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 …
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Fish Fry Day Video: White Suckers Can’t Go Home Again
You can’t go home again. While the sentiment means something a bit more figurative to those of us who traveled for the Holidays, for Great Lakes fishes the statement is all too literal. In fact, …
Field Samples: Exploring the Aquatic Microbiome
Welcome to our weekly Q&A asking researchers what they’ve been up to and what they’ve learned. Today, Mike Braus, a graduate student at the UW-Madison’s Nelson Institute talks about lakes, rivers, climate change, and the …
Fish Fry Day: Announcing New Website – Fish on the Run
Happy Fish Fry Day folks! Before you tune out for the rest of the day and dream of delicious fried fillets of your favorite fish, we’d like to introduce you to a brand-new website all …
Scenarios: Using Science Fiction to Think About the Future
by Jenny Seifert Change is constant and inevitable—in jobs, in relationships, in business, and in nature. It can make us feel downright powerless to realize that nothing is certain. So why even bother trying to …
CFL Students Headed To Sapelo Island for Zoology 750
Yesterday afternoon, eight UW graduate students and two of the Center for Limnology fleet vehicles left on an 18-hour drive to Georgia. Their destination? Sapelo Island, a barrier island just off the Georgia’s coast. The …
Muckraking Mendota: Let’s Just Be Friends
UW undergrad, Emily Hilts, spent her summer getting to know Lake Mendota. While she didn’t fall head over heels for Madison’s lakes, she’s leaving on good terms. by Emily Hilts This morning, I moved my …
Nearshore Construction + Heavy Rain = Sediment Plume in Lake Mendota
We interrupt this “Fish Fry Day” to bring you breaking news. Or, well, not news, but a timely example of the challenges urban water bodies like Madison’s lakes face on a daily basis. On his …
Slideshow: In The Field with Zoology 315
The water outside the window here at Hasler Lab is, well, hard. Sailboats are still stored for the winter and our pier is safely tucked away. But tomorrow is the first day of Spring and …
Carving Ice and Catching Smelt: Winter Sampling on Crystal Lake
Last summer, scientists at the CFL launched an ambitious attempt to eradicate invasive rainbow smelt from Crystal Lake in northern Wisconsin. Last weekend, Zach Lawson and Page Mieritz went up north to sample for smelt …