Stream Ecology

A photo of McRae Creek, close to its confluence with larger Lookout Creek.

Complex stream habitat in Mack Creek, a tributary to Lookout Creek.

Electrofishing site for stream vertebrate survey. Research for part of the SCALER project.

Ivan Arismendi (Assistant Professor, OSU) with Dave Leer (CreekWalker Photography) and OSU undergraduate students Najma Ain and Rylee Rawson electroshocking for fish and salamanders in Lookout Creek.

OSU undergraduate student Theo Nuss readies the sampling equipment

A coastal giant salamander being measured for length in the left bin, and the sculpin that was in the salamander's gut in the right bin

Coastal giant salamander being measured for length

This coastal giant salamander had a large fish, a sculpin, in its stomach. The fish came out during the gastric lavage procedure.

This coastal giant salamander had a large fish, a sculpin, in its stomach. The fish came out during the gastric lavage procedure.

OSU post-doc Gwen bury with a coastal giant salamander.