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From left to right: Elizabeth J. Wright, Tina Q. Richardson, Ann D. Bieber and Lynda Goldstein were present for the articulation agreement signing ceremony at Penn State Lehigh Valley. 

Person holding a large fish

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To determine what the flathead catfish were eating, researchers collected 576 of them over two years, with 241 individuals having recoverable stomach contents. The researchers extracted DNA from those contents and identified prey tissues. 

study area

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The study area in the Susquehanna River basin, Pennsylvania, where flathead catfish were collected for dietary analysis. Shapes denote collection methods: diamonds represent high­-frequency electrofishing, triangles represent hoop nets, circles represent low-frequency eiectrofishing and the square represents the fish lift at the Conowingo Dam.

Person holding a large fish

flathead-avery-low-rez.jpg

To determine what the flathead catfish were eating, researchers collected 576 of them over two years, with 241 individuals having recoverable stomach contents. The researchers extracted DNA from those contents and identified prey tissues.