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Month: May 2014

Clear-Water Phase: Are We Missing Lake Mendota’s Window?

Posted on May 29, 2014

Over the last two weeks, Lake Monona, Lake Waubesa, and Lake Kegonsa have all entered into their annual rite of spring’s clear-water phase. Lake Mendota, however, remains a murky mystery. Why are the downstream Yahara …

Posted in Ecological Processes, LTERTagged Clean Lakes Alliance, Elizabeth Katt-Reinders, Jake Vander Zanden, Lake Mendota, lter, Madison, Wisconsin

Video: (Migratory) Fish Fry Day – Spawning Suckers

Posted on May 23, 2014

Tomorrow is World Fish Migration Day! We’ll help host activity stations at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, site of just one of 270 events around the globe celebrating the day. Below is an amazing underwater video taken …

Posted in Fish, Fish Fry DayTagged Evan Childress, fish migration, longnose sucker, Shedd Aquarium, World Fish Migration Day

CFL at the Shedd Aquarium: World Fish Migration Day, May 24th!

Posted on May 21, 2014

At the break of dawn this Saturday, May 24th, Center for Limnology researchers and your trusty blogger will hit the road for Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium. Once there, we will help Shedd researchers and volunteers set …

Posted in Fish, OutreachTagged Center for Limnology, migratory fish, pike, Shedd Aquarium, sturgeon, suckers, World Fish Migration Day

Experts to Discuss Mining in the Penokee Range at Public Forum, June 5th

Posted on May 16, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 5/15/14 CONTACT: hinterthuer@wisc.edu Minocqua, WI – A final decision won’t be made for years but, already, the proposal to build an open-pit iron mine in Iron and Ashland counties has created a …

Posted in Outreach, Trout Lake StationTagged Center for Limnology, Gogebic Taconite, mining Wisconsin, Minocqua, Science on Tap

The Present and Potential Future of the Yahara Lakes

Posted on May 15, 2014

A recent spate of stories has folks in Madison talking about their lakes. The charge of limnological news is being led by The Cap Times and their reporter, Jessica VanEgeren, and Wisconsin Center for Investigative …

Posted in CFL In The News, Global Change & Long-Term Ecology, Invasive SpeciesTagged Capital Times, Center for Limnology, climate change, Steve Carpenter, Yahara 2070, Yahara scenarios

Video: State of the Yahara Lakes – 2013

Posted on May 6, 2014

As we enter field season here at the Center for Limnology and people all over Madison are pulling their tackle boxes out of the garage and their boats out of storage, we’d like to showcase …

Posted in Hasler Lab, OutreachTagged Clean Lakes Alliance, eutrophication, Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Madison lakes

Fish Fry Day Video: Walleye on the Run

Posted on May 2, 2014

While our post doctoral researcher, Solomon David, prefers more primitive fishes, like the northern pike he was recently catching, tagging and studying during their annual spring migration run, he also stumbled across (okay, waded into) …

Posted in Fish, Fish Fry DayTagged fish migration, GoPro, pike, Solomon David, walleye

Citizen Scientists Provide Clarity for Big Questions

Posted on May 1, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: A massive new study of water clarity trends in Midwestern lakes is sure to make some waves in scientific circles. The study involved nearly a quarter of a million observations in 3,251 …

Posted in CFL In The News, Global Change & Long-Term Ecology, UncategorizedTagged Center for Limnology, citizen science, clear waters, lake clarity, lter

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