GEORGIA-XH-CW

The Role of Freshwater Crabs in Neotropical Streams

Freshwater crabs play an important role in the breakdown of nutrients from natural materials that fall into streams, but few studies have looked into exactly how their relationships with other detritivores and the leaf litter itself impacts ecosystems.   River Basin Center graduate student Carol Yang shed light on these relationships in neotropical streams in two […]

Jump in to SFS Summer of Science!

In lieu of the in-person annual meeting, SFS is hosting a Summer of Science! With summer as our guide, we hope you will adopt appropriate attire at home or in media presentations – in other words, bright colors, beach imagery, and sunglasses are encouraged! Please note that you must be a current member of SFS to participate.  […]

RBC Ecologist receives NSF CAREER grant

Professor Krista Capps searches through leaf-litter for macro-invertebrates in Tanyard Creek.

Aquatic ecologist Krista Capps, an assistant professor in the Odum School of Ecology and Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, has been awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development program.