Tim Fernandes not "spotty at best"

Please join me in congratulating Tim Fernandes, PhD student, McMeans Lab, for the article published in Ecology (Ecological Society of America)

“Spotty at best: brook trout exploit large, adult spotted salamanders in the early spring”

Find it here:  https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3202

"At temperate and boreal latitudes, seasonal transitions drive large fluxes in resource availability. For both terrestrial and aquatic predators, seasonal resource pulses have the capacity to shape physiological and ecological strategies. However, our ability to detect seasonally dynamic trophic interactions is limited by the logistical difficulty of year-round monitoring. Here, we document a novel, terrestrial resource pulse to a freshwater predator across multiple lakes and years: breeding spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) consumption by brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). Better understanding the prevalence and impacts of fish preying on adult amphibians will better inform both amphibian conservation and fisheries management moving forward. " Tim Fernandes, PhD student, McMeans Lab