Publications and Presentations

Liotta, M.N., Kamara, S., Abbott, J.K., Rio-Cardenas, O. and M. R. Morris. 2021. Evidence for genetic integration of mating behavior and morphology in a behaviorally plastic alternative reproductive tactic. Evol Ecol. 35:723–737.

Kamara, S. 2023. Comparison of finfish and crustacean assemblages among established marsh terraces, new marsh terraces and open water in a restored brackish marsh. Thesis. Nicholls State University , Thibodaux, Louisiana, US.

Mackey, A. , S. Kamara, and N. Sullivan. 2022. Nine-Element Nonpoint Source Implementation Strategy (NPS-IS): Robinson Run-Raccoon Creek: HUC-12 (05090101 05 04). Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service at Ohio University, The Ridges Building 22, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701

Quantifying Egg Characteristics, Thermal Tolerance, and Performance Across the Range of Paddlefish . Shasta Kamara*, Joelle Busby, Sandra Leal, Cory Suksi. Virtually presented at the Organization of Fish and Wildlife and Information Managers Annual Meeting.

Allometric Variation in Egg Characteristics Across the Range of Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula). Shasta Kamara*, Joelle Busby, Sandra Leal, Cory Suksi. Poster presented at the North American Sturgeon and Paddlefish Society Annual Meeting, Nelson, BC, Canada.

Quantifying Tolerance and Performance of Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) Across Temperatures. Sandra Leal*, Shasta Kamara, Joelle Busby, Cory Suksi. Poster at the North American Sturgeon and Paddlefish Society Annual Meeting, Nelson, BC, Canada.

Physiological and Behavioral Responses of Paddlefish to Capture and Release Stressors Across Different Temperatures. Shasta Kamara*, Jackson Glomb, Cory Suksi. Presented at the Illinois Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Rock Island, Illinois.

Rapid Cooling During Simulated Tournament Livewell Holding Increases Disturbance in Largemouth Bass. Joelle Busby*, Shasta Kamara, Cory Suski. Poster at the Illinois Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Rock Island, Illinois.

Influence of Thermal Variation on Paddlefish Recovery, Post-Release Behavior and Thermal Tolerance. Shasta Kamara*, Jackson Glomb, and Cory Suski. Presented at the Midwest Fish and Wildlife Annual Conference, St. Louis, Missouri.

Paddlefish: Influence of Temperature on Physiological Responses to Capture and Release Stressors. Shasta Kamara*, Jackson Glomb, and Cory Suski. Presented at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Student Chapter of the Wildlife Society monthly meeting, Urbana, Illinois.

Influence of Temperature on Paddlefish Thermal Tolerance, Recovery and Post-Release Behavior. Shasta Kamara*, Jackson Glomb, and Cory Suski. Presented at the North American Sturgeon and Paddlefish Society Annual Meeting, Mobile, Alabama.

Paddlefish: Physiological Responses to Temperature and Latitudinal Thermal Regimes. Shasta Kamara*, Jackson Glomb, and Cory Suski. Presented at the Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers Annual Meeting, Arcadia, Missouri.

Role of Thermal Variation on Paddlefish Thermal Tolerance, Recovery and Post-Release Behavior. Shasta Kamara*, Jackson Glomb, and Cory Suski. Presented at the National American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Influence of Thermal Variation on Paddlefish Thermal Tolerance, Recovery and Post-Release Behavior. Shasta Kamara*, Jackson Glomb, and Cory Suski. Poster presented at the Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center Annual Gathering, East Lansing, Michigan.

Paddlefish Migration and Management: A Complex Story. Shasta Kamara. Virtually Presented at the North American Sturgeon and Paddlefish Society Student Subunit World Fish Migration Day Event.

Role of Temperature on Paddlefish Thermal Tolerance, Recovery and Post-Release Behavior. Shasta Kamara*, Jackson Glomb, and Cory Suski. Virtually presented at the Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center Graduate Student Research Showcase Science Seminar.

Recovery and Post-Release Behavior of Paddlefish in Response to Different Temperatures. Shasta Kamara*, Jackson Glomb, and Cory Suski. Presented at the Oklahoma Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Recovery and Post-Release Behavior of Paddlefish in Response to Different Temperatures. Shasta Kamara*, Jackson Glomb, and Cory Suski. Presented at the Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences Graduate Research Symposium, Urbana, Illinois.

Influence of Temperature on Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) Recovery After Exercise. Shasta Kamara*, Jackson Glomb, and Cory Suski. Poster presented at the Illinois Chapter of the American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Bloomington, Illinois.

Impacts of Angling Tournament Culling Practices on Largemouth Bass (Micropterus nigricans). Shasta Kamara, Allison Hay, Reagan Oller,  Jackson Glomb*, and Cory Suski. Poster presented at the Illinois Chapter of the American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Bloomington, Illinois.

Influence of Temperature on Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) Recovery After Exercise. Shasta Kamara*, Jackson Glomb, and Cory Suski. Poster presented at the Graduates in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Symposium, Urbana, Illinois.

Abundance, Distribution, and Annual Variation of Invasive Carp Larvae. Quenton Fontenot*, Shasta Kamara, April Simmons, Robby Maxwell, and Rob Bourgeois. Presented at the Louisiana Invasive Carp Management Meeting, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Impacts of Fishing Tournament Culling Practices on Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides). Shasta Kamara*, Allison Hay, Reagan Oller, Cory Suski. Presented at the Illinois Summer Research Symposium, Champaign, Illinois.

Comparison of Finfish and Crustacean Assemblages in a Restored Brackish Marsh. Shasta Kamara*, Allyse Ferrara, Gary LaFleur, Jonathan Willis and Quenton Fontenot. Presented to the Rotary Club, Thibodaux, Louisiana.

Comparison of Finfish and Crustaceans Among Established Marsh Terraces, New Marsh Terraces and Open Water in a Restored Brackish Marsh. Shasta Kamara*. Presented at Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana.

Comparison of Finfish and Crustacean Assemblages Among Established Marsh Terraces, New Marsh Terraces Open in a Restored Brackish Marsh. Shasta Kamara*, Gary LaFleur, Jonathan Willis and Quenton Fontenot. Poster presented at the Nicholls State University Expeaux. 

Comparison of Finfish and Crustaceans Among Established Marsh Terraces, New Marsh Terraces and Open Water in a Restored Brackish Marsh. Shasta Kamara*, Allyse Ferrara, Gary LaFleur, Jonathan Willis and Quenton Fontenot. Presented at Nicholls State University Seminar, Thibodaux, Louisiana. 

Comparison of Finfish and Crustacean Assemblages Among Established Marsh Terraces, New Marsh Terraces and Open Water in a Restored Brackish Marsh. Shasta Kamara*, Allyse Ferrara, Gary LaFleur, Jonathan Willis and Quenton Fontenot. Presented at the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Norfolk, Virginia. 

Comparing Finfish and Crustacean Assemblages Among Established Marsh Terraces, New Marsh Terraces and Open Water in a Restored Brackish Marsh. Shasta Kamara*, Allyse Ferrara, Gary LaFleur, Jonathan Willis and Quenton Fontenot. Presented at the Bays and Bayous Conference, Mobile, Alabama.

Comparison of Finfish and Crustacean Assemblages Among Established Marsh Terraces, New Marsh Terraces and Open Water in a Restored Brackish Marsh. Shasta Kamara*, Allyse Ferrara, Gary LaFleur, Jonathan Willis and Quenton Fontenot. Poster presented at Restore America’s Estuaries Summit, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Identifying Invasive Carp Spawning Locations Through Statewide Larval Fish Surveys. Quenton Fontenot*, Shasta Kamara, April Simmons, Robby Maxwell and Rob Bourgeois. Gulf Coast Invasive Species Working Group, New Orleans, Louisiana. 

Comparing Fauna Among Habitats in a Restored Brackish Marsh. Shasta Kamara*, Allyse Ferrara, Gary LaFleur, Jonathan Willis and Quenton Fontenot. Presented at Nicholls State University Marine and Environmental Biology course, Thibodaux, Louisiana. 

Comparing Fauna Among Habitats in a Restored Brackish Marsh. Shasta Kamara*, Allyse Ferrara, Gary LaFleur, Jonathan Willis and Quenton Fontenot. Virtually Presented at a Morris Fish Lab meeting, Athens, Ohio.  

Evaluating Fauna in a Restored Brackish Marsh. Shasta Kamara*, Allyse Ferrara, Gary LaFleur, Jonathan Willis and Quenton Fontenot. Presented at Nicholls State University Seminar, Thibodaux, Louisiana. 

Identifying Invasive Carp Spawning Locations Through Statewide Larval Fish Surveys. Quenton Fontenot*, Shasta Kamara, April Simmons, Robby Maxwell and Rob Bourgeois. Louisiana Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Thibodaux, Louisiana. 

Comparing Finfish and Crustacean Assemblages Among Established Marsh Terraces, New Marsh Terraces and Open Water in a Restored Brackish Marsh. Shasta Kamara*, Allyse Ferrara, Gary LaFleur, Jonathan Willis and Quenton Fontenot. Poster presented at the Louisiana Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Thibodaux, Louisiana. 

Comparison of Finfish, Crustacean and Vegetation Assemblages Among Existing Marsh Terraces, Newly Created Marsh Terraces and Open Water. Shasta Kamara*, Allyse Ferrara, Gary LaFleur, Jonathan Willis and Quenton Fontenot. Poster virtually presented at the Nicholls State University Scholars Expeaux, Thibodaux, Louisiana. 

Evidence for Genetic Integration of Mating Behavior and Morphology in a Behaviorally Plastic Alternative Reproductive Tactic. Melissa N. Liotta, Shasta Kamara*, Jessica K. Abbott, Oscar Rios‐Cardenas, Molly R. Morris. Virtually presented at the Ohio University Virtual Student Expo, Athens, Ohio.