University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: eutrophication

CFL Grad Student Tyler Butts Wins Cushing Prize

Here at the CFL, we love bragging on our students, faculty and alumni, so we’re very excited to congratulate Tyler Butts on receiving the 2022 Cushing Prize for a paper published in the Journal of Plankton Research.  The annual prize honors the memory of David Cushing, founding editor of the Journal of Plankton Research and …

Remembering David Schindler and His Lasting Legacy in Limnology

Last week, the freshwater science community lost a a true giant in our field. David Schindler was a trailblazing scientist and an early enthusiast for whole-lake experiments in the 1970s and 80s that brought issues like acid rain and algae blooms to wide public attention. His life and work leaves a “tremendous impact,” says CFL …

Video: State of the Yahara Lakes – 2013

As we enter field season here at the Center for Limnology and people all over Madison are pulling their tackle boxes out of the garage and their boats out of storage, we’d like to showcase an excellent Clean Lakes Alliance video. It’s a report on the state of Madison lakes in 2013, and it features …