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Alyssa K. Rausch

@alyssarausch96.bsky.social
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PhD student in GarLab at the University of Minnesota studying Gars and Bowfin! 🐟 🎓MSc: University of Michigan 🎓BA: Albion College she/her/hers

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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
FINtastic job by @garlab.bsky.social students @alyssarausch96.bsky.social @jonathanwt.bsky.social presenting at the Minnesota Chapter @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social meeting! ConGARtulations to Jonathan for winning best student poster!
A fish scientist stands next to a scientific poster at a fisheries meeting. The poster covers the objectives and methods of upcoming research and some pilot results. A fish scientist stands in front of their scientific poster at a fisheries conference. They are holding a certificate indicating they won an award for best student poster. A fish scientist stands in front of their scientific poster at a fisheries conference, explaining their research to another fish scientist. A fish scientist stands in between two others, holding a certificate indicating they won an award for best student poster.
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Dr. Cam Mosley @fisherthem.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
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a drawing of a fish with the name surgeon jolly on the bottom right
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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
GARgantuan thank you to the @garlab.bsky.social Team as we focus on conservation & research on this final day of #GarWeek! The science and #SciComm we do wouldn’t be possible without this FINtastic team of students!
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GarLab @garlab.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Meet GarLab team member @jennampearson.bsky.social Jenna is a senior in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, and Marine Biology at the University of Minnesota! Some of Jenna’s roles in the lab include helping out with data collection, science communication, and outreach! #Garweek #GarLab
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GarLab @garlab.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Meet GarLab member @ella1326.bsky.social Ella is a senior in Earth Sciences and Marine Bio at the University of MN. She has previously worked with the MN Zoo as their freshwater mussel intern. Just having joined GarLab, she is excited to assist in the research of ancient fishes! #Garweek #GarLab
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GarLab @garlab.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Meet #GarLab member @jacobswilson.bsky.social! Jacob, a senior at the University of Minnesota studying FWCB, joined GarLab for Directed Research in May 2024. Passionate about freshwater conservation, he brings field experience and aims to pursue a master’s in fish ecology. #GarWeek
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GarLab @garlab.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Meet #GarLab member @alyssarausch96.bsky.social! Alyssa is a PhD student focusing her dissertation on comparing the life history/ecology of gars/bowfins in northern vs. southern regions. She is also collaborating with Native American tribes to explore how they value and manage these fish. #GarWeek
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Alyssa K. Rausch @alyssarausch96.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Another fascinating primitive fish to appreciate: the Lake Sturgeon! These photos are from my first visit to the GarLab, when I knew it was the lab for me (I’m secretly obsessed with Lake Sturgeon 😉😂). Shh, don’t tell my advisor! 😆 Happy #GarWeek!
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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Today we celebrate other ancient fishes for #GarWeek, and Lake Sturgeon is today’s species for @drkatfish.bsky.social’s #25DaysOfFishmas, so here you go:
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Alyssa K. Rausch @alyssarausch96.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
I'm really grateful for the opportunity to study the bowfin as well—such a beautiful and unique primitive fish! 😌 #garweek
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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
BEST. #GARWEEK. POST. GARgantuan thank you @caseydavid.bsky.social for supporting the garsanity!
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Alyssa K. Rausch @alyssarausch96.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Happy #GarWeek, everyone! In celebration of #GarWeek, here are some of my favorite photos featuring gar!
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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Dear #GarWeek folks, We’ll be coming at you with more gar content, but we also want to know what you’d like to see more of! Please let us know in the replies! Thanks for your FINtastic enthusiasm for these living fossil fishes! 🐟safely released!
A fish scientist holds an Alligator Gar in a floodplain lake.
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heyaimsarah @heyaimsarah.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
In honor of #garweek day two I’m sharing one of my favorite gems from @hankgreen.bsky.social 🫶 cc: @solomonrdavid.bsky.social
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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
For stats on #GarWeek @bsky.app so far, please refer to this gar graph 📈🧐
A line up of gar heads kind of like a bar graph in statistics, but since it’s with gars, it’s a gar graph. Yes, that pun is a little too on the nose— I mean snout.
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Spidermax @spidermax3000.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
#garweek continues! Here’s another picture of snoop log from last year. (Alligator #gar - Atractosteus spatula)(Shot at Cincinnati #zoo 5-27-23) #photography #fishsky #fishmas #fish #monsterfish 🐠
The head of an Alligator gar fills the frame in profile facing left of frame
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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 16/12/2024
in these unprecedented times, never let your gar down. #GarWeek
a man in field camouflage chest waders, sunglasses and a ball cap kneels beside a stream and holds a long nose gar in his extended right hand for the camera. he (the man) smiles.
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Gettin' Fishy With It Podcast @gettinfishypod.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Alligator #gar are an incredible fish, and one of the largest freshwater fish in North America- reaching over 6 feet long and weighing over 100 pounds. They may even reach 8+ feet and 300+ pounds! This skull was photographed by @nerdrvt.bsky.social on a BTS tour of NEAQ several years ago. #GarWeek
An alligator gar skull displayed as a biofact, being held by an educator from the New England Aquarium. The skull is over a foot long and features many conical teeth.
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Maija @maijasauna.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
"Gar jokes are the eventuality of a Solomonomaly, which despite my sincerest efforts I have been unable to eliminate from what is otherwise a garmony of lepisosteidical precision" #GarWeek
A digitally manipulated still from The Matrix Reloaded of the Architect in his crisp white suit sitting in his room of television monitors except his head has been replaced with a smiling toothy far fish head and the monitors show gar-headed Neos yelling and pictures of Dr. David holding gar.
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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
“What’s the deal with GARS?” Here’s a #GarWeek mega-thread of gar stories (aka GARticles) over the years: First up: Gar Wars by @matthewlmiller.bsky.social blog.nature.org/science/2015...
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It’s Time to End the Gar Wars
Imagine anglers piling hundreds of dead trout they've killed along stream banks. Not gonna happen, right? But it's still happening native fish called gar.
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GarLab @garlab.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Real debate: Do you like suGAR in your coffee? ☕️ Let us know in the comments below! 👇 Happy #GarWeek! 😃
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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
#GARWEEK IS HERE!!! We’re excited to celebrate this “most-loathed,” misunderstood, and amazing group of living fossil fishes with you all! Enjoy this Intro to Gars @ologies.bsky.social from #Garology! Feel free to share YOUR #GarPuns, photos, #GARtwork and any other GARish posts!
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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
#GARWEEK schedule is HERE! Get ready for a FINtastic week celebrating gars, native fishes, freshwater biodiversity, and GARish puns! *while Gar Week is cross-platform, there will be content exclusive to Bluesky🦋😎
Schedule graphic for FINtastic week (December 16-20) celebrating an ancient fish: GAR WEEK is coming!
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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Team @garlab.bsky.social photo with @jonathanwt.bsky.social & @alyssarausch96.bsky.social! Back in the field today, ready for #GarWeek next week!!!
Three fish scientists sit in the water with a giant fish, an Alligator Gar.
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Alyssa K. Rausch @alyssarausch96.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
It’s always a FINtastic time! 😎❤️🐟
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Alyssa K. Rausch @alyssarausch96.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Hi everyone! I’m a first-year PhD student in the GarLab at the University of Minnesota! I’m excited to build my dissertation around prehistoric fishes and science communication! I'm advised by @solomonrdavid.bsky.social! 🐟 Outside of research, I like to compete in Olympic lifting! 🏋🏼‍♀️
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Dr. Cam Mosley @fisherthem.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Hello blue sky ☀️ my name is Cam! I’m a fisheries ecologist that studies how human impacts and climate stressors influence fish biology and ecology. I’m currently based in St. Paul, MN @ UMN in the Hansen lab. In my free time I enjoy cooking, camping, watching women’s sports and fishing 🎣 🏕️
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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
“What is #GarWeek?” Here’s some background on a previous year. www.kosu.org/energy-envir... We’ll be celebrating these amazing living fossil across platforms with several orgs & people; EVERYONE is welcome to participate! #GarPuns optional [but actually required] ReGARds, #GarWeek Team
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Scientists and state officials honor underappreciated fish with Gar Week
You’ve probably heard of Shark Week—a seven-day deep dive into everything shark. But if you want to celebrate toothy fish a bit closer to home, you’re in for a treat. Earlier this month, the Oklahoma ...
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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Pssst… Bluesky gets to know FIRST… We’re bringing you #GarWeek the week of December 16!!! More info coming soon!
Several fish scientists hold up a large fish, an Alligator Gar, with a lake in the background. The gar was measured, tagged, and safely released.
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