Michael Brylinsky - Academic, Research, and Related Employment

• 1966-71 Graduate studies, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia. Research dealing with the role of dissolved organic carbon as a food source in aquatic systems with particular reference to the release of dissolved organic matter by marine macrophytes.
• 1971-72 National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, Dalhousie University. Performed an analysis of production processes in freshwater ecosystems for the Freshwater Productivity Section of the International Biological Programme.
• 1972-73 Killam Research Fellow, Dalhousie University. Continuation of work for the International Biological Programme. Teaching: Systems Analysis and Modelling, Structure and Function of Ecosystems.
• 1973-75 Self-employed as a private consultant. Consulting projects during this period include application of loop analysis techniques in studies of marine food chains; evaluation of systems models dealing with the impact of nuclear power plants on fish, assessment of marine resources of southern Northumberland Straight.
• 1975-77 Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Dalhousie University, coordinator of Summer Marine Science Program. Research dealing with the relationship between energy, nutrients and lake eutrophication. Teaching: Biology of Invertebrates, Advanced Ecology Seminar, Systems Analysis and Modelling.
• 1977-Present Adjunct Professor, Part-time Lecturer, Department of Biology, Acadia University; Honorary Research Associate, Acadia Centre for Estuarine Research, Acadia University. Private consulting. Research projects dealing with (1) productivity and food chain dynamics of turbid water ecosystems, (2) evaluation of enhancement of productivity of acidified wetlands by artificial nutrient enrichment (3) influence of biological processes on sediment stability in intertidal systems (4) factors determining productivity and carrying capacity of bivalve aquaculture systems (5) development of monitoring programmes for aquatic ecosystems, (6) evaluation of the impact of fish draggers on benthic marine habitats. Teaching: Aquatic Ecology; Estuarine Biology, Ecosystem Evolution.
• 1990-91 and 1996-97 Acting Director, Acadia Centre for Estuarine Research, Acadia University, Wolfville, N.S., Canada.