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Join us for a Behind-the-Scenes look into the work of aquatic conservation at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. Museum Ichthyologist and Curator of Fishes and Mussels, Robbie Ellwanger, will give us a history of the collections, a brief background of Mississippi’s aquatic diversity, recent and current projects, and a view on future endeavors.

This lecture is included with museum membership or admission.

To learn more about the museum’s fisheries research program: https://www.mdwfp.com/museum-natural-science/fishes-research 

what we do in the shallows pdf

Robbie Ellwanger

Museum of Natural Science
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