POST-DOCTORAL ADVISORS 



Kenneth Leber (Feeding habits of decapod crustaceans, experimental ecology) 

 Kevan Main (Predator-prey interactions, behavioral ecology) 



RESEARCH PROGRAM OF R. J. LIVINGSTON ET AL. 



Pol lut ion 



FEEDING STUDIES 

 (Stom^ich contents) 



(ModfS of tcoding . function.il 

 morphology, bt'h.ivior) 



TRORHIC ORGANIZATION AND 



FOOD WEB INTERACTIONS 



( Bv t roph i c units) 



VALIDATION EXPERIMENTS 

 {Single species, multipl- *" 

 species, microcosms' 



MODELS OF ENERGY CYCLING HYPOTHESES 

 FOR EXPERIMENTAL ECOLOGY 



LABORATORY 

 EXPERIMENTS 

 (Bioassay, predator-prey 

 interactions; feeding patterns) 



SPATIAL/TEMPORAL EFFECTS 

 ( Wi t h i n-sy St cm variation; 

 be tween-syscem variation) 



PREDATOR-PREY RELATIONSHIPS 

 (Effects of predators on prev assemblages) 

 Compe t i t ion 



Figure A. An overview of the ongoing research program of the Florida State University 

 Aquatic Research Group concerning- long-term studies in nine river systems and six 

 estuaries in the southeastern United States. 



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