Awarded as a finalist in the Innocentive Visualizing Nutrients Challenge

Innocentive Visualizing Nutrients Challenge Runner-up

Ecological Society of America Open Science Section 

OOO Canada Research Network 

Action Potenial Lab 

The Making Box 

How do Zebras get their stripes?

Citizen science

Mussel farming may affect the planktonic food web indirectly by excreting bioavailable nutrients in the water column (a short-term effect) or by increasing nutrient effluxes from biodeposit-enriched sediments (a long-term effect). We tested both of these indirect effects in a lagoon by using plankton-enclosing benthocosms that were placed on the bottom of a shallow lagoon either inside of a mussel farm or at reference sites with no history of aquaculture. 

Potential for Local Fertilization: A Benthocosm Test of Long-Term and Short-Term Effects of Mussel Excretion on the Plankton

Monica is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Guelph and the Wildlife Conservation Society Canada. She received her PhD from McGill University where she studied how the introduction of omnivory affects food webs. Her current research involves studying how warming affects who-eats-whom in an ecosystem. Recognizing the importance of applying theory to practice, Monica has worked as a consultant for the Toronto Region and Conservation Authority and Environment Canada. She is a staunch advocate of open science and has delivered workshops on practicing in the open in Montreal and Toronto. Monica is also an improvisor performing with the Making Box Brigade in Guelph and teaches workshops on how improv can improv science communication.

Ecology

Open Science

Invasive Species

Conservation Biology

Food webs

English

Spanish

Descience: A blog on the confluence of science communication and design 

Interview with the famous R^2 guys

Is ecology explaining less and less?

#LoveYourGreats: Beaconsfield resident leads expedition in Saint Lawrence River

Mitacs Elevate

Post-doctoral fellow

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