Home
Lisette Ross 
Wetland Biologist
Lisette Ross has been IWWR's wetland biologist for 11 years. She recently completed field research that studied which wetland variables (wetland size, wetland classification, food resources, vegetative structure, water quality and watershed variables) affect waterfowl/waterbird use and distribution. This information will be used to aid IWWR's upland management programs. She is also involved with a series of research projects studying and quantifying the role that wetlands play in improving and maintaining our water quality. Some of this research includes carbon sequestration (greenhouse gas and climate change), nutrient cycling and the inquiry in Walkerton, Ont.
Ross is proud of Prairie Wetland Ecology: the Contribution of the Marsh Ecology Research Program, a book published in 2000. It details how wetlands change as water levels fluctuate and how critical these natural fluctuations are to the productivity of these systems. This book's research and discussions on nutrient cycling, avian use, invertebrate abundance and distribution, algal communities and vegetative cycling are leading edge.
She's pleased with the surging recognition of the crucial role wetlands play in maintaining water quality and the overall health of our environment and feels the IWWR is uniquely positioned to work with and fund leading researchers from across North America on wetland issues of continental importance. This information will be extremely important as government agencies, politicians, Canadians and Americans plan the water needs for future generations.
