New paper out on the rare (maybe not?) Percina lenticula. Paired targeted sampling with eDNA to dramatically increase what we know of this species occurrence in the Pascagoula and Pearl River systems.
doi.org/10.1002/aqc.... #darter #fish #eDNA #conservation

New paper out on (unexpected) population structure of the Bayou Darter, endemic to Bayou Pierre in Mississippi.
dx.doi.org/10.3354/esr0... #darter #fish #conservation #popgen

First 5 days of #AdventOfCode are done! Here's a distilled day 5 solution doing part 1 and 2 together.

Happy to announce applications are open for the 2025 summer REU at USM focusing on Gulf Coastal Plain ecology. May have one of the students in the lab, please distribute to interested students. #REU #ecology #undergraduate

www.usm.edu/biological-e...

etap.nsf.gov/award/7064/o...

Headed to the 50th Southeastern Fishes Council today. Looking forward to lots of great talks, three from the lab here.

sefishescouncil.org/event-5827792