Nice sunny day at @UToledo's Lake Erie Center to do some sampling! These students are setting up an experiment (40, 300 gallon tanks!) to understand how salt pollution is affecting freshwater ecosystems around the Great Lakes. Scientific fun in the sun @UToledo_NSM!
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"Obviously they can be a nuisance when you know they get caught up near cars and lamp-posts and windows and things like that and they kind of go 'crunch crunch crunch' under your feet," says @WDHintz. "But this phenomenon is critically important to the Lake Erie ecosystem."
A well-rounded ecosystem is supported by the bugs. An associate professor for the University of Toledo's Department of Environmental Science explains. wtol.com/article/news/local/…
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Fish swimming behaviour in rivers and streams evolved to maximize net energy gain #JFB @WDHintz
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In this week leading up to @UToledo graduation we are honoring our Spring 2024 Department Outstanding Graduating Students! Today we are recognizing Owen Schassberger for this achievement! Hear from Owen about his time at #UToledo: bit.ly/3QuiGbo @WDHintz #UToledo24
ALT Owen Schassberger, UToledo Department of Environmental Sciences Spring 2024 Departmental Outstanding Graduating Student!
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The main thing I need for my science is TIME. I value stuff that buys me more time to think, create, hypothesize, read, write, and do. Anything that eats up my work time, especially detracting from the above, is a waste.
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I feel exactly the same - and I suspect this is true for the vast majority of academic scientists. Our 'productivity lifespan' is eroded by the cancerous growth of administrative bureaucracy.
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All of this flooding means more salt water intrusion - part of the reason why scientists like @SujayKaushal from @uofmaryland want to set a planetary boundary for #salt use
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Director Vogel, along with @ODOT_Statewide, announced a new grant for Ohio communities for best practices and management for salt usage in the winter. This grant, through @GovMikeDeWine and @H2Ohio, will help with both equipment and storage. Apply today!
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M.S. Project @UToledo w/ @WDHintz studying juvenile lake sturgeon movements associated with @GLATOS_Fish
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One of the most inspiring projects we’ve had a chance to be a part of! Please share if you can- book sales help support student scholarship to conferences! ☺️
“Women in Herpetology: 50 Stories from Around the World” is finally #PUBLISHED!!! 🌟🐸🌟
Go buy a copy, read about some amazing #HERpetologist, enjoy the illustrations of some brilliant #artists, & support a student scholarship!
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Thu, Sept 21 @ 11am ET, join us for a virtual science seminar with @caryinstitute's Dr. Emma Rosi: Retirement Seminar: What Have I Been Doing All of These Years?
#rivers #freshwaters #foodwebs #Ecology
Free + open to all.
Register: eventbrite.com/e/retirement-…
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Come join our great group of biologists @dartmouth !
The Dartmouth College Dept of Biological Sciences is hiring an Evolutionary Biologist! apply.interfolio.com/130168
Please share widely! @DiversifyEEB @MinoritySTEM @500QueerSci @NativeSTEM @500womensci @SSEgrad @ASNGrads #ecoevojobs
Some cool research here by Nick Buss and @Jhua13... well done!
If you’re interested in why biodiversity protects communities from disease 🦠 sometimes but not other times, check out what Nick found about road salts!
Read about it here: news.wisc.edu/pollutants-are…
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Just published online, open access.
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@aslo_org #ASLO_Letters @SWS_org @PSAAlgae @BenthosNews @limno_papers @SIL_limnology @NOAA_GLERL @IAGLR @NALMS @SWS_org @CERFScience
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Encouraging news for US lakes. New study finds if we hold steady or decrease road salt use, chloride levels in many lakes could stabilize below @EPA thresholds. @aslo_org (Limnology & Oceanography Letters) @CT_Solomon @hildug @WDHintz @joneslabND
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ALT The model’s predictions for where road salt concentrations will stabilize in 461,567 lakes and reservoirs larger than 2.5 acres. Each point represents a lake or reservoir. Predictions assume that road density and salt application rate per unit of road remain constant at mean 2010-2015 levels.
New paper from the MSc thesis of no-Twitter Eric Huber showing #roadsalt #pollution could change the vertical movement rate of some zooplankton. His work also illustrates some interesting interactions with predatory stress.
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