Faculty of Science
Department of Oceanography
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA | CANADA B3H 4R2 | +1 (902) 494-3557

Jonathan Grant

Department of Oceanography
Dalhousie University
1355 Oxford Street
PO BOX 15000
Halifax NS  B3H 4R2

Room 4670 LSC

Phone: (902) 494-2021
   Fax: (902) 494-3877
Email: jon.grant@dal.ca
Webpage: http://myweb.dal.ca/jgrant

Education Background

  • BSc - Zoology, Duke University
  • PhD - Biology, University of South Carolina

Awards and Honours

  • Adjunct Professor, Atlantic Veterninary College, Dept. Health Management
  • Professeur Associé, Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), Institut des
    Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski (ISMER)
  • Research Management Committee, AquaNet Network Centre of Excellence
    (www.aquanet.ca)
  • NSERC Scholarships and Fellowships Committee, Earth Sciences and Ecology
    Editorial Board: Journal of Marine Systems, Journal of Experimental Marine
    Biology and Ecology
  • Faculty of Science Tenure and Promotions Committee
  • Invited talks 2005: Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia (January), DFO PEI(February), US NOAA (upcoming April)

Research Interests

  • Aquaculture-environment interactions
  • Ecosystem modelling
  • Coastal zone management
  • GIS and habitat mapping
  • Arctic benthos
  • Boundary layer geochemistry and biology

4330.03/5330.03: Benthic Ecology
4335.03/5335.03: Environmental Impacts in Marine Ecosystems

Filgueira R, R. Rosland, and J. Grant - 2011 - A comparison of Scope For Growth (SFG) and Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) models applied to the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) - Journal of Sea Research, in press

Walker, T.R., Grant, J., Archambault, M.-C. - 2006 - Accumulation of marine debris on an intertidal beach in an urban park (Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia). - Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, 41, 256-262.

Walker, T.R., Grant, J., Hill, P.S., Cranford, P., Lintern, G., Scofield, B. - 2005 - Measuring particle dynamics in arctic and mussel aquaculture environments. - In: Canadian Coastal Conference 2005, Conférence canadienne sur le littoral 2005.

Lintern, D.G., Hill, P.R., Solomon, S., Walker, T.R., Grant.J. - 2005 - Erodability, sediment strength and storm resuspension in Kugmallit Bay, Beaufort Sea. - In: Canadian Coastal Conference 2005, Conférence canadienne sur le littoral 2005.