Figure 1. Map of the IISD Experimental Lakes Area, located in northwestern Ontario, Canada, indicating the locations of the four lakes used in the present study. Black line denotes quaternary watershed boundaries. Data source: Ontario Integrated Hydrology Data (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry - Provincial Mapping Unit).
Table 1. For each lake, (a) hydrological characteristics, (b) average metrics for lake trout collected in 2017 (± standard error of mean), (c) zooplankton population metrics, including total abundance, richness, Shannon Weiner diversity index (H’), and Shannon’s equitability (EH), and (d) average water quality parameters (± standard error of mean) (TDN = total dissolved nitrogen, TDP = total dissolved phosphorus).