(10/2015):
My most recent paper, "Reefscapes of fear: predation risk and reef heterogeneity interact to shape herbivore foraging behaviour", was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology and it is now available online. pdf.
My most recent paper, "Reefscapes of fear: predation risk and reef heterogeneity interact to shape herbivore foraging behaviour", was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology and it is now available online. pdf.
(6/2015):
I am working with Jason Knouft in the Aquatic Ecology Laboratory at St. Louis University as a postdoctoral research associate. I will be investigating how changes in hydrology alter the trophic ecology of stream fishes.
I am working with Jason Knouft in the Aquatic Ecology Laboratory at St. Louis University as a postdoctoral research associate. I will be investigating how changes in hydrology alter the trophic ecology of stream fishes.
(2/2015):
My newest paper, "Predation Risk, Resource Quality, and Reef Structural Complexity Shape Territoriality in a Coral Reef Herbivore" with co-authors Bridgette Gunn, Megan Kelley and Deron Burkepile was published in PLOS One and is now available online. pdf.
My newest paper, "Predation Risk, Resource Quality, and Reef Structural Complexity Shape Territoriality in a Coral Reef Herbivore" with co-authors Bridgette Gunn, Megan Kelley and Deron Burkepile was published in PLOS One and is now available online. pdf.
(1/2015):
In Spring 2015 I will design and teach the Conservation Biology lecture and lab at The University of Missouri in St. Louis.
In Spring 2015 I will design and teach the Conservation Biology lecture and lab at The University of Missouri in St. Louis.
(12/2014):
I will be working as a postdoctoral research associate at Florida International University with collaborators Deron Burkepile and Kevin Boswell. I will be working with data collected during the historic "Mission 31" where researchers spent 31 days in the Aquarius Reef Base conducting experiments on the ocean floor. With this work we hope to understand the impacts of removing large predators from reefs through overfishing.
I will be working as a postdoctoral research associate at Florida International University with collaborators Deron Burkepile and Kevin Boswell. I will be working with data collected during the historic "Mission 31" where researchers spent 31 days in the Aquarius Reef Base conducting experiments on the ocean floor. With this work we hope to understand the impacts of removing large predators from reefs through overfishing.
(11/2014):
I successfully defended my dissertation: Non-consumptive effects of predators in coral reef communities and the indirect consequences of Marine Protected Areas.
I successfully defended my dissertation: Non-consumptive effects of predators in coral reef communities and the indirect consequences of Marine Protected Areas.
(09/2014):
I attended the annual St. Louis Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Retreat held at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville where I learned more about the evolutionary and ecological research going on in the St. Louis scientific community.
(06/2014):
Our paper: Catano LB, Shantz A and Burkepile DE. Predation risk, competition, and territorial damselfishes as drivers of herbivore foraging on Caribbean coral reefs, was accepted for publication in the Marine Ecology Progress Series. Look for it in the next several months.
Our paper: Catano LB, Shantz A and Burkepile DE. Predation risk, competition, and territorial damselfishes as drivers of herbivore foraging on Caribbean coral reefs, was accepted for publication in the Marine Ecology Progress Series. Look for it in the next several months.
(4/2013):
I am presenting my current research: “Reefscapes of fear: evaluating the effect of predation risk on reef herbivore foraging behavior within a seascape context”, at the 43rd Benthic Ecology Meeting in Jacksonville, Florida.
I am presenting my current research: “Reefscapes of fear: evaluating the effect of predation risk on reef herbivore foraging behavior within a seascape context”, at the 43rd Benthic Ecology Meeting in Jacksonville, Florida.
(11/2013):
I am spending seven days conducting research underwater in The Aquarius Reef Base (ARB) undersea laboratory as part of Florida International University’s Mission One. I will be studying how recovery of large predators like grouper and barracuda and sharks affect other fishes on the reef.
I am spending seven days conducting research underwater in The Aquarius Reef Base (ARB) undersea laboratory as part of Florida International University’s Mission One. I will be studying how recovery of large predators like grouper and barracuda and sharks affect other fishes on the reef.
(8/2013):
I will be at the Ecological Society of America’s 98th Annual meeting in Minneapolis, MN, presenting my research titled, “The trophic ecology of coral reef fishes in protected and unprotected areas of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary”.
I will be at the Ecological Society of America’s 98th Annual meeting in Minneapolis, MN, presenting my research titled, “The trophic ecology of coral reef fishes in protected and unprotected areas of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary”.
(4/2013):
I will be presenting my research titled, “Variation in the trophic ecology of reef herbivores in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary” at the 42nd Benthic Ecology Meeting, Savannah, Georgia.
I will be presenting my research titled, “Variation in the trophic ecology of reef herbivores in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary” at the 42nd Benthic Ecology Meeting, Savannah, Georgia.
(9/2012):
I was named to Florida Sea Grants first group of Florida Sea Grant Scholars. With their financial support I will be studying alterations in trophic interactions in protected and unprotected reefs in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
I was named to Florida Sea Grants first group of Florida Sea Grant Scholars. With their financial support I will be studying alterations in trophic interactions in protected and unprotected reefs in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
(8/2012):
I will be presenting my research titled, “Indirect consequences of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) as revealed through Stable Isotope Analysis of coral reef fishes” at the 97th Ecological Society of America Meeting, in Portland, Oregon.
I will be presenting my research titled, “Indirect consequences of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) as revealed through Stable Isotope Analysis of coral reef fishes” at the 97th Ecological Society of America Meeting, in Portland, Oregon.