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 are you from, and how did you get to where you are now? I’m Jake Walsh, a PhD student with …
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, there are more than 275,000 reasons a fish might not make it “home.” This amazing animation is from our new …
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 tiny little microbes running the show. Who are you, where are you from, and how did you get here? I …
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 about the incredible journeys many fish make to feed and breed and survive. Called “Fish On the Run,” the site …
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 plan ahead? Well, when it comes to thinking about how people might cope with big changes that will affect us …
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 crew was headed down as part of the Zoology 750 class project. The course is titled “Problems in Oceanography” and, …
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 books and papers out of the desk I used at the Center for Limnology all summer, and took some time …
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 way in to work this rainy morning, CFL graduate student (and “David Buoy‘s handler”), Luke WInslow, snapped a few pictures …
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 that got us here at the Center for Limnology thinking about field season, and that seemed as good a reason …
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 as researchers look to see what effect the experiment has had on the population. According to CFL director, Steve Carpenter, …