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  • Biological Field Station
  • Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section

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 in Lake Ontario and Nasworthy presented data on Mysis migrations in Lake Superior.  The conference included more than 5,000 presentations from global experts and students of aquatic science.  We saw several CBFS friends including Xiufeng Zhang from Jinan University. On Saturday, Willie Fetzer accepted a memorial award for Sarah Collins.

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