GarLab
@garlab.bsky.social
🐟Conservation, research, and #SciComm
🐟Principal Investigator @solomonrdavid.bsky.social
🐟Co-authored by the #GarLab Team
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https://garlab.org
🐟Principal Investigator @solomonrdavid.bsky.social
🐟Co-authored by the #GarLab Team
Views our own
https://garlab.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
She’s GARFUNKEL!
Thank you all so much for your suggestions and voting! We will be sure to adjust Garfunkel’s legal documents accordingly.
#GarWeek #Conservation #Fisheries #GarLab #Garology #FishSciComm #SciComm
Thank you all so much for your suggestions and voting! We will be sure to adjust Garfunkel’s legal documents accordingly.
#GarWeek #Conservation #Fisheries #GarLab #Garology #FishSciComm #SciComm
November 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
She’s GARFUNKEL!
Thank you all so much for your suggestions and voting! We will be sure to adjust Garfunkel’s legal documents accordingly.
#GarWeek #Conservation #Fisheries #GarLab #Garology #FishSciComm #SciComm
Thank you all so much for your suggestions and voting! We will be sure to adjust Garfunkel’s legal documents accordingly.
#GarWeek #Conservation #Fisheries #GarLab #Garology #FishSciComm #SciComm
The time has come….our hybrid gar has a name!
Drumroll please 🥁🥁🥁
Drumroll please 🥁🥁🥁
November 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The time has come….our hybrid gar has a name!
Drumroll please 🥁🥁🥁
Drumroll please 🥁🥁🥁
We hope to continue our efforts and collaborations in Mississippi, and promote floodplain conservation.
#GarWeek #Conservation #Fisheries #Research #Garology #FishSciComm #SciComm
#GarWeek #Conservation #Fisheries #Research #Garology #FishSciComm #SciComm
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
We hope to continue our efforts and collaborations in Mississippi, and promote floodplain conservation.
#GarWeek #Conservation #Fisheries #Research #Garology #FishSciComm #SciComm
#GarWeek #Conservation #Fisheries #Research #Garology #FishSciComm #SciComm
This restoration not only provided viable habitat for aquatic organisms, it also provided accessibility to monitor fishes long term in the Lower Mississippi River. This monitoring mainly focuses on Alligator Gar and how they take advantage of this dynamic habitat.
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This restoration not only provided viable habitat for aquatic organisms, it also provided accessibility to monitor fishes long term in the Lower Mississippi River. This monitoring mainly focuses on Alligator Gar and how they take advantage of this dynamic habitat.
GarLab analyzes how these fishes can be indicators of restoration success. At a 6,000-acre floodplain property (Loch Leven), water control mechanisms were successfully implemented over the course of a six year project.
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
GarLab analyzes how these fishes can be indicators of restoration success. At a 6,000-acre floodplain property (Loch Leven), water control mechanisms were successfully implemented over the course of a six year project.
With our wide-reaching involvement, GarLab strives to conserve our Land of 10,000 Lakes!
#Conservation #Fisheries #Research #Garology #SciComm
#Conservation #Fisheries #Research #Garology #SciComm
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
With our wide-reaching involvement, GarLab strives to conserve our Land of 10,000 Lakes!
#Conservation #Fisheries #Research #Garology #SciComm
#Conservation #Fisheries #Research #Garology #SciComm
We’ve also been collaborating with MAISRC at UM to help reduce invasive carp populations in Minnesota lakes. This project aims to restore lakes at multiple levels, as removing carp helps aquatic vegetation thrive, in turn providing food and habitat for native fishes.
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We’ve also been collaborating with MAISRC at UM to help reduce invasive carp populations in Minnesota lakes. This project aims to restore lakes at multiple levels, as removing carp helps aquatic vegetation thrive, in turn providing food and habitat for native fishes.
The State of MN has deemed shortnose gar, longnose gar, and bowfin to be top priorities for conservation across our waterways. To support this effort, #GarLab collects data on these species to estimate populations and build growth models that help determine habitat usage for different life stages.
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The State of MN has deemed shortnose gar, longnose gar, and bowfin to be top priorities for conservation across our waterways. To support this effort, #GarLab collects data on these species to estimate populations and build growth models that help determine habitat usage for different life stages.
November 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Take a minute and enjoy some ASM-GAR. #GarWeek
We use dissections to collect information on life history and ecology and infer the specimens' sex, age, diet, and more!
#Conservation #Garology #ASMR #FishSciComm #SciComm #GarLab
We use dissections to collect information on life history and ecology and infer the specimens' sex, age, diet, and more!
#Conservation #Garology #ASMR #FishSciComm #SciComm #GarLab
November 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Take a minute and enjoy some ASM-GAR. #GarWeek
We use dissections to collect information on life history and ecology and infer the specimens' sex, age, diet, and more!
#Conservation #Garology #ASMR #FishSciComm #SciComm #GarLab
We use dissections to collect information on life history and ecology and infer the specimens' sex, age, diet, and more!
#Conservation #Garology #ASMR #FishSciComm #SciComm #GarLab
VOTING DAY! Your name suggestions for our hybrid gar have been wonderful, and now is your chance to cast your votes🗳️
Use THIS FORM until midnight to submit your top picks - a list of options is found at the top of the form:
bit.ly/4ote984
#GarWeek
Use THIS FORM until midnight to submit your top picks - a list of options is found at the top of the form:
bit.ly/4ote984
#GarWeek
November 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
VOTING DAY! Your name suggestions for our hybrid gar have been wonderful, and now is your chance to cast your votes🗳️
Use THIS FORM until midnight to submit your top picks - a list of options is found at the top of the form:
bit.ly/4ote984
#GarWeek
Use THIS FORM until midnight to submit your top picks - a list of options is found at the top of the form:
bit.ly/4ote984
#GarWeek
And learn about the long-living Buffalo!
Studying fish like these can give us and other scientists insight into evolutionary biology, and allows us to advance our understanding of how our current ecosystems could’ve looked like millions of years ago. #GarWeek
Studying fish like these can give us and other scientists insight into evolutionary biology, and allows us to advance our understanding of how our current ecosystems could’ve looked like millions of years ago. #GarWeek
November 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
And learn about the long-living Buffalo!
Studying fish like these can give us and other scientists insight into evolutionary biology, and allows us to advance our understanding of how our current ecosystems could’ve looked like millions of years ago. #GarWeek
Studying fish like these can give us and other scientists insight into evolutionary biology, and allows us to advance our understanding of how our current ecosystems could’ve looked like millions of years ago. #GarWeek
On the fourth day of #GarWeek, we’re celebrating other native, ancient fish species! Check out these species bios to get an idea of what other ancient fish besides gar reside in North America and beyond.
November 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
On the fourth day of #GarWeek, we’re celebrating other native, ancient fish species! Check out these species bios to get an idea of what other ancient fish besides gar reside in North America and beyond.
Meet #GarLab member Raine Flynn!
Raine is a third year student and she has been working in GarLab since it moved to MN in 2023. Her roles include husbandry of the gars, sturgeon, and bowfin housed in the lab, but she also helps with specimen processing, fieldwork, and science communication.
#GarWeek
Raine is a third year student and she has been working in GarLab since it moved to MN in 2023. Her roles include husbandry of the gars, sturgeon, and bowfin housed in the lab, but she also helps with specimen processing, fieldwork, and science communication.
#GarWeek
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Did you know that gars can dance too! Comment down below your favorite Dancing with the Gars couple. #GarWeek
Slides created by: @luxi_feyereisen
#Conservation #DancingWithTheStars #GarLab #Garology #FishSciComm
Slides created by: @luxi_feyereisen
#Conservation #DancingWithTheStars #GarLab #Garology #FishSciComm
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Did you know that gars can dance too! Comment down below your favorite Dancing with the Gars couple. #GarWeek
Slides created by: @luxi_feyereisen
#Conservation #DancingWithTheStars #GarLab #Garology #FishSciComm
Slides created by: @luxi_feyereisen
#Conservation #DancingWithTheStars #GarLab #Garology #FishSciComm
To celebrate #GarWeek, we’re introducing the faces behind #GarLab!
Meet Mark Hove:
Mark Hove is a UMN research biologist who works on various GarLab projects and also enjoys studying native mussels (hovelab.cfans.umn.edu).
#GarWeek
Meet Mark Hove:
Mark Hove is a UMN research biologist who works on various GarLab projects and also enjoys studying native mussels (hovelab.cfans.umn.edu).
#GarWeek
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
To celebrate #GarWeek, we’re introducing the faces behind #GarLab!
Meet Mark Hove:
Mark Hove is a UMN research biologist who works on various GarLab projects and also enjoys studying native mussels (hovelab.cfans.umn.edu).
#GarWeek
Meet Mark Hove:
Mark Hove is a UMN research biologist who works on various GarLab projects and also enjoys studying native mussels (hovelab.cfans.umn.edu).
#GarWeek