Sorry to dig up old bog posts twice in a row, but this little fish popped up on our “Fishes of Wisconsin” Challenge and, well, here we are again – at the end of a …
Invasive Species
Blog Redux: Fish Ears, “Tree” Rings and a Sectioning Saw
We thought we’d dig through the archives to see what we were up to in previous Novembers. Enjoy this look at “Limno in the Lab” from four years ago! Originally posted 11/13/12 – After the …
Is Lake Mendota’s Newest Invasive Species Poised to Explode?
This is what an invasion looks like. Last fall, students in a UW-Madison undergraduate limnology lab found invasive zebra mussels living in Lake Mendota for the first time. Later that year, when we pulled the …
Zebra Mussels Found In Lake Mendota
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (press contacts at bottom of story) MADISON — In the fall of 2009, a group of University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduates made a startling discovery in the waters off the campus shoreline. Spiny …
Notes from the Northwoods: Can Native Bugs Take Out Invasive Plants?
by AnnaKay Kruger Joe Bevington leans over the side of the boat and eyes the dense weeds in the water below us, watching green, long-feathered arms of Eurasian water milfoil move indolently with the current. …
Fish Fry Day: Daphnia Update & Perch (H2O) Purifiers?
Lake Monona is crystal clear, while Mendota stays murky and, on Wednesday, we asked you to help us monitor Lake Mendota as we wait to see if the native zooplankton, daphnia pulicaria, can rally and …
Researchers Get to the Bottom (& Beyond) of Lake Mendota Invasive Species
It looks like ice-off is only a couple days away on Madison’s lakes. Before we hit the completely open water season, though, here’s a look back at some semi-frozen fieldwork from early March. Graduate student, Jake …
Field Samples: Trying to Predict Ecosystem Changes Before They Occur
Field Samples is a weekly Q&A asking researchers what they’ve been up to and what they’ve learned. Today, post-doctoral researcher, Eric Larson, from Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, talks about better managing our resources by trying to predict ecosystem changes …
Team of Scientists Hopes to Reveal Fuller Picture on Invasive Species
Today wraps up National Invasive Species Awareness Week, which was marked primarily by a series of awareness-building events and seminars in Washington D.C. It also coincided with the return of CFL grad student, Alex Latzka, from …
Field Samples: Spiny Water Fleas, Lake Mendota, and Green Water
Field Samples is a weekly Q&A asking researchers what they’ve been up to and what they’ve learned. Today, CFL grad student, Jake Walsh, talks Lake Mendota and the invasive spiny water flea. Who are you, where …