Waterloo Wetland Laboratory

Welcome to the Waterloo Wetland Laboratory

The focus of our lab is on aquatic ecology, restoration ecology, and landscape ecology.  We look at the relationships between plants, invertebrates, and birds with their abiotic environment; both in terms of ecosystem properties and processes. In particular, we focus on the response of these biotic communities and their environmental correlates to human disturbance. 

We are recruiting talented, bright, hard-working, self-motivated students with solid communication skills. If this describes you and you are interested in the type of research questions we address, please look at our Biology Department program requirements and contact Dr. Rooney: rrooney(at)uwaterloo.ca

The Waterloo Wetland Laboratory members acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional territory of ‎ the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. The University of Waterloo is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land promised to the Six Nations that includes ten kilometres on each side of the Grand River.

News

Waterloo Wetland Lab members Gab Izma and Dr. Rebecca Rooney, along with Dr. Melanie Raby and Dr. Ryan Prosser, have collaborated to co-author a newly-published paper on the fates of pesticides in stormwater ponds. The paper, titled "Urban-use pesticides in stormwater ponds and their accumulation in biofilms", is published in Science of the Total Environment, and is available via open access online.

Waterloo Wetland Lab PhD Student Josh Pickering, along with Michael S.W. Bradstreet and Dr. Ryan Norris, has co-authored a newly-published monograph on the long-term dynamics between white-tailed deer populations and vegetation communities in Long Point, Ontario. The monograph, titled "Less is more: vegetation changes coincide with white-tailed deer suppression over thirty years", is published in Wildlife Monographs, and is available online.

This position has been filled.

The Waterloo Wetland Lab is recruiting 2 co-op students for the Winter 2024 term.

Description: The technician will assist current graduate students in processing and analysing samples from wetlands, maintaining lab cleanliness and safety, and participating in the Waterloo Wetland Lab as a good citizen, which means joining lab meetings, abiding by our code of conduct, and supporting our collaborative lab culture.

Requirements: