Emerald Shiners 2018

  • Three smiling people stand in front of the water. Two men wearing sunglasses and a woman in a life jacket

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    Graduate students Adam Sullivan, Benjamin Szczygiel, and Amy Cavanaugh, the 2018 Shiner Crew.

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  • Two people wearing life jackets stand at the front of a boat holding nets on long poles. There are trees and bushes along the shoreline.

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    Ben and Amy collecting fish in the Niagara River on the electrofishing boat.

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  • Two people wearing life jackets stand at the front of a boat dipping nets on long poles into the water. There are trees and bushes along the shoreline.

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    Adam and Amy collecting fish on the electrofishing boat.

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  • A person crouches at the front of a boat. The boat has two poles at the front with wires dangling from them. There are nets and buckets on the deck of the boat.

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    Adam in the front of the electrofishing boat.

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  • A graduate student wearing a life jacket stands at the steering console of a small boat in a river.

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    Ben piloting the electrofishing boat.

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  • A person stands at a railing tying a rope on a boat in a parking lot. The rope holds a pole with wires in a vertical position.

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    Adam adjusting the poles that put electrical current in the water to stun fish. They are secured upright when not in use.

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  • A person crouches at the front of a boat being launched from a trailer in a boat ramp

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    Launching the electrofishing boat.

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  • Two hands holding a small silver fish.

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    An emerald shiner.

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  • A person stands in a lab in front of a bomb calorimeter

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    Ben using the calorimeter in the lab to determine the caloric content of emerald shiners.

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