Abstract
Science Atlantic is a charitable association for scientists, university faculty, and science students that has been operating in Atlantic Canada since 1962. The association comprises 13 academic institutions and has a mandate to provide opportunities that foster and enrich students’ academic experiences; support and inspire researchers, educators, and the broader scientific community; and represent a collective voice to address important regional science issues. In support of this mandate, the Science Atlantic Aquaculture & Fisheries and Biology Committees host a joint annual conference that gives undergraduate students from the Atlantic region a chance to network as well as present and discuss their research with colleagues. Unfortunately, the 2020 conference slated for March 14-15 at Cape Breton University was canceled due to the Covid19 pandemic. The decision to cancel happened the day before the conference was set to begin. Because students were denied the opportunity to present their research we felt it was important to move forward with publishing the abstracts as a way of helping make up for this missed opportunity and to communicate their research results with the broader science community. The following are conference abstracts categorized into three parts: oral presentation in biology, oral presentation in Aquaculture & Fisheries, and poster presentation.
Highlights
Science Atlantic is a charitable association for scientists, university faculty, and science students that has been operating in Atlantic Canada since 1962
This study provides a better understanding of the spatio-temporal dynamics and yet unexplored diversity of microbial eukaryote communities in sediments of mudflats in the upper Bay of Fundy
Using generalized linear models in an information theoretic approach, we found no changes in occupancy or density of either species
Summary
Spatial and temporal structure of microbial eukaryote communities in two mudflats in the Upper Bay of Fundy Eke I. It aids in the identification of microbial eukaryotes involved in major ecosystem processes in this highly productive and ecologically important system. Gratto-Trevor, PhD [2], Julie Paquet, MSc[3] [1] Department of Biology, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada E4L 1E2 [2] Prairie and Northern Wildlife Research Center, Science and Technology, Environmental Climate Change Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 0X4 [3] Atlantic Region, Canadian Wildlife Services, Environmental Climate Change Canada, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada E4L 1G6 Many shorebirds such as Semipalmated Sandpipers (SESA, Calidris pusilla) and White-rumped Sandpipers (WRSA, Calidris fuscicollis) have adopted a long-distance migration strategy which is energetically costly and requires reliable access to high quality stopover sites to maximize survivorship. These results have not been fully explored, but further research will give us insights to the implications of this research
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