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Student and Faculty Research – Page 2

  • May 5, 2023
    Student

    Identifying non-mycorrhizal plant root endophytes in Sporobolus roots from Minas Basin salt marshes

    Salt marshes are unsung heroes of coastal environments, yet the interactions between plants and fungi in salt marsh sediment remain understudied.  Sporobolus roots were collected, underwent sterilization, and fungi were cultured onto three media types for DNA extraction and species-level identification.  Objectives: 1.Determine...

  • September 1, 2022
    Student

    Examining methylmercury bioaccumulation in a disturbed bog on Brier Island, Nova Scotia

    Big Meadow Bog (BMB) is a disturbed wetland habitat located on Brier Island, NS.  BMB was subject to water table restoration in 2018 which attempted to remediate historic ditching and return the wetland to its natural state. BMB is also affected by large...

  • July 6, 2022
    Student

    Applying Wastewater Surveillance to a Small-Scale System in Nova Scotia 

    Wastewater surveillance has been applied to uncover virus outbreaks, provide information on drug consumption and vaccination uptake, and assess collective exposure to environmental stressors such as environment and food toxins. Collecting wastewater for analysis of chemicals and viruses shed by humans provides an unbiased,...

  • June 21, 2022
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    Responses of Fernald’s and Long’s Braya in tissue culture

    Nowhere else in the world do the threatened Fernald’s and Long’s Braya (Braya fernaldii, B. longii) find a natural home than in the Limestone Barrens of the island of Newfoundland. The goal of this project was to provide a starting point for further research by growing and...

  • A young woman in a life jacket leans into a lake to sample orange scum on the water surface.
    June 20, 2022
    Student

    Transport of microplastics by aquatic organisms to land: experimental and field studies

    Jessie Wilson is a Master’s student in Dr. Mark Mallory’s lab studying how microplastics move through freshwater ecosystems. Jessie’s field work is at the world famous IISD Exeperimental Lakes Area and is part of a long term microplastics study. Jessie says, “with...

  • March 25, 2022
    Student

    Mercury bioaccumulation in the Minas Basin: A comparison of soft tissues and shells as bioindicators

    The Minas Basin is a part of the Bay of Fundy. It is east of the Minas Passage and runs to Truro, Nova Scotia. The Bay of Fundy is used for aquaculture, shipping, and fishing. As such, the Bay of Fundy has...

  • A woman in a purple sweater and purple gloves looks at a soil sample in a small white dish. She is working in a science lab.
    March 11, 2022
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    Assessing arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization and rhizosphere carbon stocks across a chronosequence of restored and reference salt marshes in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia

    Salt marshes are blue carbon ecosystems that accumulate and store high amounts of carbon below ground. Carbon can be accumulated from suspended sediment (allochthonous) and within the salt marsh through fixed carbon dioxide via photosynthesis by marsh vegetation (autochthonous). The carbon is...

  • Sarah Adams examining a spool for seaweed spore growth
    October 7, 2021
    FacultyStudent

    Nova Scotia Company Making Waves in Atlantic Canada with Acadia’s “Kelp”

    SeaChange Biochemistry Inc. is an innovative start-up in Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, that has built an exceptional extraction method of numerous high-value industrial chemicals from seaweed. This has enabled them to produce these chemicals at a significantly lower cost than their competitors.  Sabrena Mackenzie,...

  • A girl with long brown hair uses green snips to cut a small branch off a willow tree
    April 17, 2021
    StoryStudent

    Willow Conservation: Plants as Cultural Artifacts

    Grand Pre National Historic Site is home to willow trees (Salix sp.) that are known to have been planted by Acadian settlers over 400 years ago. Parks Canada has classified these trees as cultural artifacts, due to their survival in this space...

  • Andrew holding a pot of Long's Braya seeds in the greenhouse
    August 12, 2021
    Student

    Characterization of Braya longii and Brassicaceae volatiles, and oviposition assays of the Diamondback Moth (Plutella xylostella)

    Long’s Braya, Braya longii, is an endangered perennial plant found only in the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland. It is subject to annual infestations of the Diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella, who use B. longii as hosts to lay their eggs. The larvae then defoliate and...

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