Training in the Stable Isotope Ecology Lab at UGA

MS Student Julia Sharapi has been funded on a graduate research assistantship (GRA) through the Stable Isotope Ecology lab (SIEL; PI Tom Maddox) at the Center for Applied Isotope Studies during her first year at the University of Georgia. Over the past 9 months, she has been trained in a variety of sample and standard […]

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Big questions, local data

Big questions, local data: Capps lab member and M.S. student Kyle Connelly interns with the Athens-Clarke County Public Utilities Department to help build a geodatabase to answer questions about septic systems Over 26 million housing units in the U.S. rely on onsite wastewater treatment systems (OWTS’s or septic systems)[1], and about 16% of new homes […]

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Christine Fallon participates in the Directorate Fellowship Program through the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service

This summer, MS student, Christine Fallon, participated in the Directorate Fellowship Program (DFP) with the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). She worked with Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Vian, OK; a refuge which primarily manages habitat for migratory waterfowl, shorebirds, and wading birds in the Central Flyway. She analyzed data from a national waterbird […]

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Biology at Tonto National Monument

New Capps Lab team member, Emily Martin, reflects on her time as a biological technician at Tonto National Monument in Roosevelt, Arizona. For the past year, I worked as a biological technician at Tonto National Monument in Roosevelt, Arizona for the National Park Service through the Student Conservation Association. Tonto is a small park located […]

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Reflecting on an Internship with UGA Marine Extension

Capps Lab Member and Double Dawg, Maddie Monroe Reflects on her Time as an Intern During the summer of 2019, I interned with the University of Georgia Marine Extension (MAREX) department.  I worked closely with research scientist, Dr. Jay Brandes at the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography and Marine Educator, Dodie Sanders at UGA Marine Extension […]

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Visit to The Jones Center at Ichauway

Several of us had the amazing opportunity to visit some of Christine Fallon’s research sites at  The Jones Center at Ichauway this week. We had the privilege to learn from the amazing Dr. Steve Golladay! 

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New Community Education Resource for Groups Working in Urban Watersheds!

The Capps Lab is excited to announce the initiation of the Watershed Learning Network. The WLN was developed from ideas and materials that were developed in the Atlanta Watershed Learning Network (AWLN) in collaboration with the Urban Ecology course at UGA, a service-learning course in the Odum School of Ecology. All of the content was inspired by […]

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Interested in learning more about DOC in streams?

If you are interested in learning more about interactions between dissolved organic carbon and metals in streams, consider checking out the recently accepted publications from lab alum Nate Tomczyk! The influence of land cover on the sensitivity of streams to metal pollution NJ Tomczyk, TB Parr, SJ Wenger, KA Capps Water research 144, 55-6 Trophic […]

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MS Position in Urban Ecology and Evolution

The Capps, Anderson, and Wares Labs in the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia are interested in recruiting a MS student to begin coursework in the fall of 2019 in the Conservation Ecology and Sustainable Development program to support research in urban ecology and evolution. To work in our labs, you must: […]

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