Fraser Lab

The Fraser Lab currently has 6 students (2 PhD, 3 MSc, 1 BSc):

                                                           Dylan Fraser (Principal Investigator)

                                                 Jacquelyn Wood (PhD 2009-) Population size and adaptive potential in brook trout (NSERC PGS, co-supervised by Dr. Jeffrey Hutchings, Dalhousie University)

                                                     Paul Debes (PhD, 2008-) Genetic, genomic and physiological effects of inter-population hybridization in Atlantic salmon (co-supervised by Dr. Jeffrey Hutchings, Dalhousie University)

                                                        Sebastian Belmar-Lucero (MSc, 2010-) Population genetic structure and effective population size in brook trout

                                                        Corey Clarke (MSc 2010-) Adaptation, plasticity and conservation of Atlantic salmon (collaborative project with Parks Canada; NSERC CGS, co-supervised by Dr. Craig Purchase, Memorial University)

                                                  Andrew Harbicht (MSc, 2010-) Long-term genetic and fitness consequences of hybridization between hatchery and wild trout 

                                                     Matthew Yates (BSc 2010-) The effects of temperature on precocial male maturity in farmed, wild and farmed-wild Atlantic salmon (NSERC USRA, co-supervised by Dr. Jeffrey Hutchings, Dalhousie University)

PREVIOUSLY SUPERVISED OR CO-SUPERVISED STUDENTS

Aimee Lee Houde, MSc 2009 (NSERC CGS): The risks of inbreeding and outbreeding depression in endangered salmon populations

Matthew Morris, BSc 2009 (NSERC USRA): The effects of hybridization on compensatory growth in Atlantic salmon

Anthony Heggelin, BSc 2008: Environmental and human factors affecting the population biology of brook trout

Aimee Lee Houde, BSc 2007 (NSERC USRA): Ecological interactions between escaped farmed and wild Atlantic salmon