What's the lab been up to?

November 2019: The lab attended a great (as always) Southeastern Fishes Council meeting in Knoxville. Here Jewel Streeter shows off the poster based on his summer NSF-REU project examining larval fish distribution and abundance in the Ogeechee River.
May 2019: It's been a tough year hydrologically for Robust redhorse monitoring. In late May we helped SC DNR biologists sample eDNA and attempt a drone survey of spawners in the Savannah River (see video), but none could be found. Apparently the fish had already done their thing and left the gravel bar.
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May 2019: It's not all work being a fish biologist! Here Jamie and Damon Mullis use specialized sampling gear to complete a hat trick for Micropterus on the Savannah River. Top to bottom are Largemouth, Smallmouth, and the endemic Bartram's bass. We're working on completing a Georgia bass slam in 2019. Three down, seven to go!
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May 2018: A soggy but successful trip helping the GA DNR collect and tag Robust redhorse on the Savannah River. Clockwise from top left: 1) Paul and Jamie help Peter Dimmick, Deb Weiler, and Tony Dodd set the megafyke. 2) Aftermath of seining into the megafyke. 3) One of the handsome males collected and implanted with a Vemco tag. 4) Paul finally lays hands on a Robust! All photos courtesy of Alan Cressler.
April 2017: Robust redhorse aplenty at the lower gravel bar below New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam on the Savannah River. Note the chasing, flanking, and other reproductive behaviors.
March 2017: The GSU Fisheries Biology class helps spawn white and striped bass, alongside Jackson Sibley, Frank Buchanan, Jason Howard, and Chris Harper of the Richmond Hill Fish Hatchery.
August 2016: New paper hot off the press!
Eschenroeder, J.C. and J.H. Roberts. Online Early. Novel polymorphic microsatellite loci for distinguishing rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Roanoke bass (Ambloplites cavifrons), and their hybrids. Molecular Biology Reports, DOI 10.1007/s11033-016-4049-0. |
July/August 2016: The Coastal Plain Flows and Fishes project is going full bore! Clockwise from top left: 1) The fish crew electrofishing Black Creek. 2) Becky with a nice Bowfin. 3) Jamie and guest-netter Holly Roberts. 4) A Savannah darter.
September 2015: Photos from the GSU Ichthyology class's field trip to North Georgia (Nottely and Oconee rivers).
May 2015: On a recent trip to the Savannah River downstream of Augusta, Steve Vives helps with visual surveys for spawning Robust redhorse (note fish in foreground). On the right, there's a trio of spawning Robust redhorse. In all, we counted around 120 fish.
Jamie Roberts moves on (clickable link)
February 2015: No, not an obituary...it's a very kind sendoff from Jamie's long-time colleagues and friends at Virginia Tech.
February 2015: No, not an obituary...it's a very kind sendoff from Jamie's long-time colleagues and friends at Virginia Tech.