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Research
The focus of my research program is to quantify how anthropogenic disturbances in coastal ecosystems impact the spatial behaviour of fishes covering small to large spatial and temporal scales, may inflict mortality, and how such knowledge can be used to mitigate the negative effects of such activities on fish populations.
Current Projects
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Bluefin Tuna
Prediction of post-release mortality for a developing Catch and release fishery for Atlantic bluefin tuna in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence
Collaborators: Steve Cooke, Carleton; John Neilson, SABS DFO; Ed Susko, Dalhousie University
Atlantic bluefin tuna stock structure, migration and spatial ecology
Collaborators: Barbara Block and Steve Wilson, Stanford University
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Atlantic
Sturgeon
Sturgeon nearshore marine migration, spatial behaviour and feeding ecology in the Minas Basin, Bay of Fundy
Collaborators: Matt Litvak, Mount Allison University; Mike Dadswell, Acadia University
Sturgeon depth preferences, speed and seasonality of movement in the Minas Passage, an area scheduled for tidal power infrastructure deployment
Collaborators: Anna Redden and Jeremy Broome, Acadia Centre for Estuarine Research; Matt Litvak, Mount Allison University; Mike Dadswell, Acadia University; Rod Bradford BIO DFO
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Atlantic Salmon
Survival of the endangered inner bay Atlantic salmon: Seaward migration of smolts from the Stewiacke River in the Inner Bay of Fundy
Collaborators: Jamie Gibson BIO DFO; Anna Redden, Acadia Centre for Estuarine Research
Migration and survival of Atlantic salmon smolts from the inner bay of Fundy’s Gaspereau River
Atlantic Salmon Smolt Migration in the Rivière Saint-Jean: Effect of Environmental Variables and Identification of Migration Pathways
Collaborators: Mike Dadswell, Acadia University; Fred Whoriskey, Dalhousie University
Atlantic Salmon Smolt nearshore and oceanic migration in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada
Collaborators: Mike Dadswell, Acadia University; Fred Whoriskey, Dalhousie University
Halfyard, E., Whoriskey, F., Ruzzantee, D., Gibson, A. J., and M. J. W. Stokesbury. In preparation. Comparison of within river ecology of wild Atlantic salmon and wild-caught juvenile Atlantic salmon captive-reared to adult
Lead: Edmund Halfyard, PhD student, Dalhousie University
Collaborators: Fred Whoriskey and Daniel Razzantee, Dalhousie University; Jamie Gibson, BIO DFO -
Arctic Char
Thermal tolerance of Arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus, determined by acoustic tracking within a Canadian arctic macrotidal estuary
Lead: Aaron Spares, PhD student, Dalhousie University Collaborators: Ron O’Dor, Dalhousie University; Terry Dick, Manitoba University
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