Publications
Population genetics
Populations of species, their genetic diversity, and how they connect or become isolated explains how the diversity of species shift across landscapes. These work use population genetics to understand the diversity of fishes, especially the identification of population structure and potential cryptic species.
Populations of species, their genetic diversity, and how they connect or become isolated explains how the diversity of species shift across landscapes. These work use population genetics to understand the diversity of fishes, especially the identification of population structure and potential cryptic species.
Relevant publications
1. 2021.McCall, BL, BL Fluker. Conservation genetic assessment of the paleback darter, Etheostoma pallididorsum, a narrowly distributed endemic in the Ouachita Highlands, Arkansas, USA. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31(7): 1817-1830. DOI: 10.1002/aqc.3510.
2. 2020. McCall, BL, BL Fluker. Spatiotemporal population dynamics of the Caddo Madtom (Noturus taylori), a narrow-range endemic of the Ouachita Highlands. Conservation Genetics 21: 431-442. DOI: 10.1007/s10592-020-01260-y.
1. 2021.McCall, BL, BL Fluker. Conservation genetic assessment of the paleback darter, Etheostoma pallididorsum, a narrowly distributed endemic in the Ouachita Highlands, Arkansas, USA. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31(7): 1817-1830. DOI: 10.1002/aqc.3510.
2. 2020. McCall, BL, BL Fluker. Spatiotemporal population dynamics of the Caddo Madtom (Noturus taylori), a narrow-range endemic of the Ouachita Highlands. Conservation Genetics 21: 431-442. DOI: 10.1007/s10592-020-01260-y.
Phylogenetics of aquatic organisms
Phylogenies represent the evolutionary relationships among species and are useful in comparative biology for inferring the evolution history of traits including morphology, ecology, biogeography, and genomes. However, phylogenies are still not well resolved for many diverse groups of organisms.
Phylogenies represent the evolutionary relationships among species and are useful in comparative biology for inferring the evolution history of traits including morphology, ecology, biogeography, and genomes. However, phylogenies are still not well resolved for many diverse groups of organisms.
Relevant publications
1. 2019. Bloom, ET, BL McCall, GA Schuster, RE Blanton. Systematics and description of a new species of Faxonius Ortmann, 1905 (Decapoda: Astacidea: Cambaridae) from the Red River system of Kentucky and Tennessee, USA. Journal of Crustacean Biology 39(1): 40-53. DOI: 10.1093/jcbiol/ruy100.
1. 2019. Bloom, ET, BL McCall, GA Schuster, RE Blanton. Systematics and description of a new species of Faxonius Ortmann, 1905 (Decapoda: Astacidea: Cambaridae) from the Red River system of Kentucky and Tennessee, USA. Journal of Crustacean Biology 39(1): 40-53. DOI: 10.1093/jcbiol/ruy100.
Ecology of fishes
Ecology is the study of the interactions between organisms and their environment. The following projects focus on species of conservation concern with objectives to fill in needed knowledge gaps to inform conservation species assessments.
Ecology is the study of the interactions between organisms and their environment. The following projects focus on species of conservation concern with objectives to fill in needed knowledge gaps to inform conservation species assessments.
Relevant publications
1. 2023. McCall, BL, BL Fluker. Aspects of distribution, abundance, habitat, and life history of the Caddo Madtom (Noturus taylori), a narrow endemic of the Ouachita Highlands. Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings 1(63): 15-36. DOI: 10.7290/SFCP.
2. 2022. McCall, BL, BL Fluker. Population characteristics of the Etheostoma pallididorsum Distler and Metcalf (Paleback Darter), a narrowly distributed endemic in the Ouachita Highlands, Arkansas. Southeastern Naturalist 21(2): 140-157. DOI: 10.1656/058.021.0208.
1. 2023. McCall, BL, BL Fluker. Aspects of distribution, abundance, habitat, and life history of the Caddo Madtom (Noturus taylori), a narrow endemic of the Ouachita Highlands. Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings 1(63): 15-36. DOI: 10.7290/SFCP.
2. 2022. McCall, BL, BL Fluker. Population characteristics of the Etheostoma pallididorsum Distler and Metcalf (Paleback Darter), a narrowly distributed endemic in the Ouachita Highlands, Arkansas. Southeastern Naturalist 21(2): 140-157. DOI: 10.1656/058.021.0208.
