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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Devika R. Bhalerao

Louisiana State University AgCenter

Department of Entomology

404 Life Sciences Building
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

dbhale1@lsu.edu

Project List:

A study of horse fly (Tabanidae) populations and their food web dynamics as indicators of the effects of environmental stress on coastal marsh health.

Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)Role: GoMRI Scholar, Graduate Student - Master's Level

Publications & Presentations:

Conference Presentations - 7
2018
Bhalerao, D., Swale, D., Foil, L., & Husseneder, C. (2018). Determining Bioindicators for Coastal Tidal Marsh Health Using the Food web of Larvae of the Greenhead Horse fly (Tabanus nigrovittatus). In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
2017
Bhalerao, D. R. (2017). Where's my food? Looking for bioindicators in food webs of horse fly larvae. In LSU Entomology Department Graduate Student Symposium. Baton Rouge, LA : 09/28/17-09/28/17.
Bhalerao, D. R., Swale, D. R., Foil, L. D., & Husseneder, C. (2017). Metagenomic diversity analyses of the food-web of the greenhead horse fly (Tabanus nigrovittatus)Â to identify bioindicators of marsh health. In AnnualÂ Meeting of the Southeastern Branch of the ESA. Memphis, Tenn. : 03/12/17-03/15/17.
Bhalerao, D. R., Swale, D. R., Park, J. - S., Â Foil, L. D., & Husseneder, C. (2017). Metagenomic diversity analyses of the food-web of the greenhead horse fly (Tabanus nigrovittatus)Â to identify bioindicators of marsh health. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
2016
Bhalerao, D., Swale, D., Foil, L., & Husseneder, C. (2016). Determining bioindicators for coastal tidal marsh health using the food web of larvae of the greenhead horse fly (Tabanus nigrovittatus). In LSU Entomology Department Graduate Student Symposium. Baton Rouge, LA : 10/21/16.
Bhalerao, D., Swale, D., Foil, L., & Husseneder, C. (2016). Determining bioindicators for coastal tidal marsh health using the food web of larvae of the greenhead horse fly (Tabanus nigrovittatus). In Sea Grant Coastal Connections Graduate Student Competition. Baton Rouge, LA : 10/28/16.
Bhalerao, D., Swale, D., Park, J. - S., Foil, L., & Husseneder, C. (2016). Determining bioindicators for coastal tidal marsh health using the food web of larvae of the greenhead horse fly (Tabanus nigrovittatus). In XXV International Congress of Entomology. Orlando, FL. : 09/25/16-09/30/16: Poster.