Month: February 2016
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Lab Hosts More Visiting Scholars from Brazil
In January the Winemiller Aquatic Ecology Lab welcomed two more visiting scientists from Brazil. Marcelo Andrade is a doctoral student from the Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil, and Eduardo Cunha is a doctoral student from the Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Brazil. Marcelo is researching the evolutionary ecology and diversity of fishes in the…
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Aquatic Ecology Lab Provides Training in Fisheries Methods to Cambodian Fisheries Students and Professionals
Dr. Winemiller and PhD students, Luke Bower and Dan Fitzgerald provided instruction in fisheries methods at the Cambodian Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute (IFReDI) in Phnom Penh on February 1-2, 2016. The workshop was attended by 25 individuals from IFReDI, the Royal University of Phnom Penh, and the Royal Agricultural University. Students practiced laboratory…
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Authors of Science Journal article strive to save world’s mightiest rivers
Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – A group of 40 international scientists led by a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences professor says three of the earth’s mightiest rivers are being ravaged in the name of progress. The findings of Dr. Kirk Winemiller, Regents Professor in the department of wildlife and fisheries sciences and…
