Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Nicole explores the social-ecological systems and duality of fish species that are non-native but also popular for recreational fishing.
“I hope that by including human communities in environmental research, I can answer questions that are most useful to both people and aquatic ecosystems.”
What do you think of when you hear the term invasive species? For most people who are familiar with this term, they think about plants and animals that are non-native to an area and are causing (often negative) impacts to the environment. While the environmental impacts are undoubtedly important, they are only half the story. […]
I, perhaps stereotypically, had the childhood dream of becoming a marine biologist. So, when I graduated high school, I pursued a bachelor’s degree in biology, then a master’s in marine ecology to train for this dream. However, along this journey, the further into the field I got, the more I found myself pulled in another direction, towards the human dimension of marine […]
