Lela Schlenker
Physiology, Movement Ecology, Fisheries, & Conservation
Using cooperative and collaborative approaches to understand the role of stressors on the physiology and behavior of marine life
From top left (clockwise): Lela teaching an undergraduate student as part of the Marine Ecology of the Galápagos class at Devils Crown, Galápagos (Photo: F. Andrade); on the deck of the R/V Walton Smith serving as Chief Scientist during a 16-day research cruise in the Gulf of Mexico (Photo: R. Heuer); fishing off the bow of the University of Miami’s offshore research vessel during a mahi-mahi tagging day trip (Photo: A. Karaczynski); tagging a mahi-mahi with a Wildlife Computers miniPAT pop-up archival tag (Photo: RECOVER); and testing a bicolor damselfish during an electro-olfactogram experiment to assess the olfactory physiology of the species (Photo: L. Schlenker).
What’s new?
Lela’s new paper published in PLoS ONE shows that environmental variation is king when it comes to understanding shrimp population dynamics in North Carolina’s Pamlico Sound. This relationship is important to understanding how climate change will continue to impact marine ecosystems and fisheries in the state.
What happens to wild fish in an oil spill? Check out Lela’s recent publication in Environmental Science & Technology and see articles in The Scientist and by the American Physiological Society or listen to the WLRN NPR story about the project!
Listen to Lela’s recent interview with Dr. Jennifer Verdolin on Jennifer’s podcast “Wild Connection” talking about Women in Science and Changing Seas.
Check out Lela’s “Meet the Scientist” interview with Dr. Reide Corbett, Dean of ECU’s Coastal Studies Institute!