Fall 2008 - Aquatic Sciences Chronicle


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Fall 2008


Spiny water flea, unknown location. Couresy of US Fish and Wildlife Service

Tiny waterfleas may have BIG CONSEQUENCES 11/18/2008

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Two invasive water fleas that have invaded Lake Michigan may change the dynamics of the food web in unpredictable ways

Making sense of a tangled web within Lake Superior 11/18/2008
The increasing size of sea lamprey in Lake Superior means sure death to the trout, suckers and whitefish that are preyed upon


An anemometer is installed at Little Sand Bay Harbor to measure wind speed and direction.

Featured Web site
Wisconsin's Water Library's new Web site debuts

Program/People News
Thanks to Phil Moy and Chris Babiarz for filling in while Jim Hurley was in D.C.; Carolyn Betz receives award; Anne Moser serves as library advisor; goodbye to Peter Boger but hello to Jennifer Champoux

Wisconsin's Water Library
New invasive species books are added to the collection using a grant from Friends’ group

In pursuit of 3-D shipwreck images
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution partners with Wisconsin Historical Society to photograph Lake Michigan shipwrecks

Education News
Students learn field skills to measure climate change
Jeremy Bates awarded Weston fellowship

ASC Droplets
Great Lakes Compact signed into law
Online discussion group on climate change forms
The cost of invasive species to the Great Lakes


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