This is where you will find information about Undergraduate Research. We aim to lead aquatics-related undergraduate research projects each year that are available for all Chapter members to participate in. Research will be conducted locally and provide students with the opportunity to be mentored by experienced graduate students and gain experience. Our goal is that students will be able to conduct research that they can present at both ESF research events as well as the Annual AFS NY meeting.
We also help other research groups spread information about opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students. Please let us know if there is an upcoming opportunity you would like us to distribute.
If you are interested in participating, please attend an upcoming meeting or get in contact with us!
We also help other research groups spread information about opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students. Please let us know if there is an upcoming opportunity you would like us to distribute.
If you are interested in participating, please attend an upcoming meeting or get in contact with us!
FIELD CREDIT OPPORTUNITY!!!
From Dr. Hyatt Green, ESF:
We are looking for 2-3 students looking to obtain field credit (EFB 298) OR a few dollars in their pocket. No previous experience is required, but experience seining and measuring fish is preferred.
Activities include:
Other possible activities include:
Interested students can contact Hyatt Green for further information.
Hyatt Green, PhD
Asst. Professor of Microbiology
Environmental Data Science Initiative, Co-Director
Dept of Environmental and Forest Biology
SUNY-ESF
315-470-4814
[email protected]
We are looking for 2-3 students looking to obtain field credit (EFB 298) OR a few dollars in their pocket. No previous experience is required, but experience seining and measuring fish is preferred.
Activities include:
- traveling to the Hudson/Mohawk confluence near Troy, NY for three survey trips (June, July, and August, precise dates TBD)
- collection of riverbed sediment using a corer
- collecting and measuring captured fish
- sample handling
- seine care and maintenance
- liver biopsies on a subset of collected fish
Other possible activities include:
- DNA extraction
- macroinvert classification
Interested students can contact Hyatt Green for further information.
Hyatt Green, PhD
Asst. Professor of Microbiology
Environmental Data Science Initiative, Co-Director
Dept of Environmental and Forest Biology
SUNY-ESF
315-470-4814
[email protected]
FILLED! CONGRATS, TYLER MULLER!
Internship Opportunity: Comparison of TM vs GM approaches for discriminating C. artedi morphs
New USGS research biologist (and ESF alum) Dr. Brian O' Malley is looking for an intern to assist with a cisco morphometrics project . Probably minimum 4-ish hrs/week, or more if the student is really industrious. They would train at Oswego, then could work remotely, occasionally popping in to the office to check-in.
*** Seeking a motivated student to help digitize and process (landmark analysis) images of coregonines for geometric morphometric study of historical and contemporary morphs ***
TM = Traditional morphometrics; linear measurements, used for taxonomy; caliper
GM = Geometric morphometrics; shape analysis; digital images
Which method is more sensitive? What are the most appropriate GM landmarks for cisco morphs? How does each method perform in a mixed-morph sample?
*** Seeking a motivated student to help digitize and process (landmark analysis) images of coregonines for geometric morphometric study of historical and contemporary morphs ***
TM = Traditional morphometrics; linear measurements, used for taxonomy; caliper
GM = Geometric morphometrics; shape analysis; digital images
Which method is more sensitive? What are the most appropriate GM landmarks for cisco morphs? How does each method perform in a mixed-morph sample?
Preferred qualifications:
- Basic knowledge of R statistical software or desire to learn
- Ichthyology
- Attention to details, ability to learn how digitize fish pictures and manage data
- Willingness to learn about morphology, how to analyze data, and communicate findings through scientific talks and publication
If interested please email a brief cover letter and resume, that highlights relevant coursework and any research experience you might have, and what you hope to get out of this experience :
Brian O’Malley
[email protected]
USGS Great Lakes Science Center
Lake Ontario Biological Station
Oswego, NY
See: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/glsc to learn more about USGS
Brian O’Malley
[email protected]
USGS Great Lakes Science Center
Lake Ontario Biological Station
Oswego, NY
See: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/glsc to learn more about USGS
2016-2017 Research Project
We have exciting news! At the end of the 2015-2016 school year we acquired several minnow traps to add to our Chapter equipment.
We had the idea to use the traps this coming year to sample the Meadowbrook Detention Basin in Barry Park (approximately 1.5 miles from campus). We had originally thought that we were going to find all the abandoned pet fishes that people were rumored to dump in this pond.
This summer Erik and several summer students set-up a trial sampling event with our new minnow traps and surprisingly caught several native fishes. We hope to use this site for this year's research project. We will be narrowing down our research plan at a meeting this September!
We have exciting news! At the end of the 2015-2016 school year we acquired several minnow traps to add to our Chapter equipment.
We had the idea to use the traps this coming year to sample the Meadowbrook Detention Basin in Barry Park (approximately 1.5 miles from campus). We had originally thought that we were going to find all the abandoned pet fishes that people were rumored to dump in this pond.
This summer Erik and several summer students set-up a trial sampling event with our new minnow traps and surprisingly caught several native fishes. We hope to use this site for this year's research project. We will be narrowing down our research plan at a meeting this September!
