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Recent insights, news and events from the Cornell Biological Field Station at Shackelton Point
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Academic focus: Sustainable fisheries; ecology of marine, estuarine and freshwater ecosystems Research summary: Research in my lab spans a range from field studies of recreational fisheries and climate change in the U.S. and Mongolia to impacts...
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Autonomous drones are taking center stage in fisheries assessments across the Great Lakes. These drones deploy acoustic technology which tracks and quantifies fish populations. Acoustic surveying, which utilizes beams of sound, has traditionally...
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Cornell University’s James Watkins and Kade Keranen are leading a nearly $240,000 study to examine the abundance of mysid, small, shrimp-like crustaceans that are critical links in Lake Ontario’s aquatic food web.
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Senior Research Associate Jim Watkins and graduate student Kayden Nasworthy attended the annual conference of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography in Montreal, Quebec from May 12-17. Watkins presented data on nearshore zooplankton...
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CBFS scientists team up with Buffalo State to review the impact of the invasive quagga mussel on the native burrowing amphipod on both sides of the Atlantic. These amphipods are keystone species in North American and Eurasian freshwater...