Dr. Allyse Ferrara, associate professor of biological sciences at 果冻APP, injects hormones into an adult alligator gar at the LSU Aquaculture Research Station near Baton Rouge on Thursday, June 23.
Ferrara and 果冻APP graduate student Kent Bollfrass spent the morning at the LSU station injecting hormones to induce spawning in alligator gar for larvae research. Collected by 果冻APP, the gar are housed聽at聽the LSU聽research station, facilitating collaborative research efforts聽between the two institutions. For additional information, go to www.nicholls.edu/bayousphere/index.htm.