Chris Stallings

Integrating basic and applied ecology

[Chris Stallings @FishEcologyLab]

The SHELF crew had an egg-sail-ent sunrise this morning as they continued to collect fish eggs on the West Florida Shelf to help us better understand spawning dynamics in the Gulf of Mexico! #GOM_SHELF @FIOTweet @virome_girl @USFCMS @USFResearch

[Chris Stallings @FishEcologyLab]

@TrevorABranch I wondered the same since that book was published 10 years ago.

[Chris Stallings @FishEcologyLab]

First official CUFES collection underway as the team begins to "mow the lawn" across the West Florida Shelf to bring back fish eggs that @virome_girl will DNA barcode! #GOM_SHELF

[Chris Stallings @FishEcologyLab]

The Weatherbird II headed offshore this morning for a 12-day cruise to collect fish eggs across the broad West Florida Shelf using a Continuous Fish Egg Sampler (CUFES). #GOM_SHELF @FIOTweet @virome_girl @USFCMS @USFResearch

[Chris Stallings @FishEcologyLab]

Really looking forward to what @OliviaBlondheim's dissertation reveals about water filtration services oysters provide!

[USF College of Marine Science @USFCMS]

#USF PhD student @OliviaBlondheim combines her #oyster research and passion for #citizenscience with the hope of improving #waterquality in #TampaBay.

Read more on how she uses citizen science to engage the community in local research. https://t.co/WarU2C5VPz

[Chris Stallings @FishEcologyLab]

@BenDW Congrats, Ben! Definitely well-deserved and thank you for your contributions to the field!

[Chris Stallings @FishEcologyLab]

Very impressive body of work!

[Thomas Near @TJNear]

The classification of ray-finned fishes monograph just dropped!

https://t.co/U5yadkHLEs

[Chris Stallings @FishEcologyLab]

@TJNear Wow, this is a really impressive body of work. Great stuff!

[Chris Stallings @FishEcologyLab]

Latest paper from Spawning Habitat & Early-Life Linkages to Fisheries (SHELF) used DNA barcoding & PO models to estimate fish egg transport. Eggs spawned on the inner & middle West Florida Shelf tended to be retained and eggs from the outer shelf exported https://t.co/XOuhTPkGZ9

[Chris Stallings @FishEcologyLab]

@j_wilson_white @jess_schulte @smbrander While I'm at it teaching basic anatomy...

[Chris Stallings @FishEcologyLab]

@j_wilson_white @smbrander I'm hear to clear up some misconceptions

[Chris Stallings @FishEcologyLab]

@BarbieriSue Very cool, Sue and Mike!

[Chris Stallings @FishEcologyLab]

@DrFishCounter I'm in love with seahorses

[Ecological Applications @ESAApplications]

New in @ESAApplications:

Persistent decadal differences in plant communities assembled under contrasting climate conditions

https://t.co/UhvxgspDYO

With #OpenData in @EDIgotdata

#PriorityEffects #TallgrassPrairie #NSFFunded @NSF @EckhoffKatie @SaraGBaer @KonzaLTER @USLTER

[Chris Stallings @FishEcologyLab]

Really cool stuff! Great job!

[Dr. Stacy Calhoun-Grosch @StacyCalGro]

🚨New paper! We used trophic niche metrics to compare stable isotope data from two seagrass die-offs in Florida Bay to see if and how the food web may have changed between time points. (Spoiler alert: it did!) https://t.co/Js7DOMY3sp @jnelsonPhD @FosterEmelie @wryanjames

[Chris Stallings @FishEcologyLab]

@hanvanzan I find that using the phrase "for safety purposes" on receipts works very well at universities. I had to argue this to purchase sunscreen for my field crew. I argued they wouldn't deny a chemist an apron, gloves, and goggles to protect their skin.

[Chris Stallings @FishEcologyLab]

@smbrander @DrBirdLady @ReservoirWebs @ucdavis @UNCWilmington @HatfieldMSC If you have MOCC, this should be rubber stamped. And if they don't require MOCC, they need to be clear about what they DO require.

[Kieran Cox, Ph.D @KieranCx]

1950s Ecologist: That’s preposterous; fish don’t have personalities!!

Fish: Hold my beer

*A recent video from our ongoing soundscape work in Belize*