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Elizabeth MacDougal

@elizabethmacdougal.bsky.social
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PhD Candidate studying wetland conservation, restoration, and microbiology.

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Mason McNair, PhD (he/him) @sarraceniamason.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
We still need >60 plant submissions for the Botany & Dragons Bestiary! Please share the flyer with your students! #iamabotanist #plantsci #ttrpg forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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Elizabeth MacDougal @elizabethmacdougal.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Super high lead tolerance in brown anoles. Props @basicbiologist23.bsky.social for your exciting findings! #Womeninstem www.nola.com/news/healthc...
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Lizards in New Orleans have highest blood-lead levels ever recorded, study finds
Brown lizards in New Orleans carry more lead in their blood than any other animal on record — levels that would kill humans — yet they seem unfazed, according to new Tulane study.
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Sunshine Van Bael @vanbaellab.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
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ReCoast Restores Louisiana’s Coastline with Recycled Glass
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Elizabeth MacDougal @elizabethmacdougal.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
We need to shame not only the administration for pushing this, but also the companies that will commit this destruction.
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Emily Farrer @emilycfarrer.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Check out ReCoast, we are using recycled glass to restore Louisiana’s wetlands youtu.be/gh9xEXUJCRc
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ReCoast Restores Louisiana’s Coastline with Recycled Glass
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Elizabeth MacDougal @elizabethmacdougal.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/oidcS... My paper is out! Open access, because it was funded by the NSF, and belongs to the people. Several years of work researching glass sand’s potential for restoring coastal wetlands.
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Wetland plant growth in recycled glass sand versus dredged river sand: evaluating a new resource for coastal restoration
Sand made from recycled glass cullet could supplement limited dredged river sand (dredge) in coastal wetland restorations; however, its suitability for wetland plants is unknown. In two experiments, ...
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Elizabeth MacDougal @elizabethmacdougal.bsky.social · 14/03/2024
Sure seems like the local middle school is learning to visualize PCAs. They start so young 🥲
View from outside the window of a schoolroom: colorful paper spheres are hung at various heights from the ceiling inside, forming a three dimensional array of “points.”
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