Fieldwork

From northern rivers to the North Atlantic.

Field observations and biological collections ground genomic data in the environments and populations they represent.

Aerial view of a remote northern field camp surrounded by mountains and lakes

Science in place

Sampling populations in the environments they inhabit.

Field team travelling by boat through a northern mountain landscape

Field researchers deploying from a helicopter with sampling equipment

Electrofishing survey in a northern river framed by mountains — Sampling across remote rivers combines field ecology, biological collections and genomic analysis.

Two researchers electrofishing in a northern river

Underwater view of field sampling nets in a river

Aerial view of a braided river flowing through a northern mountain valley

Researchers travelling by helicopter during remote fieldwork

Researcher collecting fish during an electrofishing survey

Juvenile fish collected in a field sampling net

Field sample jar containing juvenile fish

Aerial view of a helicopter beside a river entering a northern fjord — Field logistics span rivers, estuaries and coastal ecosystems across northern and Atlantic Canada.

Aerial view of boat-based aquatic sampling

Research vessel operating in a northern fjord