Tag: Biology
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Faculty note: Vice Chancellor Pieter deHart has a new article
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UW-Green Bay Associate Vice Chancellor for Graduate Studies and Research and Professor Pieter deHart (Biology, NAS) published the recent article “Ontogenetic change in the diet of Semaprochilodus insignis (Characiformes: Prochilodontidae) during migration between two limnologically distinct environments in the Amazon Basin” in the journal “Neotropical Ichthyology”. The work highlights the discovery that this commercially important…
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DNR moves to allow increased commercial take of Green Bay whitefish
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is moving toward a permanent rule change that would allow increased commercial harvest of lake whitefish in southern Green Bay.The modification has been years in the making and is a response to a good news, bad news situation.On the sunny side of the equation, the whitefish population in the bay has been…
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UW-Green Bay Works to Restore Oak Savanna » Urban Milwaukee (WPR)
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is leading a project to restore rare oak savanna in Northeast Wisconsin.In the past, the area near UW-Green Bay’s campus wasn’t continuous moist forest, like most of the region, said Dr. Robert Howe, a biology professor and founder of the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity. The first federal surveyors found open space,…
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Researchers investigate impact of water birds on Green Bay
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GREEN BAY – When Amy Wolf and Bob Howe with the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay bring new research partners or students out to the restored Cat Island chain in lower Green Bay, their reactions are memorable. “To see people’s expressions when they enter the midst of thousands of loud, often smelly and sometimes defecating birds is pretty…
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Podcast: Abler and Hein interviewed on ‘After Further Review on the Coolest Coast’
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Professors Becky Abler (Water Science) and Rick Hein (Water Science) were interviewed for the radio show, “After Further Review on the Coolest Coast,” Nov. 11, 2021 on WOMT radio. During the interview they discussed their stream research, the importance of including students in these projects, and the importance of the Wisconsin Idea that links UW-Green…
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Lakeshore Water Summit: Emerging Trends in Manitowoc County Stream Quality, Oct. 13
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The Lakeshore Water Institute, a collaborative partnership between the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Manitowoc Campus, and the Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership, cordially invites you to join us for a fun and interactive evening, 6 p.m., Room H102, Manitowoc Campus. It is free and open to the public. The evening is hosted by Biology faculty Rick…
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Researchers investigate the impact of water birds on Green Bay
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When Amy Wolf and Bob Howe with the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay bring new research partners or students out to the restored Cat Island chain in lower Green Bay on Lake Michigan, their reactions are memorable. “To see people’s expressions when they enter the midst of thousands of loud, often smelly and sometimes defecating birds…
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Summer rains shouldn’t dull fall colors this year | WLUK
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The timing of our first bit of color is pretty consistent year to year, and UW-Green Bay biology professor Karen Stahlheber says that isn’t a coincidence.”The initial signal is always the day length, so that’s why it always happens at around the same time every year. But there are secondary signals of the weather. So…