I read over what I wrote yesterday about John O’Brien and Stan Dodson and I realized I had left out mentioning one of the lasting tributes to John O’Brien. I know I don’t remember the entire story but in the late 1970’s John and a few of his colleagues in the region thought it would [...]
Archive for August, 2009
A few more thoughts on Drs. John O’Brien and Stanley Dodson
Posted in Conservation, Ecology on August 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In Memoriam, Drs. John O’Brien and Stanley Dodson
Posted in Conservation, Ecology, Environment on August 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I just learned of the passing of two of the pre-eminent zooplankton ecologists of the last 50 years, John O’Brien and Stanley Dodson. I knew John since 1977 when he was a faculty member at the University of Kansas and I was a graduate student at the University of Nebraska. I later did a post-doc [...]
You are where you are. Biogeography 1
Posted in Conservation, Ecology, Environment, tagged Aquatic ecology, biogeography, cladoceran, copepods, Daphnia on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A common observation among those studying vernal ponds is that ponds in close proximity don’t share all the same species. As I have discussed before, even when they share the same species the populations are often genetically distinct. I can clearly state the conclusion of the next series of posts by saying that vernal pool [...]
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