Sharing a note highlighting the work of our lab member Ana Meza Salazar. Thanks to the Macrolatinos Network for supporting Latin American researchers. www.macrolatinos.net/2024/04/nota...
On this international women's day, we celebrate the great work that our lab members do as researchers, students, technicians, and lab members. Proud of all of you! #InternationalWomensDay#DiaInternacionalDeLaMujer
Congratulations to Adriana Villanueva (2022 REU student) for winning best poster presentation at the AAAS annual meeting, Denver, Colorado She studied the effects of stream flow reduction on riparian spiders. Dr. Jesús Gómez was her mentor #ElVerde_REU
Monitoring whirligig beetles (Gyrinidae) and their response to disturbances in Puerto Rico. We're monitoring their populations in our ongoing flow reduction experiment to understand how flow changes their habitat and abundance. A collaboration with LUQ-LTER.
The importance of accounting for survey completeness when modeling climate-spp relationships in the Neotropics. Sharing our latest publication, a collaboration with friends & colleagues from Latin America lead by Fernanda Alves-Martins/ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jb…
Riparian leaves decompose fast in the presence of shrimp. However, post hurricane increases in shrimp abundance do not result in faster decomposition in our study streams in Puerto Rico. Sharing our latest publication: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Meteorological data is rather important for our stream studies. One of our duties is to maintain the met equipment at El Verde Field Station, Puerto Rico, part of the Luquillo LTER. The best part is to enjoy the views from the top of the tower, spectacular!
New blog: Academic social media networks are rewiring. What effect will this have on the academic blogosphere? #AcademicSky#CommSky#SciCommecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2024/01/19/s...
At the end of 2022, we all thought Twitter (now called X) was about to break. In my broader twitter network of mostly academia and ecology/enviro interested folks, I started losing connections by the ...
Summer undergraduate internship in Puerto Rico - For those interested in doing research in Tropical Ecology and Evolution. Our summer REU program will accept applications until February 15. Paid Internship! ramirezlab.net/reu#ElVerde_REU
