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Aquatic Ecology and Astacology Lab

at Nicholls State University

2023 AEA Lab: (L-R) Undergraduate Cody Cretini, Dr. Chris Bonvillain, graduate students Elizabeth Myers, Rob Bergeron, Kathryn Freeman, and JD Carrier.

Research in the Aquatic Ecology and Astacology Lab at Nicholls State University focuses on the ecology and biology of Louisiana crayfishes and aquatic systems.  Research efforts assess ecological functions of aquatic habitats, the effects of physical and chemical habitat characteristics on aquatic biota, physical and physiological responses of aquatic biota to environmental hypoxia, changes in physicochemistry and biotic communities due to natural and anthropogenic influences, and distribution, life history characteristics, and diversity of crayfishes throughout the state.

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– Dr. Indiana Jones

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– Dr. Peter Venkman

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