Welcome to Leah Strople who is starting her PhD today @UniNMBU! Leah's project is going to focus on Arctic charr, lake trout, and brook trout in alpine lakes. She is going to use fatty acids, isotopes, and accoustic telemetry to study food web rewiring in a changing world.🐟🫧

Beautiful first day of winter field work in Gaspésie louise chavarie CRÉA_CC

We are catching big fish during our winter field work! Matt Gilbert Leah Strople louise chavarie

Beautiful morning tip-up check CRÉA_CC louise chavarie Thomas Jourdan Matt Gilbert

During our winter field work, we look at the entire alpine lake ecosystem, not just fish. We assess the physical aspect of the lake (e.g., temperature, nutrients), phytoplankton, zooplankton, and macro-invertebrates. Thomas Jourdan Leah Strople louise chavarie LP_Collin

The last fish of this winter field work 2023! We had a great time sampling 4 different lakes of the Chic-Chocs! louise chavarie Leah Strople Matt Gilbert LP_Collin Thomas Jourdan

Soon, we are going to do our last summer field work of the project! Our summer program will include telemetry and our 6 lakes monitoring effort. Stay tuned for some fun days to come! @CanMountainNet

Our team is working hard sampling fish! Two lakes to go and we will be done our summer field season! @CanMountainNet Leah Strople Thomas Jourdan louise chavarie

Check out our newest article about the incredible research done in the Chic-Choc mountain lakes with louise chavarie , Leah Strople and Catherine Lambert in the lead! ⛰️🐟 thelmabiotel.com/investigating-…