Tag: Department of Fisheries and Oceans

A Recap

Sep 10, 2015

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Danielle Wright

in DNA Barcoding, Ontario Parks, Parks and Conservation Areas, rare Charitable Research Reserve, Specimen Collecting, Student Experience

This has been, by far, the most eventful summer I have had at BIO. My last summer here, in 2014, I was deployed on the BIObus for our trip out west and got so see some pretty amazing things, but this year has been far more jam-packed. I have been out in the field for…
Flexin’ My Mussels and Saying Bye to BIO

Aug 21, 2015

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Kareina D’Souza

in DNA Barcoding, Ontario Parks, Parks and Conservation Areas, Specimen Collecting, Student Experience

Last month Dan, Danielle and I trekked down to Chatham, Ontario to collect some samples for the freshwater mussel project that I’ve been working on for the last year. We collaborated with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans as they were working on monitoring the mussel populations for their projects and were able to help…