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Author : BaMasoud, A.; and Byrne, M-L.
Date : 2011.
Title : Impacts of ice-free winters on shoreline changes in western Point Pelee.
Publication : Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting and Conference. May 31-June 4, 2011. University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.
Issue : Program and Abstract Volume.
Page(s) : 47
Abstract
The western shores of Point Pelee National Park (PPW) in Ontario exhibited high recession rates in the winter of 2006. In the past, the western side of the Park generally exhibited accretion, attributed to longer duration of ice coverage during winter and favorable topography and sedimentary conditions. Compared to 2004, there were minimum differences in Lake Erie water levels, winter storm frequencies and human-made structures in the relevant littoral cell of western Lake Erie. However, the winter of 2006 was very mild, resulting in ice-free conditions as seen from examining ice-cover concentration data for the period 2002-2007. The high recession rates in the shores of PPW are attributed to the ice-free conditions in the winter of 2006. Future climate change patterns are expected to result in more frequent ice-free winters, which will likely reverse the accretion trend in PPW shores that was observed in the past, resulting in net loss of the park’s natural habitat.
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