Past News:
  • 2020
  • Sean's thesis research and Vincent's summer research were presented at thelAnnual California Aquatic Bioassessment Workgroup (CABW) and California Chapter Society for Freshwater Science Meeting (10/14)
  • Vincent will be presenting his research poster this Friday! His summer project focused on factors affecting spatial plant diversity in vernal pools across California (8/12) 
  • We will soon be starting work on our 3-year collaborative grant (PI: Michelle Stevens, CSUS Environmental Studies) from the State of California Wildlife Conservation Board: Bushy Lake Conceptual Restoration Plan, Sacramento County. (6/18)
  • Welcome to summer undergraduate research students, Melanie Oxley, Vincent Chen, and Adam Archuleta! (6/12)
  • Congratulations to Sean for passing his advancement! (4/6)
  • Scott gave a great talk on density dependence in VP tadpole shrimp at the 2020 Student Research & Creative Activity Spring Symposium (3/9)

  • 2019
  • Happy New Year! Winter rains are here and studies underway: rock pool study continues, Sean initiating his thesis project comparing natural, constructed, and restored vernal pools, and Nina conducting a pilot study of the effects of competition on fairy shrimp (12/30)
  • Congratulations to Randall on passing his exit seminar and thesis submission! (12/4)
  • Ozeri et al paper, Effects of a fire-retardant on the mosquito Culiseta longiareolata larvae development and oviposition habitat selection accepted at Ecological Entomology (10/9)
  • Rosenfeld et al rock pool mosquito paper is out in Hydrobiologia (9/24)
  • Many talks this fall: CA-SFS (on fire retardants), UGA Dept of Entomology (on latitudinal diversity gradients), ENV SCI-Geology Colloquium (on global seasonal wetland ecology) , Sacramento Carnivorous Plant & Bromeliad Society (carnivorous & parasitic plants) (9/10)
  • Global Temporary Pond Ecology Seminar in the CSUS-USGS Colloquium on November 19
  • Rock Pool Branchinecta Conservation talk at East Bay Stewardship Council on November 13
  • Latitudinal Biodiversity Gradient in Vernal Pools Seminar at University of Georgia's Department of Entomology on November  4
  • Fire Retardant Effects on Temporary Pond Ecology talk at the CA Society of Freshwater Science Conference (UC Davis) on October 23
  • Carnivorous and Parasitic Plants talk at Sacramento Bromeliad and Carnivorous Plant Society on October 16
  • Welcome to new graduate students in Fall 2019: Hannah Savage, Nina Tortosa, and Scott Whitman! (9/1/19)
  • Congratulations to Robin Shin on the acceptance of Warming interacts with inundation timing to influence the species composition of California vernal pool communities to Hydrobiologia! This was based on his MS Thesis (7/30/19)​
  • Latitudinal diversity talk on Sept 27 in the department
  • Jamie will be giving a talk on carnivorous and parasitic plants to the El Dorado Chapter of the CNPS on 7/23 (7/8)
  • Jamie gave the talk, Endanegered Branchinecta Ecology in Rock Pool Metacommunities  at the SFS Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City (5/24)
  • Congratulations to Kevin on passing his exit seminar (Hydrology, environment, and community structure associated with Branchinecta lynchi occurrence in freshwater rock pools) (5/10) pic
  • Jamie will be speaking at the CSU-WRPI Conference on The Effects of Fire Retardants in Mediterranean Aquatic Ecosystems on 4/25.  This is a Fulbright research collaboration  (4/13) 
  • Congratulations to Alexa on being awarded the Smithson Math/Science  Scholarship and the Jane Bruner Scholarship for Academic Excellence!(4/11) 
  • Freshwater Biology paper published online (3/9)

  • 2018
  • Jamie will be giving a talk today on vernal pool ecology for Mira Loma High School's Arcade Creek Project (11/27)
  • Jamie will be giving a talk on Middle East wildlife encountered on sabbatical for the Sacramento-Shasta Chapter of the Wildlife Society on 11/15: link (10/20)
  • Jamie gave a talk in the CSUS STEM Lecture Series Here Today-Gone Tomorrow: A Global Perspective of Seasonal Wetlands ​(flyer, link)​

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