REU student Idris and graduate student Sandra wrangling tadpoles in the mesocosm array
Well played everyone...well played
Things look a little shady during Brady's thesis research on factors affecting prevalence of omnivory in wood frog tadpoles
One of the tadpoles from Brady's thesis research (also used in Idris' REU study), to be used to assess impacts of various factors on tadpole body shape
Streamside salamander (Ambystoma barbouri) eggs, Taylorsville Lake State Park
Nice haul of newts during our herpetology field trip to Maywoods!
2020
Brady boxed himself in while creating frames for his tadpole cages...now he can never leave
Many of the ponds where we study salamanders contain a resident snapping turtle
Renae gets down and dirty to help us drain and move water storage tanks
So yeah, this happened! Caught in a flooding parking lot at Clark State Forest, IN...fish and turtles were spotted moving past us...we escaped unharmed
While navigating fieldwork at the start of the pandemic, we designated one dipnet as proper social distancing (grad student Aaron and undergraduates Taylor and Renae)
2019
REU student Lexi and undergrad technician Abby set up mesocosms for our study on invasive honeysuckle impacts on aquatic communities
Representative invertebrate sample from a "native leaves only" mesocosm
...and a "native and honeysuckle leaves" mesocosm right next door!