By Christina Weatherford On May 26th and 27th, Trout Lake Station made waves – literally and figuratively – with the first-ever LimnoLaunch. This all-hands-on-deck, two day training covered everything from driving a boat to using …
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Forget “Needle in a Haystack,” Try Finding Littorella in a Lake
by Sydney Widell If you’ve never heard of Littorella, you are definitely not alone. Incredibly rare, this grassy aquatic plant only graces the beds of a few select lakes in Northern Wisconsin. Today, Susan Knight, …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Field Samples: Cracking (Genetic) Code to Understand Microbe Diversity
Field Samples is a Q&A with aquatic researchers. Today graduate student, Sarah Stevens, talks computer programming and microbes in lakes. Sarah will give a public lecture on her work today at noon in the Water …
Sapelo Island Storify 2: Will a Rising Tide Sink All Hopes? (Of Course Not!)
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Sapelo Island Storify: Limno Went Down to Georgia
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