Aquatic Ecology & Conservation
Division of Forestry and Natural Resources | West Virginia University
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Welcome to the Aquatic Ecology and Conservation lab! Our research aims to advance scientific knowledge to offer solutions to aquatic conservation problems at local, regional and global levels. To learn more, check out our Research Overview: Land Cover Changes | Dams | Overfishing | Invasion biology | Climate change |
Lab News
2023/2024
WVU undergraduate student, Erin Driehaus, is the first author of a publication in the Journal of Applied Ichthyology! Congrats Erin!
New paper published in Journal of Environmental Management. Check it out!
We evaluated impacts and adaptation strategies of riverine communities in the face of large-scale hydropower projects in the Brazilian Amazon.
Have a look at the new publication out in Freshwater Biology: Seasonal patterns in the structure of the fish larvae assemblages in the lower Amazon River
Thanks to collaborators Rui Cajado, Diego Zacardi, Lucas Oliveira, Fabíola Silva, and Marcelo Andrade!
New paper published in Journal of Environmental Management. Check it out!
We evaluated impacts and adaptation strategies of riverine communities in the face of large-scale hydropower projects in the Brazilian Amazon.
Have a look at the new publication out in Freshwater Biology: Seasonal patterns in the structure of the fish larvae assemblages in the lower Amazon River
Thanks to collaborators Rui Cajado, Diego Zacardi, Lucas Oliveira, Fabíola Silva, and Marcelo Andrade!
2021/2022
Check out the paper published in Food Webs!
Publication by the Winemiller Lab in collaboration with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. New publication out in Fisheries Research! Thanks to collaborators Diego, Carlos and Keid! New paper published in BioScience Alterations to flood pulse can promote profound ecological state change at a large spatial scale in floodplain ecosystems. We characterize the Amazonian flood pulse, summarize evidence of flood pulse change, assess ecological repercussions, and provide a monitoring framework for tracking flood pulse change and detecting biotic responses. Thanks to Sandra Correa, Peter van der Sleen, Sharmin Siddiqui, Juan Bogotá-Gregory, Adrian Barnett, Thiago Couto, Michael Goulding, and Elizabeth Anderson! Fieldwork Season 2022! The WVU Aquatic Ecology Labs members (at Murry's and Arantes's labs at WVU) Katie, Jarrett and Sam have collected data for their thesis's work. Updated in 2023: This work was successfully concluded. Katie and Jarrett are about to defend their thesis and Sam is developing his analyses. Katie and Jarrett, in collaboration with WV DRN, sampled fish assemblage in streams across the States of West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Katie and Jarrett will investigate factors driving local and regional variations in fish assemblages and food webs. They hope to improve understanding of how changes in watersheds, including land cover alterations and mining, affect fish diversity and food webs in the Appalachian region. Sam visited the Madeira River in the Brazilian Amazon to work with our collaborators Carol Doria e Vanessa Reis. They collected data on fish assemblages in sites impacted by the complex of dams. We hope to understand more about how fish assemblages have changed 10 years after that the dams were built. New paper published in SOTEN Our analyses showed significant reductions in fish abundance, richness, and functional diversity in the Middle Xingu River after five years of the Belo Monte dams operation Many thanks to collaborators! Friedrich W. Keppeler, Marcelo C. Andrade, Paulo A. A. Trindade, Leandro M. Sousa, Kirk O. Winemiller, Olaf P. Jensen, and Tommaso Giarrizzo Have a look at the new paper out in JAE Dams affect the functional composition of fisheries yields and reduce catches, negatively impacting fishing-based income of communities in the Amazon Check out our new paper in Ambio Institutional effects on ecological outcomes of community-based management of fisheries in the Amazon Graduate Research Assistantships The Arantes's and Murry's labs at WVU are seeking strong candidates to fill doctoral position to examine invasive carp in the Tennessee/Cumberland and Ohio Rivers relative to flow regimes and other landscape factors. (closed) Find detailed information here New paper in Aquatic Ecology Check out new paper by lab member Sam G and his collaborators. They used IBIs to assess habitat characteristics influencing stream fish communities in Iowa. Congrats Sam! Find the complete paper here Lab member Joseph M and collaborators published a new paper in the journal Estuaries and Coasts Check it out here! They used the seagrass Thalassia testudinum as a sentinel for tracing nutrient inputs and movements in Ambergris Caye Lagoon, Belize. Congrats Joe! |
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