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Celebrating 50 Years of a UW-Madison, Shedd Aquarium Collaboration

Posted on May 3, 2018

On Saturday, April 21st, Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium welcomed 9,256 visitors to its sprawling campus along Lake Michigan’s shoreline. 1225 of the youngest visitors grabbed “passports” to learn more about the migratory fishes on display for …

Posted in CFL History, Fish, Undergraduate ResearchTagged aquarium fishes, Jake Vander Zanden, John Magnuson, Shedd Aquarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Special Delivery: Shiny Piece of Scientific History Finds Its Way Home

Posted on January 25, 2018

At the end of last year, the Center for Limnology received a very special Christmas gift all the way from Corvallis, Oregon. To be more precise, our recently retired director, Steve Carpenter, got a package …

Posted in CFL History, Hasler LabTagged E.A. Birge, Kenneth Malueg, science history, Steve Carpenter, Wetzlar microscope

2017 Newsletter: Year of Changes at the CFL

Posted on December 18, 2017

It’s beginning to look a lot like the end of the year, and that means we’re looking back at some of the stories that shaped the Center for Limnology in 2017. It was a year …

Posted in CFL History, CFL In The NewsTagged algae bloom, annual newsletter, Center for Limnology, Steve Carpenter

Calculators, Ditto Machines and a Ski Barge: Zoology in the Summer of ’71

Posted on November 8, 2017

Not so long ago (but long enough that we’re ashamed we haven’t gotten to this yet), former Center for Limnology grad student, Lorna Petty sent our director emeritus, John Magnuson a copy of the “Manual …

Posted in CFL History

Blog Redux: Secchi Disk Celebrates 150 Years of Clarity

Posted on April 19, 2017

Tomorrow will mark the one hundred and fifty-second birthday of the Secchi disk. We dusted off this post from two years ago to tell you all about our favorite scientific instrument. Enjoy! (Originally published April …

Posted in CFL History, Global Change & Long-Term Ecology, Water Quality, Hydrology & NutrientsTagged Center for Limnology, Mediterranean Sea, Pietro Angelo Secchi, Secchi disk, water clarity

Arthur Hasler Tells UW-Madison Video Archives “Lake Mendota Is Our Laboratory”

Posted on October 17, 2016

We recently stumbled across this old video of Art Hasler (in an amazing coat/hat ensemble, we might add) discussing the “congregation” of professors and students at the UW-Madison who work on Lake Mendota “trying to …

Posted in CFL History, Ecological ProcessesTagged aquatic ecology, Arthur Hasler, Center for Limnology, Lake Mendota, limnology, UW-Madison

Art Hasler’s Son Blogs His Dad’s Biography

Posted on April 11, 2016

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 …

Posted in CFL HistoryTagged Art Hasler, Center for Limnology, E.A. Birge, limnology in Wisconsin

CFL’s Crowd-Sourced Secchi Slideshow: Happy Earth Day!

Posted on April 22, 2015

We asked, and you answered! It’s Earth Day and we’re continuing our shout out to the inventor of limnology’s most ubiquitous instrument. (Full captions to photos are posted below) Click on images above for slideshow. …

Posted in CFL History, Global Change & Long-Term Ecology, Water Quality, Hydrology & NutrientsTagged Angelo Secchi, Earth Day, GLEON, Secchi disk, water clarity

Save the Date! Hasler Lab 2014 Open House

Posted on April 17, 2014

Modern limnology in North America was born right here at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Today, scientists from across Wisconsin, the nation. and the globe are doing world-class freshwater research right on the shore of Lake …

Posted in CFL History, CFL In The News, Hasler Lab, OutreachTagged Hasler Lab, Lake Mendota, limnology, Madison, science open house, STEM, UW-Madison open house

Where Do All the Data Go?

Posted on September 18, 2013

by Corinna Gries For hundreds of years people have collected data on lakes. Ice on and ice off dates are probably the oldest data, but water temperature, water clarity, animal and plant species and abundance …

Posted in CFL History, Global Change & Long-Term Ecology, Hasler Lab, Invasive SpeciesTagged Center for Limnology, data archive, E.A. Birge, lter
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