| Researchers have recently descended to Pavilion Lake in British Columbia to study the origin of freshwater microbialites, which are carbonate structures that are formed in water with the assistance of microorganisms. The project, known as the Pavilion Lake Research Project, aims to study these structures due to their similarities.. Read more |  |
Category Archives: Lake Biology
Researchers look to lakes to understand planetary evolution
Lake Erie’s ecosystem declining due to poisonous algae
| According to scientists, Lake Erie’s ecology has been rapidly dying due to water pollution since the mid-1990s. Specifically, a toxic algae called microcystis has pervaded the lake and depleted significant portions of oxygen from the water. These algae-infested waters snuff out the indigenous fish population, which is a substantial.. Read more Also posted in Water Quality Tagged aquatic life, Great Lakes, Lake Erie, toxic algae, Water Quality 1 Comment
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Wisconsin fish could become climate change casualty
| According to a new study conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, 30 to 70 percent of Wisconsin’s cisco fish, sometimes called lake herring, could become nonexistent in Wisconsin lakes by the year 2100 due to changing climate conditions... Read more |  |
Invasive Species: Can’t live with them…or can’t live without them?
| A non-native species appearing in an ecosystem is usually alarming- and for good reason. Invading species act as competition for space and resources for native species. They can disrupt the food chain and destroy the systems they invade. However, the round goby- an invasive fish, is prompting environmentalists to think differently.. Read more Posted in Lake Biology Comments closed
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Oil consuming microbes decrease oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico at accelerated rate
| The vast plume of oil that coated the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of 2010 BP Horizon deep-water drilling disaster is disappearing, and the cause of the big mystery may be some very small organisms... Read more Posted in Lake Biology Leave a comment
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