Lake Scientist

- — December 2, 2014
University of Washington students test-drive sonar on Seattle’s Lake Union

University of Washington students get firsthand seafloor mapping experience with multibeam sonar on Seattle’s Lake Union

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- — November 26, 2014
Research Summary: Spatio-Temporal Dynamics Of Parasites Infecting Diporeia Spp. (Amphipoda, Gammaridae) In Southern Lake Michigan, 1980 – 2007

Amphipods of the genus Diporeia occupy a central position in the food web of the Laurentian Great Lakes ecosystem. As a detritivore that feeds on pelagic material that settles to[…]

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- — November 25, 2014
Climate Change To Alter Hydrology Of Lake Michigan Basin

Lake Michigan had ice cover 10 days earlier in 2014 than the previous year, according to mlive.com. But the basin’s hydrologic cycle that relies on this type of winter precipitation[…]

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- — November 18, 2014
Changing Winds Key To Studying Lake Tahoe’s Currents

Scientists at the Tahoe Environmental Research Center say that Lake Tahoe is all but calm underneath the surface, according to the Nevada Appeal. And though its currents are broadly fickle,[…]

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