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Rennie Lab
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Rennie Lab

Welcome to the homepage of the Rennie Lab at Lakehead University. Our lab is the Community Ecology and Energetics Lab, where we focus on the rates and pathways of energy in aquatic ecosystems and organisms.
The Team
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The Team

Our lab is led by Dr. Michael D. Rennie, Associate Professor at Lakehead University and currently has 12 members. We have a diverse group of researchers in the lab and strive to maintain a research group that reflects the diversity that we see in society.
What we do
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What we do

Our research is broadly focused on investigating how the structure of ecosystems affect rates and pathways of energy flow, and how processes at the individual level (behaviour, metabolism) scale to the population and ecosystem level.
Where we do it
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Where we do it

Aquatic ecosystems, spanning throughout Canada. A large part of our research is conducted at the IISD-Experimental Lakes Area. Other research sites include Lake Superior and the Great Lakes generally, Lake Winnipeg and it's watershed, and Lake Simcoe.

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News

  • Night on the town with Fish Crew!

    We were happy to host our Winnipeg fish crew members a few weeks back at Lakehead! Had some great meetings and a lovely dinner out at the Tomlin. Next year maybe Lauren and I will make the trek to Winnipeg….

  • CEELab Classic 2026!

    It only took like 9 years but we finally managed to do the CEELab Classic again! Despite what started out to be lovely and sunny weather that quickly turned into a snowstorm, we managed to pull off our second CEELab Classic shinny game! Fun was had by all, and the wind made being on one […]

  • CEELab writing retreat February 2026

    We had a good mix of productive writing focused on individual projects, collaborative work on a lab paper and enough down time to eat some great food, take in some olympics and do some snowshoeing and hiking outside. Big thanks to IISD ELA for hosting us. Look forward to doing this again! Making our way […]

  • CEELab represents at first annual SES Trivia night!

    Big kudos to the CEELab grad students for coming in second place at the inaugural Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies Trivia night! With $100 in Tim’s gift cards, everyone should be well caffeinated for the coming days. Taking both first and second place, Biology dominated! Can’t wait till next year!! Trivia domination. Left to […]

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