Personnel Profiles

• Mailing address:
• FIU Biscayne Bay Campus
• 3000 NE 151st Street, MSB 334
• North Miami, FL 33181
• Email: kgastric@fiu.edu

Strickland, B.A., K.R. Gastrich, J. Beauchamp, F.J. Mazzotti, and M.R. Heithaus. 2022. Effects of hydrology on the movements of a large-bodied predator in a managed freshwater marsh. Hydrobiologia 849: 861-878.

van Zinnicq Bergmann, M.P.M., B.D. Postaire, K.R. Gastrich, M.R. Heithaus, L.A. Hoopes, K. Lyons, Y.P. Papastamatiou, E.V.C. Schneider, B.A. Strickland, B.S. Talwar, D.D. Chapman, and J. Bakker. 2021. Elucidating shark diets with DNA metabarcoding from cloacal swabs. Molecular Ecology Resources 21: 1056-1067.

Strickland, B.A., K.R. Gastrich, F.J. Mazzotti, J. Massie, V.A. Paz, N. Viadero, J.S. Rehage, and M.R. Heithaus. 2020. Variation in movement behavior of alligators after a major hurricane. Animal Biotelemetry 8: 7.

Strickland, B.A., J. Massie, N. Viadero, R.O. Santos, K.R. Gastrich, V.A. Paz, P. O'Donnell, A.M. Kroetz, D. Ho, J.S. Rehage, and M.R. Heithaus. 2019. Movements of juvenile bull sharks in response to a major hurricane within a tropical estuarine nursery area. Estuaries and Coasts DOI: 10.1007/s12237-019-00600-7.

Matich, P., J.S. Ault, R. Boucek, D.E. Bryan, K.R. Gastrich, C.L. Harvey, M.R. Heithaus, J.J. Kiszka, V.A. Paz, J.S. Rehage, and A.E. Rosenblatt. 2017. Ecological niche partitioning within a large predator guild in a nutrient-limited estuary. Limnology and Oceanography 62: 934-953.

Hemsi, S., R. Roose, W. Sample, K.R. Gastrich, L. Garcia Barcia, and M.R. Heithaus. 2024. Everglades bull sharks display preferential associations. 2024 FCE LTER All Scientists Meeting, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, April 29, 2024.

Hemsi, S., R. Roose, W. Sample, K.R. Gastrich, L. Garcia Barcia, and M.R. Heithaus. 2024. Social network analysis of the juvenile bull sharks of Everglades National Park. 2024 Florida International University Biosymposium, North Miami Beach, Florida, February 3, 2024.

Garcia Barcia, L., K.R. Gastrich, G.M. Clementi, B.A. Strickland, P. Matich, K. Zikmanis, S.N. Schoen, P. O'Donnell, J.J. Morris, V. Hagan, K.A. Wilkinson, T.R. Wiley, H. Moncrief-Cox, C.T. Peterson, B. Hamilton, R.D. Grubbs, Y.N. Samara Chacon, Y. Lorenzo, T. Brewer-Tinsl, S. Hemsi, M. Borbolla, E. Babcock, Y. Cai, M.R. Heithaus, and D.D. Chapman. 2023. Spatial and ontogenetic variation in mercury, methylmercury, and selenium accumulation dynamics in bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) in the Gulf of Mexico. SETAC North America 44th Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, November 16, 2023.