GLIN==> New Seiche Newsletter from Minnesota Sea Grant is Available

The most recent issue of The Seiche is now online here:

http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/newsletter/

Topics include:

*How Didymo Became Rock Snot*

**From New Zealand to North America, the single-celled silica-shelled 
didymo is reviled as "rock snot", and aquatic ecologists speculate that 
a subtle change in the algae's behavior has taken place allowing the 
species' range expansion. Read about the paradox didymo presents aquatic 
ecologists.
<http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/newsletter/2009/12/minnesota_sea_grant_research_in_2010.html>

*Minnesota Sea Grant Research in 2010*_**_
Four new research projects will begin in 2010 with funding through 
Minnesota Sea Grant. The awards are provided by NOAA's Sea Grant College 
Program and matched by the University of Minnesota. Read what the four 
studies promise the science community.

*Mapping the Great Lakes: The GLOS Mapping Workshops*
New workshops by the Great Lakes Observing System offer useful ways to 
integrate data for decision-making when planning events (like kayak and 
fishing trips) on Lake Superior.

*Mix-up over Lake Superior's Mixin**g*
For years, Lake Superior was thought to be monomictic (going through 
just one cycle of mixing or thermal stratification per year). Data in 
recent years is proving it to be dimictic (mixing through two annual 
cycles), though textbooks and websites are slow to catch up. *

Hypothermia 101*
Identifying and preventing hypothermia is a serious task, but you can 
tackle it with /Hypothermia 101/... *

Take Five... and Catch Us on KUMD*
If you have just five minutes, you can /Catch Up with Aquatic Science/ 
on KUMD Radio (103.3 FM) Wednesday mornings at 7:45 a.m.
*
The Aggression and Progression of Round Gobies*
Round Gobies are like the "playground bullies" in our lakes and streams. 
Find out how they operate.

....and more!

"Superior Science for You!"


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