Food web ecologist. Postdoc at Florida International University. I use SIA to study food webs and trophic niches.
Miami, FL
Joined January 2017
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NEW PAPER: Ever hear of Trout-perch? Probably not; they aren't often considered important in lake food webs. But, they might be more important for understanding lake food web connectivity than you think! link.springer.com/article/10…
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A big thank you to our instructor @GiacomoPugliel1 and all the participants of the "Functional Trait Space Analyses in R" course! 🙌
Want to join one of our upcoming courses? Check them out here: physalia-courses.org/courses…
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New in Hydrobiologia: A potential trophic role for #Trout-perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus) in coupling nearshore and offshore lake food webs doi.org/10.1007/s10750-024-0… rdcu.be/dPRCw
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Pretty special day watching the total solar eclipse with my lab mates and others (including @SenatorLeahy !!) out in the middle of Lake Champlain! An unforgettable experience 🌖🌘🌑🌒🌔
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Research Experience for Undergraduates (#REU) applications are up to work with us Summer 2024, with a range of project topics to explore! Deadline March 8. Please RT! @USLTER @CERFScience @BlackinMarSci @SACNAS @indigenousnh @NSF @MBLScience
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I am so excited to announce that I will be joining the Biology Department at @VillanovaU as an Assistant Professor this fall!
l'm looking forward to building a research program working with undergrads and masters students focused on marine/aquatic ecology and conservation.
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It's a pleasure to share our new contribution where we evaluate the effects of ENSO events 🌊 in synergy with the breakwater lengthening on the marine fish abundance and composition using the estuary.🐡🐟🐠
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Check it here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1i3xL…
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PhD opportunities in movement and trophic ecology of recreational fisheries in the Coastal fish and fisheries lab (myweb.fiu.edu/rehagej/)
@FIUEnvironment. Please share and reach out if you have any questions.
NEW PAPER: We modelled the Lake Champlain food web to assess the impacts of alewife invasion based on expectations from the Great Lakes' invasions, and found some interesting contrasts! sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Congrats to #REU students @clarapetry382 and Travis Johnson on their summer research and poster presentations, on fiddler crabs and nekton distribution. And very special thanks to @FosterEmelie for mentoring them! @jnelsonPhD @DavidSamJohnson @UMassLowell @SDSU @NSF @MBLScience
Some great views of the Adirondacks and Dowtown Burlington coming in from fieldwork on the new RV yesterday afternoon!
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New paper introduces conceptual framework for #saltmarsh global comparisons. This framework integrates multiple spatial scales to allow for more effective comparisons across the diversity of salt marshes.
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its been 2 years, but yesterday i got called out for writing "crawfish" instead of "crayfish" in a proposal draft so i guess i am still somewhat mentally in LA
Do you do research on cross-habitat energy flow and food web connectivty? Please consider submitting an abstract to our session at CERF 2023, "Food web linkages across habitat boundaries"! Convened by myself, @slziegler220 , @starryflo ! Abstracts are due May 10th.
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#HappyPiDay! from PIE-LTER, where we combine many pieces of the ecosystems we study to gain understanding of the whole "pie". #ManyPiecesOnePie
ALT The logo for the Plum Island Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research project (PIE LTER), a circle divided into 6 different colored segments with a graphic in each to represent different parts of the research: plankton/microbes, biogeochemistry, invertebrates, marsh grasses, fish, and the physical environment.
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🚨New paper! We used trophic niche metrics to compare stable isotope data from two seagrass die-offs in Florida Bay to see if and how the food web may have changed between time points. (Spoiler alert: it did!) bit.ly/3xUUrJt @jnelsonPhD @FosterEmelie @wryanjames
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PhD opportunities in movement ecology in the Coastal fish and fisheries lab (myweb.fiu.edu/rehagej/)
@FIUEnvironment. Please share and reach out if you have any questions.
