Collaborators

Dr. Oliver Love

Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Windsor, Canadian Research Chair in Integrative Ecology, Windsor, Ontario

Projects: Chinook and Atlantic salmon physiology, Great Lakes species lipid measurement and validation

We work closely with the Love lab to measure multiple hormones in individuals using various techniques, including non-invasive free cortisol in water samples. We are also working on validating GLIER’s MRI machine that can quickly and non-invasively quantify the lipid content of fish in the Great Lakes.

Dr. Daniel Heath

Professor, Executive Director of GLIER, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

Projects: Optimal Chinook salmon attributes in aquaculture at YIAL; Round goby gene expression in the Great Lakes

We collaborate with Dr. Heath and his lab to examine brain gene expression, and then correlate differential expression with behavioural traits.

Dr. Grant Gilcrest

Seabird Biologist, Environment Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario

Projects: Polar bear movements at East Bay

Dr. Alessandro Massolo

Assistant Professor, Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta

Projects: Ecosystem modelling

Dr. Wolfgang Haider

Professor, Director of the School of Resource and Environment Management, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia

Projects:

Dr. Greg McDermid

Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta

Projects: Ecological modelling

Dr. Danielle Marceau

Professor, Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta

Projects:

Dr. Trevor Pitcher

Associate Professor, Department of Biology and GLIER, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

Projects: Atlantic salmon attributes in aquaculture for reintroduction to the Great Lakes

Dr. Edmund Halfyard

Research Scientist, Nova Scotia Salmon Association

Projects: Behaviour of Atlantic salmon smolts from limed and unlimed sites near Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia

We are working with Dr. Halfyard to assess the behaviour of migrating wild Atlantic salmon smolts by examining shelter use in a novel environment, and foraging behaviour before and after a predation stimulus. Salmon in this river have developed in acidic water conditions, or in limed treated areas. This work is done in collaboration with Jim Dawson’s lab at Dalhousie University, whose HQP then examine blood osmolality and quanitify gill morphometrics and aluminium.