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Dylan J. Fraser
2005 - 2009
Research: Evolutionary applications to Atlantic salmon conservation
Current: Assistant Professor, Concordia University, Montreal
www.dylanfraser.com
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Craig F. Purchase
2003 - 2005
Research: Life history invariants; spatio-temporal variation in brook trout density
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Sherrylynn Rowe
2004 - 2005
Research: Correlates of Atlantic cod mating and reproductive success; sound production in Atlantic cod
Current Position: Research Scientist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
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Matthew W. Jones
2002
Research: Individual variation in maternity and paternity in Atlantic cod
Current Position: Guelph, Ontario
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Marten A. Koops
2001 - 2002
Research: Fish life histories; population modelling of species at risk; invasion ecology; risk assessment; ecosystem modelling; food web dynamics
Current Position: Research Scientist and Head, Freshwater Ecosystem Research Section, Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Burlington, Ontario; Adjunct Professor, University of Waterloo
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Laura K. Weir
2008
Thesis: Consequences of the intensity of male-male competition on the mating system of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Current Position: NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Blair K. Adams
2007
Thesis: Migratory strategies of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) of Newfoundland and Labrador
Current Position: Research Scientist, Centre for Forest Science and Innovation, Department of Natural Resources, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Gander, NL
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Julia Baum
2007
Thesis: Population- and community-level consequences of the exploitation of large predatory marine fishes (co-supervised with Ransom Myers)
Current Position: NCEAS Postdoctoral Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Santa Barbara, California
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David Hardie
2007
Thesis: The evolutionary ecology of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in Canadian Arctic lakes
Current Position: Biologist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
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Cornelia (Nell) den Heyer
2006
Thesis: Patterns and mechanisms of American lobster (Homarus americanus) movement in the Northumberland Strait, Canada
Current Position: Biologist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
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Sherrylynn Rowe
2004
Thesis: Patterns and processes of mating in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
Current Position: Research Scientist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
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Matthew W. Jones
2001
Thesis: Application of genetic markers to conservation biology: salmonid fish in Eastern Canada
Current Position: Guelph, Ontario
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Stephanie Mogensen
2010
Thesis: Maternal fitness consequences of different causative agents of offspring mortality in early life
Current Position: Research Associate, Dalhousie University
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Aimee Lee Houde
2009
Thesis: Fitness consequences of interbreeding within and among populations of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Current Position: PhD candidate, University of Western Ontario
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Éric Normandeau
2008 (co-supervised with Louis Bernatchez, Laval)
Thesis: Genetic variability in reaction norms between farmed and wild backcrosses of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar
Current Position: Research Associate, Université Laval
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Tamara L. Darwish
2006
Thesis: Genetic variability in reaction norms between farmed and wild backcrosses of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar
Current Position: Biological Consultant, Golders Associates, Calgary, Alberta
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Heather D. Bowlby
2006
Thesis: Spatial and temporal movement paterns of American lobster, Homarus americanus (co-supervised with Mark Hanson)
Current Position: Biologist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
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Julie Marcil
2004
Thesis: Genetic and environmental components of phenotypic variation in body shape among populations of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) (co-supervised with Doug Swain)
Current Position: Health Canada, Ottawa
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Scott McCairns
2004
Thesis: Adaptive variability in response to differences in seasonality: a study of countergradient variation in the growth of brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, from western Newfoundland
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Helsinki
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Laura K. Weir
2003
Thesis: The influence of artificial selection on the spawning behaviour and reproductive success of male Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar
Current Position: NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Jennifer L. Lawlor
2003
Thesis: Genetic differences in fitness-related traits among populations of wild and farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Current Position: Medical Lab Technician, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Tara Jewett
2001
Thesis: Temporal and spatial variation in reproductive investment within and among populations of Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua
Current Position: Biologist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
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Blair K. Adams
1999
Thesis: Variation in genetic structure and life histories among populations of brook char, Salvelinus fontinalis, from insular Newfoundland, Canada
Current Position:Research Scientist, Centre for Forest Science and Innovation, Department of Natural Resources, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Gander, NL
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Sarah N. George
1998
Thesis: Selectivity of coral reef fishes in a Caribbean trap fishery
Current Position: Deputy Chief Fisheries Officer, Department of Fisheries, Pointe Seraphine, Castries, St. Lucia
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Jessica Arbour
2009
Thesis: Life histories of non-commercial marine fishes
Current Position: MSc Student, University of Toronto
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Matthew R. J. Morris
2009
Thesis: Compensatory growth in farmed and wild Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar
Current Position: MSc Student, University of Calgary
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Renée Préfontaine
2009
Thesis: Shifting baselines in marine fish stock assessments
Current Position:MSc student, University of Toronto at Mississauga
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Anthony Heggelin
2008
Thesis: Environmental and human factors affecting the population biology of Nova Scotia brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Current Position: Biologist, Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries, Pictou, Nova Scotia
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Aimee Lee Houde
2007
Thesis: Ecological interactions between juveniles of multi-generational crosses of farmed and wild Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L.
Current Position: PhD Student, University of Western Ontario
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Louise de Mestral Bezanson
2005
Thesis: Effective population size and reproductive success of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
Current Position: MSc Student, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University
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Jacinthe Piché
2004
Thesis: Genetic basis of population variation in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, life histories
Current Position: PhD Student, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University
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Brad Hubley
2003
Thesis: Adaptive significance of population differences in body morphometry between juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in Nova Scotia
Current Position: Technician, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
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Jonathan Fung
2001
Thesis: Investigation of behaviours in Apistogramma borellii
Current Position: Not known
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Leah Gerber
2000
Thesis: Sex-biased movement, dispersal, and seasonal growth rate in brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis
Current Position: Research Associate, Duke University Medical Center, Duke University, Raleigh, North Carolina
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Cheryl-Anne Smith
2000
Thesis: Energetic costs of reproduction in male white sticklebacks, Gasterosteus sp.
Current Position: Medical Lab Technician, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Gretchen Fitzgerald
1999
Thesis: Morphology and life history features of marine populations of threespine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) from northern Newfoundland and fourspine sticklebacks (Apeltes quadracus) from eastern Nova Scotia, and a description of an outbreak of Schistocephalus solidus (Cestoda) in a freshwater population of threespine sticklebacks
Current Position: Director, Sierra Club Atlantic, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Alison Pickle
1997
Thesis: The influence of sex, reproductive state and size on lipid content of brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, during winter
Current Position: Programme Manager, Youth Employment Programme, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Education Development, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Warren Joyce
1997
Thesis: Migration and population structure of the porbeagle shark, Lamna nasus, in the Northwest Atlantic
Current Position: Technician, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
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Tara Jewett
1996
Thesis: Effect of time of day on research survey estimates of Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, biomass
Current Position: Biologist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
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