GLIN==> News from the Aquatic Sciences Center

Dear GLIN Subscriber,


The latest issue of the Aquatic Sciences Chronicle is now online:

www.aqua.wisc.edu/chronicle

The Chronicle delivers the latest news from the Aquatic Sciences Center,
the administrative home of the Sea Grant and Water Resourcesinstitutes
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

CONTENTS

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Coastal Erosion and Bluff Failures
<http://aqua.wisc.edu/Chronicle/Default.aspx?tabid=450> 

Most of Lake Michigan’s bluffs are “marginally stable at best,”
according to UW Sea Grant Coastal Engineer Gene Clark, and climate
change may increase the risks of severe erosion.

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Frogs on the Firing Line
<http://aqua.wisc.edu/Chronicle/Default.aspx?tabid=451> 

Researcher William Karasov and graduate student Tawnya Cary investigate
the effects of PBDEs (compounds used as flame retardants) on frogs.
Their work is part of a growing discipline called immunoecology, which
studies the way the immune system works to protect a species in its
natural environment.

Includes video
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Visit the Updated Kids and Teachers Web pages
<http://aqua.wisc.edu/Chronicle/Default.aspx?tabid=453> 
Find frog facts and more at the updated kids and teachers web pages.

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Wisconsin's Water Library
<http://aqua.wisc.edu/Chronicle/Default.aspx?tabid=454> 

Find out about frogs in this issue’s reading list.

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Education News <http://aqua.wisc.edu/Chronicle/Default.aspx?tabid=455> 

Knauss Fellow Joe Fillingham is now moored in D.C.

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Program/People News
<http://aqua.wisc.edu/Chronicle/Default.aspx?tabid=452> 

New AIS fighters Tim Campbell and Erik Rollefson join the ASC.

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Outreach <http://aqua.wisc.edu/Chronicle/Default.aspx?tabid=456> 

Scientists gather around the state’s surface and groundwater.


Fishing tournaments will be ground zero in AIS fight.
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