{"id":2,"date":"2023-05-31T15:23:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T15:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/winwatson\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-09-13T14:03:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T18:03:29","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/winwatson\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/winwatson\/lobster\/\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/winwatson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2024\/06\/tagged-lobster-border.jpg\" alt=\"lobster\" width=\"150\" height=\"90\" \/>American Lobster Research<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nWe use ultrasonic telemetry, underwater video and laboratory experiments to investigate the factors that influence the behavior of lobsters in their natural habitat.\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/winwatson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2024\/07\/limulus-with-sonar-tag-for-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"119\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/winwatson\/research\/horseshoe-crab-neurobiology-physiology-and-behavior\/?fl_builder&amp;fl_builder_ui\"><b>Horseshoe crab physiolog<\/b><\/a><b>y behavior <\/b><br \/>\nMy research has three overall goals: 1) To understand the neural basis of rhythmic <em>Limulus<\/em> behaviors; 2) To elucidate the daily and tidal rhythms horseshoe crabs express in the lab and in the field and; 3) to document the impacts biomedical bleeding has on horseshoe crabs.\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/winwatson\/research\/nudibranch-neurobiology-and-behavior\/\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/winwatson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2024\/05\/melibe_research.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" \/>Nudibranch Neurobiology and Behavior<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nNudibranches are often studied by neurobiologists because they have very large, identifiable, neurons that are very amenable to neurophysiological investigations. Our studies of the nudibranch,\u00a0<em>Melibe leonina<\/em>, center around their rhythmic behaviors, such as feeding and swimming.\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/winwatson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2024\/06\/win-watson-Front.jpg\" alt=\"Win Watson with a lobster\" height=\"546\" width=\"297\" title=\"win-watson-Front\" \/>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Lobster Research We use ultrasonic telemetry, underwater video and laboratory experiments to investigate the factors that influence the behavior of lobsters in their natural habitat. 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