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 …
While you’d be right in accusing us of “mailing it in” in this week’s version of the “Fishes of Wisconsin” challenge, we’ll make it up to you by presenting not one, but two cool underwater videos of smallmouth bass doing their thing! First up, some smallies in an undisclosed lake in northern Wisconsin keep trying …
Field Samples is a Q&A with aquatic researchers. Today the incomparable John Magnuson talks about research on how fish find their niche. John will give a public lecture today at noon in the Water Science & Engineering Lab as part of the Center for Limnology’s weekly Wednesday seminar. Who are you, where are you from, and …
Happy Fish Fry Day! It’s the day that, like restaurants across Wisconsin, we put fish on our menu. Today’s main course – bluntnose minnows. As we tackle the “Fishes of Wisconsin” challenge, striving to write a post for each of the 183 species of fish found in Wisconsin, one might expect to stumble across a …
Happy Fish Fry Day! For those of you just tuning in, last week we embarked on a crusade to share a little bit about ALL 183 species on the amazing “Fishes of Wisconsin” poster. Fish #1 was the suckermouth minnow, and we learned all sorts of fun stuff, like the fact that not all small …
It’s Fish Fry Day – the day when Wisconsin puts fish on the menu and we serve up a fish o’ the day on our blog. But today, we’re launching an epic challenge – a quest to bring you tidbits of knowledge for each and every species of fish in Wisconsin. Perhaps you missed the …
It’s that time of year again – as July gives way to August, we’re spiffing up our research station and ordering tubs of Babcock ice cream for our annual open house and ice cream social. If you’ll be in the Minocqua area next Friday, July 31st, come on by between 1-5pm and board a boat, take …
On June 4th, after a week of clear-water conditions in Lake Mendota, some of us here at Hasler Lab decided that our window for swimming in clear water was closing. So we decided to take an up-close and personal reading of conditions. It turns out that our timing was perfect for a refreshing (read: cold) …
Last week on this blog, we wondered if Lake Mendota’s clear water phase was a thing of the past. You see, last year, the algae-eating native zooplankton, daphnia pulicaria were so diminished by predation from the invasive spiny water flea, that their numbers couldn’t grow large enough to keep algae from clouding our waters. Combined with …
Join us FRIDAY, JUNE 12th for the Hasler Lab Open House! If you’re in the Madison area, come on down for a “behind the scenes” event and spend a half hour or the whole …