Principal Investigator
Professor of Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology, Canada Research Chair
Institute of Environmental Science and Department of Biology
Members Of Our Lab
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steven_cooke@carleton.ca -
Jessica Taylor
Jessjtaylor16@gmail.com Lab Manager/Research Biologist
Research interests: Intergenerational effects of oxidative stress, stress physiology, systematic review
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Lisa Donaldson
Lisa.Donaldson@carleton.ca Lab Manager/Research Biologist
Research interests: Environmental assessments, conservation, migration behaviour, citizen-science, environmental forecasting, and data management
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Michael R. Donaldson
michael.r.donaldson@gmail.com Honorary Research Fellow
Research interests: fisheries, climate change, habitat development, and science communication
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Daniel Struthers
danstruthers88@gmail.com Research Biologist
2016 -
Chris Elvidge
chris.k.elvidge@gmail.com Postdoctoral Researcher
Research interests: fish ecology, predator-prey interactions, personality, salmon conservation and environmental mediation – anthropogenic and otherwise – of cognitive information use.
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Christine L. Madliger
madlige@uwindsor.ca Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Interests: Validation of conservation physiology tools, stress physiology in the context of conservation, physiological and behavioural responses to human-induced environmental change.
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Oliver Love
University of Windsor
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Jake Brownscombe
jbrownsc@connect.carleton.ca Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Interests: Behavioural and physiological ecology, ecological energetics, biologging and biotelemetry, accelerometry, biological invasions, recreational fisheries, catch-and-release science
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Kathryn Peiman
Kathryn.Peiman@carleton.ca Postdoctoral Researcher
Research interests: the ecological causes and evolutionary consequences of individual and population-level variation in trait integration (diet, morphology, physiology, behaviour…); movement and habitat selection; interspecific competition; conservation.
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Philip Harrison
pharriso@uwaterloo.ca Postdoctoral Researcher
2014Co-advised by Micheal Power at University of Waterloo, and Brent Mossop at BC Hydro
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Robert de Bruijn
physiologistemail @ gmail.com Postdoctoral Researcher
Research interests: physiology, endocrinology, behavior, and ecology, and how individual variation and phenotypic plasticity in these contexts influence individual fitness.
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Trina Rytwinski
trinarytwinski@cmail.carleton.ca Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Interests: Road and traffic effects on wildlife; road mitigation; experimental study designs; meta-analysis
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Aaron Zolderdo
aaronzolderdo@cmail.carleton.ca Ph.D. Candidate
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Amanda Jeanson
amanda.l.jeanson@gmail.com Ph.D. Candidate
May 2017 - May 2021Co-supervised by Dr. Nathan Young, U Ottawa
Thesis topic: Human dimensions of rainbow trout and climate change in British Columbia
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Andrea Reid
andreajane.reid@carleton.ca Ph.D. Candidate
September 2015 - September 2019Thesis topic: the ecology, physiology, and conservation of wild fish
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Andrew M. Rous
andrew.rous@carleton.ca Ph.D. Candidate
January 2014 – December 2017Thesis topic: Spatial ecology of fish communities
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Dirk Algera
dirkalgera@cmail.carleton.ca Ph.D. Candidate
May 2016 - May 2020 -
Emmanuelle Chretien
emmanuelle.chretien@umontreal.ca Ph.D. Candidate
January 2016 – January 2020Co-supervised by Dr. Daniel Boisclair, Université de Montréal, QC
Topic: Habitat quality and fish performance
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Jacqueline Chapman
jacqchapman@gmail.com Ph.D. Candidate
September 2014 - September 2018Thesis topic: Tracking post-release behaviour, disease and fate of salmonid species after fisheries interactions to evaluate consequences associated with catch and release practices
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Jill Brooks
jillbrooks85@gmail.com Ph.D. Candidate
May 2017 - May 2021Thesis topic: Spatial ecology of walleye in Hamilton Harbour in relation to restoration efforts.
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Lisa Kelly
lisakelly.lak@gmail.com Ph.D. Candidate
September 2016 - September 2020Research Interests: The microbiome and the fitness of wild fishes.
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Mike Lawrence
m_lawrence27@live.ca Ph.D. Candidate
September 2014 - September 2018Thesis topic: Influence of the stress axis on predator-prey interactions
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Peter Holder
peter.holder02@gmail.com Ph.D. Candidate
May 2017 - May 2021Co-supervised by Dr. Andy Danylchuk, U Mass
Thesis: Applied aspects of exhaustive exercise in fish
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Robert Lennox
robertlennox9@gmail.com Ph.D. Candidate
May 2013 - April 2016Thesis topic: Effects of catch-and-release angling on Atlantic salmon survival and migration behaviour in Norwegian rivers
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Shannon Bower
shannon.bower@carleton.ca Ph.D. Candidate
September 2012 - September 2016Thesis topic: Advancing an integrated framework for assessment of emerging catch-and-release recreational fisheries in the developing world
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Taylor Ward
taylor.ward@carleton.ca Ph.D. Candidate
September 2014 - September 2018Thesis Topic: Spatial and trophic ecology of freshwater salmonids in managed environments
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Vivian M Nguyen
vivian.m.n@gmail.com Ph.D. Candidate
Co-supervised by Dr. Nathan Young, University of Ottawa, ON
Thesis topic: knowledge mobilization in aquatic telemetry.
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Alice Abrams
AliceAbrams@cmail.carleton.ca M.Sc. Student
May 2017 - May 2019Co-Supervised by Dr. Nathan Young, University of Ottawa
Thesis topic: Improving management of black bass in the Rideau Watershed
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Beckie Manouchehri
beckiemanouchehri@cmail.carleton.ca M.Sc. Student
September 2016 - April 2018Research interests: biomechanics, health, animal physiology
Thesis topic: A study of the effect of attached measuring devices on the swimming ability of fish.
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Caleigh Delle Palme
Caleigh_dellepalme@carleton.ca M.Sc. Student
September 2016- September 2018Co-supervised by Dr. Nathan Young
Research Topic: Knowledge Mobilization and Fisheries Management
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Clay Steell
ClaySteell@cmail.carleton.ca M.Sc. Student
September 2016 - September 2018Research Interests: marine fish ecology and coastal change.
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Laura Elmer
lauraelmer193@gmail.com M.Sc. Student
September 2016 - September 2018Research Topic: Impacts of climate change on Pacific salmonids
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Marc- Antoine Colleu
marc-antoine.colleu@laposte.net M.Sc. Student
March 2017- July 2017Thesis: Do fish handling gloves have an impact on migration capacity and behaviour of the white sucker (Catostomus commersonii)?
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Matthew Ford
mford092@uottawa.ca M.Sc. Student
Sept 2015 – Sept 2017Thesis Topic: Investigating the use of integrated louver – light guidance devices for behavioural guidance of at risk migratory and invasive species.
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Sarah Walton
sarah.walton14@gmail.com M.Sc. Student
September 2016 - September 2018Co-Supervised by Dr. John Farrell at SUNY -ESF (State University of New York College of Environmental Studies and Forestry).
Research Interests: Acoustic and radio telemetry, fisheries ecology, conservation biology, species at risk (fish and turtles). -
Tanya Prystay
tanyaprystay@cmail.carleton.ca M.Sc. Student
May 2016 - May 2018Thesis topic: Using heart rate loggers to determine smallmouth bass parental care energy investment
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William Twardek
william.twardek@gmail.com M.Sc. Student
May 2016 - May 2018Co-supervised by Dr. Andy Danylchuk
Thesis Topic: Evaluating catch-and-release practices for species at risk
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Connor Reid
ConnorReid@cmail.carleton.ca Honours Student
May 2017-May 2018Thesis: The use of coloured light patterns and olfactory alarm cues in altering the guidance behaviour of migrating sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus).
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Katharine Maclean
KatharineMaclean@cmail.carleton.ca Honours Student
May 2017 - May 2018Thesis topic: Effects of noise disturbance on parental care of smallmouth bass
Latest News
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May 18, 2017 4:08 pm
Dr. Cooke attends the American Fisheries Society workshop on improving the relevancy of AFS publications in Reno, Nevada (May 2017)… Read More
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Canadian Centre for Collaboration for Environmental Evidence 2016 Annual Report
May 16, 2017 11:29 pm
The Canadian Centre had a successful year in 2016, securing new contracts with Canadian Government authorities, increasing its number of team members, gaining recognition from the Canadian fisheries and aquatic science community and increasing its publication output. In 2016, the … Read More
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Research by Cooke Lab on the science of catch-and-release angling covered by Salt-Strong blog.
May 9, 2017 3:34 pm
Research by Cooke Lab on the science of catch-and-release angling covered by Salt-Strong blog.
“Here are the details of the study:
- Canadian Grad student Chris Pullen did his thesis project on how long do fishing lures/hooks stay in
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May 9, 2017 3:29 pm
Cooke Lab part of team awarded $8 million CDN from Genome BC to study rainbow trout responses to climate change.
“A new $4+ million research project in British Columbia, Canada will result in identification of genes that will help trout … Read More
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FECPL at Canadian Museum of Nature’s Nature Nocturne
May 4, 2017 2:57 pm
This past weekend, members of the Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Lab team were invited back to the Canadian Museum of Nature – Musée canadien de la nature to showcase our research at their TD Nature Nocturne: The Life Aquatic… Read More