Author: Tiffany Atkinson

The Gray Lab presenting posters on fish responses to environmental change, from Lake Erie to Uganda at the Ohio Chapter AFS! Congratulations to Suzanne for winning the Ohio chapter president-elect position for the next year!

 

Our very own undergraduate, Harrison Fried, presented his Honors thesis proposal, “How do algal and sedimentary turbidities affect the long-term physiology of Emerald Shiners in Lake Erie?” Great job Harrison! Outstanding undergraduate students in the School of Environment and Natural Resources at OSU are able to join our Honors program which allows students to complete an independent research project and defend a thesis which helps to prepare them for graduate studies!

We’ve had so much great work coming out of the Gray lab this year! So proud of everyone!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Currently feeling the field season blues! Missing these amazing field assistants so much! Best crew you could ask for! #Uganda #fieldwork #FishSci

This summer we held a workshop about the importance of water quality and water quality education for the teachers at St. Hildegard primary school where we engage students and teach them about water quality issues through our program called The Water Project. The teachers had so much fun and asked really great questions!

Just one of the many friends we made this summer while we were doing research in Uganda, Africa during summer 2016.

We are kicking it into high gear for the new school year, but we definitely miss our field work and field assistants. Pictured are Kiberu Mutebi, Dr. Suzanne Gray, and Tiffany Atkinson (MS) during a sampling day at the Ndyabusole swamps in Uganda, Africa.

We have some really exciting work going on in the western basin of Lake Erie and Ohio Sea Grant agrees! Check out the link below for the article which features our own Dr. Suzanne Gray and Chelsey Nieman (PhD student).

Twine Line

Come see our first two honors defense presentations next week! These event are open to the public so anyone can come watch!

The Relationship between Turbidity and Carotenoid-based Coloration of Centrarchid Fishes in Urban Streams – by Tiffany Atkinson on Monday, April 11th at 9:00 am in Kottman Hall 245.

Effects of Aquatic Habitat Degradation on Hybridization between Bluegill and Green Sunfish – By Jake Wittman on Thursday, April 14th at 4:00 pm in Kottman Hall 370.

It may be cold and snowy out today, but it’s almost spring! That means our field seasons are about to start! This is just a little sample of a critter we ran across last field season.