CSMI Lake Ontario 2018 | Great Lakes Center | SUNY Buffalo State College

A group of people posing for a picture in front of a large boat labeled "U.S. Environmental Protection Agency."

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In September 2018, researchers from the Great Lakes Center went aboard the R/V Lake Guardian to sample Lake Ontario for the CSMI. Group photo of Lake Guardian crew and scientists during 2018 Lake Ontario CSMI benthic survey.

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A person stands in front of the bow a large docked boat labeled "Lake Guardian."

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Lyuba Burlakova standing in front of the Lake Guardian in Rochester, NY.

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The bow of a large boat that is docked in a misty river by a commercial building

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The R/V Lake Guardian docked in Rochester, NY, waiting for better weather for them to start their sampling cruise.

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Two people pose for a picture while on the water on a cloudy day. They are both wearing safety gear: hard hats, life jackets, and rain coats.

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Lyuba Burlakova and Sasha Karatayev aboard the R/V Lake Guardian.

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Two people in safety gear stand at a basin on the back of a large boat. One pours mud from a bucket into the basin.

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Chris Korleski and Sasha Karatayev elutriating a sample.

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

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Sasha Karatayev (right) elutriating a benthic sample with the help of research scientists aboard the R/V Lake Guardian.

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Two people wearing hard hats and life jackets stand on a large boat near a staircase. One is holding a clipboard and the other has a syringe.

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Knut Mehler and Sasha Karatayev working on the back deck of the R/V Lake Guardian.

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Five people stand around a piece of equipment in a metal frame on the back of a large boat.

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Lyuba Burlakova and several other researchers prepare to deploy Janet Nesterlode's (right) Sediment Profile Imaging system (SPI).

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An instrument in a metal frame is suspended above a body of water.

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Sediment Profile Imaging system (SPI)

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Three people sit in front of a laptop in a lab on a boat. One person is wearing a life jacket.

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Janet Nestlerode (EPA), Knut Mehler, and Elizabeth Hinchey Malloy (EPA) examining Lake Ontario bottom SPI images onboard R/V Lake Guardian.

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Two people wearing safety gear pause pose for a picture inside a lab on a boat. They are wearing rain gear and hard hats. One has a life jacket, and the other has a clipboard and a bucket.

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Knut Mehler and Sasha Karatayev prepare to sample on the R/V Lake Guardian during the CSMI Lake Ontario.

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A person in a life jacket and a hardhat kneels on the deck of a boat next to a tub of mud and dreissenid mussels to put a sample in the jar in their hands.

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Ph.D. candidate Leon Katona (Wright State) is collecting surface sediment and dreissenid mussels for benthic algae community analysis.

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A metal frame with three skis is lowered down toward the water using a large metal A-frame and winch. On the horizon is a city.

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The benthic sled being deployed in front of the Toronto skyline. Cameras deployed on the sled take videos of a transect of the lake bottom to analyze dreissenid coverage.

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A pile of small brown and white striped mussels.

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Quagga mussels from Lake Ontario.

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Four people sit in a lab. There are art supplies and they are drawing on styrofoam cups with markers. There is a hard hat on the table.

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Research scientists decorating cups to deploy with sampling equipment for a Shrinking Cup demonstration. High pressure deep in the water causes cups to shrink. This is a useful demonstration for students to learn about physics.

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A large group of people pose for a picture by the entrance of a building.

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Participants of Lake Ontario CSMI Data Synthesis and Reporting for Management and Policy Making Workshop. Buffalo State, June 19–20, 2019.

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A person stands in front of a projector screen giving a talk. The slide on the screen has pictures and says "September 2018 Benthic Study."

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Sasha Karatayev presenting data at the Lake Ontario CSMI Data Synthesis and Reporting for Management and Policy Making Workshop. Buffalo State, June 19–20, 2019.

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