https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news daily 0.75 2026-03-05 https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/tracking-algal-toxins-implications-for-fisheries-and-ecosystems monthly 0.5 2026-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/d731d857-baeb-4951-bee6-052ed4cf7d5e/1-s2.0-S004101012600053X-ga1_lrg.jpg News & Updates - Tracking Algal Toxins: Implications for Fisheries and Ecosystems - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/nserc-food-web-alliance-strengthening-great-lakes-science-through-collaboration monthly 0.5 2026-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1768932518096-F60E1MPOXC27HNLUQA05/20260108_120835.jpg News & Updates - NSERC Food Web Alliance: Strengthening Great Lakes Science Through Collaboration - Make it stand out Above: Scientists from organizations like the CEM, OMNR, DFO, GLFC, NOAA, and inSileco Inc. gather to share updates on six interconnected projects that make up the NSERC Food Web Alliance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/84612911-6e84-4504-ad93-e75863328456/IMG_2133.jpeg News & Updates - NSERC Food Web Alliance: Strengthening Great Lakes Science Through Collaboration - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/367ac448-cc82-4267-8425-7cf52ac5e116/IMG_2156.jpeg News & Updates - NSERC Food Web Alliance: Strengthening Great Lakes Science Through Collaboration - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/8a87qqgxdtq54e2khmpc9sdn8ypkwt monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1772475738455-DWHQWOU5TGMX0SRH7D75/IMG_2890.jpeg News & Updates - Small Talks, Big Ideas: Highlights from Our Postdoc Research Exchange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1772475735385-5PIE6D85FOV5EFOU8CW0/IMG_2934.jpeg News & Updates - Small Talks, Big Ideas: Highlights from Our Postdoc Research Exchange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1772475737977-2SBZAFAPNQD8K5A8HAX6/IMG_2897.jpeg News & Updates - Small Talks, Big Ideas: Highlights from Our Postdoc Research Exchange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1772475735328-IK2SYUA51HRF41GTQ3OL/IMG_2929.jpeg News & Updates - Small Talks, Big Ideas: Highlights from Our Postdoc Research Exchange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1772475736798-WNUIHI1GO36SDP6JWM17/IMG_2900.jpeg News & Updates - Small Talks, Big Ideas: Highlights from Our Postdoc Research Exchange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1772475736525-F3EVEKFL9MBH5WIGQW62/IMG_2919.jpeg News & Updates - Small Talks, Big Ideas: Highlights from Our Postdoc Research Exchange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1772475740502-LCZOIKIEU4SQBUREANFM/IMG_2883.jpeg News & Updates - Small Talks, Big Ideas: Highlights from Our Postdoc Research Exchange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1772475740996-RM24BW8XPXH3R7QYN293/IMG_2907.jpeg News & Updates - Small Talks, Big Ideas: Highlights from Our Postdoc Research Exchange https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/0kncs58yzuv4efzyv2u21l5xd25ans monthly 0.5 2026-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/2a04c3ed-8be5-4900-8895-f74c69d40f01/ele70314-fig-0001-m.jpg News & Updates - New Research Paper: Investigating Climate–Ecosystem Imbalance - Make it stand out Above: A conceptual representation of the relationships between climate, community composition, and ecosystem function. Communities respond directly to climate change through community acclimation, and ecosystem function is sensitive to climatic variation and change. Disequilibrium between communities and the climate modifies the climate sensitivity of ecosystem function. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/zvgr4xo743bzyse81pqm9zj2u6qxi8 monthly 0.5 2026-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1768933815208-UCMRQ7ZON8LLT0MK9CDP/IMG_2272.jpeg News & Updates - And She's Off: Congratulations, Dr. Hale! - Make it stand out Above: Postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Amanda Cicchino (right), came prepared to celebrate Dr. Hale’s exciting news in style! https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/behind-the-scenes-cems-postdoctoral-fellows monthly 0.5 2026-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/dab55e75-1090-4c59-8c69-27364da4ce98/IMG_2288.jpeg News & Updates - Behind the Scenes: CEM's Postdoctoral Fellows - Make it stand out Above (from left to right): Drs. McCann, Yodzis, Szojka, and Bernhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/6385d3e2-7468-40aa-a913-b9fc4d057575/IMG_2307.jpeg News & Updates - Behind the Scenes: CEM's Postdoctoral Fellows - Make it stand out Above (from left to right): Drs. Beig and Ward https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/49ff4640-3a72-4123-b4a1-059002e1b393/IMG_2305.jpeg News & Updates - Behind the Scenes: CEM's Postdoctoral Fellows - Make it stand out Above (from left to right): Drs. Cicchino and Hale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/631cc091-f9fb-498a-8122-7e43901e4b9b/IMG_2292.jpeg News & Updates - Behind the Scenes: CEM's Postdoctoral Fellows - Make it stand out Above (from left to right): Drs. Davis, Hale, McCann, and Yodzis https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/recognizing-research-excellence-dr-bernhardt-honoured-with-stevenson-lectureship monthly 0.5 2026-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1746476950109-DCDM9HE09K4R2TDRLJ6V/JB-photo.jpg News & Updates - Recognizing Research Excellence: Dr. Bernhardt Honoured with Stevenson Lectureship - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/tmfly5mi6a5j7nn548hk7sqefz0h0j monthly 0.5 2025-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1764262450613-WZWW5V1H39NT1EYZTUK5/IMG_4191.jpg News & Updates - Learning Together on the Land and Water - Make it stand out Pictured: Students create their own food web https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/7ee45e04-48f7-4197-ad4a-16957fc83e7d/IMG_4163.jpg News & Updates - Learning Together on the Land and Water - Make it stand out Pictured: Dr. Kaleigh Davis strategizes with a student https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/jko2rpjn56vqeai7yje6ssk3pdhawp monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/6a2bc970-a1de-4ba9-8bd4-5f823bcaf2a9/quagga.png News & Updates - Invasive Mussels Are Back in the Spotlight - Make it stand out Pictured: Invasive quagga mussels https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/understanding-the-pace-of-change-in-ecosystems monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/544d9ca5-7308-42b4-af32-76e9ad1efc3c/IMG_1737.jpg News & Updates - New Working Group: Understanding the Pace of Change in Ecosystems - Make it stand out Pictured: Dr. Kayla Hale engages in a discussion with fellow attendees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/84ca616a-cbb0-4f94-a9e0-7710938c47a1/IMG_1736.jpg News & Updates - New Working Group: Understanding the Pace of Change in Ecosystems - Make it stand out Pictured: Dr. Jason Laurich presents his ideas to the working group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/560e6342-a29c-4945-9ac2-07f48b5a5385/IMG_1725.jpg News & Updates - New Working Group: Understanding the Pace of Change in Ecosystems - Make it stand out Pictured: Dr. Jason Laurich discusses how intraspecific variation can influence life history trade-offs. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/pow-wow-booth-engages-public-on-lake-hurons-changing-food-web monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/8752863a-d622-46af-87d2-55237c98e8ca/Pow+Wow+2.jpg News & Updates - Pow Wow Booth Engages Public on Lake Huron’s Changing Food Web - Make it stand out Photo credit: Dr. Kaleigh Davis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/b7ee4b51-593d-433f-be68-fc9ab683705d/PXL_20250817_153152693.jpg News & Updates - Pow Wow Booth Engages Public on Lake Huron’s Changing Food Web - Make it stand out Photo credit: Dr. Kaleigh Davis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/3be2e836-c29e-4710-bb10-559608934b70/Pow+Wow.jpg News & Updates - Pow Wow Booth Engages Public on Lake Huron’s Changing Food Web - Make it stand out Photo credit: Dr. Kaleigh Davis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/5a48dbe9-5598-4779-bf43-7e7850924ac2/1000046659.jpg News & Updates - Pow Wow Booth Engages Public on Lake Huron’s Changing Food Web - Make it stand out Pictured above: Georgian Bay (Cape Croker). Photo credit: Sveta Uzhova https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/why-open-data-matters-for-ecosystem-management monthly 0.5 2026-02-23 https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/latest-findings-warming-lakes-make-trout-more-alike-and-ecosystems-less-resilient monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/14cf1cc0-4ff5-4132-903e-95d67749332a/lake-trout-fish-underwater-close-up-head-1152x922.jpg News & Updates - Latest Findings: Warming Lakes Make Trout More Alike — and Ecosystems Less Resilient - Make it stand out Lake trout. Image courtesy of Eric Engbretson (USFWS). https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/welcome-dr-carling-bieg monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1759417389105-XK460D6EJYYBBOWQKQRD/Carling.jpg News & Updates - Welcome, Dr. Carling Bieg! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/strengthening-partnerships-cemqfc-meeting-sparks-new-great-lakes-collaboration monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/7dd30968-0818-4c12-be31-73412c9ef12e/IMG_1403.jpg News & Updates - Strengthening Partnerships: CEM–QFC Meeting Sparks New Great Lakes Collaboration - Make it stand out Pictured (from left): Dr. Kayla Hale, Dr. Amanda Cicchino, Dr. Joey Bernhardt, Dr. Kevin McCann (CEM) and Travis Brenden (QFC) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/217fe8b0-9eed-4307-8155-e1570a444f14/IMG_1390.jpg News & Updates - Strengthening Partnerships: CEM–QFC Meeting Sparks New Great Lakes Collaboration - Make it stand out Pictured: Dr. Chris Cahill (QFC) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/4fbedc0a-c753-4518-a37f-47862003047b/IMG_1398.jpg News & Updates - Strengthening Partnerships: CEM–QFC Meeting Sparks New Great Lakes Collaboration - Make it stand out Pictured: Staff from both the QFC and CEM collaborate in real-time (not pictured are our virtual attendees) https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/welcoming-dr-megan-szojka-to-the-centre-for-ecosystem-management monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/d7db0def-e9c4-4453-b843-ed132c0bffec/IMG_3599b.jpg News & Updates - Welcoming Dr. Megan Szojka to the Centre for Ecosystem Management - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/9203d8d6-871d-4fd5-a806-822c1c3a0081/IMG_0469.jpg News & Updates - Welcoming Dr. Megan Szojka to the Centre for Ecosystem Management - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1ad02d95-e9f5-425a-b90f-58d22265f768/IMG_0185.jpg News & Updates - Welcoming Dr. Megan Szojka to the Centre for Ecosystem Management - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/research-spotlight-tracking-fish-to-protect-freshwater-ecosystems monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/08f11929-e887-4eda-a879-dde282cf8adc/telemetry_download_boat.jpg News & Updates - Research Spotlight: Tracking Fish to Protect Freshwater Ecosystems - Make it stand out Photo: Celena Brosseau (a fellow MSc. student working with the same telemetry dataset) and Erica Plivelic in the field (Credit: E. Plivelic) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/7f4dfb99-245e-4732-8ccc-aea26116374f/telemetry_download_setup.jpg News & Updates - Research Spotlight: Tracking Fish to Protect Freshwater Ecosystems - Make it stand out Photo: Acoustic telemetry receiver download in progress at the field site (Credit: E. Plivelic) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/08741d40-067c-432b-b7a0-f14804347cf7/telemetry_download_receivers.jpg News & Updates - Research Spotlight: Tracking Fish to Protect Freshwater Ecosystems - Make it stand out Photo: Acoustic telemetry receivers (Credit: E. Plivelic) https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/how-agriculture-is-reshapingand-destabilizingstream-food-webs monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1753297290548-OTED51F9CCO2VHT0HEWQ/unsplash-image-vpfEhvI5UE4.jpg News & Updates - How Agriculture Is Reshaping—and Destabilizing—Stream Food Webs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/whitefish-in-decline-a-warning-sign-for-great-lakes-biodiversity monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/b0a1bfef-89f4-416b-9d1b-c00993d7c7b4/Larval-lake-whitefish-collected-from-the-Detroit-River.jpg News & Updates - Whitefish in Decline: A Warning Sign for Great Lakes Biodiversity - Make it stand out Photo: Larval whitefish | Credit: Great Lakes Now https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/065917df-335f-4691-8460-d5b5162c4702/Lake-Whitefish-catch-900x600.jpg News & Updates - Whitefish in Decline: A Warning Sign for Great Lakes Biodiversity - Make it stand out Photo: Adult whitefish | Credit: Michigan Sea Grant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/86eb476b-ac81-4a74-8136-214979453e89/slack-imgs.jpg News & Updates - Whitefish in Decline: A Warning Sign for Great Lakes Biodiversity - Make it stand out Figure: A map tracking invasive mussels in Lake Michigan reveals a striking shift - zebra mussels, once the dominant invaders, are now in decline, while quagga mussels have rapidly spread, blanketing nearly the entire lakebed. (Credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/new-research-reveals-how-human-impacts-are-rewiring-natures-food-web monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/ee689e14-740d-4baa-8bbb-f2126db20a34/ele70174-fig-0001-m.jpg News & Updates - New Research Reveals How Human Impacts Are Rewiring Nature’s Food Webs - Make it stand out Figure 1: A conceptual diagram of asymmetric rewiring. The spatial compartmentation of food webs combined with the differential impacts of anthropogenic pressures on distinct habitats drives asymmetric rewiring. In spatially compartmented food webs, lower trophic level organisms (blue and yellow circles) occupy distinct habitats (Habitat 1 and Habitat 2) while generalist consumers at higher trophic levels (black circles) forage across habitat boundaries, linking otherwise discrete energy pathways within food webs. As anthropogenic pressures, such as climate change, biological invasions, and land conversion, affect these habitats unevenly, they induce differential impacts that alter the topology (presence of circles and black arrows), interaction strengths (width of black arrows), and the size and quality of the nodes (size of circles) within the food web. For simplicity, the figure shows a generalist top predator coupling resources from two distinct habitats. As pressures intensify, the predator adjusts its foraging, causing shifts in the spatial structure of the food web, resulting in asymmetric rewiring. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/bridging-the-time-gap-how-ecosystems-respond-to-a-rapidly-changing-climate monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/278c93c5-26a1-44f7-a259-ea296ac7c56c/Picture1.jpg News & Updates - Bridging the Time Gap: How Ecosystems Respond to a Rapidly Changing Climate - Make it stand out Figure 1: The bars to the right of the chart show examples of ecological acclimation processes, color-coded by the timescale at which they occur, with red representing the faster processes, and blue the slowest. The height and fading gradients of the bars represent variation and uncertainty about the timescale of the processes. In the chart, darker green represents the timescales of processes that have the greatest influence on – or applicability for – predictions made at the corresponding timescales. The dashed line shows the one-to-one relationship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/980f5904-4e71-483d-8f8b-94f76f3b6727/hiroko-yoshii-9y7y26C-l4Y-unsplash.jpg News & Updates - Bridging the Time Gap: How Ecosystems Respond to a Rapidly Changing Climate - Make it stand out Photo credit: Hiroko Yoshii https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/rethinking-big-data-small-datasets-big-ecological-insights monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/6a38f5b4-c7c1-4c68-b847-764c466ca1b8/10641_2025_1705_Fig1_HTML.jpg News & Updates - Rethinking ‘Big Data’: Small Datasets, Big Ecological Insights - Make it stand out The location of the four sampling sites; Big Creek, East Medway, Upper Medway, and Wigle Creek. Upper Medway and East Medway are in the upper portion of the Lake Erie basin while Big Creek and Wigle Creek are in the lower portion. Map from Bonk et al. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/may-22-2025-international-day-for-biological-diversity monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/30479338-3c42-4693-abd6-d435f3e6afed/palle-knudsen-pn32OsMWfHQ-unsplash.jpg News & Updates - May 22, 2025: International Day for Biological Diversity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/bridging-biodiversity-water-food-health-amp-climate-ipbes-nexus-assessment-highlights-interconnected-crises monthly 0.5 2025-05-15 https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/cems-dr-joey-bernhardt-named-early-career-fellow-by-ecological-society-of-america monthly 0.5 2026-01-21 https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/freshwater-ecosystems-under-global-change-a-call-for-interdisciplinary-research monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/43b89d9c-ba61-4a07-9288-03788d85693d/sara-kurfess-E8AabnQlTlQ-unsplash.jpg News & Updates - Freshwater Ecosystems Under Global Change: A Call for Interdisciplinary Research - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/cem-receives-funding-to-develop-fisheries-risk-calculator monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/c02bb11e-4ee4-4dd6-b70c-f784b15d58a7/risk_calculator.jpg News & Updates - CEM Receives Funding to Develop Fisheries Risk Calculator - Make it stand out An example of the kinds of fishery life processes being plotted over time and space to assess risk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/9513e820-4ef4-417e-89d3-3ab199d82da7/kevin_cazelles.jpg News & Updates - CEM Receives Funding to Develop Fisheries Risk Calculator - Make it stand out Dr. Kevin Cazelles, co-founder and data scientist at inSileco Inc., works to ensure the end product of the Shiny app is as user-friendly as possible https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/0c84b758-b2a1-461b-93d7-bd6d45873669/shinyApp.png News & Updates - CEM Receives Funding to Develop Fisheries Risk Calculator - Make it stand out A screenshot of the Shiny app still in its development stage https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/the-canada-water-agencys-national-freshwater-data-strategy monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1740596551211-VALWZUD2EDS98U8M33PE/unsplash-image-gSYAp4fvK5M.jpg News & Updates - The Canada Water Agency's National Freshwater Data Strategy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/celebrating-an-nserc-grant-to-support-food-web-research monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1737044088015-W2A1CAFBNV54MWDK7ET3/Chris_2.jpg News & Updates - Celebrating an NSERC Grant to Support Food Web Research - Make it stand out Dr. Chris Brimacombe is shown here making the most of his leisure time as he takes in the sweeping vistas of Machu Picchu, Peru. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1739985313948-TQOTHGEN7W8D6JNT5TOM/unsplash-image-5fNmWej4tAA.jpg News & Updates - Celebrating an NSERC Grant to Support Food Web Research - Make it stand out Datasets often contain inconsistencies due to variations in sampling methods, which can introduce biases and affect study outcomes. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/canada-water-agency-announces-funding-for-great-lakes-projects monthly 0.5 2025-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1738773888006-PS877QF4JOZ9RWIR0R0G/unsplash-image-m7ItE_QKsLs.jpg News & Updates - Canada Water Agency Announces Funding for Great Lakes Projects - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/join-the-conversation-biodiversity-loss monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1738255752295-MJULWJ9NB8VP8BKQD5X9/unsplash-image-XmqsrSq63q4.jpg News & Updates - Join The Conversation: Biodiversity Loss - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/the-cem-team-is-growing monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1737043653503-KPSKEIXU7HL5S3QLKX8O/Chris_2.jpg News & Updates - The CEM Team is Growing! - Dr. Chris Brimacombe (McCann Lab) Chris is an ecologist who studies species interaction networks, exploring what shapes their structure—whether it’s the biology of the system or environmental influences. 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Harmful algal blooms (HABs): The smell of death and decay - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/cbcs-quirks-amp-quarks-features-paper-co-authored-by-cem-researchers monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/0e68068d-457c-4db9-a14f-e3725a33592c/Marie-Gutgesell-Woods.png News & Updates - CBC's Quirks & Quarks Features Paper Co-Authored by CEM Researchers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/cem-awarded-118m-nserc-alliance-grant monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/0d30b3ec-0385-43ab-8b11-ae76a14788d3/harmfal_algal_blooms_og.jpg News & Updates - CEM Awarded $1.18M NSERC Alliance Grant - Make it stand out Harmful algal blooms (HAB) are often triggered by excess nutrients in the water, particularly nitrogen and phosphorus, which can come from agricultural runoff. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/global-food-production-is-shrinking-animals-and-plants monthly 0.5 2024-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1725895184695-G9GFJUKYK9Y2FLPXIWTI/unsplash-image-xOqCsZ9ZOsc.jpg News & Updates - 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The nodes of this network represent the trophic groups, with their size proportional to the number of species in the group. Groups are positioned according to the average trophic level of the species they contain, from the bottom of the metaweb (basal preys) to the top (top predators), and coloured according to in-degree (i.e. predatory generalism). Silhouettes represent the characteristic species found in each trophic group and reflect the taxonomic coherence of these groups. The width and intensity of the links between two given groups represent the number of realized links between them - that is, the number of species pairs belonging to both groups and that co-occur at least once in Europe [Credit: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.13773] https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/new-strategic-advisory-board monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1713379483394-1FNGX25WORFQVRDW7IUZ/Black+Welcome+to+the+Team+Greeting+Instagram+Post.png News & Updates - Announcing Our New Strategic Advisory Board - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1713380007971-VF0YMU13P73YKE068HXM/Bob-Hanner.jpg News & Updates - Announcing Our New Strategic Advisory Board 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https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/ontarios-conservation-authorities-undergo-significant-changes monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/ecosystem-management-vs-ecosystem-based-management monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/f31e814b-b0a1-45f8-9235-07ff0357645c/Beige+Minimalist+Mood+Photo+Collage.png News & Updates - Ecosystem Management vs. Ecosystem-based Management - Make it stand out Ecosystem-based management is an approach that considers the interactions and trade-offs among multiple ecosystem components, including humans and their activities. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/a-possible-warning-signal-for-losses-in-resilience-to-entire-ecosystems monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/202f3159-2efa-4f72-aeb4-2545919b4bf8/IMG_1253.jpg News & Updates - A Possible Warning Signal for Losses in Resilience to Entire Ecosystems - Make it stand out Professors Ken Frank (Queen’s University) and Neil Rooney (University of Guelph) look at datasets to identify robust ecosystem indicators in freshwater and marine fisheries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/bfe2809d-d685-4864-8f3c-b5a262f9c881/IMG_1256.jpg News & Updates - A Possible Warning Signal for Losses in Resilience to Entire Ecosystems - Make it stand out Professors Ken Frank (Queen’s University) and Neil Rooney (University of Guelph) collaborate alongside Postdoctoral Fellow Reilly O’Connor as they synthesize data for integration into a resultant paper. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/celebrating-the-9th-international-day-of-women-and-girls-in-science-un monthly 0.5 2024-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1707326059865-3IR2SEOUAYATGLULO689/20180727_002113.jpg News & Updates - Celebrating the 9th International Day of Women and Girls in Science (UN) 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After a primary research career that concentrated on fish community structure, he subsequently spent 20 years developing strong science programs to address the needs of managers and society at large. His interest now lies in the interface between science and management as well as developing systems to facilitate science production to answer societal issues at the appropriate scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1718296692894-DEFPMOHF63Q2L3EVGR0A/IMG_6996.jpeg Team - Gallery - Dr. Kayla Hale Postdoctoral Fellow (McCann Lab) Kayla is a theoretical ecologist that studies the structure and dynamics of complex networks of species interactions. Her research focuses on how different types of interactions – with consumers, resources, and mutualists – interface to affect ecological systems across scales, from organisms’ behaviour to emergent ecosystem services like agricultural yield. Visit Dr. Hale’s website https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1663453456735-ENO4USJ6Y4BGOI035E35/unsplash-image-s3mR42Spras.jpg Team - Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1694811420404-GNRMAC9SMMTQJOU2JVS5/acicchino_2023_bernhardtlab_720.jpg Team - Gallery - Dr. Amanda Cicchino Postdoctoral Fellow (Bernhardt Lab) Amanda is an integrative ecologist focused on understanding how organisms respond to environmental change. She uses thermal physiological, genomic, and computational approaches in her investigations of species vulnerability to gradual and rapid environmental changes. Amanda is focused on answering how local spatial temperature variation can mediate – or exacerbate – organismal vulnerability to warming temperatures in the Great Lakes. Visit Dr. Cicchino’s website https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1726674139484-Q4SAACSPPEDY38HLKJYD/Jason_canoe.jpg Team - Gallery - Dr. Jason Laurich Postdoctoral Fellow (Bernhardt Lab) Jason is an evolutionary ecologist whose research explores the consequences of mutualistic interactions among species. He uses experimental and genomic approaches to study the effects of microbiomes on the fitness, phenotypes, and stress tolerance of their hosts. Jason has a PhD from the University of Toronto and an MSc. from Memorial University of Newfoundland. Visit Dr. Laurich’s website https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1729001528920-FTYEEN8IAMM7U8HVCTHH/PXL_20230902_204624024.PORTRAIT%7E4-EDIT+%282%29.jpg Team - Gallery - Dr. Kaleigh Davis Postdoctoral Fellow (Bernhardt Lab) Kaleigh is an ecologist interested in understanding broad patterns in how biological systems respond to warming. Her primary focus is on the interaction between climate warming and resource availability, and how this affects species interactions and ecosystem functioning. Through her work, Kaleigh aims to integrate basic and applied ecology in order to address urgent, local problems associated with anthropogenic change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1737044088015-W2A1CAFBNV54MWDK7ET3/Chris_2.jpg Team - Gallery - Dr. Chris Brimacombe Postdoctoral Fellow (McCann Lab) Chris is an ecologist who studies species interaction networks, exploring what shapes their structure—whether it’s the biology of the system or environmental influences. He uses network theory to better understand how species interact and communities function, with a focus on identifying and addressing biases to make these network models more reliable and useful. Visit Dr. Brimacombe’s website https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1737386753467-RWU8QI2K93VAQ76YG80E/Tim+Fernandes.jpg Team - Gallery Dr. Timothy Fernandes Postdoctoral Fellow (McCann Lab) Tim’s research has broadly focused on understanding the seasonal biology of aquatic organisms to identify if and how seasonal ecological and physiological processes shape organismal- and population-level vulnerability to global change. Currently he’s working on identifying the impacts of seasonal disturbances (e.g., sound) on predator-prey interactions and fish behaviour and physiology to directly inform federal policy. 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His interest in human activity overlaps with ecology in topics including resource governance, institutional evolution, cooperation-competition trade-offs and risk-taking, all within changing ecological and economic environments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1754580662016-FUMXEKNHE1J5CQJDGGWG/IMG_3599b.jpg Team - Gallery - Dr. Megan Szojka Postdoctoral Fellow (Bernhardt Lab) Megan’s research focuses on the role of fundamental processes - including species interactions, abiotic drivers, and dispersal - in governing the maintenance of species assemblages. She is particularly interested in understanding the relative strength of these processes under future global change scenarios. In her postdoctoral work at the CEM, Megan aims to bridge theoretical and data-driven approaches to predict how species interactions that are temperature-dependent might buffer or accelerate extinctions and ensuing ecosystem-transitions. 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She combines theoretical and empirical approaches, working primarily in aquatic systems with a particular emphasis on freshwater fishes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1772646502779-O67M12DPIWHC9EZFVFKR/image-asset.png Team - Gallery - Dr. Lauren Rowsey Postdoctoral Fellow (McCann Lab) Lauren is an ecophysiologist whose research focuses on the resilience of fishes living in challenging environments, from the physiological mechanisms that shape organismal performance to the ecological interactions that shape communities. Her current work explores how integrating physiology, bioenergetics, and seasonal habitat dynamics into existing food web models affects their ecological realism, particularly in a climate change context. 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Reviewing key studies, this research (with input from CEM Director Dr. Kevin McCann) highlights how human activities have rewired and destabilized food webs, stressing the need to preserve landscape diversity and key food web structures for sustainable food production. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1749573230804-9MC5XUGGG7BM03IWXXBS/Screenshot+2025-06-10+122900.jpg Publications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1725893066140-06OSI7Q8K1MUJLOJW51V/Screenshot+2024-09-09+104214.png Publications - Cosmos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1725893313974-JAR7MEPTQLPSR0I4I48Z/Screenshot+2024-09-09+104717.png Publications - Phys.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1770143528705-8K0SOP4F9NDNNDNH4SMR/Screenshot+2026-02-03+133110.jpg Publications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/d0ca4f74-191b-4c0f-9a85-9baca53d9eb0/fish+3.png Publications - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/our-work daily 0.75 2025-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1664329965006-2QZ8R3ZAKBVDGTT521RI/CEM-wave-background.jpg Our Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/79a3e3f9-6905-46ff-9bdd-78959a599024/unsplash-image-j3CjZYckM88.jpg Our Work - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/7ab8e678-550d-4489-97ae-933ef0616abf/FieldCrew_GeorgianBay.JPEG Our Work - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1663703409307-XZ9TYV0O39LUNSTASXDL/unsplash-image-rJbYcrn-bjM.jpg Our Work - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/e91ab9d9-6eba-441b-92ef-5be3a2aaef0b/unsplash-image-mXT8czL8Mx0.jpg Our Work - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1673637587851-OHMFXN02DTB1T19IYBQ9/unsplash-image-PiPZ2DHa3rE.jpg Our Work - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1673625292730-OQNKL13PDZR5PR6ZY78F/Field_Work_GeorgianBay2.JPG Our Work - our research activities Have a peek at the current projects we have on the go, all of which are made possible through the generosity of our funding partners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/89b11894-3dd0-47c3-b2b8-bb2c27cc2aba/unsplash-image-dwXNOpWs_rc.jpg Our Work - Workshops and working groups We develop workshops and working groups each year, tackling a variety of topics related to ecosystem management in the Great Lakes region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/a4d5788a-a1c6-42b0-a150-f8b26c5f204b/unsplash-image-8G_VvJrYKkE.jpg Our Work - postdoctoral training programs We host cohorts of 2-3 postdoctoral fellows each year. 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Dr. Kayla Hale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1698072235420-NN46G1XCBEKXRTIIF6N4/acicchino_2023_bernhardtlab_720.jpg Postdoctoral Program - Dr. Amanda Cicchino Dr. Amanda Cicchino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1726673877305-WAIMRKYJKGWPDVIYKYXE/Jason_canoe.jpg Postdoctoral Program - Dr. Jason Laurich https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1729001292037-2Z2V4VP2C2KPX5I46PW4/IMG_5003.jpeg Postdoctoral Program - Dr. Kaleigh Davis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1737043891846-8XXZXNCVDE7U310RFN1J/Chris_2.jpg Postdoctoral Program - Dr. Chris Brimacombe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1737386617461-M7RSJFFEWRQLBQ4R3OJ0/Tim%2BFernandes.jpg Postdoctoral Program - Dr. Tim Fernandes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1737481131516-QVGTQTW2BDT6E49CJC6C/Mike+Yodzis.jpg Postdoctoral Program - Dr. Mike Yodzis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1758208107146-R5VIDGGHLQG3LT0ADB6I/IMG_3599b.jpg Postdoctoral Program - Dr. Megan Szojka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1765383093528-36IX4SQ5CRUOD7CRWVXX/Charlotte+Ward.jpg Postdoctoral Program - Dr. Charlotte Ward Postdoctoral Fellow (McCann Lab) Charlotte is an ecologist whose research explores the relationships between food web structure, resilience, and ecosystem functioning in a changing world. A central focus of her work is understanding how species respond to natural and human-driven environmental variation, and how these responses propagate through whole food webs to alter pathways of energy flow that underpin ecosystem processes. She combines theoretical and empirical approaches, working primarily in aquatic systems with a particular emphasis on freshwater fishes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1772645607063-AGK17H1O1JIOEH2T1R7Y/Rowsey.png Postdoctoral Program - Dr. Lauren Rowsey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/a4d5788a-a1c6-42b0-a150-f8b26c5f204b/unsplash-image-8G_VvJrYKkE.jpg Postdoctoral Program - How to apply join us as a postdoctoral fellow We welcome applications aligned with the following theme: Adaptation in changing environments Keywords: eco-evolutionary dynamics, adaptation to global change, blue foods The global environment is changing at an unprecedented rate, altering conditions for all of life on Earth. Natural systems face an increasing number of environmental stressors, in many cases altering individual performance, population persistence and species interactions. We are seeking candidates whose research addresses eco-evolutionary dynamics, population persistence, ecological resilience and/or productivity in the face of environmental change and how biological adaptation determines processes and patterns at larger scales. Successful applicants will work in a highly collaborative environment around themes including (but not limited to): 1) eco-evolutionary dynamics in changing environments OR 2) effects of environmental change on ‘blue foods’ (foods from aquatic sources). https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/postdocs-gallery daily 0.75 2026-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1722451592330-5D8XXKOPYL4AOITNIIY8/IMG_6996.jpeg Postdocs - Gallery - Dr. Kayla Hale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1722451592330-5D8XXKOPYL4AOITNIIY8/IMG_6996.jpeg Postdocs - Gallery - Dr. Kayla Hale https://static1.squarespace.com/static/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/63bf0eb06fc1222546c4bbd1/63bf0ebd8d6fe143b711fe01/1731521594022/ Postdocs - Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1698072235420-NN46G1XCBEKXRTIIF6N4/acicchino_2023_bernhardtlab_720.jpg Postdocs - Gallery - Dr. Amanda Cicchino Dr. Amanda Cicchino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1726673877305-WAIMRKYJKGWPDVIYKYXE/Jason_canoe.jpg Postdocs - Gallery - Dr. Jason Laurich https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1694718284672-ROA5JEZA459BMA2RITHW/image-asset.jpg Postdocs - Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1729001292037-2Z2V4VP2C2KPX5I46PW4/IMG_5003.jpeg Postdocs - Gallery - Dr. Kaleigh Davis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1737043891846-8XXZXNCVDE7U310RFN1J/Chris_2.jpg Postdocs - Gallery - Dr. Chris Brimacombe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1737386617461-M7RSJFFEWRQLBQ4R3OJ0/Tim%2BFernandes.jpg Postdocs - Gallery - Dr. Tim Fernandes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1737481131516-QVGTQTW2BDT6E49CJC6C/Mike+Yodzis.jpg Postdocs - Gallery - Dr. Mike Yodzis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1758208107146-R5VIDGGHLQG3LT0ADB6I/IMG_3599b.jpg Postdocs - Gallery - Dr. Megan Szojka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1765383093528-36IX4SQ5CRUOD7CRWVXX/Charlotte+Ward.jpg Postdocs - Gallery - Dr. Charlotte Ward Postdoctoral Fellow (McCann Lab) Charlotte is an ecologist whose research explores the relationships between food web structure, resilience, and ecosystem functioning in a changing world. 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Make it stand out ja:User:NEON / commons:User:NEON_ja, Phytoplankton Lake Chuzenji, CC BY-SA 2.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/3d7f0bce-2881-40f5-b274-5661775c0dfa/Loon_Lake_Rec_Area_Construction17.jpg Research Initiatives - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/researchers-gallery daily 0.75 2025-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1739373890101-8BUILN5DWQMBNPRGSJA2/david.jpg Researchers - Gallery - Dr. David Beauchesne inSileco Inc. & Adjunct Faculty (University of Guelph) David has recently been working with the Centre for Ecosystem Management through the consulting firm that he co-founded with Kevin Cazelles, InSileco Inc., on the project “Towards Understanding and Managing for Critical Timing Windows”. This project seeks to operationalize the assessment of timing windows for interventions in freshwater ecosystems and involves conceptual developments as well as the development decision-support tools. Through his firm, David Beauchesne will also be involved in the new NSERC Alliance Grant project titled “Rewired Great Lakes Food Webs: Implications for Fish Production and Resilience” that seeks to analyze and synthesize patterns in Great Lakes food webs rewiring to forecast future fisheries productions and ecosystem resilience to guide management and decision-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1739373890101-8BUILN5DWQMBNPRGSJA2/david.jpg Researchers - Gallery - Dr. David Beauchesne inSileco Inc. & Adjunct Faculty (University of Guelph) David has recently been working with the Centre for Ecosystem Management through the consulting firm that he co-founded with Kevin Cazelles, InSileco Inc., on the project “Towards Understanding and Managing for Critical Timing Windows”. This project seeks to operationalize the assessment of timing windows for interventions in freshwater ecosystems and involves conceptual developments as well as the development decision-support tools. Through his firm, David Beauchesne will also be involved in the new NSERC Alliance Grant project titled “Rewired Great Lakes Food Webs: Implications for Fish Production and Resilience” that seeks to analyze and synthesize patterns in Great Lakes food webs rewiring to forecast future fisheries productions and ecosystem resilience to guide management and decision-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1739373889969-XH67LZ17GQUVOG0LDH75/Henrique-Giacomini.png Researchers - Gallery - Dr. Henrique Giacomini OMNRF & Adjunct Faculty (Guelph) Henrique is currently stationed at the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources where he works with several of our researchers on various projects tied to the Great Lakes basin, such as the Lake Erie walleye and yellow perch population/biomass assessments, Lake Erie harvest resilience implications (NSERC Food Web Alliance, and Managing for resilience in the Great Lakes basin – developing an ecological restoration framework. Dr. Giacomini also holds the distinction of being an adjunct faculty member at the University of Guelph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1739373903940-FKY4RCR8QCXTG08T6FQ7/IMG_2092.JPG Researchers - Gallery - Dr. Kevin Cazelles inSileco Inc. & Adjunct Faculty (University of Guelph) Kevin has recently been working with the Centre for Ecosystem Management through the consulting firm that he co-founded with David Beauchesne, InSileco Inc., on the project “Towards Understanding and Managing for Critical Timing Windows”. This project seeks to operationalize the assessment of timing windows for interventions in freshwater ecosystems and involves conceptual developments as well as the development decision-support tools. Through his firm, Kevin Cazelles will also be involved in the new NSERC Alliance Grant project titled “Rewired Great Lakes Food Webs: Implications for Fish Production and Resilience” that seeks to analyze and synthesize patterns in Great Lakes food webs rewiring to forecast future fisheries productions and ecosystem resilience to guide management and decision-making. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/project-timing-windows daily 0.75 2025-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1664329965006-2QZ8R3ZAKBVDGTT521RI/CEM-wave-background.jpg Project: Towards Understanding and Managing for Critical Timing Windows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1741279770033-F52V5F77975W3HB7SUM1/kevin_cazelles.jpg Project: Towards Understanding and Managing for Critical Timing Windows - Make it stand out Above: Dr. Kevin Cazelles of inSileco Inc. codes the Shiny app https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/c02bb11e-4ee4-4dd6-b70c-f784b15d58a7/risk_calculator.jpg Project: Towards Understanding and Managing for Critical Timing Windows - Make it stand out Pictured: A schematic diagram representing the many variables to be considered in the development of the National Timing Windows Database (NTWD). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1749572799507-Q5SP3EA0C0GSNA0RYEQW/sara-kurfess-E8AabnQlTlQ-unsplash.jpg Project: Towards Understanding and Managing for Critical Timing Windows - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/graduate-students-gallery daily 0.75 2026-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1764091420897-1SKUGY1EG9J2HXL7D0V4/Alexa%2BScott.png Graduate Students - Gallery - Alexa Scott Alexa works out of the McCann Lab as a theoretical ecologist who uses theoretical and empirical practices to understand how species interactions—shaped by different activity patterns across daily to annual environmental cycles—contribute to the stability of food web dynamics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1764091420897-1SKUGY1EG9J2HXL7D0V4/Alexa%2BScott.png Graduate Students - Gallery - Alexa Scott Alexa works out of the McCann Lab as a theoretical ecologist who uses theoretical and empirical practices to understand how species interactions—shaped by different activity patterns across daily to annual environmental cycles—contribute to the stability of food web dynamics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1764091543131-LX2TVTK5OFV6JEP7IE75/Sarah%2BRauf_1073.jpg Graduate Students - Gallery - Sarah Rauf Sarah Rauf works out of the Bernhardt Lab examining the physiological plasticity of phytoplankton populations and communities to warming and nutrient limitation. This work will further aid in the CEM’s understanding of how living systems respond to global change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1764613419488-LDI5VPSIC78K6GKY96ZN/EP.jpg Graduate Students - Gallery - Erica Plivelic Erica works out of the McCann Lab where she uses acoustic telemetry to investigate how freshwater fish use their habitats and how their behaviour influences their exposure to human disturbances across space and time, generating insights that identify when development activities pose the lowest risk to fish communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/632493bcb0530d6f860a60a9/1764778284477-027TDTMZ44ATQ1ALFH5J/Eric+Bonk.png Graduate Students - Gallery - Eric Bonk Eric works out of the Hanner Lab, where he focuses on the interplay and relationships between climate change, body size, life history and population growth. 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