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2015 was the second year of the Emerald Shiner project. An emerald shiner.
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Mark Clapsadl driving the electrofishing boat in the Niagara River.
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Graduate student Jo Johnson and Josh Fisher collecting fish on the electrofishing boat.
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The graduating emerald shiner crew: graduate students John Lang, Jake Cochran, and Chris Osborne.
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Graduate student Chris Osborne holding a bowfin caught on the electrofishing boat. This year we also focused on predators of the emerald shiner to look at their diets.
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Graduate student John Lang holding a large muskelunge.
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Graduate student Chris Osborne releasing a muskelunge.
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Graduate student Jake Cochran releasing a muskelunge.
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Graduate student John Lang with a smallmouth bass.
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Josh Fisher holding a bowfin on the electrofishing boat.
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Josh Fisher holding a bowfin on the electrofishing boat.
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Graduate students Jake Cochran and Chris Osborne using a seine net to collect fish. This technique is good for catching small or juvenile fish in nearshore areas.
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Graduate students Jo Johnson and Chris Osborne using a seine net to collect fish.
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Graduate student Jake Cochran holding a young muskelunge.
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Graduate students Chris Osborne and John Lang using a seine net to collect fish.
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Graduate students Chris Osborne and John Lang rolling up the seine.
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Dr. Randy Snyder sorting fish for genetic testing.
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Graduate students John Lang and Jake Cochran sorting genetic samples in the lab.
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Graduate student Steve Fleck examining samples in the lab.
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Part of a daphnia from the stomach of an emerald shiner.
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A bosmina from the stomach of an emerald shiner.
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Larval fish were collected using bongo nets.
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Larval fish were collected using bongo nets.
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Graduate students Chris Osborne and Jo Johnson collecting larval fish with the bongo nets.
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Graduate student Chris Osborne prepares to deploy the bongo nets.
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Josh Fisher and graduate student Chris Osborne pull in the bongo nets.
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Graduate students Chris Osborne and Jo Johnson pull in the bongo nets.
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Graduate students Chris Osborne and Jo Johnson collect larval fish.
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Graduate student Jake Cochran did larval fish identification.
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A larval emerald shiner.
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Graduate student Steve Fleck collected young fish inside marinas. A variety of methods were used to try to catch as many life stages as possible and identify habitats used by emerald shiners.
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Part of our collaboration with the US Army Corps of Engineers was to look at vegetation in various habitats in the Niagara River to match to sonar images of the riverbed.
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Graduate student Steve Fleck studied vegetation at several different habitats. It was collected using a special rake.
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Graduate student Steve Fleck used a special rake to collect submerged vegetation.
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Graduate student Steve Fleck used a special rake to collect submerged vegetation.
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Graduate student Steve Fleck used a special rake to collect submerged vegetation.
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Graduate student Steve Fleck used a special rake to collect submerged vegetation. Niagara Falls is in the distance behind him.
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Niagara Falls is visible from some of our sampling sites.
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Graduate student Steve Fleck also used a Schindler-Patalas trap to sample for plankton.
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Graduate student Steve Fleck putting samples in vials.
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Graduate student Jo Johnson was in charge of outreach for the Emerald Shiner Project.
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Outreach paddle tour. Photo credit: Adam Hovey
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Outreach paddle tour. Photo credit: Adam Hovey
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Graduate student Jo Johnson did outreach about emerald shiners at a fish cleaning station at the harbor.
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Graduate student Jo Johnson did outreach about the emerald shiner with our collaborator, Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, at the Aquarium of Niagara.
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An outreach event at the Aquarium of Niagara.
