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My name is Brian, and I like fish….. all kinds of fish……..(cheesy, I know). Adirondack Fishery Research Program, SE Adirondacks. Cornell Biological Field Station, Oneida Lake. Cornell University , Cayuga Lake. Lake Ontario, Embayments. Rangely Chain, Rapid River, ME.
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My name is Brian, and I like fish….. all kinds of fish……..(cheesy, I know)
Adirondack Fishery Research Program, SE Adirondacks Cornell Biological Field Station, Oneida Lake Cornell University , Cayuga Lake Lake Ontario, Embayments Rangely Chain, Rapid River, ME New York Harbor, 911 Dredging Lancaster, PA - Susquehanna River
Native Adirondack Food Web
Non-native Adirondack Food Web
Algae Cell 12C 12C 13C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 13C 13C FRACTIONATION 12C 12C 12C 12C 13C 12C 12C 12C 13C 12C 12C 12C 13C 12C 12C 12C 12C Water 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 13C 13C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 13C 12C 12C 12C 12C 13C 12C 12C Ratio of 13C to 12C 7 1 9 35
Zooplankton Fish Algae Cell 12C 12C 12C 13C 12C 12C 13C 12C 12C 12C 13C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C Benthic Invertebrate Algae Cell 12C 12C 12C 13C 13C 13C 12C 13C 13C 12C 13C 12C 12C 12C 12C 13C 12C 13C 13C 12C 13C 12C 13C 12C 13C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 13C 13C
Zooplankton 12C 12C 13C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 13C 12C 12C 13C 12C 12C 12C 12C 13C 12C 12C 13C 13C 12C 13C 12C 12C 13C 12C 12C 12C 13C 13C 13C 12C 13C 13C 12C 13C 12C 12C 12C 12C 13C Algae Cell 12C ? 12C 13C 12C Fish 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C Benthic Invertebrate ? Algae Cell 12C 13C 13C 12C 13C 12C 13C 12C 13C 12C 12C 12C 12C 12C 13C 13C
? Terrestrial Support = ALLOCHTHONY What carbon supports lake food webs…. In Lake Support = AUTOCHTHONY Dissolved CO2 CO2 Stable isotopes can label autochthonous production
June 7:Sure was hot today June8: Maybe I’ll cruise out to pelagic, see what Fox is eating June 9: Got away from that big silver boat again last night, that makes it 3 weeks in a row Challenges of studying fish.. ….can’t see where they go ….what temperature do they prefer? ….what stream did they come from? ….what were they eating yesterday or last month?
Need a record of what a fish does or experiences... ….the OTOLITH COMPOSITION Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite) And a Protein Matrix FUNCTIONS Hearing/Vibrations Orientation (Frustrating fisheries students) http://perso.club-internet.fr/jflhomme/otolithes/desc_otolithe.html
δ18O Water Temperature Bob Jones, Old Dominion University What’s so unique about them? Accrete “proportional” to fish growth Remain chemically and isotopically inert Major Elements calcium, oxygen, carbon Minor and Trace Elements sodium, strontium, sulfur, nitrogen, barium, iron…..plus at least 2 dozen more ? Otolith Carbon ? ? ? WATER FOOD
Micro mill 30um Ion Probe 3-4um Cameca IMS-1280 If we could just measure a small enough sample…..enter in Dr. Valley and WISC-SIMS
A -10 B 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 27 25 -12 δ18O 23 -14 21 -16 δ13C -10 -18 -13 δ13C -16 -20 -19 -22 -22 21 23 25 27 0 250 500 750 1000 1250 1500 1750 δ18O Distance from origin (µm)
Appleton, WI (As written about in The Onion) Here there be fishes This very classroom Milwaukee: Beer Capitol
Effects of Dreissenid Mussels Photos from Great Lakes WATER Institute website, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, and Kornis sketch.
Invaders from Black and Caspian Seas • Multiple Spawning/Season • ~ 95% Hatch Rate • Zebra and Quagga Mussels as Prey • Facilitate Movement of Toxins
When Gobies Attack… Result of Goby Attack. • Very Aggressive • Competes with Native Sculpin for Habitat and Spawning Sites • Eats fish eggs and larvae (Yellow Perch, SM Bass, Lake Trout) Ok…Not Really… http://www.glwi.uwm.edu/people/jjanssen/goby/index.html