Guest post by Brad Richardson.—As educators and researchers, one of the most important things we can do is strive to build a network of communication with the general public. Research is too often performed and presented to fellow peers without any real connection with the public – one of our...
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Reclaiming Bluff Lake
Treating Nuisance Plants
Post by Victoria Starnes.—From 2014-2018 an extreme annual drawdown was implemented on Bluff Lake on Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge starting in July and ending in December to increase moist soil plant production areas and improve feeding opportunities for waterfowl and waterbirds. Although these practices were initially successful in providing forage...
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Reasoning in ecology, conservation biology, and natural resource management
Post by Caleb Aldridge.—This is a
recent paper wirtten for a directed study course on the philosophy and
application of estimation. The thoughts are my own and do not
neccessarily reflect those of my lab.
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Chasing Frecklebellies
WFA4313/6313 lab to capture Frecklebelly Madtoms
A great day out in the field with WFA4313 Fisheries Management Lab. We
sampled a large gravel bar on the Tombigbee River with the MDWFP Ichthyologist.
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The Hybrid Heyday
Aquaculture Disease Research in a Changing Industry
Post by Brad Richardson.—In July of 2015, I began my first summer of work on my doctoral research. My research is focused on a bacterial disease having a huge detrimental impact on the catfish aquaculture industry that is so prevalent in the southeastern United States. The disease had been around...
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