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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Ben G. Aker

Louisiana State University AgCenter

Department of Entomology

404 Life Sciences Building
Baton Rouge, LA  70803  

akerbg14@uww.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: Graduate Student - Master's Level, GoMRI Scholar, Research Staff

Publications & Presentations:

Conference Presentations - 4

2019

Aker, B., Davis, D. M., Husseneder, C., & Foil, L. (2019). Establishing Inventories of Invertebrates in Areas with Differing Salinity Levels in Tidal Marshes of Coastal Louisiana Using Different Trapping Methods. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Aker, B., Husseneder, C., & Foil, L. (2019). Establishing Inventories of Insects along Salinity Gradients in Louisianas Coastal Marshes. In 93rd Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America. Mobile, AL : 03/03/19-03/06/19.

2018

Aker, B., Husseneder, C., & Foil, L. (2018). Insect Assemblages as Indicators of Salinity Gradients in Louisiana Tidal Marshes. In 9th Annual LSU Entomology Graduate Student Symposium. Baton Rouge, LA : 10/09/18.

2017

Aker, B. (2017). Insect communities as indicators of salinity gradients in saltwater marshes. In LSU Entomology Department Graduate Student Symposium. Baton Rouge, LA : 09/28/17-09/28/17.