Research work at Montana LAB this Summer-Fall 2020
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Photos of Field Research Activities
Zachary Hutchens (student research), Jordan Griffin (student research assistant) and me @ the Upper Brazos River near Graham TX. during our stream survey. June 2020
Montana & Schalk Lab members during the alligator snapping turtle survey @ East Texas. 22 July 2020.
Experimental setting for nutrient excretion in amphibians @ ponds in Davy Crockett National Forest, TX. June 2020.
Internships & volunteering opportunities at Montana Lab Are you interested in aquatic ecosystems: ponds, streams, rivers? in aquatic organisms such as fish, aquatic invertebrates, tadpoles? The Montana Lab welcome motivate undergraduates with great interest in getting hands on research experience working on the field or lab settings. Please, contact Dr. Montana via email if you are interested in volunteering or doing an internship in her lab. |
More news:
January 2021 Dr. Reuber Antoniazzi from Brazil joined the Montana Lab as a Research Associate. He will be describing historical patterns of communities and and spatial distribution of streams network. Welcome Reuber!! December 2020 Dr. Montana research featured on an episode of “Animal Impossible - Piranhas” produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Jordan Griffin and Valerie Castillo both graduate. Congratulation Jordan and Valerie!!! November 2020 Dr. Montana was invited to speak at the 1st. International Symposium of Tadpole Evolution. Brazil 2020. Her talk was entitled: Tadpole trophic ecology: continued efforts to answer the question 'what tadpoles really eat?” October 2020 Dr. Montana was awarded with a SFA Minigrant. The Montana Lab conducted fish surveys in the Upper Brazos and Red River basins. September 2020 Courtney Plummer and Valerie Castillo (Biology Undergrads) joined the Montana Lab as research assistants. August 2020 Our paper entitled "Seasonal variation in basal resources supporting fish biomass in longitudinal zones of the Usumacinta River, southern Mexico" is published online early view in Marine and Freshwater Research. Congratulations to all!! Erin Shepta joined the lab as a MS student. Welcome Erin! June 2020 Our paper entitled "The relationship between trophic level and body size in fishes depends on functional traits" was published in early view in Ecological Monographs. April 2020 Jordan Griffin and Zachary Hutchens were awarded 1st Place overall Undergraduate Poster presentation at the statewide 2020- Ecological Integration Symposium at Texas A&M. Way to go Jordan and Zach!! Graduate (Jake Swanson) and undergraduate (Jordan Griffin, Zachary Hutchens, Kathy Li, Hannah Bays, Allison Pinson) students at Montana Lab presented their ongoing research via Virtual format at the statewide 2020- Ecological Integration Symposium at Texas A&M. February 2020 Jordan Griffin will be presenting her research project at the College of Science and Mathematics showcase Feb 22. Way to go Jordan! Our paper entitled Macroevolutionary analyses indicate that repeated adaptive shifts towards predatory diets affect functional diversity in Neotropical cichlid is published in early view Biological Journal Linnean Society. Congratulations to all! January 2020 Morgan Beckham passed her MS oral examination! Congratulations Morgan! Alejandra Martinez and Jordan Griffin (Undergraduates) and Dr. Montana will be presenting their research project at Texas Chapter American Fisheries Society meeting 2020, Waco, Texas. 23-25 Jan. Our paper in Environmental Fish Biology entitled: "Functional and trophic diversity of fishes in the Mekong-3S river system: comparison of morphological and isotopic patterns" was accepted for publication! Yeaaa! |
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