Fieldwork
May-June 2010: Collection of specimens and/or data on swimming performance and habitat use from populations of lake and stream Threespine Sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus on Vancouver and Quadra Islands in British Columbia, Canada.
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Red dot = collecting site
August 2009: Collection of live Redline Darters Nothonotus rufilineatus, Bluebreast Darters N. camurus, Swannanoa Darters E. swannanoa, and Gilt Darters P. evides for kinematic and PIV analyses in the southern United States (US).
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Red dot = collecting site, dashed black line = approx. route between sites
August 2008: Specimen collection Johnny Darter E. nigrum for analysis of population [dietary] niche breadth; collection of live Missouri Saddled Darters E. tetrazonum and Fantail Darters E. flabellare for kinematic and PIV analyses in the southern US.
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Red dot = collecting site, dashed black line = approx. route between sites
July 2007: Collection of microhabitat data from rare darter species (i.e. Sharpnose Darter Percina nasuta); fin clips from species in the Orangethroat Darter E. spectabile complex for phylogenetic analysis in the eastern and southern US.
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Red dot = collecting site, red star = site of ASIH Joint Meeting 2007 (St. Louis, MO), dashed black line = approx. route between sites
July 2006: Collection of fin clips from Boleosoma darters (Tesellated Darters E. olmstedi, Riverweed Darters E. podostomone, Longfin Darters E. longimanum, Johnny Darters E. nigrum, and Glassy Darters E. vitreum) and snubnose darters (e.g. Yazoo Darters E. raneyi and Coastal Plain Darters E. colorosum) for phylogenetic analysis in the eastern and southern US.
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Red dot = collecting site, red star = site of ASIH Joint Meeting 2006 (New Orleans, LA), dashed black line = approx. route between sites
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