SCHOLAR DETAILS
Name
Donna J. Giberson
Email
giberson@upei.ca
Position
Emeritus Faculty
Department(s)
Biology
Status
Retired
Biography

Professor Emerita of Biology

BSc (Calgary); MSc, PhD (Manitoba)

Dr. Donna Giberson is a freshwater ecologist who works in the Maritimes and Canadian Arctic. She conducts research on the life history, diversity, and habitat patterns of aquatic insects; the effects of natural and human-caused disturbance on streams; and works with local community groups on stream projects.

Recent Citations
Hidden Biodiversity: A baseline of black fly species representing in streams of Prince Edward Island National Park near Cavendish PEI.
Unknown year
Are dragonflies moving into the western tundra?
Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada, 2019
Stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera) in the boreal highlands of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, with notes on new species records
Illiesia, 2018
First records of Baetis vernus Curtis (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in North America, with morphological notes
Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, 2018
How valid are old species lists? How archived samples can be used to update Ephemeroptera biodiversity information for northern Canada
The Canadian Entomologist, 2017
Research Interests
Prince Edward Island streams
Arctic insects
Aquatic insect ecology
Insect biodiversity