It is Characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment. Science is no Exception.
Freeman Dyson
Freeman Dyson
Welcome
I'm an instructor of Biological and Marine Sciences. Class material once posted here, is now found on their respective class page (Canvas) associated with class enrollment. On the side I do statistics consulting helping everyone from graduate students to academics to medical professionals conduction research studies. I'm an SPSS specialists and also work in R. Can I help? Drop me a line. Recent statistical projects:
My rambling blog began as book reviews and has now expanded to a once a month blathering on whatever I find interesting in the world of science, often marine science focused these days. Be wary if you read, I write fast and often do not edit. ;-) |
Research:
My primary work is Snailology (that's not really a word). I work on the distribution of freshwater gastropods. The impetus for this work comes from the FWGNA project. I'm always searching for snails, looking for changes and new invaders, and I'm breeding some for life history data. The number of freshwater snail species with no basic life history data is amazing and depressing. My current lab project is evaluating the development of freshwater snails under different pH conditions. Conveniently snails kept in clear plastic cups (á la Rob Dillon) will deposit their eggs on the side, making viewing easy. In the image below, only 4 (pigmented) eggs are developing from this "hot dog" mass from Stagnicola (Lymnaea) elodes due to the low pH conditions. Other projects: Population assessment of predatory marine snails. Maine coast. Monitoring the non-indigenous Green Crab and newer invasions of the Asian Shore Crab: Maine coast. Drop me an email:
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Ten species of freshwater snail collected from South Dakota.