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Images captured by GLSC scientists while working in and around the Great Lakes.
National Geographic photographer, Keith Ladzinski, photographs live sea lamprey at Hammond Bay Biological Station on September 11, 2019 for an expansive article featuring the Great Lakes.
National Geographic photographer, Keith Ladzinski, photographs live sea lamprey at Hammond Bay Biological Station on September 11, 2019 for an expansive article featuring the Great Lakes.
Invasive Phragmites australis and a fire hydrant in Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Credit: Dan Engel, USGS
Invasive Phragmites australis and a fire hydrant in Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Credit: Dan Engel, USGS
National Geographic photographer, Keith Ladzinski (right), and assistant, Angie Payne (left), hold live sea lamprey while visiting the GLSC’s Hammond Bay Biological Station during September 2019. An interview of Keith aired on Good Morning America on November 21, 2020, which included footage from their visit to the station. GLSC communications associate, Dr.
National Geographic photographer, Keith Ladzinski (right), and assistant, Angie Payne (left), hold live sea lamprey while visiting the GLSC’s Hammond Bay Biological Station during September 2019. An interview of Keith aired on Good Morning America on November 21, 2020, which included footage from their visit to the station. GLSC communications associate, Dr.
(Left) EPA and Kent State University scientists (left-to-right), Dr. Janet Nestlerode, Taylor Michael, and Dr. Elizabeth Hinchey, on the R/V Muskie with the SPI cam. (Right) High-resolution image of a cross-section of the sediment including the sediment water interface to ~25 cm below surface from a site in the central basin of Lake Erie.
(Left) EPA and Kent State University scientists (left-to-right), Dr. Janet Nestlerode, Taylor Michael, and Dr. Elizabeth Hinchey, on the R/V Muskie with the SPI cam. (Right) High-resolution image of a cross-section of the sediment including the sediment water interface to ~25 cm below surface from a site in the central basin of Lake Erie.
Invasive Phragmites australis seed head is seen in this photo from August of 2019. Credit: USGS
Invasive Phragmites australis seed head is seen in this photo from August of 2019. Credit: USGS
Experimental set-up of microbial manipulation experiment on Phragmites growth. Photo Credit: USGS.
Experimental set-up of microbial manipulation experiment on Phragmites growth. Photo Credit: USGS.
A 59 lb., 64 in. female lake sturgeon is released into the Seneca River after telemetry tagging. Pictured GLSC (Cortland, New York) personnel are Grant Scholten, Marc Chalupnicki, and Caleb Konrad.
A 59 lb., 64 in. female lake sturgeon is released into the Seneca River after telemetry tagging. Pictured GLSC (Cortland, New York) personnel are Grant Scholten, Marc Chalupnicki, and Caleb Konrad.
USGS worked with regional partners to provide Ohio K-12 teachers educational resources to teach about watersheds in their classrooms.
USGS worked with regional partners to provide Ohio K-12 teachers educational resources to teach about watersheds in their classrooms.
GLSC Hammond Bay Biological Station research was filmed by Voice of America (VOA) News on June 2-3, 2019.
GLSC Hammond Bay Biological Station research was filmed by Voice of America (VOA) News on June 2-3, 2019.
USGS Research Scientist Nicholas Johnson Releasing Sterilized Male Sea Lamprey into the Pigeon River in 2019.
USGS Research Scientist Nicholas Johnson Releasing Sterilized Male Sea Lamprey into the Pigeon River in 2019.
A Sea Lamprey in a tank at the Hammond Bay Biological Station. Photo Credit: USGS-GLSC.
A Sea Lamprey in a tank at the Hammond Bay Biological Station. Photo Credit: USGS-GLSC.
Staff from the USGS Great Lakes Science Center gaze at the Mackinac Bridge rising above the mist in the Straits of Mackinac, Michigan. The lines they are holding are attached to grappling hooks being used to retrieve acoustic telemetry equipment anchored on the bottom of the straits.
Staff from the USGS Great Lakes Science Center gaze at the Mackinac Bridge rising above the mist in the Straits of Mackinac, Michigan. The lines they are holding are attached to grappling hooks being used to retrieve acoustic telemetry equipment anchored on the bottom of the straits.
Samantha Stanton (Great Lakes Commission, GLSC Volunteer) demonstrates the monitoring protocol to training attendees on May 29, 2019, near Centerville, Michigan.
Samantha Stanton (Great Lakes Commission, GLSC Volunteer) demonstrates the monitoring protocol to training attendees on May 29, 2019, near Centerville, Michigan.
Tribal, state, and federal fisheries professionals classifying sea lamprey wounds on lake trout at a workshop in Red Cliff, Wisconsin.
Tribal, state, and federal fisheries professionals classifying sea lamprey wounds on lake trout at a workshop in Red Cliff, Wisconsin.
Researcher Scott Miehls places a fish into an imaging system being tested as part of efforts to identify and selectively pass fish up- and down-stream of barriers. This photo was taken prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Researcher Scott Miehls places a fish into an imaging system being tested as part of efforts to identify and selectively pass fish up- and down-stream of barriers. This photo was taken prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
USGS Research Scientist Scott Miehls sets traps on bottom of the Black Mallard River, 2019
USGS Research Scientist Scott Miehls sets traps on bottom of the Black Mallard River, 2019
Cisco being prepared for surgical implantation of an acoustic transmitter at the USGS Ann Arbor aquatic research laboratory
Cisco being prepared for surgical implantation of an acoustic transmitter at the USGS Ann Arbor aquatic research laboratory
GLSC trawl net workshop held at the USGS vessel base in Cheboygan, Michigan, April 24-25, 2019. The USGS research vessel Sturgeon pictured in background.
GLSC trawl net workshop held at the USGS vessel base in Cheboygan, Michigan, April 24-25, 2019. The USGS research vessel Sturgeon pictured in background.
GLSC Cheboygan Vessel Base staff stand alongside residents of Cheboygan, Michigan, prior to touring the R/V Sturgeon and R/V Arcticus on April 24, 2019.
GLSC Cheboygan Vessel Base staff stand alongside residents of Cheboygan, Michigan, prior to touring the R/V Sturgeon and R/V Arcticus on April 24, 2019.
Recipients of the Wings Across the Americas 2019 International Research Partnership Conservation Award representing the Migratory Dragonfly Partnership included Ralph Grundel, GLSC, second from left, and Leslie Weldon, Deputy Chief of the National Forest System, middle.
Recipients of the Wings Across the Americas 2019 International Research Partnership Conservation Award representing the Migratory Dragonfly Partnership included Ralph Grundel, GLSC, second from left, and Leslie Weldon, Deputy Chief of the National Forest System, middle.
Closeup view of a Smelt (Osmerus mordax)
Closeup view of a Smelt (Osmerus mordax)