A recently published paper headed by a large team of aquatic scientists outlines the principles necessary for healthy and productive freshwater ecosystems.
Dr. Lapointe and Dr. Cooke from the Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology lab are among the researchers who … Read More
This past Thursday, January 30th, sixty participants attended the Evidence-Based Conservation and Environmental Management Workshop at Carleton University. The focus of the workshop was “systematic reviews”, a relatively new concept in environmental conservation, but common practice
Dr. Cooke receives a Graduate Mentoring Award from the Faculty of Graduateand Post-Doctoral Affairs (January 2014).… Read More
Dr. Cooke, Dr. Alex Wilson (Cooke Lab Post Doc), Jake Brownscombe (Ph.D. Student) and Naomi Pleizier (M.Sc. Student) are conducting research in The Bahamas for several weeks in January. The team are studying the effects of stress on behavioural … Read More
Congratulations to Shireen Bliss on successfully defending her M.Sc. thesis at Carleton University on January 8th! Shireen’s thesis is titled “Seasonal Variation in Assemblage Structure and Movement of Small Stream Fish in an Urban Environment.” For a quick summary of … Read More
Who is your “fisheries” hero? Nominate them today to recognize their accomplishments!
Canada has a long and illustrious history in fisheries science and management. Indeed, many scientific discoveries, assessment tools, and even contemporary management strategies can be attributed to Canadian … Read More
Experts from Bangor University in Wales (Centre for Evidence-Based Conservation) will be leading a workshop at Carleton University on January 30th, 2014 on how to conduct a systematic review.
Ph.D. candidate Jake Brownscombe is in Culebra, Puerto Rico, for the month of December with colleagues from Dr. Andy Danylchuk’s lab. They are downloading data from an acoustic telemetry array designed to track both broad and fine-scale movements of bonefish, … Read More
The Cooke Lab celebrated the end of another fantastic year with a festive party this past weekend. Many thanks to the students who organized and hosted! The gift exchange theme this year fully embraced the “re-gift” conceptand continued the tradition … Read More
Each summer, Chinook salmon on the east coast of Vancouver Island swim upstream into the Puntledge River to spawn. Salmon have to overcome natural barriers such as waterfalls on their journey, but increasingly hydropower developments are
causing migration challenges. For … Read More
