2023

Author

Lauren Heins, Brandon Jung, Carrie McDonald, Julie Prentice, Rachel Thomson, and Phelisha Williams

Host Organization

Halls and Hawk Lakes Property Owners Association

Supervising Faculty

Dr. Kaitlyn Fleming

Date

December 1st, 2023

Location of Document

Online

Area

Haliburton County

Subject

Benthic Macroinvertebrate Health Assessment of Little Hawk Lake

Abstract

This project is the fourth year Trent University has collaborated with the U-Links Centre for Community Based Research and Halls & Hawks Lakes Property Owner Association (HHLPOA). This collaboration finds Trent University biology students gathering data for a five-year long collaborative benthic macro-invertebrate biomonitoring program. The purpose of the health assessment of Little Hawk Lake is for Trent students to collect data that will be interpreted to provide a statement on the current perceived state of Little Hawk Lake. The data collected will also be used as baseline data for U-Links and HHLPOA projects which will be interpreted in the future by the collaborating groups to evaluate water quality and overall health of the lake through the usage of OBBN benthic macro-invertebrates.

Publisher

Trent University

Date Available

2024

Date Created

2023

Date Accepted

2023

Date Submitted

2023

Files

Reference

Lauren Heins, Brandon Jung, Carrie McDonald, Julie Prentice, Rachel Thomson, and Phelisha Williams, Little Hawk Lake Benthic Macroinvertebrate Health Assessment 2023, Trent University, December 1st, 2023