Coregonine Science Webinar Series
The Great Lakes Fishery Commission hosts a monthly Coregonine Science webinar on the first Friday of each month. The topics are diverse, ranging from ecology and evolution to hatchery rearing practices to monitoring of ongoing restoration efforts. Although many of the topics are Great Lakes based, we have also invited speakers from outside North America, given the circumpolar distribution of coregonines. Contact Renee Renauer-Bova at rrbova@glfc.org to join the distribution list to be able to register for the webinars, or click on the videos below to watch the recorded webinars.
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Next Webinar in September!
Please join us in September for the next installment of the Coregonine Science Webinar Series, Friday September 11th at 12:30 pm EST. Caroline Tupper and Christopher Osborne (State University of New York at Oswego) will present “Advancing cisco restoration: evaluating early stocking survival and genomic monitoring tools for hatchery supplementation.” Join by registering at the link below.
Restoration planning models to support Great Lakes cisco restoration
Katelyn King (MDNR) presents her work with the Gap Analysis science team identifying historical and contemporary cisco spawning habitat in Lakes Erie and Ontario. Laura Lee...
Identifying and characterizing Lake Whitefish spawning habitat in Lake Erie
Corbin Hilling and Robin DeBruyne of USGS present their findings of new spawning locations of lake whitefish in Lake Erie. They also describe over-wintering conditions on a known spawning reef such as ice effects and hydrodynamics.
Great Lakes beaches as nursery habitat for Lake Whitefish: key lessons learned
Cory Brant, Jim McKenna, Jon Doubek, Nikki Berry, and Steve Pothoven explain the importance of nursery habitat to lake whitefish.
Challenges in producing fish in hatcheries for restoration efforts
Trevor Pitcher from the University of Windsor explains his research regarding the challenges of producing fish in hatcheries, from gamete quality to transport stress. He teaches us the history and future of fish hatcheries and reintroduction programs.
Using telemetry to study Cisco movement and behavior in Lakes Superior and Ontario
Kyle Stratton of OMNR and Alex Gatch of USGS give subsequent presentations about behaviors of ciscoes in Lakes Superior and Ontario. They will talk about challenges with these fish, tagging in the winter, and what the telemetry data tells us.
Neutral and adaptive structure in Great Lakes whitefish: Foundations and applications
UWSP researcher Jared Homola describes the genetic structure of lake whitefish in Lake Michigan and its application to lake whitefish management units.
Paradoxical Production of Lake Whitefish at Buffalo Reef, Lake Superior
Mike Lowe of USGS presents his findings of what reefs contribute to the current lake whitefish fishery around Buffalo Reef, Lake Superior. By looking at differences between historical spawning sites and those used today, he creates comparisons of habitat quality and questions prey availability.
Movement and habitat use of ciscoes in Lake Erie and northern Lake Huron
Todd Hayden (Michigan State University) describes the seasonal movements and habitat use of the shorthead cisco in the Les Cheneaux Islands of Lake Huron. Joseph Schmitt (USGS) presents on behalf of Richard Kraus on the movement, habitat use, and survival of hatchery-reared ciscoes in Lake Erie.
Seasonal migrations of Great Lakes cisco (C. artedi) to tributary and drowned river mouth habitats
USGS researchers Andrew Honsey and Ralph Tingley III describe habitat use and migratory behaviors of Great Lakes cisco in Lake Huron and Lake Michigan…
Examining coregonine ecology in Lake Superior using stationary up-looking acoustics
Recent Lakehead University graduate, Dr. Ryan Grow presents some of his dissertation work regarding acoustic sampling. He compared up-and-down-looking acoustics to traditional...