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An example of the pilot data being collected to inform this work can be seen in the figure on the right. Characterizing variation in the thermal profile of these intertidal environments will inform our understanding of temporal and spatial patterns in biodiversity and species interactions. This data will also serve as foundational information to motivate undergraduate learning and research. </font></div> 255 256<div class="paragraph"><font color="#2a2a2a"><strong><font size="4">Sapelo Island: </font></strong></font><br /><br /><font color="#2a2a2a">​Using custom-made biomimetic temperature loggers from <a href="https://electricblue.eu/" target="_blank">Electric Blue</a>, I have installed an array of sensors to record temperatures across marsh species (<em>Littoraria</em> and <em>Geukensia</em>, and <em>Crassostrea</em>), elevation (i.e. high marsh to channel bank), and microhabitats (e.g., vegetated and unvegetated). These sensors will characterize the temperatures experienced by organisms across the marsh platform over a span of years, allowing us to incorporate biologically relevant temperatures into our understanding of organismal physiology. </font></div> 257 258 259 260 </td> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:50%; padding:0 15px;"> 261 262 263 264<div><div id="416370678782447011" align="left" style="width: 100%; overflow-y: hidden;" class="wcustomhtml"><div> 265 <a href="https://plotly.com/~Atkinsr92/1/?share_key=A8HMVRRZ6cxhpGd4xLsf4E" target="_blank" title="SML Pool Temperatures" style="display: block; text-align: center;"><img src="https://plotly.com/~Atkinsr92/1.png?share_key=A8HMVRRZ6cxhpGd4xLsf4E" alt="SML Pool Temperatures" style="max-width: 100%;width: 600px;" width="600" onerror="this.onerror=null;this.src='https://plotly.com/404.png';" /></a> 266
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This effort informed my understanding of variability in snail populations and snail-plant interactions within and across latitudes. It also served as a touchpoint with </font><span style="color:rgb(32, 33, 36)">seven of NOAA’s National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERRs), two Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Programs, two Nature Conservancy sites, the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, and multiple state agencies.</span><br /><br /><font color="#2a2a2a">In collaboration with several undergraduate research mentees, I tied this variation in snail-plant population distributions and characteristics to underlying physiological traits, taking into account the effects of both consumer body size and environmental temperature. <br /><br />Finally, in collaboration with a masters student, I expanded my research to explore the top-down effects of additional trophic levels (e.g. nekton) on snail population characteristics and the physiological mechanisms underlying variability in snail-plant interactions (e.g. metabolic traits). <br /><br />The first paper from my dissertation was published in <a href="https://www-journals-uchicago-edu.proxy-remote.galib.uga.edu/doi/10.1086/719850" target="_blank">The Biological Bulletin</a> in 2022. </font></div> 392 393 394 395 </td> </tr> 396 </tbody> 397 </table> 398</div></div></div> 399 </div> 400 </div>
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