Frances R. Pick
professor
Biology
University of Ottawa
Canada
Biography
Dr. Pick is working as a Professor in the Department of Biology, at University of Ottawa, Canada. Her team examines the factors regulating the abundance and diversity of aquatic microbes in lakes and rivers. This includes examining general water quality problems related to excess nutrient loading (algal blooms). They also study the biogeochemistry of trace metals in wetlands and the use of constructed wetlands for filtration of waste waters. She is the author of many articles published in several reputed journals.
Research Interest
Behavior, Ecology and systematics, Algae, Algal toxins, Lakes, Metals, Rivers, Water pollution, Wetlands.
