I’m guessing you all already know the answer! This next episode of Biomusings takes an in-depth look at the research of graduate student Jordan Messner at the University of Alberta, who is studying the process of ecosystem recovery in hundreds of alpine lakes high in the Canadian Rockies. Sportfish were routinely introduced to these lakes back in the 1970′s, and many of the communities have never been the same. Stay tuned – episode 5 will be live later this week!

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Matthew and I are pleased to present the fourth episode in the BIOMUSINGS series. This installment is based on the research of PhD candidate Eben Gering from the University of Texas at Austin. Eben spends his summers in beautiful Hawaii, where he researches the ecology of color variation in female damselflies.

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BIOMUSINGS with Dr. Carin Bondar – Celebration of the Female Form from Matthew Hawkins on Vimeo.

As if finding a mate in the animal kingdom wasn’t tricky enough!
Drs. Ulrika Candolin and Jan Heschele at the University of Helsinki are examining the effects of eutrophication on the sexual selection of stickleback fish in the Baltic Sea – a phenomenon that is giving a reproductive advantage to all the wrong males.

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BIOMUSINGS with Dr. Carin Bondar – Sticklebacks Episode from Matthew Hawkins on Vimeo.

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All BIOMUSINGS episodes are produced in partnership with my guru producer friend, Matthew Hawkins. Matt has a ton of cool videos on his site – check them out!