Food Web Ecology Lab: Sneak Peek at the Bermuda Rock Pools

Aquatic Food Web Ecology Lab, Dalhousie University

Research in the Aquatic Food Web Ecology Lab based at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, focuses on the consequences of biodiversity loss to the functioning and stability of aquatic food webs. All of our work is done in a food web context, which means that its not just the numbers of species that we are interested in, but also the structure of the food webs in which those species are embedded. Most of our work is done in aquatic microcosms, small container ecosystems in which we can assemble food webs and then subject them to various types of disturbance regimes . We also use mathematical models to run "in silico" experiments, otherwise known as computer simulations, to study problems that are too complex or just not possible to conduct in natural systems.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Sneak Peek at the Bermuda Rock Pools

Just missing a Hurricane (well, we will find out in a day or two for sure) Matt, Kate, and Caitlin are intrepidity braving the wilds of Bermuda and BIOS to track down the elusive Bermudian rock pool. A few sneaks peek at the pools....