M.Sc. (2011)

Thesis

Patterns in the larval vertical distribution of marine benthic invertebrates in a shallow coastal embayment

Current Position

Canadian Healthy Oceans Network (CHONe)                                                              Outreach & Data Management Coordinator

Education

Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
Master of Science
2011

Thompson Rivers University
B.Sc. in Zoology, Co-op
2005

Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre
Undergraduate Summer and Fall Program
2005

Scholarships and Awards

NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship (2008 – 2010)
CEUF (2006)
Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre Tuition Fund (2005)
ESA special undergraduate poster session (2005)
NSERC USRA (2004)
Yearn to Learn Biology Bursary (2003-2004)
NSERC USRA (2003)
Entrance Scholarship of Academic Excellence (2001-2002)

Publications and Presentations

Articles submitted to refereed journals
Lloyd, M.J. and Bates, A.E. (2008). Influence of density-dependent food consumption, foraging and stacking behaviour on the growth rate of the northern (pinto) abalone, Haliotis kamtschatkana . Aquaculture. 277: 24-29
Lloyd, M.J. and Gosselin, L.A. (2007). Role of maternal provisioning in controlling interpopulation variation in hatching size in the marine snail Nucella ostrina. Biol. Bull. 213: 316-324
Non-refereed contributions
Lloyd, M.J.* and Metaxas, A. (2011) Patterns in the vertical distribution of larvae of marine benthic invertebrates. Presented at Bedford Institute of Oceanography Seminar Series, Dartmouth, NS, November 25.
Lloyd, M.J. (2011) Patterns in the larval vertical distribution of marine benthic invertebrates in a shallow coastal embayment. MSc Thesis. Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, October 18.
Lloyd, M.J.* and Metaxas, A. (2011) Patterns in the vertical distribution of larvae of marine benthic invertebrates. Poster presented at Canadian Healthy Ocean Network Meeting, Montreal, QC, April 28-30.
Lloyd, M.J.* and Metaxas, A. (2011) Patterns in the vertical distribution of larvae of marine benthic invertebrates. Presented at a Conference of Dalhousie Oceanography Graduate Students, Halifax, NS, March 18.
Lloyd, M.J.* and Metaxas, A. (2011) Patterns in the vertical distribution of larvae of marine benthic invertebrates. Presented at Centre of Marine Biodiversity Meeting, Dartmouth, NS, January 27.
Lloyd, M.J.* and Metaxas, A. (2010) Patterns in the vertical distribution of larvae of marine benthic invertebrates. Presented at 9th International Larval Biology Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand, August 23-17.
Lloyd, M.J.* and Metaxas, A. (2010) Patterns in the vertical distribution of larvae of marine benthic invertebrates. Presented at ACCESS/NEERS, St. Andrews, NB, May 14-15.
Lloyd, M.J.* and Metaxas, A. (2010) Vertical distribution of larvae of benthic invertebrates. Conference of Dalhousie Oceanography Graduate Students, March 19.
Lloyd, M.J.* and Bates, A.E. (2009) Influence of density-dependent food consumption, foraging and stacking behaviour on the growth rate of the Northern abalone, Haliotis kamtschatkana Conference of Dalhousie Oceanography Graduate Students, March 13.
Lloyd, M.J. (2007) Culture of the northern (pinto) abalone, Haliotis kamtschatkana at the Bamfield Huu-ay-aht Community Abalone Project (BHCAP). BHCAP, Bamfield, BC.
Lloyd, M.J.* (2007) Northern (pinto) abalone, Haliotis kamtschatkana. Presented at Pacific Rim National Park Reserve Species at Risk Forum. Uculet, BC, March 10.
Lloyd, M.J.* and Gosselin, L.A. (2006) What mechanisms control interpopulation variation in hatchling size in the marine snail Nucella ostrina? Presented at Canadian Society of Zoology 45th Annual Meeting, Edmonton, AB, May 2-7.
Lloyd, M.J. (2005) Does density affect growth rates, food consumption, distribution and stacking behaviour in the Haliotis kamtschatkana? Directed Studies Thesis, BMSC, Bamfield, BC.
Lloyd, M.J.* and Gosselin, L.A. (2005) Why are Nucella ostrina hatchlings larger on wave exposed shores? Presented at Prairie Undergraduate Biological Society, Saskatoon, SK, February 17-20.
Lloyd, M.J.* and Gosselin, L.A. (2004) Why are Nucella ostrina hatchlings larger on wave exposed shores? Presented at Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre Summer Seminar Series, August 12.