{"id":54,"date":"2026-07-16T01:56:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T01:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/nair\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2026-07-17T05:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T05:00:09","slug":"nair-ecology-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/nair\/nair-ecology-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Nair Ecology Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/nair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/2026\/07\/IMG_7070-2-1024x600.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/nair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/2026\/07\/IMG_7070-2-1024x600.jpeg 1024w, 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class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"693\" height=\"622\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/nair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/2026\/07\/consumer-prey.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.1141667717926076;width:266px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/nair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/2026\/07\/consumer-prey.png 693w, https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/nair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/2026\/07\/consumer-prey-300x269.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Role of essential nutrients in shaping trophic structure and impact of contaminants on nutrient availability and transfer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized advgb-dyn-505c3f7f\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"562\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/nair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/2026\/07\/stressor-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9168356997971603;width:359px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/nair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/2026\/07\/stressor-1.png 562w, https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/nair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/2026\/07\/stressor-1-275x300.png 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Assessing the impact of natural and anthropogenic stressors on biological communities<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-indent:0px\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/nair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-16-215523.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2599863044966904;width:277px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/nair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-16-215523.png 790w, https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/nair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-16-215523-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/nair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-16-215523-768x610.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Understanding anthropogenic impacts<br> on aquatic-terrestrial connectivity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center blue-message wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>Lab Members<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-blue-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-50f763a6960890d232f26290af366f1b wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>Holli Grant (MS- Environmental Science)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-blue-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2959104f2b800c972305163ba27dfe64 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\">Holli is studying whether citizen science involving anglers enhances bio-assessment by expanding spatiotemporal data on water quality and macroinvertebrates related to water quality (i.e., Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera richness) at sites along the Brazos River<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex 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\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"775\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/nair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/2026\/07\/holli1-1-775x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-194\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7568382806608625;width:270px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/nair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/2026\/07\/holli1-1-775x1024.jpeg 775w, https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/nair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/2026\/07\/holli1-1-227x300.jpeg 227w, https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/nair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/2026\/07\/holli1-1-768x1014.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/nair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/2026\/07\/holli1-1-1163x1536.jpeg 1163w, https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/nair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/2026\/07\/holli1-1.jpeg 1206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>Anise Christensen (MS- Environmental Science)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-blue-gray-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\">Anise is experimentally assessing how drought intensification and altered leaf litter input affect macroinvertebrate community structure and function<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/nair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/2026\/07\/5173389602142689209-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-170\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4992870238337748;width:417px;height:auto\" 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experimentally assessing how drought &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/nair\/nair-ecology-lab\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nair Ecology Lab<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-54","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/nair\/author\/nair\/","display_name":"nair"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 2 days ago","modified":"Updated 1 day ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on July 16, 2026","modified":"Updated on July 17, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on July 16, 2026 1:56 am","modified":"Updated on July 17, 2026 5:00 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