Lab Members
Past:
Pamela Burke (Honours, 2010)

Thesis: Burrowing preference of macrofauna based on sediment composition in the
Georges Basin area, Gulf of Maine
Current:
Rebecca Batstone (MSc, RDC Ocean Industries Student Research Awards Recipient, 2010 ‐)

Thesis: Understanding the evolution and ecology of Thyasirids from organically enriched areas around Newfoundland
Joe Mersereau (MSc, co-supervised with Dounia Hamoutene, DFO, 2011-)
Thesis: Evaluation of a visual approach to determine impacts of aquaculture on hard bottom habitats in NL
Jason Laurich (Honours and NSERC USRA recipient, 2011)
Thesis: Seasonal variations in symbiont abundance in Thyasirids from Bonne Bay, NL
Samantha Green (Honours, 2011 - 2012)
Thesis: Symbionts in wood-boring bivalves from Bonne Bay, NL
Andrew Bullen (Honours, 2011-2012)
Thesis: Phylotype variation in symbionts of Thyasira gouldi from Bonne Bay, NL