We used scale isotopes to understand trophic ecology of Atlantic salmon during first year at sea. Isotopes can also reflect migration routes, and it looked like routes of first-time migrants resembled those of older, previous spawners satellite tagged in earlier studies dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Got the opportunity to go out with USGS on the San Francisco Bay for some POM sample collection. Not a bad lab setup 🦑🌏🧪
🧪 🦑 🦈 For Wobbegong Wed, do you know how wobbegong sharks reproduce? They use a process called aplacental viviparity, or formerly known as ovoviviparous. This means that these sharks create and develop eggs in utero, the eggs hatch inside, and then live shark pups are born!
I'm Dan Bolnick (EEB, Univ Connecticut). I'd love to recruit a PhD student to work on a 9 whole-lake experimental evolution project in Alaska (info here: tinyurl.com/mrxwasvpbolnicklab.wordpress.com
Kids really are the future of conservation! Protect the Steelhead drawings line the river at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park 🦑🧪🌎