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  • Courtney Carothers

    Courtney Carothers

    October 28, 2022

    Environmental anthropology, human dimensions of fishery systems, local and traditional ecological knowledge. Social and cultural aspects of fishery systems.

  • Taryn Lopez

    Taryn Lopez

    October 28, 2022

    Using direct and remotely sensed measurements of volcanic gas emissions to understand subduction processes, subvolcanic conditions, and eruptive activity. Volcanic gas geochemistry.

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    Shawn Crimmins

    November 10, 2023

    Large mammal ecology, carnivore and furbearer ecology, predator-prey dynamics, monitoring design, quantitative ecology