| potential impacts of clearcutting on parasites of minnows in small boreal lakes. | clearcutting and deforestation lead to increased erosion, increased water temperature, altered water chemistry, and modified watershed hydrology in aquatic systems. effects on biological organisms have been documented for phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthos, and fish. in this study, parasites of the northern redbelly dace, phoxinus eos (cope), were examined from an experimental area consisting of headwater lakes and their watersheds in the boreal forest of ontario, canada prior to and after clea ... | 2001 | 11817450 |