Cladophora assessments in Lake Ontario

  • Two students stand on a dock near a boat with a bimini top while a third student stands in the boat next to them. They are all wearing full body flotation suits.

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    Summer student interns for the Lake Ontario Cladophora project: Georgia Shaw (Biology undergrad), Joshua Allan (GLES graduate student), and Kyle Glenn (Biology undergrad).

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  • Two people in wetsuits stand in a boat on a body of water. There are air tanks next to them.

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    Lake Ontario Cladophora project graduate student Jay Wagner and Dr. Chris Pennuto gear up before dive operations to collect algae and mussels.

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  • A diver works on the bottom of a lakebed covered in algae. There are several large syringes strapped together on a board next to them.

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    Dr. Pennuto collecting benthic water samples from within Cladophora beds in Lake Ontario, June 2019.

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  • Underwater photo of algae growing on the surfaces and around partially hidden mussels. There is a ruler beside the algae to show that the growth is less than 1 cm.

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    Measuring the length of the attached Cladophora.

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