Author: hinterthuer

Field Samples: How Humans Are Changing What’s in Our Water

Field Samples is a Q&A with presenters at our weekly Wednesday seminar. Today CFL grad student, Samantha Oliver, will talk about how humans changes to the landscape have drastically altered nutrient flows into lakes.  Who are you, where are you from, and how did you get here?    I’m Samantha Oliver, and I’m originally from …

Field Samples: What Do Fish Do When People Move Into the Neighborhood?

Field Samples is a Q&A with presenters at our weekly Wednesday seminar. Today one of the CFL’s newest grad students, Martin Perales, will talk about his summer project exploring the impacts of lake development on fish populations.  Who are you, where are you from, and how did you get here?     I’m Martin Perales and I dragged …

Art Hasler’s Son Blogs His Dad’s Biography

We here at the Center for Limnology are, of course big fans of Art Hasler. The man not only got the building we call home built in the first place, he also help bring limnology at UW–Madison into modern scientific times. That’s why it was so cool when Fritz, Art’s son, reached out to us and …

Fish Fry Day: Mapping the Movements of Migrating Fish

It’s a cold, overcast day at the end of March and Petrifying Springs Park is brown and leafless – still waiting on its spring greenery. Which means it’s a great day to find some fish here where Pike Creek flows into the Pike River. Specifically, John Rodstrom, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Center for Limnology, …

Field Samples: The Hills Are Alive with the Sound of Science

Field Samples is a Q&A with researchers presenting at our weekly Wednesday seminar. Today the CFL’s distinguished research professor, Paul Hanson, will use music as a science communication tool. Tune in online for the live creation of a musical piece on harmful algal blooms! We’ll also live Tweet – #cflseminar  Who are you, where are you from, and …

Fish Fry Day: Migratory Fishes Meet Social Media

If you live, well, pretty much anywhere in North America, you know that spring is springing early this year. And while that means ice-free lakes, blooming crocuses and the return of all sorts of birds, it also means that fish are getting ready to move. This spring, (starting next week, in fact) we’ll be bringing …

Field Samples: Understanding Microbes’ Role in Lake Ecosystems

Field Samples is a Q&A with aquatic researchers. Today  Robin Rohwer, a graduate student studying microbial ecology in Trina McMahon’s lab will give a public talk at noon on what microbes are in our lakes and what it is they do. It’s the Center for Limnology’s weekly Wednesday seminar.  Who are you, where are you …

John Lyons to Tell Tales of Fishes of Wisconsin at Science on Tap

Next Wednesday, March 2nd, Wisconsin DNR “fish guru,” John Lyons will be at the Minocqua Brewing Company for Science on Tap-Minocqua, where he’ll talk about the “Wonderful World of Wisconsin Fishes.” (Can’t make it to Minocqua? You can always watch online). Lyons will give an overview of Wisconsin fishes: How many different kinds of fish …

Fish Fry Day: UW-Madison Students Visit Nevin Fish Hatchery

by Chelsey Blanke Last week, students in UW–Madison’s Ecology of Fishes lab course had the privilege of visiting WDNR’s Nevin Fish Hatchery, just a 15-minute drive from campus. Field trips are a major component of the course’s content and this was the first time it’s included a hatchery tour. Fish hatchery and stocking operations are …

Field Samples: Adding Inland Fisheries to the Total Global Catch

Field Samples is a Q&A with aquatic researchers. Today graduate student, Etienne Fluet-Chouinard, talks about attempts to get better measurements of inland fishery catches. . Etienne will give a public lecture on his work today at noon in the Water Science & Engineering Lab as part of our weekly Wednesday seminar. Who are you, where …