Abstract: On August 17th, 1959, an earthquake hit near Hebgen Lake in southwest Montana. It is one of the largest earthquakes observed in the United States, and the area surrounding it is still experiencing the effects to this day. The initial earthquake lasted less...
Abstract: Lake Pleasant is a dimictic 64-acre glacial lake in Erie County, Pennsylvania with a maximum depth of 13.7 m. The main hydrologic inputs are precipitation and groundwater. Here we compile water quality data from the last 40 years to understand how Lake...
Abstract: Nitellopsis obtusa is a macro-algae native to Eurasia, brought to the Great Lakes through ballast water of commercial ships. This experiment’s objective was to collect and identify N. obtusa in the PA waters of Lake Erie and determine the detection...
Abstract: Two distinct dental morphotypes from the extinct batoid species Meridiania convexa were recovered from the early Eocene Fishburne Formation in Berkeley County, South Carolina. Median teeth, positioned at center of the dental plate, are mesiodistally...
Abstract: Harbor monitoring for rare species in Great Lakes harbors is expensive, demanding, and time-consuming using conventional methods. Yet early detection of newly established AIS can be the only way to prevent their further spread from the lower Great Lakes to...
Abstract: Class Malacostraca is a diverse group of over 25,000 species and includes the major Crustacean groups of lobsters (Decapoda), woodlice (Isopoda), mysids (Mysida) and side swimmers (Amphipoda). Within any group of organisms, some play valuable roles, and some...
