For decades, yellow perch have been an important part of Lake Erie’s ecosystem, supporting both commercial and recreational fisheries. But in recent years, yellow perch productivity in the lake’s central basin has declined.

The Centre for Ecosystem Management (CEM) is pleased to celebrate Dr. Tim Fernandes as he begins an exciting new chapter in his career as a Research Scientist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR).

Researchers from the Centre for Ecosystem Management (CEM) at the University of Guelph recently led discussions on an emerging ecological concept at the annual meeting of the International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) and Southern Canadian Aquatic Sciences (SCAS) in Winnipeg.

In a new synthesis paper recently published in Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment, researchers from the CEM examine the ecological structures and processes that help ecosystems withstand disturbances while continuing to provide the benefits that people and wildlife depend on.

Congratulations to our recent PhD graduate Dr. Ward, whose paper, published in Ecology Letters, was selected as one of the top three within the University of Guelph’s College of Biological Sciences.

New research led by one of our postdoctoral fellows, Dr. Kaleigh Davis, takes a step toward a more predictive understanding of network interactions in the face of climate warming by combining Modern Coexistence Theory with the Metabolic Theory of Ecology.