Resilience of lake hydrodynamics and wetland biodiversity

在过去的几十年里，加拿大人对钓鱼和狩猎活动越来越感兴趣，休闲旅游也大大增加。为了维持这些活动，并确保为子孙后代保留原始地点的土地保护也在增加。我们在这个项目中的合作伙伴，Kenauk Nature（休闲旅游）、加拿大大自然保护协会（NCC；土地保护）和Ouranos Consortium（区域气气学和适应气候变化）面临着对自然水文系统和生态系统对人类和气候引起的压力的恢复能力的严重缺乏。该项目的目标是概念化湖泊水系统和生态系统的动态，并使更好地理解潜在的机制，以量化湖泊水动力和湿地生物多样性的恢复力。该项目将重点关注奥特瓦地区（加拿大魁北克省）的帕皮诺湖，我们的合作伙伴基瑙克自然基金会和加拿大自然保护协会都参与了该项目。该项目的目的是：1)量化湖泊水动力，评估土地利用和气候变化的长期影响；2)评估控制湿地动植物群落丰富度和组成的驱动因素和压力因素；3)提出预防压力因素负面影响的建议，以保护帕皮诺湖的水文系统和生态系统。该项目将为基瑙克自然基金会和NCC提供关于湖泊动态的新概念知识，以支持更适应地利用和保护帕皮诺湖的动态，并为制定长期管理计划提供坚实的基础。该项目将使乌拉诺斯更好地了解气候变化将如何影响水资源，以及保护水资源如何提高水文系统和生态系统的恢复能力。该项目还将为基瑙克自然基金会和国家气候委员会提供建议，以实施长期管理计划，并为乌拉诺斯提供新知识，以促进适应气候变化的措施。该项目将有助于加拿大成为土地保护的领导者，同时为子孙后代开发其独特保护区的全部娱乐价值。

There is a growing interest for fishing and game activities among the Canadian population and recreational tourism has increased significantly in the past decades. Land conservation to maintain these activities and ensure the presence of pristine locations for future generations is also on the rise. Our partners in this project, Kenauk Nature (recreational tourism), the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC; land conservation), and the Ouranos Consortium (regional climatology and adaptation to climate change) face a significant lack of knowledge about the resilience of natural hydrosystems and ecosystems to human and climate induced stresses. The goal of this project is to conceptualize the dynamic of lake hydrosystems and ecosystems, and to enable a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms to quantify the resilience of lake hydrodynamics and wetland biodiversity. The project will focus on Lake Papineau in the Outaouais region (Quebec, Canada) where our partners Kenauk Nature and the Nature Conservancy of Canada are involved. The project aims at 1) quantifying lake hydrodynamics and estimate the long-term effects of land use and climate changes, 2) assessing the drivers and stressors controlling the richness and composition of plant and animal communities in wetlands, and 3) make recommendations to prevent negative impacts of stressors to protect the Lake Papineau hydrosystem and ecosystem. The project will provide Kenauk Nature and NCC with new conceptual knowledge on lake dynamics to support a more adapted use and conservation of the Lake Papineau dynamics and provide a solid basis on which to build long-term management plans. The project will provide Ouranos with a better understanding of how climate change will impact water resources and how conservation can increase hydrosystem and ecosystem resilience. The project will also produce recommendations for Kenauk Nature and NCC to implement long-term management plans and Ouranos with new knowledge to promote adaptation measures to climate change. This project will contribute to position Canada as a leader in land conservation while developing the full recreational value of its unique protected areas for future generations.