Laboratory of Michael McCoy, PhD

Community ecology of rock pools

The lab of Dr. Michael McCoy is seeking undergraduate researchers for Spring and Summer 2018 to investigate the community ecology of rock pools. Possible projects include the effects of predator diversity on prey communities, the effects of genetic diversity, temperature and food on growth of various invertebrate species (e.g. mosquitos and snails), and temporal variability in predation, among others.

Undergraduate researchers will assist with tasks such as maintaining invertebrates populations, collecting and surveying animals in the field, extracting data from the literature and entering and analyzing data. Researchers should be excited to work in both lab and outdoor conditions. In addition to gaining field and quantitative research skills, students will have the opportunity to sign up for academic credit and complete a complementary independent research project.

Interested students should send a CV and email describing your background and why you’re interested in conducting research to (hammane17@ecu.edu or gordonka17@students.ecu.edu).