Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Staff Member


Ben Eberline

Graduate student Ben Eberline sampling oysters in Breton Sound, LA

Master's
Email: beberl1@tigers.lsu.edu

Biography

Ben joined the unit in 2009 as a M.S. student under Dr. Megan La Peyre. He studies oyster population dynamics along a salinity gradient in Breton Sound, LA as part of a larger population modeling effort for the Louisiana oyster fishery. Ben has his B.S. in Fisheries Science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. In his spare time he enjoys traveling and playing music.

Project Completion Date
Examining oyster response to freshwater diversions December 2011