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Field Note: Sampling for Snails When the Car has a Boating Accident
By John Shea  May 28, 2009  I need to preface this Field Note to explain that, at the time of this research, I was in my first year of...
Kelly Weinersmith
Aug 24, 20242 min read
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Field Note: Looking a Gift Possum in the Mouth
By Mike Kinsella In 1972 in the Journal of Parasitology, Pence and Little described a new species of nematode, Anatrichosoma buccalis,...
Kelly Weinersmith
Mar 13, 20232 min read
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Field Note: Adventures in Australia
By Eric Pulis, with commentary by Michael Andres (MA) Edited by Kelly Weinersmith In the spring of 2010, Michael Andres and I had an...
Kelly Weinersmith
May 10, 20214 min read
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Zombie Ant Research from Field to Fridge: Learning to Expect the Unexpected in Graduate School
Field note by Chenhua Li, PhD candidate Co-advised by Dr. James Wasmuth (University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada) and by Dr....
Kelly Weinersmith
Oct 26, 20204 min read
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Field Note: My War with the Raccoons
By Dr. Mike Kinsella In 1973, I was attempting to study the community of parasites in three species of deer mice at Archbold Biological...
Kelly Weinersmith
Sep 24, 20202 min read
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Field Note: Bayou Magic
Field Note written by Vasyl Tkach Photos by Vasyl Tkach Reminiscences subsequently added by Stephen Greiman Edited by Kelly Weinersmith...
Kelly Weinersmith
May 1, 20206 min read
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The many roads to SWAP
By Joanna J. Cielocha The Southwestern Association of Parasitologists (SWAP) holds their annual meeting every April at the University of...
Kelly Weinersmith
Jun 17, 20196 min read
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Fieldwork in Parasitology: a Mountain Worth Climbing
The Field Notes section includes tales of trials and triumphs in the field and in the lab. In this Field Note, Dr. Janet Koprivnikar...
Kelly Weinersmith
May 24, 20196 min read
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Field Note: Finding more than parasites north of 60°
by Demi Gagnon (MSc Student, Department of Biological Science, University of Manitoba) As part of my master’s research, I was interested...
Kelly Weinersmith
Apr 30, 20193 min read
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Field Note: The Inception of the CPBS and Our First Fish
Written by John Janovy, Jr. Edited by Margaret Doolin In the spring of 1966, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) hired two...
Kelly Weinersmith
Dec 10, 20185 min read
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Once more unto the beach…
By Dr. Mike Kinsella My friend and mentor, Al Canaris, has long been fascinated by what happens to helminth communities in shorebirds...
Kelly Weinersmith
Nov 30, 20182 min read
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Field Note: Attempting to Solve the Life Cycle of Distoichometra bufonis
Attempting to Solve the Life Cycle of Distoichometra bufonis Dickey 1921, (Cestoda: Nematotaeniidae) while Teaching a Field Course! By...
Kelly Weinersmith
Nov 15, 20185 min read
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Field Note: A Failed Trip…At First Glance
By Maggie Doolin (PhD Student, University of Utah) Edited by Dr. Jillian Detwiler In my limited experience, well-planned field work...
Kelly Weinersmith
Sep 19, 20183 min read
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