Joanna Bernhardt, University of Guelph

Research

aquatic climate change ecology metabolic theory plankton population resource limitation temperature

Latest funding

Cultivating Sustainability: Advancing Freshwater Net-Pen Aquaculture through Responsible Practices
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$245,442
Rewired Great Lakes Food Webs: Implications for Fish Production and Resilience
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$279,042
Towards a mechanistic understanding of global change: effects of temperature and resource limitation on biological processes across scales
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$12,500

Cultivating Sustainability: Advancing Freshwater Net-Pen Aquaculture through Responsible Practices

Co-investigatorNSERC2024Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Rooney, Neil NM

Keywords: biodiversity; fisheries; fish health; insect meal; net-pen aquaculture; phosphorus; plankton; rainbow trout; water quality

$245,442

Rewired Great Lakes Food Webs: Implications for Fish Production and Resilience

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: McCann, Kevin KS

Keywords: aquatic ecology; bioenergetics; biotracers; climate change; dna barcoding; ecosystem-based fisheries management; ecosystem resilience; food web modeling; great lakes; structural early warning signals

$279,042

Towards a mechanistic understanding of global change: effects of temperature and resource limitation on biological processes across scales

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Bernhardt, Joanna

$12,500

Kitikmeot Biting Insect Monitoring and Research Program

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Adamowicz, Sarah

$250,000

Towards a mechanistic understanding of global change: effects of temperature and resource limitation on biological processes across scales

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Bernhardt, Joanna

Keywords: thermal ecology; metabolic theory; plankton; population; temperature; resource limitation; climate change; ecology; thermal adaptation; aquatic

$76,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: aquatic Dear Professor Bernhardt, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on aquatic connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Towards a mechanistic understanding of global change: effects of temperature and resource limitation on biological processes across scales" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]