Alison Derry

Alison Derry

Prof ALISON DERRY

ASSOCIATE Professor

LINKS

Lab web page

Aquatic eco-evo

CONTACT

Phone

514-987-3000 ext. 3496

Office

SB-2940

Lab

SB-2135

Research interests

Cape Race

Eco-evolutionary in altered food webs

Climate can have unexpected positive effects on intraspecific copepod fitness

Killarney

Responses to stress and ecosystem recovery

Testing theoretical predictions about the impact of landscape and migration on trait divergence

RM

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

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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

Niskamoon

Landscape ecology of genetic and community diversity

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

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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

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)

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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

Jennifer Fisher
PhD candidate

Integrating functional traits for understanding aquatic biodiversity responses to evolutionary-divergent lake restoration

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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

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

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

Pictures