ConGARtulations @SallmannC for successfully defending his master’s thesis!!! #GarLab #NichollsBiology
ConGARtulations @Atfredri on passing your thesis defense!!! You did a FINtastic job! #GarLab #NichollsBiology
Excited for @Atfredri to defend her master’s thesis today!!!
She’s developed new stable isotope models for Spotted & Alligator Gar based on non-lethal sampling, plus other cool trophic ecology findings!#NichollsBiology #GarLab
LOOK at the tail on this male Bowfin!
Great day in the field, collecting holosteans (gars & bowfins) for #NichollsBiology projects! #GarLab
SHEEPSHEAD: Yes hi, which way is the ocean?
While sampling the Atchafalaya River basin for her thesis research today; @Atfredri’s team turned up this Sheepshead! Typically found in saltwater, but occasionally enter freshwater to feed.
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Busy day on the water, but all smiles for fieldwork with Spotted AND Alligator Gar! 📷@SarahFontana814
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SO META.
In this photograph, we see both an Alligator Gar, and my exact expression upon hearing from @Atfredri that field team collected this Alligator Gar (safely released)! #GarLab #NichollsBiology
A short story of fun fishy trash talk among #NichollsBiology faculty and an early #SundayFishSketch 1/
“#SciComm Biodiversity” - #GarLab makes 3 covers in 3 months, hopefully reaching diverse audiences!
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@AmFisheriesSoc #AncientSportFish
With shoutouts to @UMich @UMSEAS @ohionorthern @RangerRickMags @FishEvoDevoGeno @MSU_IBIO @quentonfontenot for helping me on my journey to #NichollsBiology #GarLab!
Today we’re on the bayou for some gar & Bowfin sampling; this time with @NichollsState media pros @mistymac @ja_batte! Let’s see what’s out there! #NichollsBiology
We ended the day with no YOY Spotted Gars, but did get a baseline on several sites. We still saw some impressive species; check out the pattern & colors on this male Golden Topminnow!
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You guys I was SO EXCITED about this fish you have no idea! We’ve sampled this section many times; this is the FIRST Alligator Gar we’ve seen after months of sampling!
*area is mainly Spotted Gars
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WE GOT A WILD ALLIGATOR GAR!!!!
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We’re back on the bayou today collecting Bowfin for genomics research w/ @FishEvoDevoGeno! #GarLab #NichollsBiology
Now THAT’s A GARtastic day “at the office!” Alligator Gar spawning begins! #GarLab #NichollsBiology
We’ve already got lots of followers...
#BirdsVsFish #NichollsBiology
Brisk day on the coast! We are heading out on the Acadiana @LUMCONscience for #NichollsBiology #NichollsFish!
One day post-hatch (1 DPH), we can already see significant development in Spotted Gar larvae. More pigmentation, distinct eye, and the suction structure around the mouth (adheres to vegetation in wild, glass in lab)!
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WE HAVE BABY GARS!!!
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Out of the lab and into the field!
Back on the bayou sampling for carnivorous fishes with @BergeronBrando @JaywonEJANLA!
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Here they GAR! The Spotted Gar eggs adhere to the artificial spawning substrate. Once removed, they’re incubated in different tanks. Many embryos from this spawn are being sent to @FishEvoDevoGeno!
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Today we’re back in the Bayousphere Lab @NichollsState for Spotted Gar spawning! Post-injection, gars are placed in tank with artificial spawning substrate, aka pom poms! We should see activity in 24 hrs, embryos in 48. Stay tuned! #GarLab #NichollsBiology
Nice representative Redear Sunfish, Spotted Gar, and male (see the bright green?) Bowfin!
#ProjectBOWFIN #NichollsBiology
Back on the bayou this morning with @BergeronBrando! We’re after native carnivorous fishes (including Bowfin & Spotted Gar)! #NichollsBiology #GarLab #ProjectBOWFIN
“You get a gar, you get a gar; everyone gets a gar!”
All my #NichollsBiology Evolution & Ecology students get a gar! If you haven’t received one yet, message me/drop by office next semester! cc @MCBrandorando @ciara_disbeetis
@Quade_Adam Awesome! Great to see you on Twitter! Feel free to post field stuff alongside whatever else; we will share through #NichollsBiology too!
@BergeronBrando nice job getting back up and active! Check out pics of you on #NichollsBiology account too! Good times in the field yesterday!
Here we go! #NichollsBiology
I’ll be presenting on @NichollsBiology to the next generation of scientists today; high school students (and their parents)!
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