Stone Lab offers summer research webinars showcasing Great Lakes partners and Lake Erie science
Starting Thursday, June 5, the public can join Stone Lab for its seminar series presentations every Thursday from 7-8 p.m. this summer.
Connect with any of the research presentations via Zoom using this webinar link. Meeting ID: 980 4236 9279. Password: 988433.
To learn more about individual presentations, visit go.osu.edu/SLresearchbriefs.
June 5: From Flickers to Fire Throats: Rekindling Ohio’s Lake Erie Birding Trail Program
Jamey Emmert
Avian Education Coordinator, Ohio Division of Wildlife
June 12: How Ohio’s Environmental Professionals Navigate Collaboration to Collectively Confront Environmental Variability
Dr. Harrison Fried
Program Director of the Environmental Professional Network
School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University
June 19: Dragonflies and Damselfies of Ohio
Dr. Dave McShaffery
Ebenezer Baldwin Andrews Chair of Natural Sciences, Marietta College
June 26: Professional Development in Coastal Resilience
Sarah Spiegler
Coastal Resilience Specialist, North Carolina Sea Grant College Program, North Carolina State University
July 3: From Macro to Mega: A Wide-ranging Look at State Agency Fisheries Research and Management
Sara Thomas
Lake Erie Unit Manager, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Division
July 10: Lifecycle of a Stream: How Fishes Respond to Variable Environmental Conditions Across Space and Time
Dr. Lyndsey Bruckerhoff
Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Aquatic Ecology Lab, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University
July 17: Temperature and Bacterial Community Composition Mediate Cyanotoxin Degradation
Dr. Allison Rober
Associate Professor and Assistant Director of School of Environment and Natural Resources for Stone Lab Academic Programming, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University
July 25: Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program Student Presentations
Topics:
• Cyanobacteria Nutrient Uptake
• Population Status of the Threatened Channel Darter (Percina copelandi) at Lake Erie Islands
• Insect Prey Availability for Lake Erie Island Bats
• Spatial Analysis of Microplastic Concentrations in Fishes Across Lake Erie.
Ohio Sea Grant is supported by The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) School of Environment and Natural Resources, Ohio State University Extension, and NOAA Sea Grant, a network of 34 Sea Grant programs nation-wide dedicated to the protection and sustainable use of marine and Great Lakes resources. Stone Laboratory is Ohio State’s island campus on Lake Erie and is the research, education, and outreach facility of Ohio Sea Grant and part of CFAES School of Environment and Natural Resources.