PhD Students -- Catherine McClellan
Lab
2, Room 3
135 Duke Marine Lab Rd
Beaufort, NC 28516
252-504-7629
Fax: 252-504-7648
Research Interests:
- Ecology
- Animal Movement & Habitat Use
- Conservation
Education:
- MS Environment, Duke University, 2001
- BS Zoology & French, University of Wisconsin Madison, 1993
Bio:
My research focuses on how animals use habitat and ultimately how this information
can be used to reduce or minimize human impacts upon them. I am currently
investigating the habitat use of juvenile sea turtles in Pamlico Sound,
NC and their interaction with commercial fisheries. Not only do I enjoy
getting up at 4am, driving to remote locations, and loitering around haunted
fish houses, but I do this also because little is truly known about how
sea turtles use the habitat that fishers also depend upon. Using satellite
telemetry, I track the movements of loggerhead, green, and Kemp's ridley
sea turtles in the inshore waters where several fisheries co-occur. I am
also investigating turtles' seasonal migrations which have led me to explore
the Gulf Stream and the Eastern Atlantic (Canary Islands). I use GIS and
spatial analysis to examine their ecology. See http://seamap.env.duke.edu/datasets/detail/54
For my master's degree I looked at the influence of hypoxia on habitat use
of juvenile southern flounder in the Neuse River, NC using ultrasonic telemetry.
I was a research technician for many years and prior to coming to the Marine
Lab I worked on fish and aquatic macrophytes in small and large Wisconsin
lakes.
Publications:
Eby LA, Crowder LB, McClellan CM, Peterson CH, Powers MJ.
2005. Habitat degradation from intermittent hypoxia: impacts on demersal
fishes. Marine Ecological Progress Series 291: 249-261.
Ramus J, Eby LA, McClellan CM, Crowder LB, 2003. Phytoplankton forcing by a record freshwater discharge event into a large lagoonal estuary. Estuaries 26:1344-1352.
Hobbies: Hobbies: I love spending my life with my wonderful
husband, Mike, and our menagerie. When I'm not doing field work I like to
travel, read mysteries, take bike rides or walks in the woods, garden, and
bake tarts. I have a passion for cheese -- part of my Wisconsin heritage.
Some of my favorite cheeses include:
Gruyere
Boursin
Asiago
Camembert
Colby
Gouda
Ok, I haven't met many cheeses I didn't like!
http://www.prairieridgecheese.com/wischeesguid.html
http://www.houseofwisconsincheese.com/
http://www.marscheese.com/
http://www.wisspecialcheese.org/
http://www.wisconsincheeseman.com/
http://www.meistercheese.com/