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The Aquatic Ecology Lab was very well-represented at the Ohio Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (OCAFS) winter meeting February 19-20 in Newport, Kentucky. Faculty members Lindsey Bruckerhoff…

Title slide of Dr. Pennock's presentation including an aerial shot of a river meander and a shot of a boat on a river; title: From the Arid West to the Rust Belt: Divergent Trajectories of Freshwater Communities

February 18, 2026

Pennock Brown-bag talk at UNM

Dr. Casey Pennock presented the brown-bag seminar at the University of New Mexico Department of Biology on February 11. His talk was titled, From the Arid West to the Rust Belt: Divergent…

February 17, 2026

DeMattei receives ESA Grad Study Policy Award

Braden Charles DeMattei, PhD student with Dr. Jim Hood, has been selected for the Ecological Society of America's Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award. Brady is one of 20 students…

Title Slide of Dr. Bruckerhoff's presentation: Forecasting in the face of uncertainty: Ecological consequences of water management in a drier future

February 17, 2026

Bruckerhoff Seminar at UNM

Dr. Lindsey Bruckerhoff travelled to University of New Mexico last week to deliver the departmental seminar for the Department of Biology. She met with colleagues and collaborators while she was…