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Centre For Ecosystem Management at the @UofG: Advancing knowledge and management of the #GreatLakes ecosystems and beyond. Learn more at http://www.ecosystemscience.ca 🐟

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Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · Nov 19

🌿 Our ecosystems are changing - and so must our strategies. At the Centre for Ecosystem Management, we bring together diverse voices, skills, and science-driven solutions to address pressing environmental challenges in the Great Lakes region and beyond. Intrigued? Learn more @ ecosystemscience.ca 🌍

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Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · 1d

🍁 Number of the Week: $50.8 million - how much money Ontario municipalities and conservation authorities spend each year battling invasives

🔗 www.insidehalton.com/news/ontario...

🌿 #InvasiveSpecies #Ontario #Conservation #Biodiversity #EcosystemHealth #GreatLakes

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Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · 6d

🎉 We're excited to introduce the CEM's newest addition, Dr. Carling Bieg! As a theoretical ecologist, her work looks at the dynamics of populations and food webs, global environmental change, and what makes ecosystems resilient. Her insights will be a welcome addition to our research community!

Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · 7d

🧬 eDNA is revolutionizing how we detect aquatic invasive species—faster, easier, and more precise!

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Multi-species eDNA as a screening tool to facilitate early detection and eradication of aquatic invasive species in large water bodies - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Multi-species eDNA as a screening tool to facilitate early detection and eradication of aquatic invasive species in large water bodies

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Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · 8d

🧡 September 30th marks the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation

Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · 21d

Happy National #PostdocAppreciationWeek to ALL of our hard-working postdoctoral fellows here at the Centre for Ecosystem Management! Your curiosity, dedication, and big-picture thinking drive our research forward every day—we’re grateful for all that you do to advance science and inspire our team 👏

Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · 29d

As invasive mussels ravage the Great Lakes, Lake Superior is the last holdout: thenarwhal.ca/lake-superio...

Can Lake Superior hold off invasive mussels? | The Narwhal

Lake Superior is the last holdout against invasive mussels that have plagued the Great Lakes. Scientists fear climate change threatens its fate

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Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · Sep 2

📄 A new report out of the @elpcenter.bsky.social highlights how climate change is affecting the Great Lakes — warmer waters, less ice cover, and shifting ecosystems. See what the data show:

🔗 www.preventionweb.net/quick/95883

🌡️ #GreatLakes #ClimateChange #GreatLakesScience #ClimatePolicy

An assessment of the impacts of climate change on the Great Lakes: 2025 report

This report confirms climate change is affecting the Great Lakes region through warmer and wetter weather, greater fluctuation in lake levels and disappearing fish populations.

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Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · Aug 26

🌍 It’s #WorldWaterWeek! You, too, can join the global conversation on water & climate action, because online participation in the conference - happening now in Stockholm, Sweden - is FREE 👇

🔗 worldwaterweek.org/attending/at...

#WaterForClimate #WWWeek #GreatLakes #Sustainability 💧

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Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · Aug 20

🌊 Exciting steps toward collaboration! The CEM and Quantitative Fisheries Center recently met to share ideas, highlight postdoc research, and build momentum for a Great Lakes grant proposal 👇

🔗 tinyurl.com/mv4jbbum

#GreatLakes #Research #GreatLakesScience #SciComm @pitcherlab.bsky.social

Pictured: Staff from both the QFC and CEM collaborate in real-time (not pictured are our virtual attendees) at a board table in the Arboretum Center (University of Guelph)

Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · Aug 13

📢 We're excited to introduce our newest post-doc, @megan-szojka.bsky.social! Her work - using theory + field data to explore how warming, species interactions, and dispersal shape ecosystems - will deepen our understanding of resilience in a changing world: www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/welcomi...

Welcoming Dr. Megan Szojka to the Centre for Ecosystem Management — Centre for Ecosystem Management

We’re excited to welcome our newest postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Megan Szojka, to the Centre for Ecosystem Management (CEM)!

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Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · Jul 31

🌊 Research Spotlight: Erica Plivelic analyzes years of fish tracking data from three #AlgonquinPark lakes to reveal how fish vulnerability changes by season, habitat, and species—insights that help guide development timing and safeguard #freshwater ecosystems under stress 👇

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Research Spotlight: Tracking Fish to Protect Freshwater Ecosystems — Centre for Ecosystem Management

Freshwater ecosystems are under growing pressure from human activities like development, climate change, and pollution. But how do we know when fish are most at risk—and how can we use that knowledge ...

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Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · Jul 30

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Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · Jul 28

🌾 How does agriculture reshape stream ecosystems? 🚜

A new study co-authored by our own Dr. McCann at #UofG shows that land-use change can destabilize #foodwebs —shrinking #fish, simplifying energy flows, and reducing resilience. But there's hope 👇

www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/how-agr...

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How Agriculture Is Reshaping—and Destabilizing—Stream Food Webs — Centre for Ecosystem Management

A new study co-authored by the Centre for Ecosystem Management’s Dr. Kevin McCann reveals that agricultural land use—especially nutrient runoff and the loss of streamside vegetation—is reshaping how e...

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Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · Jul 23

🎣 Lake #whitefish (or adikameg) are more than a meal — they’re a cultural cornerstone of the #GreatLakes. But their collapse signals deeper trouble.

What’s driving the decline, and what can be done? Catch our most recent blog post for the answers:

www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/whitefi...

Whitefish in Decline: A Warning Sign for Great Lakes Biodiversity — Centre for Ecosystem Management

Bridge Michigan reporter Kelly House is highlighting a distressing trend: lake whitefish (or adikameg , in the Anishinaabe language) — once a staple in the diets and culture of those living along th...

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Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · Jul 16

🌥️ Global change isn’t just disrupting nature—it’s reshaping the hidden networks that keep ecosystems running.

A new study authored in part by our researchers finds predators are adjusting their diets as habitats shift, rewiring #foodwebs in the process:

www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/new-res...

New Research Reveals How Human Impacts Are Rewiring Nature’s Food Webs — Centre for Ecosystem Management

As the planet faces unprecedented environmental change, understanding how ecosystems respond is increasingly important. A new study, co-authored by the Centre for Ecosystem Management’s Charlotte Ward...

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Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · Jul 14

💵 The Canada Water Agency announces $9.3 million in funding for #freshwater solutions under the Great Lakes Freshwater Ecosystem Initiative:

www.canada.ca/en/canada-wa...

Millions Flow into Great Lakes: Canada funds $9.3 million in freshwater solutions  - Canada.ca

The Government of Canada announced 26 projects receiving funding under the Great Lakes Freshwater Ecosystem Initiative.

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Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · Jul 7

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Carling Bieg @carlingbieg.bsky.social · Jul 6

I’m also thrilled to announce that I will be starting a faculty position with @centreecomgmt.bsky.social @ U of Guelph this fall!

I will be recruiting students & postdocs for 2026 - please reach out or come find me at #CSEE2025 if you’re interested in theory, global change & fisheries ecology 🐟

Carling Bieg @carlingbieg.bsky.social · Jul 6

Getting excited for #CSEE2025!

On Wed morning I’m organizing (& talking in) a symposium - along with Zach Miller and Maxime Clenet - that will bridge theoretical and empirical approaches to understanding spatial and temporal dynamics.

Then @sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social symposium in the afternoon! 🙌

Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · Jul 3

🔢 Open science and open data are core values at the Centre for Ecosystem Management. We've compiled key Great Lakes data portals in one place — climate, fish, water quality & more.

Explore the region through shared knowledge:
🔗 ecosystemscience.ca/data 🐟

#OpenData #GreatLakes #FreshwaterResearch

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Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · Jul 2

💰 For our U.S.-based friends pursuing a Ph.D. in ecology & evolution:

Simons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org · Jul 2

There is one month left to apply for our Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution! These awards provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in #ecology and #evolution. www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons... #science

Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution

The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...

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Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · Jun 24

⏳ Ecosystems don't always keep pace with #ClimateChange — and that delay could have big consequences. Learn how scientists (including our own Dr. Bernhardt) are working to understand these lags and what they mean for the future in this new study: www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/bridgin...

Bridging the Time Gap: How Ecosystems Respond to a Rapidly Changing Climate — Centre for Ecosystem Management

When we talk about climate change, we often think in extremes—heat waves, vanishing glaciers, and species on the brink. But nature’s responses to these shifts are far more nuanced, and according to a ...

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Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · Jun 19

🔢 Rethinking 'big data': Discover how one CEM-affiliated research team used limited data to untangle fish community dynamics—and what it means for the future of ecological science 👉 www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/rethink... 👈 #ecology #bigdata #conservationscience #scicomm #GreatLakes

Rethinking ‘Big Data’: Small Datasets, Big Ecological Insights — Centre for Ecosystem Management

You don’t always need massive datasets to learn something important about nature. While modern ecology often focuses on large-scale “big data,” a recent study carried out, in part, by one of our colla...

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Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · Jun 11

🐟 Tune in to the GLFC's next webinar on June 26, featuring Dr. Steven Cooke, and stay up to date on cutting-edge technology emerging in the fisheries field. Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · Jun 4

📈 This is what progress looks like! This working group, hosted by the CEM & funded by CIEE, brought together several bright minds from McGill, Yale, the Norwegian University of Science & Technology, and @uofguelph.bsky.social to focus on linking organismal thermal tolerance to population processes.

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Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · May 22

🌿 May 22, 2025: Happy #BiologicalDiversityDay! This year’s theme, “Be Part of the Plan”, echoes the urgent need for transformative action to halt biodiversity loss. Our affiliate, the Biodiversity Institute of Conservation Synthesis (BICS) has more: tinyurl.com/m8xpx74