Download Megan Lloyst - Ontario Chapter of the American Fisheries Society

Megan Lloyst (AFS-OC Eastern Ontario Regional Representative)
Megan Lloyst has been a member of the American Fisheries Society since 2011, and presented at various
Ontario Chapter Annual General Meetings. Megan grew up east of Peterborough in Tweed, and
currently lives in the Kawartha Lakes region. Megan is looking for an opportunity to become more
involved in the AFS-OC as the eastern regional representative.
Megan is an aquatic ecologist with over 5 years of experience working in academia, government agency
sectors and the private natural resource consulting sector. Currently, Megan is an aquatic ecologist with
SLR Consulting. She characterizes aquatic community conditions, identifies potential impacts and
ecosystem responses to proposed land use changes, and recommends mitigation and offset strategies.
In lake and river systems she coordinates and executes studies such as: fish inventories, habitat
assessment, habitat offset design plans, and zooplankton, benthos and water chemistry collection.
Megan has been fortunate to work on projects throughout eastern and northern Ontario and British
Columbia.
Megan received a Bachelor of Science degree from Guelph University and a Master’s of Science degree
from Trent University. Megan worked to complete her Master’s degree with Dr. Thomas Pratt, Fisheries
and Oceans Canada, and Dr. Michael Fox, Trent University. Ms. Lloyst assessed the effectiveness of an
American eel (Anguilla Rostrata) stocking program in Lake Ontario and the Upper Saint Lawrence River
in relation to eel dispersion, abundance, and habitat preferences. In addition, she developed and
implemented a project which assessed the dispersion patterns and habitat associations of stocked eels
into Lake Ontario tributaries. Megan’s research was published in the Journal of Great Lakes Research.
Megan worked for MNRF as part of the aquatic research and development section, based out of the
Glenora Fisheries Station. Megan provided support to a multi-disciplinary research team that
investigated the effects of invasive species, habitat alteration, and fish exploitation on the structure and
function of aquatic food webs. Megan assisted MNR Research Scientists, and academic and government
collaborators to collect, process, and interpret data needed to quantify the effects of invasive species.