Studying the dynamic nature of aquatic systems
Here is a Link to a new paper entitled “The great escape: Daphnia pulicaria from post-Bythotrephes invasion time periods have an enhanced escape ability”, which just appeared in Hydrobiologia. This constitutes Chapter 2 from Dr. Emily L. Kiehnau’s Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations Emily!
Congratulations to Asa Candler and Angela Jarjoura for successfully defending their Honors Research Theses during the past two weeks! The title of Asa’s Honors Thesis was: “Enlightening discoveries: Clonal differences in phototaxis of Daphnia pulicaria isolated from Tanners Lake, Minnesota”. The title of Angela’s Honors Thesis was: “Climating changes: Differences in reproductive phenologies and life-history characteristics between melanized and non-melanized Daphnia pulex genotypes in response to variation in ultraviolet radiation and temperature.” This is a great accomplishment. We will miss you in the lab but wish you great success as you pursue your future academic/professional endeavors. All the best!
The first chapter of Matt Wersebe’s dissertation has appeared (early view) in Limnology & Oceanography Letters. It is part of a special issue on the Salinization of Freshwater Systems. Here is a Link to the paper. Congratulations again Matt!
We are pleased to share with folks a tribute to Herrn. Prof. Dr. Winfried Lampert, who passed away on the 6th March 2021. Here is a Link to a tribute article that will appear in the August 2021 issue of Limnology & Oceanography Bulletin. On behalf of my co-authors, we greatly appreciate all the input/fond memories that folks contributed to help us piece together this tribute.
Farewell to Rachel Harnett and Brian, as they head east to Maryland to take up a new position at Mount St. Mary’s University (Emmetsburg, MD). We wish them great success! (Photo taken in Stillwater, OK – L-R; Larry Weider, Rachel, Puni Jeyasingh.)
Just wanted to let folks know that Matt Wersebe was recently awarded research grants from the OU Graduate Student Senate (GSS) for fall 2020 and spring 2021. Also, today he received good news that he has been awarded a Hill Fund Grant from the OU Department of Biology. Well done, Matt!
