Our team’s paper (pdf), led by Anya, on the interaction between muricids and vermetids came out today in MEPS.  Abstract: Predators, through their effects on prey densities, sizes, and behaviors, can shape ecological communities. Thus, quantitative assessments of predator−prey relationships are key to understanding these effects. Here, we documented the patterns and processes underlying the Read More …

The annual Odum Bake-Off was  a huge success, featuring the prize entry from Rebecca and Amy.  It was awesome (and was tasty too)!

Lauric’s paper (pdf) on the response of fishes to the Moorea MPA network is now on-line at Ecosphere.  Abstract:  Marine protected area (MPA) networks, with varying degrees of protection and use, can be useful tools to achieve both conservation and fisheries management benefits. Assessing whether MPA networks meet their objectives requires data from Before the establishment Read More …

Anya’s paper on the effects of of algae and vermetids on the coral microbiome is now on-line at Coral Reefs.  Abstract:  Most studies of stressors focus on the response of traditionally classified organisms via effects on growth, mortality or physiology; however, most species have microbial associates that may mediate the response of a host to Read More …

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I (Craig) am particularly keen to attract a candidate to this new program (details below) who is interested in extending our ideas about propagule redirection (Stier and Osenberg 2010, Hamman et al. 2018) and cryptic density dependence (Shima and Osenberg 2010, 2015) that we’ve developed in reef fish, to mosquitoes to better understand their landscape Read More …

This weekend marked two great events.  Mike and Heather celebrated their marriage (above, right) and Gary celebrated his retirement (sort of, with the “this is not a retirement party” pig roast) (below).  Unfortunately, the two great events were the same day and we can’t all be two places at once, but we can still share Read More …

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Anya defended her dissertation last week in the Odum School of Ecology at UGA (Trait-mediated effects and the extended phenotype: community interactions on coral reefs).  She did a great job – an excellent seminar and rumor has it there was even laughter coming out of the defense.  Many thanks to her committee (Tom Frazer, Erin Read More …

Lianne graduated from UF on May 4th.  Her family came from all over to celebrate with her.  Her son, Cooper, enjoyed it the most (well, he mostly slept).   Lianne is now teaching Marine Ecology at UF and continuing her work on scaling and the evolution of coloniality and indivuality.   Congratulations Lianne!

Rebecca won Best Oral Presentation at the 2018 Benthic Ecology Meetings in Corpus Christi, for her talk “Incorporating intraspecific variation and metabolic theory into our understanding of consumer-plant interactions”.  Kat Clancy (mentored by Rebecca) also attended the meeting and gave a poster on her undergraduate thesis research, “Do physiological responses to temperature depend on body Read More …

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ESA formed the Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability (SEEDS) program in 1996 to facilitate the participation of underrepresented students in our discipline.  The UGA SEEDS Chapter, which was just approved, was created through the efforts of the Odum School of Ecology’s Diversity Committee, with special thanks to our own, Amy Briggs.  Great job Read More …

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Imagination Squared has launched (imaginationsquared.org).  The project (created and conceived by Christina Foard) is starting with the Odum School of Ecology, Lamar Dodd School of Art, and  UGA Athletics, and then spreading throughout the UGA campus and Athens community this Fall.  Get your square!

Jeff Shima leads a team of collaborators from New Zealand, Australia and the US, working on life histories and populations dynamics of Thalassoma hardwicke.  This is the inaugural paper from the Marsden grant that funds the work (and took great advantage of samples collected during Jeff’s and Craig’s earlier NSF research on cryptic density dependence).

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Dan Hawkins joined the lab and will be working at Sapelo Island this summer along with Rebecca Atkins.  Dan is working towards his MS in Ecology and is developing a thesis on marsh ecology — his work will complement the research being done by Rebecca as part of her dissertation.  Dan graduated from Creighton University Read More …

Jing graduated from UF in April.  Her mother and father came out from China to help celebrate and to help her prepare for her new post-doc at Michigan State University with Scott Peacor and Jim Bence.   We’ll going to miss Jing and her smile, but look forward to hearing about her new work on Great Read More …