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June 30, 2025

June has been a productive month for the lab. Michael’s first chapter from his MS just got published. These data highlight some super interesting patterns regarding how environmental variation influences copper toxicity to phytoplankton.

McDonald, M. B., A. V. Hennessey, P. P. Johnson, M. F. Gladfelter, K. L. Merrill, S. E. Tenison, S. S. Ganegoda, T. C. Hoang, H. A. Torbert, B. H. Beck, and A. E. Wilson. In press. Reevaluating copper algaecide dosing to manage water quality: A multiple linear regression approach. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

June 19, 2025

Ashley’s second MS chapter has been published! This is included a large number of other students in the lab and our USDA collaborators. Great work, team.

Hennessey, A. V., M. B. McDonald, P. P. Johnson, M. F. Gladfelter, K. L. Merrill, S. E. Tenison, S. S. Ganegoda, T. C. Hoang, H. A. Torbert, B. H. Beck, and A. E. Wilson. 2025. Lowering pH enhances copper toxicity: A novel strategy for controlling harmful algal blooms and off-flavors. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 302:118549.

June 18, 2025

I have finally gotten a journal cover photo! This is a drone picture I took of our beautiful ponds at the E.W. Shell Fisheries Center at Auburn University. Our article in this issue shows that the Turner Designs Cyanofluor can estimate cyanobacterial abundance in dri nking water reservoirs and aquaculture ponds.

May 22, 2025

Evin is all done with high school and heading to Johns Hopkins in the fall! Incredible! Keep working hard, Evin.

May 15, 2025

Summer has officially started! Our Dauphin Island Sea Lab friend, Alison Robertson, and her student, Elyssa, stopped by to learn more about our SPME GC-MS analyses. Of course, we had to eat at Little Italy.

May 9, 2025

Mattie has graduated! She has been a wonderful, hard-working member of our team and will be missed. Good luck to you, Mattie! War algae!

April 1, 2025

Nisham’s hard work has paid off! She just published her meta-analysis project in the Journal of Forestry. Nice job, Nisham!

Thapa, N., L. L. Narine, and A. E. Wilson. In press. Forest aboveground biomass estimation using airborne LiDAR: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Forestry.

February 27, 2025

Matt Gladfelter was the recipient of the Best Presentation Award at the American Fisheries Society and US Aquaculture Society Symposium held at the E.W. Shell Fisheries Center in Auburn. Matt’s talk was part of his dissertation focused on the importance of heavy metal cycling in subtropical ponds. Congrats, Matt!

February 18, 2025

Harsha Galkanda-Arachchige, Allen Davis and I were recently awarded the 2025 College of Agriculture Outstanding Publication Award for Harsha’s past meta-analysis class project. This paper has been collecting citations. Congrats, Harsha!

Galkanda-Arachchige, H., A. E. Wilson, and D. A. Davis. 2020. Success of fishmeal replacement through poultry by-product meal in aquaculture feed formulations: a meta-analysis. Reviews in Aquaculture 12(3):1624-1636.

February 8, 2025

The Robotics team got through Super Regionals and made it to the First Lego League State championship at Georgia Tech where they placed 2nd (out of 24 teams!) in core values. Incredible group of future engineers and scientists. I am very happy to support them along their journey.

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