Summer #ElVerde_REU stories - This is what Gabriela Ramos-Ortiz, UPR Humacao, is studying this summer: Flow reduction effects on organic matter decomposition and macroinvertebrate responses in a shrimp exclusion experiment at El Yunque Read more here: facebook.com/ARamirezLab/

Summer #ElVerde_REU stories - This is what Jesús M. Cruz Torres, UPR Humacao, is studying this summer: Entendiendo el impacto de los camarones de agua dulce en la abundancia y diversidad de quironómidos (Diptera) Read more here: facebook.com/ARamirezLab/

Summer #ElVerde_REU stories - This is what Michaela Abraham, NC State Applied Ecology , is studying this summer: Exploring The Effects Of Stream Flow Reduction and Shrimp on Macroinvertebrate Trait Diversity Read more here: facebook.com/ARamirezLab/ #NSF_REU

El Verde REU Research Symposium 2024 The symposium marked the end of a productive summer. Lots of great presentations, proud of our REU students. #ElVerde_REU #NSF_REU

Thanks to our REUs and mentors for another great summer program. Time to say goodbye! #ElVerde_REU NC State Applied Ecology

What a day of field work looks like for or grad student Vamery / Vamery / and her crew in our urban streams in Puerto Rico! #tropicalstreams NC State Applied Ecology

Sharing pics of what tropical storm #Ernesto did to our study stream in #PuertoRico. Tree falls, lots of litter, and a major flood, but only minor damages. We lost some baskets and had to repair our flow reduction experiment. Nothing that cannot be fixed. #StreamFRE NC State Applied Ecology

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La Selva Research Station - our project was started by Dr. Cathy Pringle, UGA, in 1986 ... 38 years of studies in tropical stream ecology! It's always great to come back even if just to bring supplies and carry samples back! #StreamsLaSelva

Sharing a note in Spanish about our team member Vamery Gonzalez / Vamery / published by Macrolatinos@! NC State Applied Ecology

Bug IDing at La Selva - We have accumulated a lot of samples in our long-term project in Costa Rica. It will take several days and plenty of coffee to complete the task, but we are getting there ... poco a poco. BTW- insects are stained with pink, not the natural color.

7 years after Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico's ecosystems and society are still trying to recover!

The impact of low and high flows on native and non-native stream fishes in Puerto Rico. Sharing our latest publication, led by Bonnie Myers, on how fish respond to flow extremes: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fw…

A field day with our techs in Puerto Rico. Prieta stream is our long-term study site, where we are working on understanding stream ecosystem’s responses to hurricane and drought disturbance.

Long-term sampling in tropical urban streams- Last summer we made another team effort to complete one more sampling event in our long-term monitoring of urban streams in Puerto Rico. Also collected snails for a different project. There are lots of Thiaridae in our urban streams!

Thanks to the NCSU Entomology Club for inviting us to join them this week. We had a great time sharing some of the work we do in our lab.

Professor Alonso Ramírez has built a welcoming community for Latino students through ongoing research and initiatives aimed at connecting aquatic researchers throughout Latin America 🌎 ARamirez Lab cals.ncsu.edu/news/alonso-ra…

🌎 I am honored to be a part of this important paper that was just published in BioScience (American Institute of Biological Sciences). Here, we show that over 70% of Earth's vital signs are in critical condition due to #climatechange. We need to act now! 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/biosci…