Alison Derry

Prof ALISON DERRY
ASSOCIATE Professor
Research interests

Eco-evolutionary in altered food webs
Climate can have unexpected positive effects on intraspecific copepod fitness

Responses to stress and ecosystem recovery
Testing theoretical predictions about the impact of landscape and migration on trait divergence

Evolutionary fish removal in Rocky mountain lakes
Testing the use of eDNA tools for estimating the effects of evolution as a result of fish removal

Evolutionary fish additions to Alaskan lakes
Testing the use of eDNA tools for estimating the effects of evolution as a result of native fish restoration

Landscape ecology of genetic and community diversity
Compare patterns in community and genetic diversity in zooplankton metacommunities across freshwater landscape gradients in boreal Quebec

Incorporating evolution into invasion biology
The role of plasticity versus local adaptation in enhancing effects of habitat refuges at invaded sites
CURRENT LAB MEMBERS

Julien Beaulieu
PhD candidate
The effect of size-selective harvesting on invasive brook trout diet and prey communities of mountain lakes
Co-supervised by Melania Cristecu (McGill)

Annabelle Fortin-Archambault
PhD candidate
The use of DNA metabarcoding to provide new information on metacommunity structuring in the face of the freshwater biodiversity crisis
Co-supervised with Irene Gregory-Eaves (McGill)

Jennifer Fisher
PhD candidate
Integrating functional traits for understanding aquatic biodiversity responses to evolutionary-divergent lake restoration

Jeffrey Gallant
PhD candidate
Understanding white shark abundance and ecology: the dual application of environmental DNA and acoustic telemetry for population estimates.
CO-Supervised students

Gabrielle Boudreault
MSc Candidate
Toxico-evolutionary study of the adaptive responses of amphipods (H. azteca) to trace element contamination of water due to mining activities in Yellowknife.
Co-supervised by Maikel Rosabal (UQAM)

Lucine Gonnet
MSc Candidate
Food webs within old abandoned and flooded mines
Co-supervised by Cassandre Lazar (UQAM)
Lab Alumni
Postdoctoral fellows
PhD
Msc
Dr. Matthew Yates
Cristina Charette
Mathilde Salamon
Louis Astorg
Gillian Martin
Jorge Negrin-Dastis
Maxime Saint-Martin
Mariane Daneau-Lamoureux
Daphnée Trépanier-Leroux
Jean-Christophe Gagnon (co)
Sophie Baril
Sarah Sanderson(co)
Stéphanie Guernon
Natalie Westwood
Cristina Charette
Marilyne Robidoux
Anthony Merante
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