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#1 fishforfree

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Posted 24 February 2016 - 07:44 AM

Hello from Maryland. What brought me here was a search for good pictures of Potomac drainage mussels. I'll be doing my first mussel survey for the state soon. I see most people here have aquaria, but I don't. I specialize in benthic macroinvertebrate taxonomy, marine and freshwater, and know my regional fish as well. Hope to stick around. Cheers!



#2 Sean Phillips

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Posted 24 February 2016 - 08:42 AM

Welcome! That sounds like interesting work, what kinds of species or groups of macroinvertibrates do you study?
Sean Phillips - Pine Creek Watershed - Allegheny River Drainage

#3 fishforfree

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Posted 24 February 2016 - 09:33 AM

Welcome! That sounds like interesting work, what kinds of species or groups of macroinvertibrates do you study?

 

Thanks. I study just about anything that lives in water, but my speciality would probably be polychaetes and oligochaetes.



#4 gerald

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Posted 24 February 2016 - 09:41 AM

Welciome FFF.  NANFA is a sort of bridge between the hobby community (aquariums and sport fishing) and the scientific / conservation community.  We try to get citizens / hobbyists more involved in and aware of conservation issues, and hopefully earn a little more respect for hobbyists (at least some of us) from scientists and resource managers.  Your colleague Matt Ashton used to be pretty active on here a few years back.


Gerald Pottern
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Hangin' on the Neuse
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#5 Sean Phillips

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Posted 24 February 2016 - 08:17 PM

Thanks. I study just about anything that lives in water, but my speciality would probably be polychaetes and oligochaetes.


Cool! Ever work with Spongillids? A friend of my friend is going to be doing a study on them this summer at some local impoundments and he wanted my help on some of the dives. I'm going to have to read up on them, though, as until recently my interests have been almost entirely ichthyological.
Sean Phillips - Pine Creek Watershed - Allegheny River Drainage

#6 fishforfree

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Posted 25 February 2016 - 07:15 AM

Cool! Ever work with Spongillids? A friend of my friend is going to be doing a study on them this summer at some local impoundments and he wanted my help on some of the dives. I'm going to have to read up on them, though, as until recently my interests have been almost entirely ichthyological.

 

I have not, unfortunately. Don't run into many sponges in my work. That sounds like fun, I've not had the opportunity to dive for work yet.

 

Welciome FFF.  NANFA is a sort of bridge between the hobby community (aquariums and sport fishing) and the scientific / conservation community.  We try to get citizens / hobbyists more involved in and aware of conservation issues, and hopefully earn a little more respect for hobbyists (at least some of us) from scientists and resource managers.  Your colleague Matt Ashton used to be pretty active on here a few years back.

 

Sounds like people have a good interest in things that live in water. I'll try to share what I know. I don't recognize the name.



#7 fundulus

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Posted 26 February 2016 - 01:26 PM

If you don't already know him, track down Matt Ashton who works in Annapolis for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. I suspect he has an idea where to look for such information.


Bruce Stallsmith, Huntsville, Alabama, US of A



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