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Ted Bier

Socially Distant Science: How COVID Complicated Summer 2020 Research

Posted on December 1, 2020

This article first appeared in our 2020 Annual Newsletter. Earlier this summer, Ted Bier was out on Lake Monona with the Madison skyline bobbing in the background collecting samples for the North Temperate Lakes (NTL) …

Posted in Hasler Lab, Trout Lake StationTagged FIsh Lake, Joe Mrnak, limnology, lter, NTL LTER, socially distant science, Sparkling Lake, summer 2020 fieldwork, Ted Bier

Blog Redux: Our Weekend as a Walleye Nursery: Video and Pics

Posted on November 22, 2019

After a week of our walleye research in the news, it made us think back on past posts. Then we stumbled upon this one from 2013 when, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources fisheries biologist, Kurt …

Posted in Fish, Fishing, Boating & Water Recreation, Hasler LabTagged Center for Limnology, fishing, Jereme Gaeta, Lake Mendota, Ted Bier, University of Wisconsin-Madison, walleye, WDNR

Fish Fry Day Redux: Sneaking and Spawning

Posted on May 15, 2015

We’re swamped here at the CFL, so apologies for the slow posting. Today, though, we’ve dug up a classic post on one of the aquatic rites of spring – the crazy sex life of bluegill. …

Posted in Fish, Fish Fry Day, UncategorizedTagged bluegill, Clean Lakes Alliance, spawning, Ted Bier

Unexpected Find Under the Ice for Lake Mendota Researchers

Posted on February 18, 2015

Last Wednesday, a couple of researchers ventured out onto frozen Lake Mendota to drill through the ice and take their yearly winter samples for the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) project. A surprise awaited them as …

Posted in Ecological Processes, LTERTagged algal bloom, copepods, Hasler Lab, Jake Walsh, Lake Mendota, lter, Ted Bier

Past Post: Early “Spring Cleaning” for Lake Mendota

Posted on April 1, 2014

Obviously Lake Mendota is still frozen over here in the Spring of 2014. But, two years ago, Madison lakes had officially opened up (i.e. thawed) on March 10th and, by early April, we were writing …

Posted in Ecological Processes, Hasler Lab, Water Quality, Hydrology & NutrientsTagged Center for Limnology, clear water phase, daphnia, Lake Mendota, Madison, Ted Bier

Thickest Lake Ice in Decades May Last Into Spring

Posted on March 17, 2014

Ted Bier, our senior research specialist for the Long-Term Ecological Research program, was recently photographed on Lake Monona holding this massive chunk of ice in front of the Madison skyline. That picture led to the …

Posted in CFL In The News, Global Change & Long-Term Ecology, Hasler Lab, LTERTagged Capital Times, lake ice, Lake Monona, lter, Madison, Ted Bier

Slideshow: LTER Winter Sampling on “Unusually” Thick Ice

Posted on February 14, 2014

Remember the polar vortex? It was just a vague memory before we stumbled across the following post from our archives. Perhaps we had blocked out memories of the winter of subzero temps cold enough to …

Posted in CFL In The News, Global Change & Long-Term Ecology, Hasler Lab, Learn Your LakesTagged Gosia Golub, Kirsten Rhude, lake ice, Lake Mendota, lter, NSF, Ted Bier, Wisconsin State Journal

Fish Fry Day: Black Crappie

Posted on June 14, 2013

Once again, the batter is coming out in the kitchens of restaurants across Wisconsin and folks are preparing to cap off another work week with the time-honored ritual of eating fried fish – happy Fish …

Posted in Fish, Fish Fry Day, Hasler LabTagged Center for Limnology, crappie, Emily Hilts, Fish Fry Day, fishing, Lake Mendota, Madison, Ted Bier

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