{"id":12220,"date":"2025-02-06T11:02:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T16:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/?page_id=12220"},"modified":"2026-03-13T12:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T16:46:18","slug":"minissale-kari","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/graduate-program\/current-graduate-students\/minissale-kari\/","title":{"rendered":"Minissale, Kari"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kari Minissale, Ph.D., Wildlife Ecology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2026\/03\/minissale-from-linkedin.jpg\" alt=\"Minissale wading in water holding fish\" class=\"wp-image-12954\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover;width:302px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2026\/03\/minissale-from-linkedin.jpg 800w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2026\/03\/minissale-from-linkedin-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2026\/03\/minissale-from-linkedin-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2026\/03\/minissale-from-linkedin-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2026\/03\/minissale-from-linkedin-105x105.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2026\/03\/minissale-from-linkedin-317x317.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2026\/03\/minissale-from-linkedin-423x423.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2026\/03\/minissale-from-linkedin-634x634.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2026\/03\/minissale-from-linkedin-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Co-Advisor: <\/strong>Joseph Zydlewski \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.usgs.gov\/coopunits\/unit\/Maine\" id=\"https:\/\/www1.usgs.gov\/coopunits\/unit\/Maine\">Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit<\/a> <br><strong>Co-Advisor:<\/strong> Chrissy Murphy &#8211; 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