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Great Lake Manitoulin: Georgian Bay and the North Channel

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This paper presents a background description of the basin and an overview of the physical, chemical and biological limnology of Georgian Bay and the North Channel. Further, it describes the expansion of European settlement and the association of cultural impacts with urbanization, industry and transportation. The history of the fishery is briefly outlined, and changes in the structure of fish communities are related to fishing pressures and the introduction of exotics. In the concluding sections of the paper, we discuss present and future concerns which may be related to water quality and water quantity issues and, also, to the stability of re-establishing fish communities.

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  2. Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Science, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada Centre Inland Waters, Box 505, L7R 4A6, Burlington, Ont., Canada

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Sly, P.G., Munawar, M. Great Lake Manitoulin: Georgian Bay and the North Channel. Hydrobiologia 163, 1–19 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00026917

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