Effective conservation planning relies on understanding population connectivity which can be characterized with genomic data. This is particularly important for sessile species like the horse mussel ( Modiolus modiolus ), a key habitat-forming species and conservation priority in Atlantic Canada, which rely on larval dispersal for connectivity and may exhibit different patterns than motile taxa. Little genomic information is a...

Animal movements contribute to the spread of infectious diseases and are driven in part by environmental conditions. We investigated the links among the environment, animal movement, and infectious disease dynamics in waterfowl, which are among the primary wildlife hosts of avian influenza viruses. By combining telemetry data on 4606 individuals from 26 waterfowl species with data on land cover, weather, and vegetation, we fou...

A collaborative learning approach between citizen scientists, experts and managers transformed metrics of coral reef fish biodiversity into indicators for use in regional waterway health report cards. We tested a citizen science tool, iNaturalist, to identify species and monitor annual changes in fish biodiversity at a regional scale in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The participation of almost 1000 citizen scientists betw...