Studying how ecosystems work, how they change, and what that means for people.
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We want to understand what drives variation in ecosystem structure and function to better understand the ecological impacts of climate change and habitat modification, and to explore how conservation efforts can be most effective given natural environmental changes.
Our research includes:
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New Lab Papers
O’Connor, M I., M. Pennell, F. Altermatt, B. Matthews, C. Melian, A. Gonzalez. 2019. Principles of ecology revisited: integrating information and ecological theories for a more unified science. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
Fey, S.B., D. A. Vasseur, K. Alujevic, K. J. Kroeker, M. L. Logan, J. P. DeLong, M. I. O’Connor, S. Peacor, V. H. W. Rudolf, R. L. Selden, A. Sih, S. Clusella-Trullas. Accepted. Opportunities for Behavioral Rescue Under Rapid Environmental Change. Global Change Biology.
Chase, J., B. McGill, P. L. Thompson, L. Antao, A. Bates, S. Blowes, M. Dornelas, A. Gonzalez, A. Magurran, S. Supp, M. Winter, A. Bjorkman, H. Bruelheide, J. E. K. Byrnes, J. Cabral, R. Elahi, C. Gomez, H. Guzmán, F. Isbell, I. Myers-Smith, H. Jones, J. Hines, M. Vellend, C. Waldock, M. I. O'Connor. 2019. Species richness change across spatial scales. In revision. Oikos.
Garzke, J., S. J. Connor, U. Sommer, and M. I. O’Connor. 2019. Food chain length modifies the effect of temperature on ecosystems. PLoS Biology.
Stier, A. C., S. C. Lee, and M. I. O’Connor. Accepted. Temporal variation in dispersal modifies dispersal-diversity relationships in a seagrass metacommunity. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
Whippo, R., N. S. Knight, C. Prentice, J. Cristiani, M. Siegle, M. I. O’Connor. In Press. Epifaunal diversity patterns within and among seagrass meadows suggest landscape scale biodiversity processes. Ecosphere 9(11) e02490.
Röhr, M. E., M. Holmer, J. K. Baum, M. Björk, D. Chin, L. Chalifour, S. Cimon, M. Cusson, M. Dahl, D. Deyanova, J. E. Duffy, J. S. Eklöf, J. K. Geyer, J. N. Griffin, M. Gullström, C. M. Hereu, M. Hori, K. A. Hovel, A. R. Hughes, P. Jorgensen, S. Kiriakopolos, P‐O. Moksnes, M. Nakaoka, M. I. O'Connor, B. Peterson, K. Reiss, P. L. Reynolds, F. Rossi, J. Ruesink, R. Santos, J. J. Stachowicz, F. Tomas, K.‐S. Lee, R. K. F. Unsworth C. Boström Blue carbon storage capacity of temperate eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadows, In Press, Global Biogeochemical Cycles 32(10) 1457-1475.
Guzman, L., R. Germain, C. Forbes, S. Straus, M. I. O’Connor, D. Gravel, D. Srivastava, P. L. Thompson. 2018. Towards a multi-trophic extension of metacommunity ecology. Ecology Letters 22(1): 19-33.
Bernhardt, J. R., J. M. Sunday, P. L. Thompson, and M. I. O’Connor. 2018. Nonlinear averaging of thermal experience predicts population growth rates in a thermally variable environment. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London-B. 285: 20181076
Bernhardt, J. R., J. M. Sunday, and M. I. O’Connor. 2018. Metabolic theory and the temperature size rule explain the temperature dependence of population carrying capacity. The American Naturalist 192(6): 687-697.
Thompson, P. L., A. Gonzalez, M. I. O’Connor, F. Isbell, M. Loreau. 2018. The strength of the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship depends on spatial scale. 285 Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B.
Louca, S., M. F. Polz, F. Mazel, M. B. N. Albright, J. A. Huber, M. I. O’Connor, M. Ackermann, A. S. Hahn, D. S. Srivastava, S. A. Crowe, M. Doebeli, L. W. Parfrey. 2018. Function and functional redundancy in microbial systems. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2: 936-943.
Iacarella, J., Adamczyk, E., Bowen, D., Chalifour, L., Eger, A., Heath, W., Helms, S., Hessing-Lewis, M., Hunt, B, MacInnis, A., O' Connor, M. I., Robinson, C.L.K., Yakimishyn, J., Baum, J. 2018. Anthropogenic disturbance homogenizes seagrass fish communities. Global Change Biology 24: 1904-1918.
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Fey, S.B., D. A. Vasseur, K. Alujevic, K. J. Kroeker, M. L. Logan, J. P. DeLong, M. I. O’Connor, S. Peacor, V. H. W. Rudolf, R. L. Selden, A. Sih, S. Clusella-Trullas. Accepted. Opportunities for Behavioral Rescue Under Rapid Environmental Change. Global Change Biology.
Chase, J., B. McGill, P. L. Thompson, L. Antao, A. Bates, S. Blowes, M. Dornelas, A. Gonzalez, A. Magurran, S. Supp, M. Winter, A. Bjorkman, H. Bruelheide, J. E. K. Byrnes, J. Cabral, R. Elahi, C. Gomez, H. Guzmán, F. Isbell, I. Myers-Smith, H. Jones, J. Hines, M. Vellend, C. Waldock, M. I. O'Connor. 2019. Species richness change across spatial scales. In revision. Oikos.
Garzke, J., S. J. Connor, U. Sommer, and M. I. O’Connor. 2019. Food chain length modifies the effect of temperature on ecosystems. PLoS Biology.
Stier, A. C., S. C. Lee, and M. I. O’Connor. Accepted. Temporal variation in dispersal modifies dispersal-diversity relationships in a seagrass metacommunity. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
Whippo, R., N. S. Knight, C. Prentice, J. Cristiani, M. Siegle, M. I. O’Connor. In Press. Epifaunal diversity patterns within and among seagrass meadows suggest landscape scale biodiversity processes. Ecosphere 9(11) e02490.
Röhr, M. E., M. Holmer, J. K. Baum, M. Björk, D. Chin, L. Chalifour, S. Cimon, M. Cusson, M. Dahl, D. Deyanova, J. E. Duffy, J. S. Eklöf, J. K. Geyer, J. N. Griffin, M. Gullström, C. M. Hereu, M. Hori, K. A. Hovel, A. R. Hughes, P. Jorgensen, S. Kiriakopolos, P‐O. Moksnes, M. Nakaoka, M. I. O'Connor, B. Peterson, K. Reiss, P. L. Reynolds, F. Rossi, J. Ruesink, R. Santos, J. J. Stachowicz, F. Tomas, K.‐S. Lee, R. K. F. Unsworth C. Boström Blue carbon storage capacity of temperate eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadows, In Press, Global Biogeochemical Cycles 32(10) 1457-1475.
Guzman, L., R. Germain, C. Forbes, S. Straus, M. I. O’Connor, D. Gravel, D. Srivastava, P. L. Thompson. 2018. Towards a multi-trophic extension of metacommunity ecology. Ecology Letters 22(1): 19-33.
Bernhardt, J. R., J. M. Sunday, P. L. Thompson, and M. I. O’Connor. 2018. Nonlinear averaging of thermal experience predicts population growth rates in a thermally variable environment. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London-B. 285: 20181076
Bernhardt, J. R., J. M. Sunday, and M. I. O’Connor. 2018. Metabolic theory and the temperature size rule explain the temperature dependence of population carrying capacity. The American Naturalist 192(6): 687-697.
Thompson, P. L., A. Gonzalez, M. I. O’Connor, F. Isbell, M. Loreau. 2018. The strength of the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship depends on spatial scale. 285 Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B.
Louca, S., M. F. Polz, F. Mazel, M. B. N. Albright, J. A. Huber, M. I. O’Connor, M. Ackermann, A. S. Hahn, D. S. Srivastava, S. A. Crowe, M. Doebeli, L. W. Parfrey. 2018. Function and functional redundancy in microbial systems. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2: 936-943.
Iacarella, J., Adamczyk, E., Bowen, D., Chalifour, L., Eger, A., Heath, W., Helms, S., Hessing-Lewis, M., Hunt, B, MacInnis, A., O' Connor, M. I., Robinson, C.L.K., Yakimishyn, J., Baum, J. 2018. Anthropogenic disturbance homogenizes seagrass fish communities. Global Change Biology 24: 1904-1918.
Older updates
Our Funders
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CHONe projects are sponsored by the NSERC Canadian Healthy Oceans Network and its Partners: Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and INREST (representing the Port of Sept-Îles and City of Sept-Îles).