Dec. 2022: We received funding from the JRS Biodiversity Foundation to investigate and digitize information on aquatic biodiversity in rivers of Lake Victoria Basin Aug. 2022: Former lab postdoc Therese Frauendorf started her new position as an Assistant Professor at Colgate University May 2022: We received a Research Tutorial Abroad grant from the UF Center for African Studies to take two undergraduates in the lab, Ethan Lawrence and Liam O'Connor, to Kenya for summer fieldwork Jan. 2022: The Flanders Research Foundation funded our international working group on Zoogeochemistry: Alchemists of the Wild! Stay tuned for lots of exciting collaborations and workshops to come! Jan. 2022: Our paper with Andrew Kemp from Tulane University and colleagues on using fecal sterols for conservation was published in Biodiversity and Conservation Dec. 2021: Chris Dutton's paper on community coalescence between animal gut microbiomes and environmental microbiomes was published in Nature Scientific Reports Check out coverage of the paper in Science Magazine! Nov. 2021: Our paper on animal legacies in river ecosystems was published in Environmental Research Letters Sept. 2021: Anna Reside joined the lab as a Research Assistant to test the influence of subsidy magnitude on ecosystem stability Aug. 2021: We received an NSF EAGER award to investigate community coalescence in animal gut microbiome and environmental microbiome communities and its influence on aquatic ecosystem function May 2021: We received a supplement on our NSF proposal to conduct experiments in our UF STREAMS facility testing the influence of subsidy magnitude on secondary production Jan. 2021: Katherine Handler, who began working on the Mara Project as a high school student, published a first author paper in Ecosphere on temporal niche partitioning in scavengers in wildebeest carcasses Jun. 2020: Our new paper on biogeochemical states of hippo pools in the Mara, led by Chris Dutton, was published in Ecosystems May 2020: Congratulations to Dr. Christopher Dutton on being awarded the John Spangler Nicholas Prize for innovative and important dissertation work by Yale University's Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Apr. 2020: Congratulations to Dr. Amanda Subalusky on winning the Society for Freshwater Science's 2020 Hynes Award for her paper in PNAS on the effects of mass drownings of wildebeest on nutrient cycling in the Mara River Feb. 2020: We have moved into our permanent lab and office space in Carr Hall, Rm 517/518. Dec. 2019: Our new paper on the introduction of hippos into Colombia was published in Oryx Aug. 2019: The Subalusky Lab officially starts up at the University of Florida! Aug. 2019: Post-doc Therese Frauendorf joins the Mara Project!