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  <dc:creator>Andrew Kenneth Carlson</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2024</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Thirteen years ago, as a senior in college, I barely knew what research was. Although I spent my senior year conducting fieldwork and writing 50 pages about Brown Trout&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Salmo trutta&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;population dynamics in southeast Minnesota streams, the essence of research eluded me. It was not until graduate school that things clicked. A decade ago, I was several months away from completing my M.S. thesis on the effects of a large flood on aquatic resources in the Missouri River. Research was a newfound passion. My M.S. project changed my perspective, opening my eyes to the delights and difficulties of science. I attended the 2014 American Fisheries Society (AFS) meeting determined to talk to as many potential Ph.D. advisors as possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.14321/aehm.027.04.19</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Scholarly Publishing Collective</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Taylor-made: The meaning of mentorship in fisheries</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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