This second installment in the series of blog posts about Vibrios explores how Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Vp) is managed across the world, how it has developed as a problem, and what can be done about it. This post also includes information about Multinucleate Spheroid X (MSX), another problem currently affecting the oyster industry.
Read MoreVibrio parahaemolyticus (Vp) is a marine pathogen that regularly shows up in oysters. What is the current state of affairs, and what can we do about it? This first installment of posts about Vibrios is a crash course in how Vp made it to Canada, why it is a problem, and where it is headed.
Read MoreMi'kmaw is an Indigenous language in the Algonquian language family. Research assistant, William, collaborated with Language Keeper Gordon Francis to bring together two of my areas of interest in describing the work he does in the ECAB Lab at Mount Allison in Mi’kmaw.
Read MoreThe ecological impacts of historical mining activities have an environmental legacy which may continue to harm Nova Scotia’s freshwater ecosystems and their surrounding environments to this day.
Read MoreThe Environmental Change and Aquatic Biomonitoring (ECAB) Laboratory has started a new project investigating dissolved oxygen (DO) in lakes across New Brunswick, some of which experience blue-green algal blooms during late summer.
Read MoreThe ECAB Lab field team had a successful summer sampling brook trout and collecting water quality measures at New Brunswick lakes.
Read MoreThe ECAB Lab headed to Halifax on January 2-5, 2020, for the annual CCFFR-SCL conference.
Read MoreECAB Lab researchers travelled the province during the summer months to collect samples from New Brunswick rivers in search of microplastics.
Read MoreCongratulations to MSc student Julia Campbell for earning an NSERC scholarship!
Read MoreJosh Kurek assigns MtA students to real-life problem of reducing the amount of rock-salt runoff into fresh water.
Read MoreOver the Fall Study Break, Dr. Kurek attended the Canadian Science Symposium on Plastics in Ottawa, ON hosted by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC).
Read More"Rock Snot" and Wild Salmon
Read MoreEnvironment & Climate Change Canada funding for microplastics study to track levels of microplastics in NB waters.
Read MoreStudy seeks to find out more about ‘rock snot’ algae and its impact on salmon
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