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AES 2012: Day 3 Highlights
Lots of cool talks today as this conference continues to be very good at keeping me busy. Check below the jump for the rundown on what I found interesting.
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AES 2012: Day 2 Highlights
What a busy day. I’ve only got a little bit of time to get this up before I have to head over to the poster session, and I saw a lot of very good talks today. Keep following #AES2012 on … Continue reading
AES 2012: Day 1 Highlights
AES has officially begun! The first day of the World Congress of Herpetology (referred to as “AES” from here on out, because that’s the part I care about, no disrespect to the scalies) kicked off with free breakfast, which was … Continue reading
Posted in AES, conference, dorkiness, ecology, methods, sharks
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New England Great Whites to be Wrangled
I haven’t written about New England great whites here in a while, though I do chime in about new sightings and info on Twitter. However, it looks like the sharks of the East Coast are attracting attention from more than … Continue reading
Posted in behavior, new england great whites, research, sharks
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Shark Week 2012 Preview
It’s getting to be that time of year again. Shark Week, the seven-day Super Bowl for shark nerds and casual viewers alike, is celebrating its 25th year this summer. This year it runs a little later than usual (probably to … Continue reading
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Summer of the Shark: Hatteras Blues
Field work season has officially begun. On Wednesday and Thursday I set out for Hatteras and Ocracoke with labmate Evan and his brother Austin to test the gear, get an idea of how much sampling can happen in a day, … Continue reading
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Summer of the Shark: Prologue
As mentioned earlier, this summer I’ll be starting the first of several shark-related projects that should (hopefully) add up to my dissertation. The first is a summer pilot study that aims to find shark hot spots in Pamlico Sound. Tomorrow, … Continue reading
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Notes on Some of Those 79 “New” Shark Species
By now it’s somewhat old news that a recent study by Gavin Naylor and other researchers from all over (freely available here) has revealed that there may be up to 79 previously undiscovered shark and ray species, which complicates conservation … Continue reading
Posted in conservation, cownose rays, ecology, evolution, North Carolina, research, sharks, spiny dogfish
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Another Round on the Neuse
Late last summer, I embarked with an intrepid crew of Duke grad students to track bull sharks in the Neuse River. We came up empty-handed that time, but a year later I found myself going back for another crack at … Continue reading
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How Italy Ate Up All Its Sharks
As dramatically imperfect as U.S. fisheries management can be, I still stand by my stance that we have the best-managed fisheries in the world. Fishermen gripe about it being too restrictive and quick to change, conservationists complain about it being … Continue reading
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