by Cheryl Reitan & Adam Hinterthuer Duluth, MN – In September of 2014, fifty-eight scientists gathered to discuss the most pressing research needs in the Great Lakes region. Even though the five lakes contain nearly …
Ecological Processes
You’re Not Seeing Mayflies Around Town – Those Are Midges
As I jumped on my bike and left the Lowell Elementary playground after dropping my kids off yesterday morning, I overheard a conversation between two parents that I hear pretty consistently this time of year. …
Thinking Big About Invasive Species: Q&A with Jake Vander Zanden
A recent study in the journal, Ecosystems, says that, when it comes to invasive species, it’s time to think bigger. While the movement of species from their native ranges to exotic lands is a major …
What Lies Beneath: Sudden Invasion of a Wisconsin Lake Wasn’t So Sudden After All
In the fall of 2009, a tiny aquatic creature known as the spiny water flea showed up in a lake where it had never before been seen. At first, students in the UW-Madison undergraduate limnology …
Blog Redux: What Less Lake Ice Means for Ecology, Economy and Ourselves
NOTE: This post originally ran on January 17, 2012. In the four of the five years since this post, Lake Mendota has frozen over well after its “median” freeze date, and in three of the …
Fish Fry Day: Western Mosquitofish and the Danger of Good Intentions
It’s Fish Fry Day and fish is on the menu! We’re working our way across the “Fishes of Wisconsin” poster finding morsels of info for every species of fishes found in Wisconsin. Today’s special: the …
Guest Post: Focus on Phosphorus Control to Improve Water Quality
As the year winds to a close, we’re taking a look back at some of the the CFL’s most popular blog posts from 2016. Here’s one published on August 16th by CFL director, Steve Carpenter, …
CFL Blog’s Best of 2016: Recalculating the Cost of Invasive Species
As the year winds to a close, we’re taking a look back at some of the the CFL’s most popular blog posts from 2016. Here’s one originally published on March 21st about our researchers calculating …
Christmas Post Redux: Letter Home Explains Carbon Cycle via Christmas Ornaments
Happy Holidays from the CFL! Last year, graduate student, Julia Hart, was so ready to head home and see family that she wrote this great primer in advance to tell her Mom what, exactly, she …
Study Finds Life Under Lake Ice Complex, Surprisingly Active
A new study asked for data on life under ice from around the world and found that there’s more going ont han we thought. Several CFL folks were co-authors (Emily Stanley, Noah Lottig, Corinna Gries, …