SAMMS will undertake an array of field, laboratory and modelling studies, four of which will be completed during the first three-year phase. Research has been designed to comprehensively trace the transport and behaviour of dissolved organic matter and metals through terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in headwater catchments along a 200 km airshed transect between Giant Mine and Whatì, an area of concentrated mining activity.
Meet the Researchers
Principal Investigators:
Brent B. Wolfe, Professor
Geography and Environmental Studies
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L3C5
bwolfe@wlu.ca
SAMMS expertise: Reconstruction of past conditions in lakes
Jason J. Venkiteswaran, Assistant Professor
Geography and Environmental Studies
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L3C5
jvenkiteswaran@wlu.ca
SAMMS expertise: Cycling of nutrients and related elements
Co-Principal Investigators:
Michael C. English, Professor
Geography and Environmental Studies
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L3C5
menglish@wlu.ca
SAMMS expertise: Hydrology of sub-arctic catchments
Roland I. Hall, Professor
Biology
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
rihall@uwaterloo.ca
SAMMS expertise: Reconstruction of past conditions in lakes
James McGeer, Professor
Biology
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L3C5
jmcgeer@wlu.ca
SAMMS expertise: Toxicology of metals
Sherry L. Schiff, Professor
Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
sschiff@uwaterloo.ca
SAMMS expertise: Cycling of nutrients and related elements
D. Scott Smith, Professor
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L3C5
ssmith@wlu.ca
SAMMS expertise: Metal speciation and toxicity in the environment
Kevin Stevens, Associate Professor
Biology
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L3C5
kestevens@wlu.ca
SAMMS expertise: Water quality effects on wetland vegetation and mycorrhizal fungi
Colin J. Whitfield, Assistant Professor
School of Environmental Sustainability &
Global Institute for Water Security
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 5C8
colin.whitfield@usask.ca
SAMMS expertise: Biogeochemical modelling of catchments
Co-Investigators:
Jules M. Blais, Professor
Biology
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
jules.blais@uottawa.ca
SAMMS expertise: Reconstruction of past toxicology in lakes
Raoul-Marie Couture, Senior Researcher
Norwegian Institute for Water Research-NIVA
Oslo 0349, Norway
rmc@niva.no
SAMMS expertise: Sediment-water interactions of metals