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PhD Candidate

The relative contribution of cobble and mud seafloor to juvenile recruitment of American lobsters (Homarus americanus)

PhD Candidate

Combining archival tag data with ocean bathymetry and circulation models to infer migration paths of adult American lobster (Homarus americanus) in the Bay of Fundy/Gulf of Maine

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PhD Candidate

Co-supervised with Cassidy D’Aloia (UTM)

Forecasting and understanding fisheries recruitment of American lobster in Atlantic Canada

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PhD Candidate

Stock assessment and management of American lobster commercial fisheries in Atlantic Canada

MSc Student

Quantifying the impact of salmon aquaculture effluents on juvenile American lobster (Homarus americanus) in southwest Bay of Fundy

MSc Student

Validating a method to predict hatch time of American lobster (Homarus americanus) in southwest Bay of Fundy

MSc Student

Feeding ecology of American lobster larvae on wild caught zooplankton

MSc Student

Co-supervised with Scott Pavey (UNBSJ)

Revealing the diet of larval American lobsters (Homarus americanus) using DNA metabarcoding

Honours Student

Understanding thermoregulatory behaviour in ovigerous female lobster through returnable temperature tags

2024 (MSc)

Can hatch time of the American Lobster (Homarus americanus) be accurately predicted using embryos raised detached from a female’s brood?

2022 (MSc)

Improving a tool to predict time of hatch of American lobster, Homarus americanus, from the Bay of Fundy

2022 (MSc)

Forecasting American lobster fishery recruitment in Atlantic Canada using benthic recruitment densities

2022 (PhD)

Patterns and processes of recently settled and juvenile American lobster (Homarus americanus) in the lower Bay of Fundy

2021 (PhD, co-supervised)

Du paysage génomique à la gestion des pêches chez le homard d’Amérique

2020 (MSc, co-supervised)

Age validation, size-at-age, size-at-maturity, and age-at-maturity in snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) from different thermal regimes in Newfoundland

2019 (MSc)

Validating a method of predicting timing of hatch of American lobster, Homarus americanus, in nature

2018 (PhD)

Governor General’s Gold Medal for Doctoral thesis and undergraduate academic performance

Spatiotemporal variation in sexual maturation and hatching of American Lobster (Homarus americanus) in Eastern Canada: patterns, processes and implications to fisheries

2018 (MSc, co-supervised)

Role of temperature-mediated embryo development in the range expansion of cunner into the Bay of Fundy

2018 (MSc)

Seasonal migrations of American Lobster (Homarus americanus) in the Bay of Fundy: Temperature and depth profiles quantified using archival satellite tags, and functional inferences tested using an individual-based model

2018 (MSc, co-supervised)

Assessing the suitability of passive bio-collectors for monitoring biodiversity of subtotal cobble-bottom habitat

2017 (PhD)

Movement and activity of the American lobster (Homarus americanus) and implications for the species' ecology and demography

2016 (MSc)

Abnormal clutches of female American lobster, Homarus americanus, in Eastern Canada: spatio-temporal patterns, reproductive costs, and potential causes

2016 (PhD, co-supervised)

La génomique, un outil de gestion prometteur pour la gestion des pêches : le cas du homard d’Amérique, Homarus americanus, dans l’Est du Canada

2015 (MSc, co-supervised)

Évaluation de la biodiversité marine sur substrat rocheux à l’aide du code barre génétique et influence de deux types de substrats sur le recrutement des espèces endémiques et de l’espèce allochtone Ciona intestinalis

2014 (MSc)

Effect of substrate on settlement behaviour, development, growth, and survival of American lobster postlarvae, and evidence that mud bottom can serve as secondary nursery habitat

2014 (MSc, co-supervised)

Assessing potential influence of larval development time and drift on large-scale spatial connectivity of American lobster (Homarus americanus)

2013 (MSc, co-supervised)

Biodiversity of shallow rocky-subtidal habitat in the Quoddy region of the Bay of Fundy, as assessed using cobble-filled collectors

2013 (MSc, co-supervised)

Monitoring marine biodiversity: testing the effects of the substrate of a site on recruitment in cobble-filled collectors

2012 (MSc)

Assessing impacts of green crab (Carcinus maenas) on the abundance of American lobster (Homarus americanus) in nature

2011 (MSc)

Geographic variance in the interactions between invasive green crab Carcinus maenas and juvenile American lobster, Homarus americanus, in Atlantic Canada

2008 (MSc, co-supervised)

Does water temperature contribute to geographic variation in shell mass of Littorina obtusata (Gastropoda) in the Gulf of Maine?

2007 (MSc)

Population-level effects of the European green crab (Carcinus maenas, L.) in an eelgrass community of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence

2007 (MSc)

Spatial overlap and biotic interactions between sub-adult American lobsters, Homarus americanus, and the invasive European green crab Carcinus maenas

2007 (PhD)

Evidence of ecological and evolutionary interactions between an exotic crab Carcinus maenas and two species of Littorina snails in the Northwest Atlantic

2006 (MSc)

Proximate control and microstructures characteristics of predator-induced shell thickening in the intertidal Gastropod Littorina obtusata

2004 (MSc, co-supervised)

Causes proximales et ultimes du comportement cryptique de l’ophiure Ophiopholis aculeata

2024

Developing a lab protocol to study the natural feeding ecology of American lobster larvae

2022

In-situ validation of lobster embryo hatch time based on presence and abundance of stage 1 larvae

2020

Molt staging using pleopods in American lobster (Homarus americanus): quantifying repeatability of assessments and impact of freezing

2019

Predicting development of American lobster (Homarus americanus) embryos from the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence

2018

Is there geographic variation in development rate of American lobster (Homarus americanus) embryos?

2018

Contribution of variability in embryo development rate and status at hatch to the protracted hatch period of female American lobster, Homarus americanus

2016

Identification of American lobster (Homarus americanus) stocks based on analyses of historical and recent changes in fisheries landings

2016 (co-supervised)

Impact of salmon aquaculture on gene expression in juvenile American lobster (Homarus americanus) in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada.

2016

Analysis of metal concentrations and stable isotope ratios in juvenile American lobster (Homarus americanus) exposed to aquaculture sites in the Bay of Fundy, Canada

2016

Effects of salmon aquaculture on the abundance and growth rate of juvenile lobster (Homarus americanus) in the southwest Bay of Fundy

2015 (co-supervised)

Stable isotope signatures as a method for detecting aquaculture feed in tissues of juvenile American lobster (Homarus americanus)

2015

Improvement of a novel age determination technique to more precisely examine size-at-age variation among snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) inhabiting different thermal regimes in Atlantic Canada

2014 (co-supervised)

Size-at-age of juvenile American lobster (Homarus americanus) in Southwest Bay of Fundy as determined using a new direct age-determination technique

2014

Investigating alternate trap designs and the role of light intensity to increase the efficiency of light traps as a tool to sample American lobster (Homarus americanus) larvae

2013

Can the Perkins Eye Index be used to estimate hatch dates of American lobster, Homarus americanus, in the field?

2013

Effect of female geographic origin and size on larval size and the morphology of swimming structures of the American lobster (Homarus Americanus) larvae

2012 (co-supervised)

Body condition of juvenile American lobsters (Homarus americanus) living on cobble and mud bottom in Maces Bay, Bay of Fundy

2011 (co-supervised)

Using polymerase chain reaction to detect sea urchin presence in the stomachs of male and female green crabs after different digestion times

2010

Interaction between the Europeen green crab, Carcinus maenas, and two intertidal snails, Littorina obtusata and L. littorea: a test of the arms-race hypothesis based on spatial patterns of morphometric co-variance between armament strength of predator and prey

2009

Towards the identification of the chemicals involved in the predator-induced morphology of the marine snail Littorina obtusata

2008

Variation in claw morphology of the green crab (Carcinus maenas) in relation to habitat-specific prey composition

2007

Effects of submergence time, intertidal origin and predatory cues on shell calcification of the smooth periwinkle Littorina obtusata

2005

A preliminary investigation into the physiological response to heat stress by geographically separated populations of Littorina obtusata snails in the Gulf of Maine

2005

Did the invasion of the Gulf of Maine by the Europeen green crab (Carcinus maenas), cause morphological changes in Littorina littorea snails?

2004

Defensive mechanisms in an intertidal snail along latitudinally separated habitats: shell thickness and aperture area and its correlation with predation pressure

2003

Does a thicker shell offer Littorina obtusata snails increased protection against predation by the green crab Carcinus maenas?

2001

Behavioral and ecological factors influencing the mating pattern in Littorina sitkana, an intertidal snail