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FALL 2021 - IN THIS ISSUE - 39 3

26 Nov 2021

Whether you’re there to sit by the shore and relax, to fish, to explore roots and rhizomes (although the strength Green Crab in eelgrass meadow at the nearby trails and neighbourhood, or to go for a refreshing dip in the Owls Head Provincial Park of their impact is not yet To ensure Nova PHOTO: Nicolas Winklerwell understood). [...] When the days start to get longer and needed to provide the temperatures rise, the sun warms the surface water of the lake, which in turn creates variation resources, capacity A growing number of academics and conservationists globally are working in water density (weight). [...] We’ve been coordinating warms to the point where the water densities the Nova Scotia Eelgrass Working Group and growing our citizen science within the lake are so extreme that neither wind CYCLE and to protect and program, and we’re excited to begin our fieldwork over the summer of nor waves can generate sufficient energy to mix 2022 with a pilot restoration project in Port Medway. [...] the Society has installed a solar-powered aerator that helps to The decline of a lake’s health is usually the consequence of a number Though the health of Oathill Lake can now be maintained with the mix the layers of the water column and supplies crucial oxygen of factors. [...] For most of the year, they are just another piece of the elsewhere in Canada and in the Unites States, Panama, and even as to, and we may need to adjust our expectations and find creative Nova Scotian scenery – some farms even look more like a forest far as the Caribbean and the United Arab Emirates.
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