Dr. Kyle Piller serves as the Director of the Lake Maurepas Monitoring Project and is Professor and Curator of Vertebrates in the Department of Biological Sciences. He is an ichthyologist with more than 25 years of experience studying fishes in the southeastern United States. He will oversee the aquatic (fishes, shrimp, crabs, and clams) and eDNA monitoring in Lake Maurepas. For more information: www.kylepiller.com
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Dr. Chris Murray is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences. He is a physiological ecologist who will take the lead on data collection and analyses focusing on physiological stress, endocrine disruption, heavy metal markers, and organismal gas gradients. Dr. Murray is also a crocodilian expert and in addition to analyzing physiological metrics, he also will enumerate alligator nests and demographically monitor the Maurepas alligator population via mark-recapture and movement analysis. For more information: https://sites.google.com/site/murracm/
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Dr. Gary Shaffer is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences. Dr. Shaffer is a wetland scientist who has worked in the Maurepas basin for more than 30 years. He and his team will monitor wetland plant growth, as well as assess elevation loss and gain in the Maurepas basin. His team also will undertake bioremediation via annual plantings of 2,000 cypress and tupelo seedlings.For more information: https://www.southeastern.edu/acad_research/shaffer.html
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Dr. Moreau is manager of the Turtle Cove Environmental Research Station. Dr. Moreau, the Community Outreach Coordinator, and his team will be responsible for the design, development, and implementation of activities that highlight our independent monitoring activities in Lake Maurepas. His team will be responsible for the creation and hosting of special public events and education/outreach activities related to the community outreach portion of our project. In addition, he will assist the research teams with access to Lake Maurepas through the use of Southeastern’s Galva Canal Facility and Turtle Cove boats.
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