Dale E. Gawlik
Associate Professor and Director
Environmental Science Program
Department of Biological Sciences
Florida Atlantic University

Gawlik Lab News and Events

April 2013 - Jennifer Chastant's photograph was selected for exhibition at FAUs Art of Academia.
April 2013 -Jennifer Chastant received the Best Student Presentation Award from the Florida Chapter of the Wildlife Society
March 29, 2013 - Dr. Dale Gawlik was elected as a Councilor for the Association of Field Ornithologists.
March 29, 2013 - The Gawlik Lab attended the Association of Field Orniothologists Annual Meeting and put on a mini-symposium where we discussed results from an integrated collection of questions we are investigating about factors affecting wading bird populations in south and central Florida.
February 26, 2013 – Funding has been renewed for a tenth year for the Aquatic Fauna Seasonal Concentration Project, a long standing study that is part of the Monitoring and Assessment plan of the Comprehensive Ecosystem Restoration Plan (CERP).   This project monitors seasonal prey concentrations to more clearly define the linkage among hydrologic patterns, fish populations, and wading birds.
Sping 2013 - Michelle Petersen received a Student Travel Award to attend the Association of Field Ornithologist's Annual Meeting, $260
February 9, 2013 - At Everglades Day Dr. Dale Gawlik gave a talk titled "Wading Birds: Cream Skimmers and Crumb Pickers" and performed a rocket net demonstration with the assistance of Jennifer Chastant.
Fall 2012 - Michelle Petersen received the Courtenay Graduate Scholarship in Conservation Biology, $900
July 2012 - Leonard Calle received a Association of Field Ornithologists Student Presentation Award, $300
June 29, 2012 - Gawlik Lab members received training in how to trap and handle invasive pythons, which have become established in wetlands throughout south Florida. The training gave researchers hands on experience with live pythons and provided them with the skills necessary to capture pythons that are encountered during field research in the Everglades.
Summer 2012 - Leonard Calle received a Travel Award from the FAU Graduate Student Assocation, $800
April 2012 - Jessica Klassen received the Best Student Presentation Award from the Florida Chapter of the Wildlife Society
Spring 2012 - Leonardo Calle was awared a PADI Foundation Research Grant, $5000

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