Roberto Quinlan’s Publications and Presentations

Medeiros AS, Friel C, Finkelstein S, Quinlan R.  In press.  A high resolution multi-proxy record of pronounced 20th century environmental change at Baker Lake, Nunavut. Journal of Paleolimnology, submission JOPL1963.

DOI 10.1007/s10933-012-9589-2

Quinlan R, Paterson MJ, Smol JP.  In press.  Climate-mediated changes in small lakes inferred from midge assemblages: the influence of thermal regime and lake depth.   Journal of Paleolimnology, submission JOPL1875.

Summers JC, Rühland KR, Kurek J, Quinlan R, Paterson AM, Smol JP.  2012.  Multiple stressor effects on water quality in Poplar Bay, Lake of the Woods, Canada: A midge-based paleolimnological assessment of hypolimnetic oxygen conditions over the last two centuries.  Journal of Limnology 71: 34-44

Hawryshyn J, Rühland K, Quinlan R, Smol JP.  2012.  Long-term water quality changes in a multiple-stressor system: a diatom-based paleolimnological study of Lake Simcoe.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 69: 24-40

Antoniades D, Michelutti N, Quinlan R, Blais JM, Bonilla S, Douglas MSV, Pienitz R, Smol JP, Vincent WF.  2011.  Cultural eutrophication, anoxia, and ecosystem recovery in Meretta Lake, high Arctic Canada.  Limnology and Oceanography 56: 639-650.

Larocque-Tobler I, Quinlan R, Stewart MM, Grosjean M.  2011.  Chironomid-inferred temperature changes of the last century in anoxic Lake Seebergsee, Switzerland: assessment of two calibration methods.  Quaternary Science Reviews 30: 1770-1779.

Medeiros AS & Quinlan R.  2011.  The ecological distribution of Diptera in Arctic lakes and ponds of central Nunavut, Canada.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 68: 1511-1527.

Medeiros AS, Luszczek CE, Shirley J & Quinlan R.  2011.  Community-based benthic monitoring in an Arctic tundra stream: Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada.  Arctic 64: 59-72.

Namayandeh A, Quinlan R.  2011.  Benthic macroinvertebrate communities in Arctic lakes and ponds of central Nunavut, Canada.  Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 43: 417-428.

Quinlan R & Smol JP.  2010.  The extant assemblage of Chaoborus can be assessed using subfossil mandibles.  Freshwater Biology 55: 2458-2467.

Quinlan, R & Smol, JP.  2010.  The use of Chaoborus subfossil mandibles in the development of paleoecological inference models of hypolimnetic oxygen.  Journal of Paleolimnology 44: 43-50.

Paterson AM, Quinlan R, Clark BJ & Smol JP.  2009.  Assessing hypolimnetic oxygen concentrations in Canadian Shield lakes: Deriving management benchmarks using two methods. Lake and Reservoir Management 25: 313-322.

Quinlan R, Hall RI, Paterson AM, Cumming BF & Smol JP.  2008.  Long-term assessments of ecological effects of anthropogenic stressors on aquatic ecosystems from paleoecological analyses: challenges to traditional perspectives of lake management.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences  65: 933-944.

Brodersen, KP & Quinlan, R  2006.  Midges as paleoindicators of lake productivity, eutrophication and hypolimnetic oxygen.  Quaternary Science Reviews 25: 1995-2012.

Quinlan, R, Douglas, MSV & Smol, JP, 2005.  Food web changes in Arctic ecosystems related to climate warming. Global Change Biology 11: 1381-1386.

Smol, JP, Wolfe, AP, Birks, HJB, Douglas, MSV, Jones, VJ, Korhola, A, Pienitz, R, Rühland, K, Sorvari, S, Antoniades, D, Brooks, SJ, Fallu, M-A, Hughes, M, Keatley, B, Laing, T, Michelutti, N, Nazarova, L, Nyman, M, Paterson, AM, Perren, B, Quinlan, R, Rautio, M, Saulnier-Talbot, E, Siitonen, S, Solovieva, N & J. Weckström, 2005.  Climate-driven regime shifts in Arctic lake ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 102: 4397-4402.

Quinlan, R, Paterson, AM, Smol, JP, Douglas, MSV & Clark, BJ, 2005.  Comparing different methods of calculating volume-weighted hypolimnetic oxygen (VWHO).  Aquatic Sciences 67: 97-103.

Quinlan, R, Paterson, AM, Hall, RI, Dillon, PJ, Wilkinson, AN, Cumming, BF, Douglas, MSV & Smol, JP, 2003.  A landscape approach to examining spatial patterns of limnological variables and long-term environmental change in a southern Canadian lake district.  Freshwater Biology 48: 1676-1697.

Quinlan, R, Leavitt, PR, Dixit, AS, Hall, RI & Smol, JP, 2002.  Effects of agriculture, climate and urban factors on water quality of Canadian Prairie lakes: a landscape analysis of fossil chironomid communities. Limnology and Oceanography.  47: 378-391.

Quinlan, R & Smol, JP, 2002.  Regional assessment of long-term hypolimnetic oxygen changes in Ontario (Canada) shield lakes using subfossil chironomids.  Journal of Paleolimnology.  27: 249-260.

Quinlan, R & Smol, JP, 2001.  Chironomid-based inference models for estimating end-of-summer hypolimnetic oxygen from south-central Ontario shield lakes.  Freshwater Biology.  46: 1521-1551.

Quinlan, R & Smol, JP, 2001.  Setting minimum head capsule abundance and taxa deletion criteria in chironomid-based inference models.  Journal of Paleolimnology.  26: 327-342.

Quinlan R & Smol JP.  2000.  Using fossil chironomid assemblages to determine changes in anoxia in south-central Ontario (Canada) shield lakes.  Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie 27: 1220-1225.

Clerk, S, Hall, RI, Quinlan, R & Smol, JP, 2000.  Quantitative inferences of past hypolimnetic anoxia and nutrient levels from a Canadian Precambrian Shield lake.  Journal of Paleolimnology.  23: 319-336.

Dixit, AS, Hall, RI, Leavitt, PR, Quinlan, R & Smol, JP, 2000.  Effects of sequential depositional basins on lake responses to urban and agricultural pollution: a paleolimnological analysis of the Qu’Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada.  Freshwater Biology.  43: 319-337.

Little, J, Hall, RI, Quinlan, R & Smol, JP, 2000.  Past trophic status and hypolimnetic anoxia during eutrophication and remediation of Gravenhurst Bay, Ontario: comparison of diatoms, chironomids, and historical records. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.  57: 333-341.

Hall, RI, Leavitt, PR, Dixit, AS, Quinlan, R & Smol, JP, 1999.  Effects of agriculture, urbanization and climate on water quality in the northern Great Plains.  Limnology and Oceanography.  44:739-756.

Hall, RI, Leavitt, PR, Dixit, AS, Quinlan, R & Smol, JP, 1999.  Limnological succession in reservoirs: paleolimnological comparison of a reservoir created from a river valley and one from a natural lake.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.  56:1109-1121.

Quinlan, R, Smol, JP & Hall, RI, 1998.  Quantitative inferences of past hypolimnetic anoxia in south-central Ontario lakes using fossil midges (Diptera: Chironomidae).  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.  55:587-596.

Abstracts published and presentations at conferences of learned societies

Luszczek CE, Quinlan R.  The Chironomidae of Nunavut; their biologeographical distribution and limnological niches.  18th International Symposium on Chironomidae, Trondheim, Norway; 04-06 July 2011.

Medeiros AS, Quinlan R.  A Chironomidae-based stratigraphic record of pronounced 20^th century warming in a large, deep Canadian Arctic lake  18th International Symposium on Chironomidae, Trondheim, Norway; 04-06 July 2011.

Quinlan R.  The ecology of subfossil Chironomidae and Chaoboridae assemblages from southern Canadian lakes.  18th International Symposium on Chironomidae, Trondheim, Norway; 04-06 July 2011.

Biastoch RG, Quinlan R.  Comparing lake abundance and surface area changes based on 1957 and 2009 remotely sensed images near Baker Lake, Nunavut.  2011 Sudbury Restoration Workshop, Sudbury, Ontario; 23-24 February 2011.

Luszczek CE, Quinlan R. Limnological controls and spatial variation in littoral macroinvertebrate communities across Central and eastern Nunavut, Canada.  2011 Sudbury Restoration Workshop, Sudbury, Ontario; 23-24 February 2011.

Quinlan R.  Hypoxic and anoxic hypolimnia do not have lower species richness of profundal Chironomidae in subfossil assemblages.  2011 American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico; 13-18 February 2011.

Biastoch RG, Quinlan R.  A reference condition approach for benthic macroinvertebrate biomonitoring of Arctic streams.  Society of Canadian Limnologists Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario; 06-8 January 2011.

Luszczek CE, Quinlan R.  Limnological controls and spatial variation in littoral macroinvertebrate communities across central and eastern Nunavut, Canada.  Society of Canadian Limnologists Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario; 06-8 January 2011.

Medeiros, AS, Quinlan R.  Shifts in the aquatic midge community of Baker Lake, Nunavut; an indicator of pronounced 20^th century environmental change.  Society of Canadian Limnologists Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario; 06-8 January 2011.

Larocque-Tobler I, Quinlan R, Müller SM, Grosjean M.  Chironomids as indicators of the past 1000 years of mean July air temperatures: the Silvaplana and Seebergsee records.  8th Swiss Geoscience Meeting; Fribourg, Switzerland; 19-20 November 2010.

Luszczek C & Quinlan R.  Spatial variation in littoral macroinvertebrate communities across Nunavut, Canada.  2010 Annual Meeting, Assocation of American Geographers; Washington, DC, USA; 14-18 April 2010.

Medeiros A & Quinlan R.  The biogeographic distribution of Chironomidae (Insecta:Diptera) from northern Manitoba to the eastern Canadian Arctic.  2010 Annual Meeting, Assocation of American Geographers; Washington, DC, USA; 14-18 April 2010.

Quinlan R, Paterson MJ, Schindler DW & Smol JP.  Subfossil Chaoboridae and Chironomidae assemblages to reconstruct past changes in lake thermal regimes in the Experimental Lakes Area.  Society of Canadian Limnologists Annual Meeting; Winnipeg, Canada; 07-09 January 2010.

Hawryshyn J, Rühland KM, Rodé DL, Quinlan R & Smol JP.  Reconstructing the trophic history of Lake Simcoe, Ontario: A paleolimnological study of a multiple stressor system. Society of Canadian Limnologists Annual Meeting; Winnipeg, Canada; 07-09 January 2010.

Quinlan R, Paterson MJ, Schindler DW & Smol JP.  Subfossil Dipteran (Chaoboridae and Chironomidae) assemblages to reconstruct past changes in lake thermal regimes in the Experimental Lakes Area.  11^th International Paleolimnology Symposium; Guadalajara, Mexico; 14-18 December 2009.

Hawryshyn J, Rühland KM, Rodé DL, Quinlan R & Smol JP.  A multi-proxy study of water-quality changes related to multiple anthropogenic stressors in Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.  11^th International Paleolimnology Symposium; Guadalajara, Mexico; 14-18 December 2009.

Medeiros AM & Quinlan R.  Dynamics of thermal stratification in two Arctic lakes.  Canadian Geophysical Union – Hydrology Section, Ontario Student Conference; Toronto, Canada; 04-05 December 2009.

Quinlan R, Paterson MJ, Schindler DW & Smol JP.  Inferring thermal regime in shallow boreal shield lakes.  2009 Sudbury Restoration Workshop; Sudbury, Canada; 27-29 October 2009.

Quinlan, R., Clark, B.J. and Paterson, A.M.  Volume-weighted hypolimnetic oxygen (VWHO) and extent of anoxia and hypoxia in lakes: how do these metrics of hypolimnetic oxygen conditions compare?  Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research (CCFFR) Annual Meeting; Ottawa, Canada; 09-11 January, 2009.

Rodé, D.L. and Quinlan, R. A paleolimnological reconstruction of Lake Simcoe’s historical coldwater fish habitat.  Society of Canadian Limnologists (SCL) Annual Meeting; Ottawa, Canada; 09-11 January, 2009.

Wazbinski, K. and Quinlan, R.  Paleolimnological analysis of nutrient enrichment for criteria development in New Jersey and New York lakes.  2^nd Annual Ontario-Quebec

Paleolimnology Group Graduate Student Conference; Québec, Québec; 08-10 June, 2008.

Rodé, D.L. and Quinlan, R.  A paleolimnological reconstruction of historical Lake Simcoe cold-water fish habitat.  International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) 51st Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research; Peterborough, Ontario; 19-23 May, 2008.

Medeiros, A. and Quinlan, R.  A biostratigraphic examination of climate driven impacts to Arctic invertebrate communities.  30^th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (SIL); Montreal, Canada; 12-18 August, 2007.

Namayandeh, A. and Quinlan, R.  Diversity and distribution of benthic invertebrates in lakes and ponds of Nunavut, Canada.  30^th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (SIL); Montreal, Canada; 12-18 August, 2007.

Paterson, A.M., Clark, B.J., Quinlan, R., Reavie, E.D., and Smol, J.P.  Assessing the trophic status of Canadian shield lakes: comparing management benchmarks using two methods.  30^th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (SIL); Montreal, Canada; 12-18 August, 2007.

Quinlan, R., Paterson, A.M., Clark, B.J., Smol, J.P. and Douglas, M.S.V.  Climate-mediated influences on hypolimnetic oxygen in southern Canadian shield lakes.  30^th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (SIL); Montreal, Canada; 12-18 August, 2007.

Namayandeh, A. and Quinlan, R.  Diversity and distribution of benthic invertebrates in lakes and ponds of Nunavut, Canada.  Toronto Entomologists’ Association (TEA); Toronto, Canada; April 2007.

Quinlan, R., Paterson, A.M., Clark, B.J., Smol, J.P. and Douglas, M.S.V.  Long-term patterns in hypolimnetic oyxgen in southern Canadian shield lakes.  Society of Canadian Limnologists (SCL) Annual Meeting; Montreal, Canada; 4-6 January, 2007.

Panahi-Dorchech, F. and Quinlan, R.  Inferring past fish abundance from Daphnia ephippia size in south-central Ontario lakes.  Society of Canadian Limnologists (SCL) Annual Meeting; Montreal, Canada; 4-6 January, 2007.

Medeiros, A, and Quinlan, R.  A biogeographic examination of climate-driven impacts on lakes and ponds of the Canadian Arctic. A.D. Latornell Conservation Symposium, Alliston, Canada, 16 November, 2006.

Medeiros, A., Quinlan, R., and Remmel, T.  The use of remote sensing for change detection and directed site selection for biostratigraphic sampling of Arctic lakes and ponds.  Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) - Ontario Division, Hamilton, Canada, 14 October, 2006.

Quinlan, R., Little, J.L., and Smol, J.P.  Chaoborus as indicators of low hypolimnetic oxygen concentrations in calibration sets and down-core reconstructions.  10^th International Paleolimnology Symposium; Duluth, USA; 25-29 June 2006.

Douglas, M., Antoniades, D., Keatley, B., Lim, D., Michelutti, N., Quinlan, R. and Smol, J.  Paleolimnological perspective on long-term environmental change in the Canadian High Arctic.  2006 Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum of Arctic Research Consortium US (ARCUS); Washington DC, USA; 25-26 May 2006.

Medeiros, A. and Quinlan, R.  A biogeographic examination behind the mechanisms of climate change.  Ontario Ecology and Ethology Colloquim.  St. Catherines, Canada; 6-7 May 2006.

Douglas, M., Keatley, B., Lim, D., Michelutti, N., Quinlan, R., Smol, J. & Antoniades, D.  Paleolimnological perspectives on long-term environmental change in the Canadian High Arctic.  Past Global Changes (PAGES) 2^nd Open General Meeting; Beijing, China; 10-12 Aug 2005.

Quinlan, R., Smol, J.P., Cumming, B.F., Hall, R.I. and Paterson, A.M.  Paleoecological Research at DESC – a summary.  Society of Canadian Limnologists (SCL) Annual Meeting, Windsor, Canada; 6-9 Jan 2005.

Quinlan, R., Douglas, M.S.V., and Smol, J.P.  Recent climate warming in high Arctic (Canada) ponds and lakes: subfossil chironomid evidence.  9^th International Paleolimnology Conference, Helsinki, Finland; 24-28 Aug 2003.

Paterson, A.M., Quinlan, R., Smol, J.P., Clark, B.J., and Dillon, P.J.  Estimating pre-development hypolimnetic oxygen in Canadian shield lakes: comparing theoretical and paleo-inference models.  9^th International Paleolimnology Conference, Helsinki, Finland; 24-28 Aug 2003.

Quinlan, R., Paterson, A.M., Smol, J.P., Douglas, M.S.V., and Clark, B.J.  Using different criteria to calculate hypolimnetic oxygen concentrations: implications for environmental assessment and lake management.  Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research (CCFFR) Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Canada; 2-5 Jan 2003.

Paterson, A.M., Quinlan, R., Smol, J.P., Clark, B.J., and Dillon, P.J.  Estimating pre-development hypolimnetic oxygen in Canadian shield lakes: comparing theoretical and paleo-inference models.  Society of Canadian Limnologists (SCL) Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Canada; 2-5 Jan 2003.

Quinlan, R., Paterson, A.M., Hall, R.I., Dillon, P.J., Wilkinson, A.N., Cumming, B.F., Douglas, M.S.V., and Smol, J.P.  Landscape patterns of limnogical gradients and ecological response to environmental change in shield lakes near Dorset, Ontario, Canada.  22^nd International Symposium of the North American Lake Management Society (NALMS); Anchorage, USA; 30 Oct.-02 Nov 2002.

Quinlan, R. and Smol, J.P.  Subfossil chironomid assemblages as indicators of recent hypolimnetic oxygen changes.  8^th International Paleolimnology Symposium, Kingston, Canada; 20-24 Aug 2000.

Quinlan, R. and Smol, J.P.  Recent changes in hypolimnetic oxygen in boreal shield lakes.  Society of Canadian Limnologists (SCL) Annual Meeting, Fredericton, Canada; 6-8 Jan 2000.

Quinlan, R., and Smol, J.P.  Tracking changes in anoxia in south-central Ontario shield lakes using fossil chironomid assemblages.  Society of Canadian Limnologists (SCL) Annual Meeting; Edmonton, Canada; 8-10 Jan 1999.

Smol, J.P., Leavitt, P.R., Hall, R.I., Dixit, A., and Quinlan, R.  Paleolimnological assessment of water quality changes in the Northern Great Plains: the effects of agriculture, urbanization and climate on prairie lake and reservoir ecosystems.  18^th International Symposium of the North American Lake Management Society (NALMS), Banff Springs, Alberta, Canada; 11-13 Nov 1998.

Smol, J.P., Leavitt, P.R., Hall, R.I., Dixit, A., and Quinlan, R.  A landscape, paleolimnological assessment of the effects of agriculture, urbanization and climate on water quality changes in the Northern Great Plains.  27^th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (SIL); Dublin, Ireland; 9-14 Aug 1998.

Quinlan, R., and Smol, J.P.  Using fossil chironomid assemblages to determine changes in anoxia in south-central Ontario (Canada) shield lakes.  27^th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (SIL); Dublin, Ireland; 9-14 Aug 1998.

Hall, R., Leavitt, P.R., Dixit, A., Quinlan, R., and Smol, J.P.  New techniques in paleoecology: quantification of causal relationships using variance partitioning.  27^th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (SIL); Dublin, Ireland; 9-14 Aug 1998.

Quinlan, R., Little, J., and J.P. Smol.  Can fossil chironomids be used to reconstruct past changes in anoxia?  Society of Canadian Limnologists (SCL) Annual Meeting; Kingston, Canada; 2-4 Jan 1998

Little, J., Quinlan, R., and Smol, J.P.  Paleolimnological reconstruction of hypolimnetic oxygen deficits in two Ontario lakes using chironomids (Diptera).  Society of Canadian Limnologists (SCL) Annual Meeting; Kingston, Canada; 2-4 Jan 1998.

Hall, R.I., Leavitt, P.R., Quinlan, R., Dixit, A.S., and Smol, J.P.  Limnological succession in reservoirs: paleoecological evidence from two prairie habitats.  Society of Canadian Limnologists (SCL) Annual Meeting; Kingston, Canada; 2-4 Jan 1998.

Clerk, S., Quinlan, R., Hall, R.I., and Smol, J.P.  Hypolimnetic oxygen reconstruction using chironomid fossils in Peninsula Lake, West Basin.  Society of Canadian Limnologists (SCL) Annual Meeting; Kingston, Canada; 2-4 Jan 1998.

Smol, J.P., Cumming, B.F., Dixit, S.S., Quinlan, R., and Douglas, M.S.V.  Distinguishing human influences from natural variability: paleolimnological perspectives on environmental change.  7^th International Symposium on Paleolimnology; 28 Aug – 2 Sep 1997.

Quinlan, R., Hall, R.I., and J.P. Smol.  Quantitative inferences of past hypolimnetic anoxia using fossil chironomids (Diptera: Chironomidae).  Society of Canadian Limnologists (SCL) Annual Meeting; Ottawa, Canada; 2-4 Jan 1997.

Leavitt, P.R., Hall, R.I., Smol, J.P., Dixit, A., and Quinlan, R. Effect of agriculture and sewage treatment on lakes of the Northern Great Plains: A paleoecological perspective.  1996 Ecological Society of America (ESA) meeting; University of Rhode Island; 11-15 Aug 1996. 

Hall, R.I., Leavitt, P.R., Smol, J.P., and Quinlan, R. effects of agriculture and sewage treatment on prairie lakes: A paleoecological perspective.  Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG); Saskatoon, Canada.; 16-11 May 1996.

Quinlan, R., Smol, J.P., and Leavitt, P.R. Chironomids (Diptera: Chironomidae) as indicators of past hypolimnetic oxygen changes in Qu'Appelle Valley lakes.  Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG); Saskatoon, Canada; 16-11 May 1996.

Smol, J.P., Dixit, A., Quinlan, R., Leavitt, P.R., Muir, K. Long-term water quality changes in the Qu'Appelle Valley (SK) lakes and reservoirs: The paleolimnology of Pasqua Lake. Society of Canadian Limnologists (SCL) Annual Meeting; Montreal, Canada; 4-6 Jan 1996.  

Quinlan, R. and Smol, J.P.  Chironomids as indicators of environmental change in Precambrian Shield lakes located in south central Ontario.  15^th International Symposium of the North American Lake Management Society (NALMS); Toronto, Canada; 8 Nov 1995.

Leavitt, P., Sherbot, D., Dixit, A., Quinlan, R., and Smol, J.P.  Water quality changes in prairie lakes and reservoirs: paleolimnological tools to assist lake managers. 15^th International Symposium of the North American Lake Management Society (NALMS); Toronto, Canada; 8 Nov 1995.

Other presentations

Quinlan R.  Science and politics of climate change.  United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, 17 January 2012.  Invited seminar and panel speaker, Water-Health Seminar Series.

Quinlan R.  Climate-mediated changes in small lakes inferred from midge assemblages: the influence of thermal regime and lake depth.  Environmental Change Research Centre, University College London, 14 October 2010; Department of Geography, University of Southampton, 20 October 2010; Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 02 November 2010.

Quinlan R.  The ecology of benthic macroinvertebrates in central Nunavut lakes and ponds.  Limnology Seminar Series, Department of Biology, Queen’s University, 29 September 2010.

Quinlan R.  Climate change in shallow boreal lakes - an inference model to track changes in thermal regime?  Limnology Seminar Series, Department of Biology, Queen’s University, 14 October 2009.  Invited seminar.

Quinlan R.  Examination of long-term changes in aquatic ecosystems: paleolimnological approaches.  Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, 16 September 2009.  Invited seminar.

Quinlan, R.  Paleolimnological Perspectives on Long-term Changes in Aquatic Ecosystems.  EEE Seminar Series, Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, 04 January 2006.

Quinlan, R.  Paleoecological Research at DESC – A summary.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences DESC Special Issue Workshop, Dorset, Canada, 24 November 2006.

Quinlan, R.  Water quality changes in YOUR lakes.  Redstone Lake Cotttager’s Association, Haliburton Forest Preserve, Haliburton, Canada, 16 July 2005.

Quinlan, R.  Aquatic insects as paleoindicators of long-term water quality and climate conditions in Canadian lakes and ponds.  EcoDiscussion Seminar Series, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, 23 March 2005.  Invited seminar.

Quinlan, R.  A summary of paleoecological research at the Dorset Environmental Sciences Centre.  Ontario Ministry of Environment, Environmental Services and Standards Division, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 09 March 2005.

Paterson, A.M. & Quinlan, R.  The application of paleolimnology to fisheries science. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Research and Assessment Meeting, Dorset, Ontario, Canada, 22-24 March 2004.

Paterson, A.M. & Quinlan, R.  Paleolimnology and fisheries science.  2004 Sudbury Restoration Workshop, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada. February 2004.

Quinlan, R.  Paleolimnology: long-term datasets and the environmental management of lakes.  Ecolunch Seminar Series, Department of Zoology & Department of Botany, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.  02 February 2004.

Quinlan, R.  Some paleoenvironmental applications of subfossil chironomids from Canada.  International Workshop on Subfossil Chironomid Research.  University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.  7-9 Nov 2002.

Quinlan, R.  Fossil chironomids as paleoenvironmental indicators: information from dead bugs.  Rockfest Seminar Series, Department of Geology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.  16 Mar 2001.

Quinlan, R.  Reconstructing deep-water oxygen from lakes using chironomids: tales from the deep (and not so deep).  Limnology Seminar Series, Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.  Jan 2000.