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Research

A stringy water weed in shallow water. There is a six-pointed bulbil resting on the surface of the water.

Studying invasive starry stonewort

A graduate student crouched and looking at a large beaker with seed-sized zooplankton floating in it.

Effects of wastewater contaminants on Daphnia and minnows

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.

Cladophora assessments in Lake Ontario

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

Emerald Shiners 2018

Two people sit at the back of a boat while one drives. There is a net next to one of them, and both are wearing safety suits.

Emerald Shiners 2016

Two people stand in the front of a boat wearing life jackets, ear protection, rubber gloves and rubber boots, and holding nets on long poles.

Emerald Shiners 2015

a person sits at a microscope and looks at a magnified image of a larval fish on the screen next to it

Larval fish identification

a person in a flotation coat and knit cap smiles near a floe of ice in a river

Spring sampling on lower Niagara River met with ice

two people in life jackets prepare to deploy some nets off a boat

Ichthyoplankton collection for the Emerald Shiner project

Two people wearing chest waders stand in water and hold opposite ends of an 8 foot long net that they strain through the water through shallow water near shrub-covered banks. Weeds are collecting in the net at the surface of the water.

Seining for emerald shiners

Nighttime picture of a boat with spotlights on the water, and two people holding nets on long poles above an array of wires on poles in front of the boat

Nighttime electrofishing for emerald shiners

Two people stand at the front of a boat holding nets on long poles. One is looking at something in their net, while the second glances over at the net too.

Electrofishing for emerald shiners

A person smiles and stands by a shelf with many aquariums full of water in a lab while a second person also smiles and stands nearby

Visiting student Frank Collas's dreissenid mussel project

Two people stand at the open gate of a minivan with cinderblocks inside, in a parking lot by a river. There is some snow on the grass.

Deploying temperature probes in December 2013

Two people sit on the front of a flat-bottomed boat in a river while a third person stands holding an oar. There is land with trees in the distance behind them.

Scouting for Emerald Shiners in the Niagara River

An experiment set up on a lawn, with twenty kiddie pools covered with nets and water flowing from a reservoir set up beyond the pools.

Stream mesososms

Three people stand near a creek wearing chest waders. One stands in the water with a backpack unit on and holds a pole with a wire hoop at the end. Another sits on a rock by the water. A third gets ready near a cooler with buckets in it.

Stream electrofishing

Four people in lab coats stand near a table with a fish on it. One person is taking a picture.

A person stands with their arm resting on a large round tank in a wet lab. Their shirt says "Arizona."

Fish projects: Alewives and Rudd

One person works in the front of a boat with an A-frame on the front of it. Another person is in the cabin.

Buffalo River sediments

Monitoring the Great Lakes

Fifteen people pose in two rose in front of a docked ship Lake Guardian

Three smiling people wearing face masks sit in chairs next to each other in a small office. There is an open door behind them.

GLC Alternative Work Plan 2021

A smiling person in winter gear stands on the back deck of a boat, holding a boat hook. There is a buoy in the water nearby and a pot puller winch on the side of the boat.

Retrieving the buoy 2018

A person wading in the water and leaning over to pull some weeds out of a net with a long pole held in their other hand.

DNA Barcode of Mollusks and Annelids in the Great Lakes

Five people stand around a metal basin on the back of a boat. One is spraying a hose into the basin.

CSMI Lake Ontario 2018

A group of people posing for a picture in front of a ship called Lake Guardian.

CSMI Lake Huron 2017

Four people stand on the deck of a large boat next to an instrument made of cylindrical bottles in a frame

Great Lakes Benthos Monitoring 2016

A science buoy with weather instruments on a tall mast floating on calm water

Deploying the GLOS buoy

Twelve people pose for a group picture near the wheelhouseof a large boat

Monitoring Great Lakes benthos from the R/V Lake Guardian 2013

Two people working in the front of a boat. One holds a net and a bottle of reddish liquid. The other is holding a cable and instrument and writing on a datasheet

Lower Trophic Level Monitoring on Lake Erie

A metal frame in a marina holding a boat aloft over the water, with two people watching

Low water affects boat launching in Dunkirk

A boat with a buoy lying on it, on a trailer in a parking lot

Old method for deploying the GLOS buoy

The body of a fiberglass buoy sits on a trailer in a garage

First deployment of the buoy

Field Station

Two chicks nestle against each other in a nest made of twigs and dried leaves. The nest is inside a plastic structure. The baby birds almost look like adult birds.

First purple martin fledglings

A ramp leading down the water is mostly submerged by waves. There is a line of weeds, wood, and garbage at the waterline.

High Water 2018-2019

A long rectangular mulched bed with plants and trees.

Habitat plantings

There weren't any purple martins in 2019, but there were many tree swallows that nested nearby!

Purple martin colony

The finished osprey pole.

A kitchenette in a conference room.

Conference room renovation

A fence with a sign "DANGER KEEP OUT" blocks a construction zone with two cement trucks and some other equipment. There is a body of water behind the construction zone.

Boat launch renovation

A boat dock and shoreline covered with broken sheets of ice.

A snowy owl looking toward the camera, sitting on a log in front of the water.

A tug and a barge with a crane approach a dock

Army Corps repairs Bird Island Pier

A large chunk of ice in an icy river. There is a bridge in the distance.

Spring thaw 2013: Ice in the Niagara River

A person stands on the gravel by the waterline. The dock and concrete pad are about ten feet up the ramp. There is a line of weeds washed up about halfway between the water and the concrete pad, marking a previous waterline.

Low water at the Field Station 2012

A row of large round tanks next to a row of exposed pipes and cinderblocks

Installing new insulated tanks in the fish lab

Education

Six people in coldwater safety gear on a small boat in a muddy river on a cold day. Most are smiling or waving at the camera while one drives

Fisheries Class 2017

A group of ten people wearing cold water safety gear standing in front of a docked boat by the water.

Ecology Class 2015

A person on a docked boat holds a fish in a cooler with water while others look on.

McKinley High School visit 2015

A student on a boat holds up a brown bullhead to the camera. There are students in a second boat in the background.

Fisheries Biology 2015

Several people wearing life jackets take notes on a boat while a person holds up a disk with a rope attached to it. Another person sits at the helm of the boat.

Ecology Class Fall 2014

A group of people stand on a fiberglass boat tied up to a dock. Two people on the dock hold the lines.

Ecology Class Fall 2013

A group of people hold up a box-shaped net on land

Fisheries Biology demonstrations at the Field Station 2013

People on a boat looking at equipment. One holds a net

Spring 2013 Environmental Field Methods

People in coldwater safety gear step on board a fiberglass boat tied up at dock

Spring 2012 Environmental Field Methods

A group of people stand around a large round aquarium in the floor, leaning on the railing. The wall behind them has mounted fish.

2011 Limnology trip to Pymatuning, PA

A group of people stand on a dock by the water taking notes. A person stands in front of them with some research equipment

Dr. Standora's Ecology Class, Fall 2011

Three people wearing cold water safety gear by the water smile and laugh. The person in the middle holds up a carp

Fisheries Biology 2011

A person takes a metal lid with two rods and a tiny metal cup and prepares to set it on a stand. Nearby is a lab instrument and a large metal cup that the lid fits on. Someone watches.

Dr. Standora's Biology Class, Spring 2011

Students sit on a boat tied up at dock while a lecturer holds up a research instrument

Ecology Class Fall 2010

Events

A partially constructed building that has walls enclosing part of it, a steel frame surrounding a steel globe, and some windows on both parts of the building.

SAMC Phase 4 Construction

A construction site with a partly demolished building.

Science Building demolition

Buffalo State Great Lakes Center, 1966-2016, Celebrating 50 years of research

GLC 50th Anniversary

two people stand on either side of a poster on an easel. The poster says "thank you to our sponsors!"

2nd International Meeting on Biology and Conservation of Freshwater Bivalves

People grab food from a buffet table set up along a wall of windows

Field Station Open House 2014

Eight people pose for a picture in front of an academic poster on a board at a conference

International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) Conference 2014

People standing outside by the waterfront. There is an experiment trough set up behind them, and a boat on a trailer nearby.

Field Station Open House 2013

Left to right: Dr. Kenneth Krieger (Heidelberg), Lyuba Burlakova, Kit Hastings, Sasha Karatayev, Susie Daniel, and Jakob Boehler (Heidelberg)

Oligochaete worm identification training at Heidelberg University, Ohio

a three-story grey academic building with many windows

New GLC office opens in SAMC

People talking, holding snacks. There is a fall-themed table with food to the left.

Open House 2011

a group of people in chairs watch a presentation given by a person at the front of the room. There is a presentation projected onto a screen, and murals painted on the walls of the room.

Open House 2010

Three people pose for a picture in front of posters on easels

Research and Creativity Fall Forum 2009

twelve people stand for a group photo inside a hall, with some posters on easels in the background

Conferences 2007-2009

Older projects

Two people stand at the edge of a wall near the water on a very calm day. One lowers a very long conical net into the water.

Port monitoring study 2014

two long thin troughs held up about three feet from the ground with a round barrel at the end of each, set up on the waterfront.

Algae flumes 2013

A person measures a small fish lying on a towel with a ruler. There is a bucket of water on the counter next to them.

Measuring the growth of Dr. Snyder's alewives

The back of a boat with two engines and a davit. The boat is throwing wake as it goes.

Other sights of LENONS

Three people stand for a picture at the front of a metal boat that's tied up to a dock. There are some other people launching a boat at the next slip over.

Offshore LENONS project

Ten people stand on a dock in front of a boat

Nearshore LENONS project

Ten people stand in front of a boat on a trailer. The boat is named "R/V John J. Freidhoff."

A boat with a large fan on the back sits on the sand. There are a few people on the boat, including children. One person stands on land next to the boat, and one person stands in the water.

Diversity, distribution and long-term changes in freshwater Unionidae in Texas

A person scrapes mussels on an outboard engine into a vial

Invasion Paradox: who is the better invader – Dreissena rostriformis bugensis or Dreissena polymorpha?

Two people in wet suits sit at the edge of the water with many large mussels. One is looking at a book.

Freshwater Unionidae in Texas