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The Ramirez Lab, NCSU @aramirezlab.bsky.social · 7d

Using automatic sensors in streams- Sharing some pics of our monitoring stations in Costa Rica. We're using sensors to monitor streams over time to understand how environments fluctuate and modify biotic community structure or ecosystem function.

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The Ramirez Lab, NCSU @aramirezlab.bsky.social · 21d

Congratulations to our lab alumni on their professional achievements:

- Pablo Gutiérrez began as an assistant professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

- Mariely Vega began her work as a Policy Fellow with the NC Sea Grant program

- Ana Meza shared her postdoctoral work at Macrolatinos

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The Ramirez Lab, NCSU @aramirezlab.bsky.social · 26d

Big thanks to the Macrolatinos network and the organizers of the VII meeting in Colombia for this recognition!

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The Ramirez Lab, NCSU @aramirezlab.bsky.social · Sep 5

We had a great time presenting our research at the VII Latin American Meeting of Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in Manizales, Colombia, last week. It was great to finally meet in person after several online meetings since the pandemic.

www.macrolatinos.net

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The Ramirez Lab, NCSU @aramirezlab.bsky.social · Aug 1

A beautiful helicopter damselfly (Megaloprepus caerulatus) in the rainforest!

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The Ramirez Lab, NCSU @aramirezlab.bsky.social · Jul 30

Tropical research: What I think I'm going to see vs. what I'll actually see …

Investigar en el trópico: Lo que pienso que voy a ver vs. lo que realmente estaré viendo…

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The Ramirez Lab, NCSU @aramirezlab.bsky.social · Jul 23

Studying the effects of nutrients on organic matter decomposition in tropical streams. Our team is working at La Selva, Costa Rica, using cotton strips to evaluate the effects of natural phosphorus inputs on ecosystem function.

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The Ramirez Lab, NCSU @aramirezlab.bsky.social · Jul 18

What’s our lab up to in Costa Rica this summer?

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The Ramirez Lab, NCSU @aramirezlab.bsky.social · Jul 10

Yes, it is!

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The Ramirez Lab, NCSU @aramirezlab.bsky.social · Jul 9

Time to start our summer field work in Costa Rica!

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Alonso Ramirez @alonsoramirez.bsky.social · Jun 22

Gold-tipped Darner (Gynacantha tibiata: Aeshnidae) is an active flyer over swamps in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica.

#CostaRica #Wildlife #Odonata #Dragonflies #BugSky #nature #wildlife #animals #photography #Outdoors

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Alonso Ramirez @alonsoramirez.bsky.social · Jun 21

A pretty dragonfly from the genus Aphylla (Gomphidae / Forceptails), from the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica. This group likes swamps and ponds, the picture was taken in a seasonal swamp.

#CostaRica #Wildlife #Odonata #Dragonflies #BugSky #nature #wildlife #animals #photography #Outdoors

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The Ramirez Lab, NCSU @aramirezlab.bsky.social · Jun 18

Sharing information on aquatic insects during a fishing tournament in Puerto Rico. We had a wonderful time!

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The Ramirez Lab, NCSU @aramirezlab.bsky.social · Jun 8

Remembering a great SFS meeting! We had a great time sharing our research at the 2025 meeting of the Society for Freshwater Science. It was a special meeting for us, as it took place in Puerto Rico for the first time.

#2025SFS #SFS2025

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The Ramirez Lab, NCSU @aramirezlab.bsky.social · May 28

A special session at SFS-2025 in honor of our doctoral mentor, Dr. Cathy Pringle. She was also recognized as a Fellow of the Society for Freshwater Science.

We had a great time in Puerto Rico sharing memories and reconnecting with past members of the Pringle lab!

#2025SFS #sfs2025

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Society for Freshwater Science @freshwaterscience.bsky.social · May 2

Congratulations to 2025 Society for Freshwater Science Fellow Dr. Catherine Pringle! freshwater-science.org/2025-sfs-fel...

SFS Fellows are honored for sustained excellence in contributions to freshwater science. We look forward to celebrating you at #2025SFS!💧🧪🌎

Background: a lake surface. Foreground a title banner. The Society for Freshwater Science 2025 SFS Fellows. Body text: 2025 SFS Fellow Dr. Catherine Pringle University of Georgia. Picture of Dr. Pringle standing in front of a bird bath and flowers.

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The Ramirez Lab, NCSU @aramirezlab.bsky.social · May 23

We found a little souvenir to remember our SFS meeting in Puerto Rico! 😅

@freshwaterscience.bsky.social

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Albert Ruhí @albertruhi.bsky.social · May 21

So happy to see Dr. Eugènia Martí, great scientist and colleague from Catalonia, be inducted as SFS Fellow. So well deserved - an inspiration for us all! #SFS2025

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The Ramirez Lab, NCSU @aramirezlab.bsky.social · May 17

Here’s the list of presentations from our lab members and collaborators at the annual meeting of the Society for Freshwater Sciences in Puerto Rico. Very excited to share our work and meet old and new friends!

#2025SFS

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The Ramirez Lab, NCSU @aramirezlab.bsky.social · May 16

Presenting our urban stream research at the Symposium of Urbanization and Stream Ecology in Puerto Rico #SUSE7

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The Ramirez Lab, NCSU @aramirezlab.bsky.social · Apr 30

Ending another semester at #NCSU with the presentations of our undergraduate students. Excellent researchers!

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The Ramirez Lab, NCSU @aramirezlab.bsky.social · Mar 26

Dragonfly sampling at La Selva Research Station, #CostaRica

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The Ramirez Lab, NCSU @aramirezlab.bsky.social · Mar 19

A short visit to La Selva Research Station, #CostaRica. Just enough time to deliver supplies and work on a few samples! A lovely rainforest!

Pink insects- we use a dye to facilitate finding them among leaves and sediments.

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The Ramirez Lab, NCSU @aramirezlab.bsky.social · Mar 12

Enjoying a quiet week at #NCSU ... Spring break time!

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The Ramirez Lab, NCSU @aramirezlab.bsky.social · Mar 6

Macroinvertebrate sampling workshop! We had a great time with LUQ-LTER technicians sampling the stream and teaching them how to study aquatic organisms in our long-term sampling sites.

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