Inland, or freshwater, fish carry considerable economical, recreational and cultural value across the globe. Those species, which include trout, crappie and catfish, among many others, provide critical ecosystem services to communities worldwide – and are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. A working group made up of researchers and scientists from the United States and Canada recently created an…
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A Coastal Career
SNR student receives two-year coastal management fellowship from NOAA
Growing up in Bangalore, India, Vidya Balasubramanyam wanted to be a plumber. “The city that I lived in, Bangalore, used to have a lot of water shortages. It used to have power cuts — we used to go as long as three days without water, as long as three days without electricity. That made me acutely aware of resource shortages…
A ‘Global Journey’
CAFNR alumnus finds path to success in nation's capital
Bob Dixon will never forget the words from an Allied Corporation official after seeing his research for the first time. “I’ve got money burning holes in my pockets,” the executive said. “How do we sponsor this research at the University of Missouri?” Shortly thereafter Dixon, a soon-to-graduate master’s student in forestry in the spring of 1979, agreed to a contract…
The Upcoming Issue
Fisheries faculty present on climate change on Capitol Hill, at World Fisheries Congress
As drought and heat drifted into the minds of agriculture and wildlife specialists across the country, researchers at the University of Missouri traveled to Capitol Hill and South Korea to raise awareness on what can be done to protect fish from climate change in the near future. In a collaborative effort with the U.S. Geological Survey and the American Fisheries…
A Heated Situation
CAFNR research duo helps conduct North American fish climate change workshop
They came from as far southeast as the Florida Keys and as far northwest as Fairbanks, Alaska, as a congregation normally separated by physical distance, but united by one growing concern: to find ways to help lessen the effects of climate change upon North American fish and fisheries. From June 1-5, a diverse collection of 27 fish experts (plus two remote…