Summer Course: Lake Superior Biological Research aboard the EPA Research Vessel Lake Guardian

Michigan Technological University - Department of Biological Sciences

Ecology of Lake Superior aboard the EPA Research Vessel Lake Guardian Research Vessel Lake Guardian provided by the Great Lakes National Program Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Sponsors * Western U.P. Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education * Michigan Technological University Departments of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, and Education Dr. Nancy Auer of the Biological Sciences Department was a participating faculty member for the course. More information about the course can be found at Ecology of Lake Superior course website

Dr. Nancy Auer of Biological Sciences and Anita Quinn Director of Research (after the survival drill) on the deck of the EPA Research Vessel Lake Guardian	Dr. Nancy Auer of Biological Sciences

See the Ponar Movie near Au Train Island WMV 3Mb	What the ponar scoops up

Taking a sediment sample	Organisms will be filtered out of the sediment



Dr. Auer and Mark Gleason, who operated the underwater robot. See the Robot at 215 feet depth Movie near Au Train Island WMV 3Mb	Getting ready to deploy the benthic sled


Crew at the winch	See the Benthic Sled Movie near Au Train Island WMV 5Mb

What was caught in the benthic sled

	Classroom session onboard

	See the Fish Ecology on Deck WMV 3Mb


Students cut out and open fish stomachs	Flies and insects that were inside a fish stomach

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