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Water fleas are planktonic crustaceans who live in lakewater and play a vital role in ecosystems. (Shutterstock)

Understanding how human activity impacts zooplankton is essential for managing and protecting lakewater

Zooplankton are microscopic in size, but crucial for regulating aquatic ecosystems and moving nutrients up the food chain. This is affected by human activities including pollution and climate change.
An abandoned forest road that has become impassable due to the washout of the culvert fill. The beaver dam has also contributed to road erosion. (Forest Hydrology Laboratory of Université Laval)

How Québec’s abandoned logging roads are damaging lakes, rivers and streams — and putting wildlife at risk

By mismanaging its forestry road system, Québec and the forestry companies operating in public forests have made significant savings, to the detriment of protecting aquatic environments.

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