At the Queens University Biological Station, Cooke Lab students spent almost the entire month of May studying the parental care behaviour and energetics of nest-guarding smallmouth bass. For one project, tri-axial accelerometer loggers were affixed to the back of … Read More
The Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Annual Meeting brings together ecologists and evolutionary biologists from across Canada and part of the United States. The conference featured a broad scope of research and study organisms, with studies on anything from … Read More
Students from universities across Ontario joined Prof. Cooke, Dr. Connie O’Connor (McMaster) and Cooke lab members for a two week field course at Queen’s University Biological Station on Lake Opinicon. The course was run through the Ontario Universities Program in … Read More
Undergrad thesis students in the Cooke Lab presented their posters as part of the capstone Science Poster Day at Carleton. Sofia Jain and Kathryn Dufour both won awards for their posters although all of the posters prepared by Cooke Lab … Read More
The Belize River LodgeBonefish and Tarpon Trust (BTT) Tagging Challenge is an annual event in Belize, where anglers, guides, and scientists fish for bonefish, permit, and Atlantic tarpon for research purposes. Combining fishing and conservation, participants collect genetic samples … Read More
Ph.D. candidate Jake Brownscombe and M.Sc. candidate Dirk Algera from Dr. Steven Cooke’s Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Lab were both awarded 2015 Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) Fisheries Research Grants. Supported by the Toronto Sportsman Show, OFAH … Read More
Dr. Steven Cooke was recently awarded a Research Achievement Award from Carleton University highlighting his work in facilitating the recovery of angled fish that are released.
Cooke lab research on the relationship between moon cycles and angling success was recently featured in May 2015’s issue of in-fisherman magazine. Check it out!
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