Ashley Watt stands in a stream with fast-flowing shallow riffles, a favoured mating site for redside dace. She has drawn on her graduate studies for a children’s book about the fish.
Sumeet Sekhon’s honours thesis research earned her an award for Best Presentation in Ecology at a provincial conference.
Professor Trevor Pitcher readies a water-monitoring buoy for deployment in July 2019.
Researchers are partnering with the tech firm BlackBerry on a system to monitor water levels and quality and alert officials to risks as they arise.
Science student Emily Browne received the Youth Conservation Award from the Essex Region Conservation Authority at its annual general meeting Thursday. Photo by Shayenna Nolan.
The Essex Region Conservation Authority conferred awards on three representatives of UWindsor science Thursday.
Daniel Heath is heading GEN-FISH, a four-year project that involves creating a genomic toolkit to assess the health of freshwater species. Fish farm operators and consultants hired to do environment assessments are already lining up to be among the first to use the new technology.
UWindsor professor Daniel Heath heads a research project creating a genomic toolkit to assess the health of freshwater species.
Daniel Heath is a leader of the Genomics Network for Fish Identification, Stress and Health.
A $9.1 million research project will help ensure the sustainability of freshwater fish stocks in Canada for generations to come.
Researchers Trevor Pitcher, Katelynn Johnson, and Aaron Fisk prepare high-tech buoys to deploy in the Detroit River channel between LaSalle and Fighting Island.
UWindsor researchers are installing high-tech equipment along the Detroit River shoreline to monitor water levels and wave action.
UWindsor students had a week-long summer field course at the Walpole Island First Nation Territory. Photo credit Healthy Headwaters Lab.
UWindsor students had a week-long summer field course at the Walpole Island First Nation Territory.
The redside dace turns bright red during its spawning season.
A project studying how to bring a fish back from the brink of extinction is receiving some additional support from the federal government.
The redside dace gets its name from the colour it turns during spawning season.
UWindsor researchers are working to restore populations of an endangered fish in streams in and around Toronto.
