Studying Hamilton's harbour invaders A team of students in Sigal
Balshine's Aquatic Behavioural Ecology Lab is working to better
understand the invasive round goby fish found in Hamilton
Harbour. The students, both undergraduate and graduate, catch
gobies at several locations around the bay and in Cootes
Paradise. They then record the area in which the fish were
caught, vital statistics such as their sex and size and water
quality information. The Aquatic Behavioural Ecology Lab
researches the evolution of cooperation, parental care and
breeding, sperm competition, species introductions and
extinctions and the effects of contaminant exposure. Pauline
Capelle, in her third year studying biology and psychology,
blogs about the lab's work as part of the School of Graduate
Studies' new blog series.